Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	220
2	Barbara	205
3	Carol	188
4	Mary	171
5	Joan	145
6	Judith	136
7	Joyce	115
8	Sandra	100
9	Nancy	95
10	Carolyn	92
11	Elaine	86
12	Ann	84
13	Pauline	81
14	Dorothy	78
15	Linda	75
16	Marie	73
17	Beverly	72
17	Elizabeth	72
19	Jean	65
20	Margaret	63
21	Janice	60
22	Janet	57
23	Kathleen	49
24	Frances	48
24	Lucille	48
26	Claire	47
26	Gloria	47
28	Jane	46
28	Virginia	46
30	Susan	45
31	Catherine	44
31	Eleanor	44
33	Marjorie	42
34	Maureen	41
35	Lorraine	39
36	Dolores	38
37	Marilyn	36
37	Shirley	36
39	Gail	34
39	Theresa	34
41	Jeanne	33
42	Diane	32
42	Helen	32
42	Jacqueline	32
45	Ruth	31
46	Alice	30
46	Anne	30
46	Carole	30
46	Rita	30
50	Doris	29

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	427
2	John	351
3	Richard	298
4	William	230
5	Joseph	202
6	James	181
7	David	161
8	Edward	145
9	Raymond	133
10	Paul	127
11	Ronald	126
11	Thomas	126
13	George	120
14	Charles	105
15	Donald	101
16	Michael	98
17	Anthony	93
18	Frank	89
19	Arthur	76
20	Kenneth	73
21	Albert	68
22	Peter	67
23	Gerald	56
24	Stephen	54
25	Roger	52
26	Louis	46
27	Francis	42
27	Walter	42
29	Alfred	41
30	Daniel	40
31	Frederick	37
32	Norman	36
33	Dennis	35
34	Eugene	33
34	Philip	33
36	Lawrence	31
36	Roland	31
38	Henry	30
39	Bruce	29
40	Ernest	28
40	Harold	28
42	Ralph	27
43	Leonard	26
44	Leo	25
44	Normand	25
46	Herbert	24
47	Carl	23
47	Russell	23
47	Vincent	23
50	Gerard	21