Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	260
2	Patricia	255
3	Carol	225
4	Mary	173
5	Judith	167
6	Sandra	152
7	Nancy	127
8	Joan	124
9	Linda	118
10	Elizabeth	116
11	Joyce	108
12	Elaine	102
13	Carolyn	94
14	Ann	90
15	Marie	85
16	Margaret	83
17	Dorothy	82
18	Beverly	78
19	Janet	77
20	Janice	75
21	Kathleen	70
22	Jean	66
23	Pauline	65
24	Marilyn	63
25	Susan	60
26	Diane	56
26	Virginia	56
28	Maureen	55
29	Frances	54
30	Lorraine	53
31	Constance	49
32	Shirley	48
33	Rita	44
34	Doris	43
35	Irene	42
35	Karen	42
37	Helen	41
37	Roberta	41
39	Anne	40
40	Carole	39
40	Claire	39
40	Gloria	39
40	Ruth	39
44	Catherine	38
44	Gail	38
44	Jacqueline	38
47	Eileen	36
47	Geraldine	36
47	Jeanne	36
47	Marjorie	36

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	509
2	John	470
3	Richard	404
4	William	307
5	Joseph	266
6	James	245
7	David	178
8	Thomas	162
9	Paul	158
10	Ronald	154
11	Raymond	148
12	Edward	132
13	Michael	131
14	George	126
15	Donald	118
16	Anthony	104
17	Charles	102
18	Frank	97
18	Peter	97
20	Kenneth	91
21	Arthur	88
22	Stephen	74
23	Dennis	71
24	Albert	69
24	Roger	69
26	Louis	66
27	Walter	55
28	Alfred	53
28	Gerald	53
28	Henry	53
31	Francis	51
32	Frederick	49
33	Roland	45
34	Norman	44
35	Daniel	41
36	Douglas	39
37	Ralph	37
38	Bruce	36
38	Vincent	36
40	Ernest	35
40	Philip	35
42	Lawrence	30
43	Russell	29
44	Alan	28
44	Eugene	28
46	Gerard	26
46	Howard	26
46	Leo	26
49	Harold	24
50	Fred	23