Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	223
2	Mary	164
3	Patricia	148
4	Carol	147
5	Joan	142
6	Nancy	100
7	Ann	80
7	Beverly	80
9	Dorothy	78
10	Elaine	77
11	Judith	74
11	Shirley	74
13	Claire	69
14	Margaret	67
15	Elizabeth	65
15	Marie	65
17	Jean	56
18	Pauline	54
19	Irene	51
19	Marilyn	51
21	Lorraine	50
22	Rita	48
23	Carolyn	47
23	Helen	47
23	Sandra	47
26	Dolores	45
26	Joyce	45
28	Frances	43
28	Gail	43
30	Janice	41
30	Maureen	41
32	Alice	39
32	Gloria	39
34	Janet	38
35	Constance	37
35	Jane	37
37	Eleanor	36
38	Virginia	35
39	Anne	34
39	Carole	34
39	Jeanne	34
39	Marion	34
39	Norma	34
39	Ruth	34
45	Doris	32
46	Betty	31
47	Evelyn	29
47	June	29
49	Arlene	28
49	Jacqueline	28

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	492
2	John	294
3	Richard	237
4	Joseph	221
5	William	193
6	James	189
7	Raymond	159
8	George	126
9	Donald	125
10	David	116
10	Thomas	116
12	Edward	113
13	Charles	97
14	Anthony	94
14	Ronald	94
16	Paul	78
17	Kenneth	59
18	Arthur	58
18	Roger	58
20	Frank	54
20	Peter	54
22	Francis	53
23	Albert	50
24	Louis	48
24	Walter	48
26	Michael	46
27	Gerald	42
27	Norman	42
29	Alfred	41
30	Henry	39
31	Leo	36
32	Eugene	34
33	Ralph	31
34	Ernest	30
34	Frederick	30
34	Roland	30
37	Harold	29
38	Stephen	26
39	Russell	23
39	Vincent	23
41	Daniel	22
41	Normand	22
43	Harry	20
43	Leonard	20
45	Alan	19
45	Bernard	19
45	Fred	19
45	Nicholas	19
45	Philip	19
50	Lawrence	18