Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	338
2	Dorothy	197
3	Anna	153
4	Barbara	152
5	Helen	132
6	Doris	122
7	Theresa	120
8	Margaret	113
9	Rita	102
10	Virginia	96
11	Alice	94
11	Rose	94
13	Marie	90
14	Claire	89
14	Evelyn	89
16	Ruth	84
17	Irene	81
17	Shirley	81
19	Lillian	72
20	Gloria	71
21	Jean	62
22	Florence	61
23	Eleanor	59
23	Pauline	59
25	Frances	58
26	Elizabeth	57
27	Lucille	56
28	Catherine	54
28	Mildred	54
28	Therese	54
31	Louise	46
31	Marion	46
31	Nancy	46
34	Ann	40
35	Norma	39
36	Beatrice	38
37	Eileen	37
37	Gertrude	37
37	Josephine	37
40	Edith	36
40	Muriel	36
40	Phyllis	36
43	Lorraine	35
44	Marjorie	33
45	Jane	32
46	Betty	31
46	Jeanne	31
48	Angelina	30
49	Grace	29
49	Jeannette	29

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	392
2	Joseph	319
3	Robert	299
4	William	291
5	Raymond	231
6	George	203
7	James	194
8	Edward	164
9	Charles	135
10	Richard	125
11	Frank	114
12	Thomas	109
13	Anthony	108
14	Arthur	100
15	Albert	96
16	Donald	85
17	Louis	84
18	Francis	78
19	Norman	77
20	Paul	71
21	Henry	66
22	Roland	65
23	Normand	58
24	Ernest	55
24	Walter	55
26	Leo	53
27	Ralph	50
28	David	45
29	Alfred	44
29	Harold	44
31	Roger	40
31	Vincent	40
33	Peter	39
34	Earl	37
35	Eugene	36
36	Frederick	35
37	Gerald	34
38	Michael	33
39	Russell	31
40	Bernard	30
40	Maurice	30
42	Gerard	29
42	Harry	29
42	Howard	29
45	Kenneth	26
45	Stanley	26
47	Herbert	25
48	Daniel	24
49	Philip	23
49	Rene	23