Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	442
2	Helen	186
3	Dorothy	160
4	Rita	137
5	Anna	134
6	Margaret	131
7	Alice	122
8	Ruth	115
9	Rose	110
10	Lillian	93
11	Elizabeth	89
12	Doris	82
12	Irene	82
14	Josephine	79
15	Mildred	74
16	Evelyn	72
17	Florence	71
18	Frances	67
18	Virginia	67
20	Barbara	62
21	Edith	61
21	Louise	61
23	Beatrice	60
24	Marie	59
25	Catherine	57
26	Marion	53
27	Grace	51
28	Jennie	47
29	Eleanor	45
30	Gertrude	41
30	Marjorie	41
32	Ann	37
32	Theresa	37
34	Esther	36
34	Gladys	36
36	Bertha	35
36	Julia	35
36	Lena	35
39	Edna	33
39	Viola	33
41	Emily	30
41	Ethel	30
43	Anne	29
43	Stella	29
45	Ida	28
46	Agnes	27
46	Genevieve	27
46	Madeline	27
46	Marguerite	27
50	Elsie	26

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	353
2	Joseph	320
3	William	238
4	Edward	152
5	James	147
6	George	144
7	Robert	123
8	Charles	122
9	Raymond	115
10	Frank	108
11	Albert	103
12	Thomas	99
13	Arthur	84
14	Alfred	83
14	Anthony	83
16	Henry	78
17	Francis	76
18	Walter	74
19	Louis	65
20	Paul	55
21	Leo	53
21	Richard	53
23	Manuel	45
24	Michael	44
24	Stanley	44
26	Frederick	42
27	Norman	40
28	Eugene	38
28	Ralph	38
30	Peter	37
31	Ernest	36
31	Harold	36
33	Donald	33
33	Vincent	33
35	Antonio	31
35	Russell	31
37	Nicholas	29
38	Armand	28
38	David	28
38	Herbert	28
38	Samuel	28
42	Bernard	25
42	Stephen	25
44	Harry	24
44	Lawrence	24
44	Milton	24
44	Roland	24
48	Leonard	22
49	Earl	21
50	Fred	20