Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1930

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	278
2	Barbara	206
3	Dorothy	176
4	Anna	116
5	Joan	106
6	Doris	98
7	Shirley	95
8	Helen	92
9	Dolores	88
10	Claire	86
11	Elizabeth	80
12	Rita	78
12	Theresa	78
14	Irene	74
14	Patricia	74
16	Eleanor	72
16	Jean	72
16	Margaret	72
19	Gloria	69
20	Alice	65
20	Marie	65
22	Nancy	59
23	Ruth	58
23	Virginia	58
25	Rose	56
26	Beverly	55
26	Lillian	55
28	Evelyn	54
29	Pauline	50
30	Louise	49
31	Florence	48
32	Catherine	47
32	Norma	47
34	Phyllis	46
35	Ann	45
36	Lorraine	44
36	Lucille	44
38	Frances	43
39	Jeanne	39
40	Jacqueline	38
40	Marilyn	38
42	Betty	37
42	Lois	37
44	Marion	35
45	Eileen	34
45	Marjorie	34
47	Constance	32
47	Jane	32
49	Josephine	31
49	Muriel	31

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	385
2	John	323
3	Joseph	253
4	William	225
5	Raymond	174
6	James	159
7	George	154
8	Edward	147
9	Richard	144
10	Donald	128
11	Anthony	124
12	Charles	116
13	Frank	100
14	Paul	81
15	Albert	79
16	Thomas	78
17	Alfred	75
18	Arthur	72
18	Henry	72
20	Norman	58
21	David	57
21	Leo	57
23	Kenneth	56
24	Vincent	54
25	Ernest	52
25	Louis	52
25	Walter	52
28	Roland	51
29	Francis	49
29	Peter	49
31	Michael	47
32	Eugene	43
32	Normand	43
34	Frederick	41
34	Ralph	41
36	Harold	40
37	Daniel	35
37	Roger	35
39	Gerald	31
39	Harry	31
41	Bernard	27
41	Herbert	27
41	Ronald	27
44	Leonard	26
45	Lawrence	25
46	Howard	24
47	Armand	22
47	Earl	22
47	Edmund	22
47	Manuel	22