Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	550
2	John	538
3	Richard	376
4	Michael	345
5	David	343
6	William	306
7	James	301
8	Paul	278
9	Joseph	253
10	Thomas	241
11	Stephen	202
12	Ronald	167
13	Dennis	166
14	Raymond	162
15	Donald	154
16	Steven	147
17	Peter	141
18	Kenneth	139
19	Edward	136
20	Charles	128
21	George	112
22	Bruce	92
23	Anthony	90
24	Gary	87
25	Daniel	77

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	70
26	Wayne	70
28	Alan	68
29	Roger	66
30	Mark	62
31	Arthur	58
31	Kevin	58
33	Jeffrey	57
33	Louis	57
35	Francis	52
35	Gerald	52
37	Albert	51
38	Douglas	50
39	Russell	49
40	Frederick	48
41	Lawrence	46
42	Walter	45
43	Carl	42
43	Gregory	42
45	Brian	39
46	Ralph	37
47	Philip	36
48	Ernest	35
48	Vincent	35
50	Norman	33
51	Alfred	32
52	Howard	31
52	Patrick	31
54	Roland	30
55	Henry	26
55	Normand	26
57	Eugene	25
58	Gerard	24
58	Harold	24
58	Leo	24
61	Glenn	23
62	Barry	22
63	Nicholas	21
63	Roy	21
63	Stanley	21
66	Bernard	20
66	Craig	20
68	Eric	19
69	Christopher	18
69	Keith	18
69	Maurice	18
69	Theodore	18
73	Andrew	17
73	Samuel	17
75	Allan	16
75	Bradford	16
75	Harry	16
75	Manuel	16
75	Martin	16
75	Scott	16
75	Timothy	16
82	Larry	15
83	Earl	14
83	Leonard	14
83	Neil	14
86	Edwin	13
86	Gordon	13
86	Jack	13
86	Warren	13
90	Chester	11
90	Clifford	11
90	Fred	11
90	Herbert	11
90	Lee	11
95	Angelo	10
95	Armand	10
95	Dale	10
95	Domenic	10
95	Joel	10
95	Marcel	10
95	Salvatore	10
95	Terrence	10