Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	319
2	Dorothy	198
3	Barbara	173
4	Anna	129
5	Theresa	125
6	Helen	123
7	Margaret	110
8	Doris	99
9	Marie	97
10	Alice	96
11	Evelyn	86
12	Shirley	85
13	Claire	83
14	Virginia	82
15	Elizabeth	81
16	Irene	80
17	Rita	79
18	Gloria	76
19	Eleanor	74
20	Lillian	70
21	Ruth	66
22	Rose	65
23	Florence	58
24	Frances	57
25	Phyllis	56
26	Louise	55
27	Dolores	50
28	Catherine	49
28	Marion	49
30	Jean	46
30	Lucille	46
32	Marjorie	45
32	Mildred	45
34	Gertrude	43
35	Norma	42
36	Ann	41
36	Eileen	41
36	Nancy	41
39	Josephine	39
40	Beverly	38
40	Constance	38
40	Patricia	38
43	Grace	36
44	Jane	35
44	Therese	35
46	Lorraine	33
46	Muriel	33
48	Jeannette	32
48	Pauline	32
50	Edith	31

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	359
2	Robert	337
3	Joseph	271
4	William	248
5	George	170
5	James	170
7	Edward	166
8	Richard	154
9	Raymond	146
10	Anthony	128
11	Charles	116
12	Albert	106
13	Thomas	104
14	Frank	95
15	Alfred	93
16	Donald	85
17	Arthur	81
18	Henry	70
19	Norman	68
20	Francis	67
20	Walter	67
22	Ernest	63
23	Roland	59
24	Paul	58
25	Louis	56
26	Eugene	53
26	Leo	53
28	Michael	49
29	Kenneth	48
30	Frederick	46
31	Normand	44
32	David	43
33	Harold	42
34	Ralph	39
34	Roger	39
36	Peter	37
37	Manuel	36
38	Russell	35
39	Vincent	33
40	Wilfred	32
41	Bernard	31
41	Harry	31
43	Earl	29
43	Gerard	29
45	Antonio	27
45	Herbert	27
45	Stanley	27
48	Edmund	23
48	Gerald	23
50	Fred	21