Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	426
2	Dorothy	202
3	Helen	179
4	Anna	155
5	Margaret	127
6	Doris	123
6	Ruth	123
8	Rita	122
9	Irene	113
10	Rose	112
11	Alice	109
12	Elizabeth	101
13	Virginia	100
14	Florence	96
14	Lillian	96
16	Marie	88
17	Barbara	85
18	Evelyn	81
19	Frances	72
20	Catherine	67
21	Eleanor	62
22	Mildred	60
23	Marion	58
23	Theresa	58
25	Claire	56
25	Gloria	56
27	Edith	55
28	Gertrude	54
29	Shirley	53
30	Louise	48
30	Muriel	48
32	Beatrice	45
33	Constance	44
33	Marjorie	44
35	Josephine	41
36	Gladys	40
36	Grace	40
38	Esther	39
38	Jennie	39
38	Pauline	39
41	Lucille	36
42	Ann	35
42	Edna	35
42	Jeannette	35
45	Lucy	33
45	Madeline	33
47	Anita	32
47	Phyllis	32
49	Ida	30
49	Therese	30

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	406
2	Joseph	326
3	William	262
4	Robert	216
5	Edward	187
6	George	174
7	Raymond	168
8	James	165
9	Thomas	125
10	Charles	117
11	Anthony	108
12	Frank	102
13	Albert	98
14	Henry	92
14	Walter	92
16	Alfred	88
16	Arthur	88
18	Richard	82
19	Donald	76
20	Louis	75
21	Francis	74
22	Ernest	61
23	Ralph	58
24	Harold	57
25	Norman	56
26	Michael	55
27	Eugene	54
27	Paul	54
29	Leo	48
30	Peter	43
31	Normand	41
31	Roland	41
33	David	38
33	Vincent	38
35	Frederick	37
35	Kenneth	37
37	Harry	34
38	Manuel	33
38	Stanley	33
40	Daniel	32
41	Herbert	30
41	Russell	30
43	Nicholas	29
44	Lawrence	28
45	Earl	27
45	Leonard	27
45	Salvatore	27
48	Maurice	26
48	Samuel	26
50	Gerard	25