Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	620
2	John	507
3	Michael	469
4	David	395
5	Richard	388
6	William	380
7	James	355
8	Thomas	313
9	Joseph	274
10	Paul	262
11	Stephen	259
12	Steven	217
13	Kenneth	168
14	Donald	167
14	Ronald	167
16	Raymond	165
17	Dennis	155
18	Charles	143
19	Peter	142
20	Edward	140
21	George	138
22	Gary	131
23	Daniel	101
24	Anthony	100
25	Mark	98

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	90
27	Frank	70
28	Kevin	65
29	Arthur	60
29	Wayne	60
31	Roger	59
32	Alan	57
33	Albert	56
34	Jeffrey	51
35	Brian	50
36	Frederick	49
37	Louis	47
38	Francis	46
39	Douglas	45
39	Russell	45
41	Gerald	44
41	Gregory	44
41	Lawrence	44
41	Walter	44
45	Alfred	43
46	Christopher	38
47	Carl	37
47	Ralph	37
49	Timothy	35
50	Ernest	32
51	Leo	31
51	Vincent	31
53	Glenn	30
53	Philip	30
55	Eugene	29
56	Henry	28
56	Roland	28
56	Scott	28
59	Gerard	27
59	Norman	27
61	Barry	26
61	Leonard	26
63	Harold	25
63	Patrick	25
65	Bernard	24
65	Eric	24
67	Craig	23
68	Denis	22
68	Keith	22
68	Nicholas	22
71	Andrew	20
71	Howard	20
71	Stanley	20
74	Marc	18
74	Normand	18
76	Earl	17
76	Gilbert	17
76	Larry	17
76	Manuel	17
80	Herbert	16
80	Maurice	16
82	Allen	15
82	Clifford	15
84	Leslie	14
85	Allan	13
85	Rene	13
87	Benjamin	12
87	Dale	12
87	Edwin	12
87	Gordon	12
87	Harry	12
87	Kurt	12
87	Martin	12
87	Neil	12
87	Randall	12
87	Roy	12
97	Antonio	11
97	Armand	11
97	Bradford	11
97	Dana	11
97	Glen	11
97	Matthew	11
97	Victor	11