Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	462
2	Patricia	256
2	Susan	256
4	Mary	225
5	Nancy	211
6	Kathleen	201
7	Carol	189
8	Donna	185
9	Barbara	176
10	Sandra	163
11	Diane	129
12	Judith	120
13	Deborah	117
14	Margaret	111
15	Karen	103
16	Sharon	102
17	Janice	101
18	Suzanne	99
19	Joan	98
20	Cheryl	95
21	Ann	94
22	Joyce	90
23	Christine	85
24	Janet	83
24	Paula	83
26	Elizabeth	80
26	Jane	80
28	Gail	78
29	Cynthia	75
30	Jean	74
31	Elaine	67
32	Pamela	65
33	Maureen	63
34	Beverly	62
35	Jeanne	58
36	Joanne	57
37	Lorraine	55
38	Catherine	53
38	Marie	53
40	Dorothy	52
41	Shirley	51
42	Eileen	46
43	Anne	45
43	Carolyn	45
45	Frances	44
45	Marilyn	44
47	Denise	40
47	Gloria	40
47	Virginia	40
50	Pauline	38

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	568
2	John	509
3	William	341
4	Richard	331
5	James	328
6	David	316
7	Michael	310
8	Joseph	268
9	Thomas	258
10	Stephen	224
11	Paul	205
12	Ronald	188
13	Charles	175
14	Raymond	167
15	Dennis	157
16	Kenneth	153
17	Edward	151
18	Donald	133
19	George	127
20	Peter	124
21	Anthony	114
22	Steven	104
23	Daniel	89
24	Alan	74
25	Arthur	72
26	Bruce	71
26	Frank	71
28	Gary	70
28	Roger	70
30	Albert	67
31	Mark	61
32	Lawrence	60
33	Louis	58
34	Francis	54
35	Brian	53
36	Gerald	52
37	Philip	46
37	Walter	46
39	Jeffrey	44
39	Wayne	44
41	Russell	43
42	Henry	42
43	Alfred	41
43	Douglas	41
45	Gregory	40
46	Vincent	39
47	Frederick	37
48	Carl	36
49	Kevin	35
49	Ralph	35