Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	287
2	Barbara	268
3	Carol	253
3	Mary	253
5	Linda	200
6	Sandra	182
7	Susan	174
8	Nancy	167
9	Kathleen	166
10	Judith	157
11	Donna	138
12	Joan	112
13	Margaret	107
14	Janice	106
15	Elaine	103
16	Ann	102
17	Joyce	90
18	Diane	89
19	Cheryl	88
20	Elizabeth	82
20	Paula	82
22	Karen	80
22	Sharon	80
24	Carolyn	77
25	Suzanne	76
26	Jean	72
27	Beverly	71
27	Dorothy	71
27	Gail	71
30	Maureen	69
31	Janet	68
32	Jane	64
32	Lorraine	64
34	Jeanne	62
34	Shirley	62
36	Marilyn	61
37	Jacqueline	60
38	Cynthia	57
39	Frances	55
40	Christine	53
41	Anne	51
42	Marie	50
43	Pauline	49
44	Gloria	48
45	Dianne	45
45	Joanne	45
45	Virginia	45
48	Pamela	43
49	Sheila	42
50	Rosemary	41

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	650
2	Richard	488
3	John	472
4	James	365
5	William	352
6	David	277
7	Joseph	251
8	Thomas	217
9	Paul	207
10	Ronald	206
11	Michael	193
12	Edward	167
13	Charles	164
14	Raymond	160
15	Donald	156
16	George	146
17	Kenneth	137
18	Stephen	120
19	Dennis	109
20	Peter	108
21	Anthony	92
22	Frank	89
23	Arthur	77
24	Albert	73
25	Roger	71
26	Gerald	66
27	Henry	64
28	Daniel	60
29	Alfred	58
30	Alan	57
31	Bruce	53
32	Louis	52
33	Frederick	50
34	Walter	48
35	Francis	47
36	Lawrence	46
36	Norman	46
38	Wayne	43
39	Ernest	42
39	Gerard	42
39	Russell	42
39	Vincent	42
43	Steven	41
44	Leo	39
45	Ralph	37
46	Gary	36
47	Jeffrey	33
48	Eugene	32
48	Harry	32
50	Gregory	30