Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1910

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1910 were Mary for girls (141 babies) and John for boys (66). Social Security records list 1,896 babies born in Rhode Island in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Rhode Island that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Angelina: 15 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Catherine: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Doris: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alice: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Irene: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marion: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rose: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Florence: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dorothy: 54 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Edith: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Joseph: 56 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Arthur: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Edward: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Henry: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
John: 66 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	141	1
2	Helen	63	2
3	Margaret	55	3
4	Dorothy	54	4
5	Alice	45	10
6	Anna	44	6
7	Ruth	42	5
8	Florence	34	12
9	Rose	33	16
10	Catherine	31	22
11	Irene	31	21
12	Mildred	29	8
13	Elizabeth	25	7
14	Lillian	24	14
15	Evelyn	21	17
16	Ethel	20	13
17	Gertrude	20	26
18	Edith	19	35
19	Esther	17	38
20	Frances	17	11
21	Beatrice	16	36
22	Gladys	16	15
23	Marie	16	9
24	Marion	16	59
25	Angelina	15	>100
26	Doris	15	64
27	Josephine	15	30
28	Louise	15	20
29	Theresa	13	96
30	Agnes	12	41
31	Elsie	12	44
32	Hazel	12	24
33	Julia	12	49
34	Marjorie	12	68
35	Grace	11	23
36	Loretta	11	>100
37	Yvonne	11	>100
38	Anne	10	67
39	Viola	10	48
40	Edna	9	18
41	Eleanor	9	55
42	Jeannette	9	>100
43	Madeline	9	>100
44	Marguerite	9	84
45	Martha	9	28
46	Pauline	9	42
47	Virginia	9	29
48	Adeline	8	>100
49	Ann	8	52
50	Charlotte	8	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	66	1
2	Joseph	56	6
3	William	37	3
4	James	35	2
5	George	26	5
6	Charles	24	7
7	Edward	21	9
8	Henry	18	10
9	Francis	16	36
10	Arthur	15	17
11	Frank	15	8
12	Harold	14	18
13	Walter	14	13
14	Raymond	13	19
15	Thomas	13	12
16	Anthony	12	37
17	Robert	12	4
18	Albert	11	14
19	Alfred	11	38
20	Ernest	10	31
21	Louis	10	24
22	Frederick	9	69
23	Leo	9	51
24	Richard	9	21
25	Harry	8	16
26	Paul	8	15
27	Peter	8	56
28	Stanley	7	47
29	Vincent	7	99
30	Clarence	6	20
31	Herbert	6	41
32	Chester	5	61
33	Daniel	5	53
34	Eugene	5	39
35	Lawrence	5	35
36	Manuel	5	>100

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