Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	637
2	Michael	536
3	David	518
4	John	498
5	Richard	370
5	William	370
7	James	364
8	Joseph	317
9	Paul	276
10	Thomas	249
11	Stephen	239
12	Steven	230
13	Kenneth	164
14	Raymond	157
15	Edward	156
16	Donald	155
17	Gary	152
17	Mark	152
19	Peter	148
20	Dennis	142
21	Ronald	131
22	Charles	130
23	Kevin	124
24	Daniel	119
25	Jeffrey	110

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	107
27	Anthony	100
28	Bruce	91
29	Brian	73
30	Wayne	72
31	Roger	67
32	Frank	66
33	Alan	64
34	Russell	58
35	Arthur	54
36	Douglas	53
37	Timothy	50
38	Albert	49
39	Louis	48
40	Keith	43
40	Norman	43
42	Lawrence	42
42	Ralph	42
42	Walter	42
45	Patrick	41
46	Frederick	39
46	Gregory	39
46	Philip	39
49	Alfred	38
50	Carl	37
50	Francis	37
52	Ernest	36
52	Gerald	36
52	Glenn	36
55	Barry	35
56	Marc	32
57	Scott	31
58	Christopher	30
58	Nicholas	30
60	Larry	29
60	Roland	29
62	Henry	27
63	Eugene	26
63	Vincent	26
65	Andrew	25
66	Craig	23
67	Leo	22
68	Harry	21
68	Martin	21
70	Harold	19
70	Jon	19
70	Jonathan	19
70	Leonard	19
74	Allan	18
74	Normand	18
74	Roy	18
77	Bernard	17
77	Denis	17
77	Matthew	17
77	Stanley	17
81	Allen	16
81	Rodney	16
83	Jack	15
83	Jay	15
85	Theodore	14
86	Bradford	13
86	Dana	13
86	Earl	13
86	Gerard	13
86	Gordon	13
86	Randy	13
86	Rene	13
86	Terrence	13
94	Angelo	12
94	Eric	12
94	Howard	12
94	Warren	12
98	Manuel	11
99	Antonio	10
99	Bradley	10
99	Guy	10