Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	647
2	John	501
3	Michael	394
4	William	374
5	James	347
6	David	339
7	Richard	334
8	Joseph	262
9	Stephen	249
10	Thomas	243
11	Paul	237
12	Edward	192
13	Dennis	188
14	Steven	172
15	Raymond	159
16	Gary	158
17	Kenneth	149
18	Charles	148
19	George	144
20	Donald	136
21	Ronald	130
22	Peter	123
23	Anthony	103
24	Daniel	87
25	Bruce	79

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Frank	79
27	Mark	75
28	Wayne	73
29	Roger	69
30	Kevin	64
31	Russell	59
32	Arthur	56
32	Walter	56
34	Louis	54
35	Alan	51
36	Albert	49
36	Brian	49
38	Francis	48
39	Philip	47
40	Douglas	45
40	Henry	45
42	Gerald	44
43	Jeffrey	42
43	Norman	42
45	Lawrence	41
46	Frederick	40
47	Alfred	39
47	Vincent	39
49	Ernest	38
50	Roland	36
51	Andrew	34
52	Carl	33
52	Patrick	33
52	Ralph	33
55	Christopher	32
55	Gerard	32
55	Gregory	32
58	Eugene	31
59	Leo	28
60	Larry	24
61	Maurice	23
62	Craig	22
62	Howard	22
62	Timothy	22
65	Normand	21
66	Barry	20
66	Nicholas	20
66	Stanley	20
69	Glenn	19
69	Marc	19
71	Eric	18
71	Roy	18
71	Victor	18
74	Gordon	17
75	Harold	16
75	Keith	16
75	Leonard	16
75	Scott	16
79	Denis	15
79	Earl	15
79	Warren	15
82	Bernard	14
82	Clifford	14
82	Edwin	14
82	Jack	14
82	Rene	14
87	Allan	13
87	Dana	13
87	Martin	13
87	Phillip	13
87	Theodore	13
92	Andre	12
92	Dale	12
92	Harry	12
92	Jonathan	12
96	Allen	11
96	Angelo	11
96	Everett	11
99	Armand	10
99	Rodney	10
99	Samuel	10