Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	642
2	David	621
3	Michael	542
4	John	529
5	William	352
6	Richard	344
7	James	341
8	Paul	283
9	Joseph	281
10	Thomas	280
11	Steven	259
12	Stephen	230
13	Mark	188
14	Donald	150
15	Edward	145
16	Kenneth	141
16	Peter	141
18	Ronald	138
19	Raymond	134
20	Kevin	133
21	Charles	127
22	Gary	125
23	Daniel	116
24	Dennis	114
25	George	111

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	107
27	Anthony	101
28	Frank	80
29	Bruce	79
30	Alan	73
31	Brian	68
31	Timothy	68
33	Wayne	65
34	Arthur	61
35	Roger	54
36	Keith	52
37	Russell	51
38	Louis	50
39	Lawrence	49
40	Douglas	48
41	Christopher	43
42	Albert	42
43	Frederick	41
43	Gregory	41
45	Walter	39
46	Philip	38
47	Glenn	37
48	Marc	35
49	Francis	34
49	Patrick	34
49	Scott	34
52	Andrew	31
53	Alfred	29
53	Henry	29
55	Carl	27
55	Vincent	27
57	Ernest	26
57	Gerald	26
57	Norman	26
60	Matthew	25
60	Roland	25
62	Gerard	23
62	Gordon	23
64	Ralph	22
65	Stanley	20
66	Allen	19
66	Craig	19
66	Harry	19
66	Howard	19
66	Jonathan	19
71	Barry	18
71	Denis	18
71	Normand	18
74	Eugene	17
74	Harold	17
74	Larry	17
74	Leo	17
74	Roy	17
79	Jon	16
79	Leonard	16
81	Jay	15
82	Eric	14
83	Phillip	13
83	Terry	13
83	Victor	13
86	Martin	12
86	Nicholas	12
86	Samuel	12
86	Theodore	12
90	Bernard	11
90	Bryan	11
90	Earl	11
90	Glen	11
90	Jeffery	11
90	Terrence	11
96	Dean	10
96	Randall	10
98	Alexander	9
98	Allan	9
98	Bradley	9
98	Curtis	9
98	Dana	9
98	Everett	9
98	Geoffrey	9
98	Kurt	9
98	Manuel	9
98	Mario	9
98	Maurice	9
98	Randy	9
98	Rodney	9
98	Stuart	9