Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	568
2	John	509
3	William	341
4	Richard	331
5	James	328
6	David	316
7	Michael	310
8	Joseph	268
9	Thomas	258
10	Stephen	224
11	Paul	205
12	Ronald	188
13	Charles	175
14	Raymond	167
15	Dennis	157
16	Kenneth	153
17	Edward	151
18	Donald	133
19	George	127
20	Peter	124
21	Anthony	114
22	Steven	104
23	Daniel	89
24	Alan	74
25	Arthur	72

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	71
26	Frank	71
28	Gary	70
28	Roger	70
30	Albert	67
31	Mark	61
32	Lawrence	60
33	Louis	58
34	Francis	54
35	Brian	53
36	Gerald	52
37	Philip	46
37	Walter	46
39	Jeffrey	44
39	Wayne	44
41	Russell	43
42	Henry	42
43	Alfred	41
43	Douglas	41
45	Gregory	40
46	Vincent	39
47	Frederick	37
48	Carl	36
49	Kevin	35
49	Ralph	35
51	Leo	34
51	Norman	34
53	Christopher	32
53	Ernest	32
55	Gerard	30
56	Timothy	29
57	Glenn	28
57	Roland	28
59	Eugene	27
60	Craig	23
60	Normand	23
62	Harold	22
62	Harry	22
62	Roy	22
65	Leonard	21
65	Stanley	21
67	Barry	20
68	Andrew	19
69	Allen	18
69	Earl	18
69	Patrick	18
72	Allan	17
72	Clifford	17
72	Howard	17
72	Karl	17
72	Scott	17
77	Larry	16
78	Bernard	14
78	Dana	14
78	Denis	14
78	Samuel	14
78	Theodore	14
83	Andre	13
83	Armand	13
83	Eric	13
83	Fred	13
83	Marc	13
83	Rene	13
83	Warren	13
90	Edwin	12
90	Jack	12
90	Keith	12
90	Lee	12
90	Terry	12
95	Bradford	11
95	Domenic	11
95	Edmund	11
95	Gilbert	11
95	Gordon	11
95	Marcel	11
95	Maurice	11