Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	682
2	John	520
3	Richard	468
4	William	409
5	James	352
6	David	301
7	Joseph	285
8	Thomas	268
9	Michael	265
10	Paul	256
11	Ronald	222
12	Edward	189
13	Raymond	182
14	Donald	175
15	Stephen	173
16	George	155
17	Charles	151
18	Kenneth	135
19	Dennis	126
20	Peter	113
21	Anthony	111
22	Frank	96
23	Arthur	90
24	Roger	86
25	Albert	79

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	78
27	Gerald	72
28	Bruce	70
29	Alan	67
30	Steven	65
31	Francis	62
32	Walter	61
33	Russell	60
34	Lawrence	54
35	Gary	53
36	Louis	51
36	Norman	51
38	Roland	50
39	Henry	49
40	Frederick	47
40	Jeffrey	47
42	Alfred	46
43	Brian	42
43	Ernest	42
43	Wayne	42
46	Gregory	41
46	Ralph	41
48	Harold	39
49	Vincent	38
50	Gerard	36
51	Douglas	34
52	Mark	31
52	Timothy	31
54	Eugene	30
54	Leo	30
54	Patrick	30
57	Barry	29
58	Andrew	28
58	Carl	28
58	Earl	28
58	Philip	28
62	Stanley	25
63	Roy	24
64	Leonard	23
65	Normand	21
66	Allan	20
66	Craig	20
66	Nicholas	20
69	Manuel	19
70	Gordon	18
70	Howard	18
72	Allen	17
72	Bernard	17
72	Christopher	17
72	Glenn	17
72	Theodore	17
77	Harry	16
77	Kevin	16
79	Lee	15
79	Maurice	15
81	Alexander	14
81	Fred	14
81	Larry	14
84	Marcel	13
84	Terrence	13
86	Andre	12
86	Jack	12
86	Jerome	12
86	Martin	12
90	Chester	11
90	Edmund	11
90	Edwin	11
90	Lloyd	11
90	Marc	11
95	Angelo	10
95	Armand	10
95	Keith	10
95	Lewis	10
99	Edgar	9
99	Emile	9
99	Joel	9
99	Rene	9
99	Steve	9