Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	395
2	Susan	256
3	Patricia	244
4	Mary	226
5	Kathleen	207
6	Donna	195
7	Nancy	194
8	Barbara	187
9	Deborah	183
10	Carol	179
11	Diane	138
12	Sandra	137
13	Judith	121
14	Elizabeth	114
15	Karen	113
16	Margaret	111
16	Sharon	111
18	Gail	98
19	Christine	97
19	Janice	97
21	Joyce	86
22	Cynthia	85
23	Jane	80
24	Elaine	77
24	Janet	77
24	Joan	77
27	Cheryl	76
28	Paula	75
29	Maureen	72
30	Ann	70
31	Pamela	69
32	Suzanne	66
33	Catherine	63
34	Jean	62
35	Shirley	56
36	Anne	54
36	Denise	54
38	Joanne	53
39	Jeanne	52
40	Marie	50
41	Carolyn	48
41	Lorraine	48
43	Dorothy	47
43	Jacqueline	47
45	Marilyn	46
46	Beverly	45
47	Helen	41
47	Louise	41
49	Martha	36
50	Brenda	35

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	550
2	John	538
3	Richard	376
4	Michael	345
5	David	343
6	William	306
7	James	301
8	Paul	278
9	Joseph	253
10	Thomas	241
11	Stephen	202
12	Ronald	167
13	Dennis	166
14	Raymond	162
15	Donald	154
16	Steven	147
17	Peter	141
18	Kenneth	139
19	Edward	136
20	Charles	128
21	George	112
22	Bruce	92
23	Anthony	90
24	Gary	87
25	Daniel	77
26	Frank	70
26	Wayne	70
28	Alan	68
29	Roger	66
30	Mark	62
31	Arthur	58
31	Kevin	58
33	Jeffrey	57
33	Louis	57
35	Francis	52
35	Gerald	52
37	Albert	51
38	Douglas	50
39	Russell	49
40	Frederick	48
41	Lawrence	46
42	Walter	45
43	Carl	42
43	Gregory	42
45	Brian	39
46	Ralph	37
47	Philip	36
48	Ernest	35
48	Vincent	35
50	Norman	33