Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	216
2	Barbara	204
3	Dorothy	165
4	Joan	143
5	Claire	106
6	Anna	102
7	Helen	97
8	Doris	83
9	Gloria	82
10	Alice	80
11	Shirley	79
12	Ann	73
13	Patricia	69
14	Margaret	67
15	Irene	66
16	Elizabeth	63
16	Ruth	63
18	Theresa	62
19	Jean	61
20	Dolores	59
21	Eleanor	58
22	Marie	57
22	Rita	57
24	Florence	56
25	Virginia	55
26	Beverly	52
27	Constance	51
27	Pauline	51
27	Rose	51
30	Norma	50
31	Evelyn	48
31	Louise	48
31	Marilyn	48
34	Lorraine	47
35	Frances	46
36	Nancy	45
37	Marion	43
38	Lillian	35
39	Josephine	34
40	Lucille	32
41	Betty	31
41	Janet	31
41	Jeanne	31
41	Marjorie	31
41	Mildred	31
46	Anne	29
46	Catherine	29
46	Joyce	29
49	Carolyn	28
49	Grace	28

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	390
2	John	315
3	William	248
4	Joseph	244
5	Richard	175
6	Edward	130
7	James	129
8	George	128
9	Donald	127
10	Raymond	122
11	Thomas	117
12	Charles	105
13	Anthony	104
14	Arthur	94
15	Frank	78
16	Francis	68
16	Paul	68
18	Alfred	64
19	Albert	57
20	Norman	56
21	Henry	53
22	Kenneth	51
23	David	49
23	Louis	49
25	Roger	45
26	Leo	42
27	Ralph	41
27	Roland	41
29	Harold	39
29	Walter	39
31	Vincent	38
32	Michael	36
33	Eugene	34
34	Daniel	30
34	Frederick	30
34	Peter	30
37	Normand	29
38	Maurice	28
38	Russell	28
40	Lawrence	27
40	Philip	27
42	Gilbert	26
43	Ernest	25
43	Herbert	25
45	Bernard	23
45	Gerald	23
45	Leonard	23
48	Salvatore	21
49	Fred	20
49	Ronald	20