Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1921

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	485
2	Dorothy	218
3	Helen	203
4	Margaret	146
5	Anna	140
6	Alice	137
7	Rita	136
8	Ruth	123
9	Doris	122
10	Rose	118
11	Florence	99
12	Virginia	98
13	Irene	96
14	Barbara	89
14	Evelyn	89
16	Marie	87
17	Elizabeth	82
18	Lillian	79
19	Beatrice	68
20	Eleanor	64
21	Louise	62
21	Mildred	62
23	Frances	61
24	Marjorie	55
25	Catherine	54
26	Gertrude	53
27	Josephine	50
28	Edith	48
29	Gladys	47
30	Marion	43
30	Theresa	43
32	Ethel	41
33	Agnes	40
34	Anita	39
34	Ida	39
36	Angelina	38
36	Gloria	38
38	Lucy	37
39	Bertha	36
40	Claire	35
41	Grace	34
42	Marguerite	33
43	Ann	32
44	Clara	31
44	Constance	31
44	Edna	31
44	Esther	31
44	Shirley	31
49	Muriel	30
50	Lucille	28

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	387
2	Joseph	346
3	William	269
4	James	189
5	George	187
6	Robert	182
7	Edward	175
8	Raymond	166
9	Frank	144
10	Charles	135
11	Arthur	114
12	Albert	113
13	Anthony	110
13	Thomas	110
15	Henry	108
16	Walter	96
17	Francis	91
18	Louis	79
19	Vincent	63
20	Alfred	61
21	Richard	60
22	Leo	59
22	Michael	59
24	Norman	58
25	Harold	57
26	Ernest	56
26	Peter	56
28	Paul	50
28	Ralph	50
30	Manuel	48
31	Kenneth	45
32	Donald	41
33	Roland	40
34	Lawrence	38
35	Frederick	37
36	Earl	36
37	Antonio	35
37	Stanley	35
39	David	34
39	Eugene	34
41	Angelo	33
42	Russell	32
43	Fred	29
43	Warren	29
45	Herbert	28
45	Howard	28
45	Philip	28
48	Maurice	27
49	Leonard	25
50	Bernard	23