Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1911

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1911 were Mary for girls (168 babies) and John for boys (110). Social Security records list 2,882 babies born in Rhode Island in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1911

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

Jeannette: 17 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Doris: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rose: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alice: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Anna: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Irene: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marion: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Florence: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ann: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Leo: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Peter: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Anthony: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Joseph: 108 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Raymond: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alfred: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ernest: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Edward: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Albert: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	168	–	1
2	Helen	82	–	2
3	Anna	66	↑3	6
4	Margaret	64	↓1	3
5	Dorothy	50	↓1	4
6	Ruth	50	↑1	5
7	Alice	49	↓2	11
8	Rose	46	↑1	14
9	Florence	39	↓1	12
10	Elizabeth	37	↑3	7
11	Irene	34	–	21
12	Lillian	33	↑2	13
13	Evelyn	30	↑2	16
14	Catherine	26	↓4	20
15	Gladys	25	↑7	18
16	Louise	25	↑12	19
17	Doris	24	↑9	56
18	Gertrude	23	↓1	30
19	Josephine	23	↑8	29
20	Edith	22	↓2	31
21	Edna	20	↑19	17
22	Mildred	20	↓10	8
23	Virginia	20	↑24	26
24	Marie	19	↓1	9
25	Beatrice	17	↓4	37
26	Frances	17	↓6	10
27	Jeannette	17	↑15	>100
28	Marion	17	↓4	58
29	Ann	16	↑20	53
30	Eleanor	16	↑11	49
31	Grace	16	↑4	23
32	Bertha	15	new	36
33	Emma	15	new	35
34	Esther	15	↓15	34
35	Hazel	14	↓3	25
36	Ethel	13	↓20	15
37	Jennie	13	new	85
38	Julia	13	↓5	44
39	Laura	13	new	57
40	Clara	12	new	33
41	Eva	12	new	46
42	Hope	12	new	>100
43	Loretta	12	↓7	>100
44	Lucy	12	new	77
45	Angelina	11	↓20	>100
46	Marguerite	11	↓2	87
47	Rita	11	new	>100
48	Agnes	10	↓18	39
49	Blanche	10	new	75
50	Lena	10	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	110	–	1
2	Joseph	108	–	6
3	William	65	–	2
4	George	63	↑1	4
5	James	57	↓1	3
6	Edward	51	↑1	9
7	Frank	37	↑4	8
8	Charles	36	↓2	7
9	Thomas	36	↑6	10
10	Raymond	32	↑4	19
11	Robert	32	↑6	5
12	Albert	30	↑6	15
13	Anthony	26	↑3	35
14	Henry	26	↓6	11
15	Arthur	25	↓5	18
16	Harry	21	↑9	13
17	Leo	20	↑6	51
18	Louis	19	↑3	21
19	Francis	18	↓10	33
20	Peter	18	↑7	50
21	Alfred	17	↓2	39
22	Ernest	17	↓2	32
23	Harold	14	↓11	16
24	Walter	14	↓11	12
25	Frederick	12	↓3	52
26	Manuel	12	↑10	>100
27	Michael	12	new	38
28	David	11	new	27
29	Carl	10	new	26
30	Eugene	10	↑4	43
31	Herbert	10	–	41
32	Paul	10	↓6	17
33	Fred	9	new	22
34	Russell	9	new	55
35	Samuel	9	new	30
36	Vincent	9	↓7	80
37	Antonio	8	new	>100
38	Donald	8	new	36
39	Philip	8	new	69
40	Richard	8	↓16	20
41	Bernard	7	new	54
42	Maurice	7	new	99
43	Max	7	new	>100
44	Milton	7	new	70
45	Theodore	7	new	56
46	Andrew	6	new	42
47	Chester	6	↓15	58
48	Daniel	6	↓15	53
49	Earl	6	new	34
50	Edgar	6	new	83

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