Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Carol	250
2	Barbara	246
3	Patricia	241
4	Mary	234
5	Judith	186
6	Sandra	183
7	Linda	160
8	Joan	138
9	Nancy	124
10	Elaine	123
11	Joyce	121
12	Ann	104
13	Carolyn	88
13	Elizabeth	88
13	Jean	88
16	Kathleen	80
17	Janice	78
18	Margaret	74
19	Beverly	73
20	Susan	72
21	Marie	71
22	Frances	69
23	Karen	68
24	Dorothy	65
25	Janet	64
26	Maureen	63
27	Marilyn	62
28	Catherine	61
28	Diane	61
30	Jane	55
31	Gail	53
31	Lucille	53
33	Sharon	51
34	Eileen	48
34	Pauline	48
34	Shirley	48
37	Lorraine	46
38	Carole	45
39	Donna	43
40	Virginia	42
41	Joanne	41
42	Constance	40
43	Paula	39
44	Jeanne	38
45	Cynthia	37
45	Helen	37
45	Jacqueline	37
45	Phyllis	37
45	Rita	37
50	Gloria	35

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	564
2	John	425
3	Richard	374
4	William	307
5	Joseph	233
6	James	230
7	David	214
8	Thomas	200
9	Ronald	177
10	Edward	172
11	Raymond	161
12	Paul	152
13	George	146
14	Charles	137
15	Michael	125
16	Donald	124
17	Anthony	112
18	Kenneth	101
19	Peter	89
20	Arthur	82
21	Frank	76
22	Albert	71
23	Roger	70
24	Walter	68
25	Dennis	67
25	Stephen	67
27	Gerald	60
28	Frederick	58
29	Daniel	57
29	Francis	57
31	Louis	47
32	Norman	46
33	Alfred	45
33	Ernest	45
35	Henry	43
36	Bruce	40
37	Eugene	38
38	Lawrence	37
39	Russell	36
40	Carl	34
41	Alan	33
41	Vincent	33
43	Stanley	32
44	Douglas	30
44	Roland	30
46	Harry	29
46	Leo	29
46	Ralph	29
49	Harold	28
49	Philip	28