Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	616
2	John	520
3	Michael	474
4	David	460
5	Richard	394
6	William	363
7	James	354
8	Paul	281
9	Thomas	271
10	Joseph	253
11	Stephen	227
12	Steven	201
13	Ronald	156
14	Gary	151
15	Donald	150
16	Peter	148
17	Dennis	145
18	Edward	144
19	Kenneth	142
20	Raymond	139
21	Charles	138
22	George	123
23	Mark	122
24	Daniel	106
25	Anthony	99

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	91
26	Kevin	91
28	Jeffrey	79
29	Frank	75
30	Alan	69
31	Wayne	68
32	Arthur	66
33	Brian	65
34	Roger	57
35	Christopher	56
36	Lawrence	51
37	Louis	50
38	Vincent	49
39	Carl	46
40	Albert	45
41	Francis	44
41	Ralph	44
43	Philip	43
43	Russell	43
43	Walter	43
46	Frederick	41
46	Timothy	41
48	Alfred	40
49	Douglas	38
49	Henry	38
51	Gregory	35
52	Gerald	34
53	Patrick	33
54	Keith	32
55	Andrew	31
55	Larry	31
57	Barry	29
58	Gerard	27
58	Norman	27
60	Scott	26
61	Glenn	25
62	Ernest	24
62	Marc	24
64	Craig	23
64	Howard	23
66	Harold	22
66	Normand	22
68	Eugene	20
68	Leonard	20
68	Stanley	20
71	Jonathan	19
71	Leo	19
71	Roland	19
74	Dean	18
74	Matthew	18
76	Allen	17
76	Eric	17
78	Denis	16
78	Jay	16
80	Bernard	15
80	Gordon	15
80	Maurice	15
83	Martin	14
83	Nicholas	14
83	Warren	14
86	Armand	13
86	Kurt	13
86	Roy	13
86	Victor	13
90	Allan	12
90	Clifford	12
90	Dana	12
90	Earl	12
90	Edwin	12
90	Fred	12
90	Rene	12
97	Herbert	11
97	Jon	11
97	Neil	11
100	Andre	10
100	Angelo	10
100	Bradford	10
100	Harry	10
100	Jack	10
100	Jerry	10
100	Lloyd	10