Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1915

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary415
2Helen161
3Dorothy138
4Anna137
5Alice109
6Margaret107
7Ruth106
8Lillian88
9Doris87
10Florence85
11Elizabeth84
12Rose83
13Evelyn70
13Rita70
15Mildred68
16Irene62
17Eleanor60
17Frances60
19Beatrice57
19Marion57
21Catherine55
21Josephine55
21Marie55
24Gertrude49
25Jennie44
26Edith43
27Grace42
28Virginia40
29Louise39
30Gladys36
30Lucy36
32Bertha35
33Esther33
33Lena33
33Theresa33
36Ethel32
36Ida32
38Elsie31
39Angelina30
40Barbara29
41Agnes28
41Clara28
41Eva28
44Hazel27
45Maria26
46Anne25
46Blanche25
46Julia25
49Jeannette24
49Viola24

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1John326
2Joseph292
3William182
4Edward144
5James137
6George130
7Frank115
8Charles106
9Raymond88
10Robert84
11Albert82
11Thomas82
13Arthur81
14Walter69
15Henry66
16Anthony64
17Louis61
18Alfred58
19Ernest55
20Francis53
21Michael51
22Richard45
23Frederick42
24Leo40
25Harold39
26Vincent38
27Paul36
28Manuel33
28Stanley33
30Antonio32
30Eugene32
32Donald31
33Ralph30
33Roland30
35David29
35Herbert29
37Norman28
37Peter28
39Daniel25
39Harry25
39Russell25
42Stephen23
43Kenneth22
43Nicholas22
43Salvatore22
46Edwin20
46Fred20
46Howard20
46Samuel20
50Lawrence19