Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	212
2	Joan	185
3	Mary	167
4	Patricia	132
5	Shirley	128
6	Dorothy	94
7	Ann	87
7	Carol	87
9	Claire	69
10	Dolores	67
10	Jean	67
12	Elizabeth	65
13	Pauline	64
14	Nancy	63
15	Beverly	60
16	Marilyn	58
17	Margaret	57
18	Helen	56
18	Marie	56
20	Lorraine	52
20	Rita	52
22	Anna	50
23	Carolyn	47
23	Doris	47
23	Janet	47
26	Joyce	46
26	Virginia	46
28	Elaine	45
28	Eleanor	45
30	Ruth	44
31	Evelyn	42
32	Alice	41
32	Irene	41
34	Jane	39
35	Frances	37
35	Maureen	37
37	Gloria	36
38	Janice	35
39	Judith	34
40	Catherine	33
40	Lois	33
42	Jeanne	32
42	Lucille	32
42	Norma	32
42	Theresa	32
46	Constance	31
47	Rose	30
48	June	27
49	Marjorie	26
50	Anne	25

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	442
2	John	291
3	Richard	243
4	Joseph	200
5	William	198
6	James	156
7	Donald	139
8	Edward	137
9	George	127
10	Raymond	124
11	Thomas	101
12	Charles	86
13	Ronald	80
14	David	78
15	Anthony	75
16	Paul	74
17	Frank	69
18	Arthur	68
19	Roger	67
20	Albert	57
21	Norman	50
21	Walter	50
23	Francis	48
24	Louis	47
25	Michael	39
26	Gerald	38
27	Peter	37
28	Ernest	36
28	Roland	36
30	Henry	34
31	Alfred	33
32	Kenneth	31
32	Leo	31
34	Vincent	29
35	Harold	28
36	Ralph	27
37	Daniel	24
38	Eugene	23
38	Frederick	23
40	Gerard	22
41	Carl	21
41	Philip	21
41	Stephen	21
44	Everett	20
44	Lawrence	20
46	Normand	19
47	Bernard	18
47	Fred	18
47	Russell	18
50	Bruce	17