Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	650
2	Richard	488
3	John	472
4	James	365
5	William	352
6	David	277
7	Joseph	251
8	Thomas	217
9	Paul	207
10	Ronald	206
11	Michael	193
12	Edward	167
13	Charles	164
14	Raymond	160
15	Donald	156
16	George	146
17	Kenneth	137
18	Stephen	120
19	Dennis	109
20	Peter	108
21	Anthony	92
22	Frank	89
23	Arthur	77
24	Albert	73
25	Roger	71

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	66
27	Henry	64
28	Daniel	60
29	Alfred	58
30	Alan	57
31	Bruce	53
32	Louis	52
33	Frederick	50
34	Walter	48
35	Francis	47
36	Lawrence	46
36	Norman	46
38	Wayne	43
39	Ernest	42
39	Gerard	42
39	Russell	42
39	Vincent	42
43	Steven	41
44	Leo	39
45	Ralph	37
46	Gary	36
47	Jeffrey	33
48	Eugene	32
48	Harry	32
50	Gregory	30
51	Philip	29
52	Douglas	28
52	Leonard	28
54	Barry	27
54	Harold	27
56	Andrew	26
57	Carl	24
57	Howard	24
57	Roland	24
60	Brian	22
61	Normand	21
62	Glenn	20
62	Mark	20
64	Maurice	19
64	Nicholas	19
66	Craig	18
66	Earl	18
66	Rene	18
69	Martin	17
69	Roy	17
69	Theodore	17
72	Bernard	16
72	Clifford	16
72	Herbert	16
75	Allan	15
75	Edmund	15
75	Gilbert	15
75	Stanley	15
79	Christopher	14
80	Fred	13
80	Gordon	13
80	Jack	13
80	Jonathan	13
80	Samuel	13
80	Warren	13
86	Allen	12
86	Manuel	12
86	Patrick	12
86	Timothy	12
90	Domenic	11
90	Edwin	11
90	Everett	11
90	Kevin	11
94	Larry	10
94	Leslie	10
94	Phillip	10
94	Wilfred	10
98	Alexander	9
98	Eric	9
98	Leon	9