Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	633
2	John	568
3	William	380
4	Richard	359
5	James	317
6	Michael	279
7	David	275
8	Joseph	262
9	Thomas	255
10	Paul	214
11	Ronald	204
12	Donald	172
13	George	171
14	Edward	170
15	Stephen	165
16	Raymond	164
17	Charles	150
18	Dennis	133
19	Kenneth	121
20	Peter	108
21	Anthony	104
22	Bruce	84
23	Roger	80
24	Steven	79
25	Daniel	76

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	74
27	Frank	73
28	Gary	66
29	Albert	63
29	Walter	63
31	Frederick	57
32	Alan	55
33	Gerald	53
34	Francis	52
35	Alfred	50
35	Brian	50
37	Henry	49
37	Philip	49
39	Louis	48
40	Lawrence	46
40	Norman	46
40	Russell	46
43	Douglas	43
43	Wayne	43
45	Vincent	42
46	Ralph	41
47	Ernest	36
48	Gregory	35
48	Jeffrey	35
48	Mark	35
51	Eugene	34
52	Gerard	32
53	Barry	31
53	Carl	31
55	Normand	30
56	Leo	29
56	Roland	29
58	Kevin	27
58	Leonard	27
60	Howard	26
61	Glenn	25
62	Christopher	24
63	Armand	23
63	Patrick	23
63	Roy	23
63	Timothy	23
67	Harry	21
68	Allen	20
68	Bernard	20
68	Craig	20
68	Larry	20
72	Theodore	18
73	Andrew	17
73	Maurice	17
73	Rene	17
76	Earl	16
77	Allan	15
77	Bradford	15
77	Matthew	15
77	Stanley	15
81	Eric	14
81	Everett	14
81	Fred	14
81	Martin	14
81	Nicholas	14
86	Alexander	13
86	Edwin	13
86	Gilbert	13
86	Harold	13
86	Salvatore	13
86	Warren	13
92	Clifford	12
92	Domenic	12
92	Edmund	12
92	Manuel	12
92	Phillip	12
97	Denis	11
97	Glen	11
97	Gordon	11
97	Herbert	11
97	Jack	11
97	Jerome	11