Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1926

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	309
2	Dorothy	198
3	Helen	149
4	Barbara	132
5	Anna	129
6	Doris	127
7	Theresa	125
8	Margaret	121
9	Rita	116
10	Alice	102
11	Ruth	100
12	Irene	96
13	Gloria	95
14	Elizabeth	88
15	Rose	84
16	Shirley	82
17	Claire	80
17	Marie	80
19	Florence	79
20	Lillian	78
21	Therese	75
22	Evelyn	73
22	Virginia	73
24	Mildred	65
25	Louise	63
26	Josephine	61
27	Frances	60
28	Eleanor	56
29	Catherine	52
30	Pauline	51
31	Muriel	49
32	Nancy	48
33	Lucille	47
34	Marjorie	45
35	Beatrice	44
35	Jean	44
37	Eileen	42
38	Constance	40
38	Marion	40
40	Phyllis	38
41	Edith	36
42	Ann	34
42	Gertrude	34
42	Gladys	34
45	Grace	33
46	Jeannette	32
47	Anne	31
47	Lucy	31
49	Norma	29
49	Patricia	29

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	420
2	Joseph	300
3	Robert	268
4	William	255
5	George	192
6	Raymond	185
7	James	168
8	Edward	158
9	Anthony	135
10	Charles	125
11	Richard	117
12	Thomas	108
13	Frank	107
14	Arthur	104
15	Albert	98
16	Louis	84
17	Donald	83
18	Francis	80
19	Walter	78
20	Norman	74
21	Paul	69
22	Henry	68
23	Alfred	65
24	Leo	61
25	Ernest	60
26	Peter	59
27	Normand	57
28	Roland	51
29	Kenneth	48
30	Ralph	44
31	Roger	43
32	Frederick	40
33	Vincent	39
34	Bernard	37
34	Harold	37
34	Michael	37
37	Daniel	36
37	David	36
39	Eugene	32
40	Gerard	31
41	Antonio	30
41	Everett	30
41	Maurice	30
44	Herbert	29
44	Manuel	29
44	Russell	29
47	Earl	28
48	Armand	27
48	Lawrence	27
48	Samuel	27