Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1913

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1913 were Mary for girls (269 babies) and John for boys (201). Social Security records list 5,056 babies born in Rhode Island in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1913

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: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Barbara: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Doris: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Blanche: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Emily: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jennie: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marion: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lillian: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Anna: 91 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rose: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Antonio: 17 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Wilfred: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Roland: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Manuel: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Alexander: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alfred: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Vincent: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Anthony: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francis: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joseph: 173 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	269	–	1
2	Helen	112	–	2
3	Margaret	92	↑1	4
4	Anna	91	↑1	7
5	Dorothy	84	↓2	3
6	Elizabeth	70	↑6	8
7	Lillian	60	↑2	16
8	Rose	59	↓1	14
9	Ruth	58	↓1	5
10	Florence	54	–	13
11	Catherine	47	↑2	22
12	Alice	45	↓6	11
13	Marie	44	↑5	10
14	Mildred	44	↓3	6
15	Evelyn	40	↑5	12
16	Doris	38	↓2	44
17	Gertrude	38	↓1	33
18	Irene	38	↓1	21
19	Eleanor	35	↑8	34
20	Josephine	35	↑1	24
21	Gladys	34	↑27	19
22	Marion	31	–	51
23	Beatrice	30	–	37
24	Edna	28	↑5	18
25	Frances	28	↓10	9
26	Eva	26	↑4	50
27	Ethel	25	new	20
28	Virginia	24	↑7	15
29	Blanche	22	↑14	76
30	Elsie	22	↑8	40
31	Grace	22	↓5	25
32	Julia	21	new	42
33	Barbara	20	↑14	94
34	Emma	20	↓15	38
35	Jennie	20	↓4	80
36	Louise	20	↓8	17
37	Marjorie	19	new	48
38	Bertha	18	↓1	39
39	Edith	18	↓15	29
40	Esther	18	↓15	32
41	Clara	17	new	36
42	Ida	17	new	49
43	Laura	17	new	62
44	Agnes	16	↓12	41
45	Angelina	16	new	>100
46	Ann	16	↓5	46
47	Anne	16	↓5	57
48	Emily	16	↓4	99
49	Martha	16	↓3	28
50	Ellen	14	new	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	201	–	1
2	Joseph	173	–	5
3	William	145	–	2
4	James	99	↑1	3
5	George	81	↑2	6
6	Edward	80	↓2	8
7	Frank	71	↑6	9
8	Albert	62	↑1	16
9	Charles	62	↓3	7
10	Thomas	62	↓2	10
11	Arthur	60	↑3	17
12	Henry	49	↑6	12
13	Walter	47	↑3	11
14	Anthony	46	↓2	38
15	Robert	45	↓5	4
16	Francis	44	↑4	30
17	Alfred	43	↑7	42
18	Raymond	40	↓7	18
19	Louis	35	↓2	20
20	Harold	31	↓5	13
21	Michael	29	↑2	40
22	Vincent	26	↑6	66
23	Ernest	24	↓4	34
24	Ralph	24	↓2	22
25	Stanley	22	↑22	41
26	Frederick	21	↓1	49
27	Peter	21	↑6	51
28	Harry	20	↓2	15
29	Leo	20	↓8	48
30	Paul	20	↓3	14
31	Richard	20	↑3	19
32	Manuel	19	↑11	>100
33	Roland	19	new	>100
34	Antonio	17	↓5	>100
35	Alexander	16	new	98
36	Howard	16	–	26
37	Eugene	15	↑4	43
38	Kenneth	15	↑4	33
39	Wilfred	15	new	>100
40	Angelo	14	↓1	>100
41	Benjamin	14	new	70
42	Daniel	14	↓2	54
43	Fred	14	↓13	27
44	Herbert	14	↑6	39
45	Philip	14	↓7	69
46	Samuel	14	↓9	36
47	David	13	new	29
48	Earl	13	new	31
49	Nicholas	13	↓5	>100
50	Norman	13	↓18	57

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