Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1945

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	491
2	John	425
3	Richard	358
4	William	286
5	James	274
6	Joseph	222
7	David	216
8	Thomas	201
9	Ronald	156
10	Michael	148
11	Raymond	147
12	Paul	144
13	Edward	142
14	Donald	127
15	Charles	124
16	George	116
17	Kenneth	111
18	Dennis	101
19	Peter	84
19	Stephen	84
21	Anthony	82
22	Frank	79
23	Arthur	73
24	Albert	59
25	Daniel	57

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Roger	57
27	Francis	54
28	Walter	53
29	Henry	51
30	Bruce	48
30	Frederick	48
32	Gerald	46
33	Louis	40
33	Ralph	40
35	Alan	39
36	Russell	37
36	Steven	37
38	Norman	36
39	Ernest	34
39	Lawrence	34
41	Gary	32
41	Philip	32
43	Alfred	31
44	Roland	30
45	Douglas	28
45	Eugene	28
45	Wayne	28
48	Leo	27
49	Brian	26
50	Harold	22
50	Vincent	22
52	Jeffrey	21
53	Gerard	20
53	Leonard	20
55	Bernard	19
55	Victor	19
57	Andrew	18
57	Harry	18
57	Howard	18
60	Carl	17
60	Normand	17
62	Christopher	16
62	Jack	16
62	Maurice	16
65	Barry	15
65	Earl	15
65	Gregory	15
65	Larry	15
69	Allan	14
69	Allen	14
69	Nicholas	14
72	Craig	13
72	Rene	13
72	Stanley	13
72	Theodore	13
76	Fred	12
76	Mark	12
76	Timothy	12
79	Armand	11
79	Domenic	11
79	Manuel	11
79	Neil	11
79	Warren	11
84	Edwin	10
84	Gilbert	10
84	Kevin	10
84	Patrick	10
84	Roy	10
84	Samuel	10
90	Herbert	9
90	Lucien	9
90	Martin	9
93	Benjamin	8
93	Dana	8
93	Denis	8
93	Eric	8
93	Jean	8
93	Lee	8
93	Wilfred	8
100	Alexander	7
100	Angelo	7
100	Clifford	7
100	Everett	7
100	Glenn	7
100	Jay	7
100	Jerry	7
100	Jon	7
100	Matthew	7
100	Phillip	7
100	Terrence	7