Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1932

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	229
2	Mary	225
3	Joan	148
4	Dorothy	135
5	Anna	98
6	Claire	93
7	Margaret	84
8	Dolores	80
9	Patricia	79
10	Ann	76
10	Doris	76
12	Shirley	72
13	Jean	70
14	Helen	69
15	Elizabeth	68
15	Gloria	68
15	Marie	68
15	Rita	68
19	Nancy	67
20	Beverly	62
20	Theresa	62
22	Alice	59
22	Constance	59
24	Ruth	57
25	Irene	55
26	Pauline	54
27	Evelyn	50
27	Norma	50
29	Virginia	49
30	Lorraine	47
31	Lucille	46
31	Marilyn	46
33	Rose	44
34	Frances	42
35	Eleanor	40
36	Louise	38
37	Lillian	37
37	Lois	37
39	Phyllis	36
40	Eileen	35
40	Florence	35
42	Joyce	33
43	Mildred	31
44	Anne	30
44	Betty	30
44	Carol	30
44	Carolyn	30
44	Catherine	30
44	Janet	30
44	Jeannette	30

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	399
2	John	346
3	Joseph	232
4	William	210
5	Richard	188
6	James	168
7	Edward	156
8	Donald	143
8	George	143
10	Raymond	141
11	Charles	106
12	Frank	92
13	Anthony	91
14	Thomas	87
15	Albert	71
16	Arthur	69
17	Paul	68
18	Ronald	65
19	Alfred	63
20	Henry	61
20	Norman	61
22	David	55
22	Francis	55
24	Walter	54
25	Ernest	45
26	Roland	44
27	Roger	41
28	Kenneth	40
28	Louis	40
30	Harold	38
31	Gerald	37
31	Leo	37
33	Daniel	35
33	Eugene	35
33	Vincent	35
36	Normand	34
37	Michael	33
37	Peter	33
39	Harry	32
40	Maurice	31
41	Frederick	30
41	Lawrence	30
43	Ralph	27
44	Herbert	23
45	Angelo	20
45	Fred	20
45	Howard	20
48	Everett	19
48	Gilbert	19
48	Theodore	19