Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	588
2	Robert	539
3	David	533
4	John	497
5	James	341
6	William	315
7	Richard	292
8	Mark	268
9	Paul	259
10	Thomas	234
11	Joseph	225
12	Steven	214
13	Kevin	184
14	Stephen	175
15	Kenneth	154
16	Peter	140
17	Donald	137
18	Edward	131
19	Charles	125
20	Jeffrey	122
20	Raymond	122
22	Brian	119
23	Ronald	116
24	Daniel	113
25	Gary	112

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	105
27	Timothy	102
28	George	97
29	Christopher	84
30	Scott	76
31	Dennis	75
32	Bruce	66
32	Frank	66
34	Marc	57
35	Wayne	55
36	Alan	54
37	Gregory	53
38	Douglas	51
38	Russell	51
40	Albert	46
41	Vincent	45
42	Matthew	44
43	Keith	42
44	Philip	41
45	Craig	39
46	Andrew	37
46	Arthur	37
46	Eric	37
46	Glenn	37
50	Walter	36
51	Patrick	33
51	Roger	33
53	Carl	32
53	Lawrence	32
55	Gerald	31
56	Alfred	30
56	Henry	30
56	Jay	30
56	Louis	30
60	Francis	29
61	Norman	28
62	Ernest	26
62	Eugene	26
62	Ralph	26
65	Barry	22
66	Dean	21
66	Steve	21
68	Harold	19
68	Roland	19
70	Allen	18
70	Frederick	18
70	Glen	18
70	Leo	18
70	Leonard	18
75	Dana	16
75	Gerard	16
75	Mike	16
75	Theodore	16
79	Jonathan	15
79	Larry	15
81	Fred	14
81	Howard	14
81	Jack	14
81	Kurt	14
85	Chris	13
85	Earl	13
85	Guy	13
85	Jeffery	13
85	Neil	13
85	Nicholas	13
85	Normand	13
85	Ricky	13
93	Bryan	12
93	Jon	12
93	Manuel	12
93	Sean	12
97	Andre	11
97	Bernard	11
97	Curtis	11
97	Jerry	11
97	Maurice	11
97	Randall	11
97	Roy	11
97	Stanley	11
97	Victor	11