Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	225
2	Mary	179
3	Joan	161
4	Patricia	157
5	Carol	134
6	Judith	105
7	Nancy	95
8	Sandra	77
9	Ann	70
10	Elaine	68
10	Joyce	68
12	Beverly	67
13	Dorothy	66
13	Elizabeth	66
15	Carolyn	64
16	Shirley	61
17	Margaret	60
18	Jean	58
19	Claire	54
19	Frances	54
19	Marie	54
22	Helen	51
23	Jane	48
23	Lorraine	48
23	Pauline	48
26	Jeanne	47
27	Maureen	45
28	Virginia	44
29	Doris	41
29	Janice	41
31	Anne	40
32	Eleanor	39
33	Carole	38
33	Janet	38
35	Dolores	37
35	Marilyn	37
37	Theresa	35
38	Jacqueline	34
39	Lucille	33
40	Anna	32
40	Gail	32
40	Phyllis	32
43	Roberta	31
44	Sheila	30
45	Ruth	29
46	Catherine	27
46	Norma	27
48	Evelyn	26
48	Irene	26
50	Constance	25

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	444
2	John	346
3	Richard	276
4	William	218
5	Joseph	205
6	James	193
7	Edward	138
8	Raymond	128
9	David	123
10	Donald	118
11	Ronald	117
12	George	115
13	Thomas	104
14	Charles	100
15	Paul	96
16	Anthony	80
17	Kenneth	67
17	Peter	67
19	Michael	65
20	Arthur	60
21	Frank	59
22	Albert	58
23	Henry	53
24	Roger	47
25	Francis	43
26	Roland	42
27	Gerald	40
28	Walter	39
29	Daniel	36
30	Alfred	35
30	Ralph	35
32	Louis	33
32	Stephen	33
34	Bruce	30
35	Vincent	29
36	Ernest	28
37	Eugene	27
38	Carl	26
38	Frederick	26
38	Norman	26
41	Leo	25
42	Harold	23
42	Lawrence	23
44	Dennis	22
44	Normand	22
46	Howard	20
47	Gerard	19
47	Maurice	19
47	Philip	19
50	Earl	18