Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	458
2	Helen	220
3	Dorothy	171
4	Rita	150
5	Margaret	141
6	Rose	127
7	Anna	120
8	Alice	118
9	Doris	113
10	Ruth	104
11	Florence	103
12	Elizabeth	82
13	Irene	79
14	Frances	77
15	Virginia	76
16	Lillian	75
17	Marie	74
18	Mildred	72
19	Catherine	70
20	Eleanor	69
21	Barbara	68
22	Josephine	67
23	Evelyn	65
24	Beatrice	62
24	Louise	62
26	Jennie	57
27	Gertrude	52
28	Edith	51
28	Marion	51
30	Esther	46
31	Claire	44
32	Agnes	42
32	Eva	42
34	Theresa	41
35	Grace	40
36	Ethel	39
37	Lucy	38
38	Jeannette	37
39	Angelina	35
40	Madeline	34
41	Stella	33
42	Clara	32
42	Katherine	32
42	Marguerite	32
45	Edna	31
46	Ida	30
47	Bertha	29
47	Marjorie	29
49	Charlotte	28
50	Elsie	27

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	357
2	Joseph	316
3	William	254
4	James	169
5	George	162
6	Edward	161
7	Raymond	137
8	Robert	135
9	Frank	130
10	Charles	128
11	Thomas	122
12	Albert	109
13	Anthony	101
14	Arthur	99
15	Francis	91
16	Henry	81
16	Louis	81
18	Alfred	80
19	Walter	76
20	Harold	65
21	Manuel	60
22	Ernest	58
23	Leo	56
24	Ralph	54
25	Paul	51
26	Frederick	50
27	Vincent	47
28	Donald	44
29	Richard	42
30	Stanley	41
31	Michael	39
32	Roland	37
33	Peter	36
34	Antonio	34
34	Norman	34
36	Harry	31
36	Herbert	31
36	Nicholas	31
39	Angelo	30
40	Victor	29
41	David	28
42	Daniel	27
43	Russell	26
44	Kenneth	25
45	Howard	24
46	Philip	23
47	Fred	22
48	Samuel	20
49	Armand	19
49	Carl	19