Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	577
2	Michael	549
3	David	537
4	John	531
5	Richard	358
6	James	352
7	William	333
8	Joseph	321
9	Paul	276
10	Thomas	260
11	Steven	229
12	Stephen	219
13	Mark	203
14	Peter	176
15	Kevin	175
16	Donald	150
17	Kenneth	145
18	Ronald	144
19	Edward	141
20	Gary	133
21	Charles	132
22	Raymond	112
23	Anthony	110
24	Brian	109
25	Jeffrey	106

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	97
27	Dennis	96
28	George	92
29	Wayne	78
30	Alan	72
31	Gregory	71
32	Arthur	69
33	Bruce	68
33	Frank	68
35	Russell	63
36	Keith	60
37	Douglas	59
37	Scott	59
39	Christopher	57
40	Timothy	56
41	Louis	54
42	Roger	44
43	Lawrence	42
43	Walter	42
45	Glenn	40
46	Carl	39
47	Albert	37
48	Norman	36
49	Philip	35
50	Alfred	34
50	Patrick	34
52	Frederick	33
52	Marc	33
52	Ralph	33
55	Andrew	30
55	Vincent	30
57	Barry	28
57	Francis	28
57	Leonard	28
60	Gerald	27
60	Gerard	27
60	Matthew	27
63	Craig	26
64	Henry	25
64	Jonathan	25
66	Ernest	24
66	Roland	24
68	Eric	22
69	Harry	21
70	Eugene	20
71	Harold	19
71	Leo	19
71	Theodore	19
74	Larry	18
74	Nicholas	18
76	Gordon	17
76	Jeffery	17
76	Roy	17
79	Allen	16
80	Edwin	15
80	Fred	15
80	Glen	15
83	Karl	14
83	Stanley	14
85	Howard	13
85	Neil	13
85	Randall	13
85	Victor	13
89	Dale	12
89	Denis	12
89	Guy	12
89	Martin	12
89	Maurice	12
94	Benjamin	11
94	Bernard	11
94	Jerry	11
94	Manuel	11
94	Normand	11
94	Steve	11
100	Chester	10
100	Clifford	10
100	Danny	10
100	Leon	10
100	Samuel	10