Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	618
2	Michael	550
3	David	537
4	John	508
5	James	370
6	Richard	351
7	William	308
8	Paul	291
9	Thomas	281
10	Joseph	251
11	Steven	240
12	Mark	218
13	Stephen	214
14	Kenneth	179
15	Kevin	169
16	Donald	158
17	Peter	155
18	Gary	148
19	Edward	143
20	Charles	142
20	Raymond	142
22	Ronald	119
23	Brian	118
23	Daniel	118
25	Anthony	107

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	104
27	George	102
28	Dennis	91
29	Frank	74
30	Bruce	72
31	Scott	70
31	Wayne	70
33	Timothy	68
34	Christopher	62
35	Alan	55
36	Gregory	54
37	Marc	53
37	Russell	53
39	Alfred	49
40	Gerald	48
41	Albert	47
41	Douglas	47
41	Louis	47
44	Patrick	44
45	Keith	43
46	Arthur	42
47	Andrew	40
47	Roger	40
49	Walter	39
50	Leo	32
51	Henry	31
52	Francis	30
53	Glenn	29
54	Carl	28
54	Ralph	28
56	Lawrence	27
56	Vincent	27
58	Eric	26
58	Roland	26
60	Dean	25
60	Frederick	25
60	Norman	25
60	Philip	25
64	Jonathan	23
65	Jay	22
65	Leonard	22
65	Matthew	22
68	Eugene	21
68	Gerard	21
70	Bernard	20
70	Ernest	20
72	Larry	19
73	Barry	18
74	Steve	17
75	Craig	16
75	Joel	16
75	Rene	16
78	Howard	15
78	Manuel	15
78	Randy	15
81	Allan	14
81	Herbert	14
81	Nicholas	14
84	Bryan	13
84	Harold	13
84	Jeffery	13
84	Jon	13
84	Mike	13
84	Neil	13
84	Roy	13
91	Clifford	12
91	Denis	12
91	Edmund	12
91	Harry	12
91	Phillip	12
91	Stanley	12
91	Theodore	12
98	Antonio	11
98	Chris	11
98	Dana	11
98	Gordon	11
98	Jack	11
98	Lee	11
98	Martin	11
98	Normand	11