Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	207
2	Patricia	180
3	Mary	177
4	Carol	174
5	Joan	139
6	Judith	125
7	Ann	95
8	Dorothy	85
9	Beverly	77
9	Margaret	77
9	Nancy	77
12	Joyce	75
13	Elizabeth	74
14	Marie	70
15	Jean	68
16	Sandra	66
17	Elaine	64
18	Pauline	58
19	Linda	56
20	Carolyn	54
20	Shirley	54
22	Janet	50
23	Jane	49
24	Janice	47
25	Marilyn	46
26	Lucille	45
27	Claire	44
27	Helen	44
29	Jacqueline	41
30	Eleanor	40
31	Gail	39
32	Anne	38
32	Frances	38
32	Jeanne	38
35	Irene	37
35	Susan	37
35	Virginia	37
38	Dolores	36
38	Maureen	36
38	Theresa	36
41	Doris	34
41	Kathleen	34
43	Lorraine	33
44	Geraldine	32
45	Brenda	31
46	Catherine	30
47	Alice	29
47	Gloria	29
49	Diane	28
49	Eileen	28

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	430
2	Richard	303
3	John	281
4	William	225
5	Joseph	182
6	James	174
7	Edward	138
8	Thomas	133
9	Ronald	128
10	David	117
11	Raymond	115
12	Donald	113
13	George	108
14	Paul	107
15	Anthony	88
16	Charles	86
17	Frank	73
18	Peter	66
19	Michael	65
20	Kenneth	64
21	Roger	62
22	Albert	54
23	Francis	50
24	Walter	48
25	Arthur	47
26	Gerald	46
27	Norman	44
28	Alfred	42
29	Henry	41
29	Stephen	41
31	Louis	34
32	Dennis	32
33	Daniel	31
34	Alan	30
35	Leo	29
35	Ralph	29
37	Ernest	27
37	Eugene	27
37	Roland	27
40	Bruce	25
40	Frederick	25
42	Harold	24
43	Vincent	23
44	Harry	22
44	Russell	22
46	Leonard	21
47	Douglas	19
47	Lawrence	19
49	Bernard	18
49	Fred	18