Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1918

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1918 were Mary for girls (458 babies) and John for boys (357). Social Security records list 10,377 babies born in Rhode Island in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1918

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

Antonetta: 22 babies, 95× the national rate
Cecile: 26 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Yvonne: 27 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Claire: 44 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Hope: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Angelina: 35 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Jeannette: 37 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Rita: 150 babies, 7× the national rate
Annette: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Angela: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Domenic: 16 babies, 30.5× the national rate
Armando: 17 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Antonio: 34 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Armand: 19 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Manuel: 60 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Angelo: 30 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Roland: 37 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Wilfred: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Nicholas: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Anthony: 101 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	458	–	1
2	Helen	220	–	2
3	Dorothy	171	–	3
4	Rita	150	–	58
5	Margaret	141	↑1	4
6	Rose	127	↑3	17
7	Anna	120	↓2	10
8	Alice	118	↓1	13
9	Doris	113	↑3	19
10	Ruth	104	↓2	5
11	Florence	103	↑6	14
12	Elizabeth	82	↓1	9
13	Irene	79	–	16
14	Frances	77	↑4	8
15	Virginia	76	↑4	7
16	Lillian	75	↓6	15
17	Marie	74	↑7	12
18	Mildred	72	↓3	6
19	Catherine	70	↑6	20
20	Eleanor	69	↑9	26
21	Barbara	68	↓1	60
22	Josephine	67	↓8	24
23	Evelyn	65	↓7	11
24	Beatrice	62	↓1	40
25	Louise	62	↓3	18
26	Jennie	57	↑2	91
27	Gertrude	52	↑3	39
28	Edith	51	↓7	30
29	Marion	51	↓3	45
30	Esther	46	↑4	38
31	Claire	44	new	>100
32	Agnes	42	↑14	47
33	Eva	42	new	55
34	Theresa	41	↓1	>100
35	Grace	40	↓8	31
36	Ethel	39	↑6	28
37	Lucy	38	new	90
38	Jeannette	37	new	>100
39	Angelina	35	new	>100
40	Madeline	34	↑8	>100
41	Stella	33	↑3	67
42	Clara	32	new	43
43	Katherine	32	new	50
44	Marguerite	32	↑5	86
45	Edna	31	↓6	23
46	Ida	30	↓1	57
47	Bertha	29	↓11	51
48	Marjorie	29	↓17	34
49	Charlotte	28	new	78
50	Elsie	27	–	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	357	–	1
2	Joseph	316	–	7
3	William	254	–	2
4	James	169	↑1	3
5	George	162	↑1	6
6	Edward	161	↓2	8
7	Raymond	137	↑2	15
8	Robert	135	↓1	4
9	Frank	130	↑1	9
10	Charles	128	↓2	5
11	Thomas	122	↑1	10
12	Albert	109	↓1	19
13	Anthony	101	↑2	39
14	Arthur	99	↓1	17
15	Francis	91	↑2	30
16	Henry	81	–	16
17	Louis	81	↑2	24
18	Alfred	80	↓4	42
19	Walter	76	↓1	11
20	Harold	65	↑12	13
21	Manuel	60	↑2	>100
22	Ernest	58	↑9	37
23	Leo	56	↓2	48
24	Ralph	54	↑5	22
25	Paul	51	↓5	14
26	Frederick	50	–	59
27	Vincent	47	↑7	73
28	Donald	44	↑5	18
29	Richard	42	↓7	12
30	Stanley	41	↓5	36
31	Michael	39	↓7	45
32	Roland	37	↑15	>100
33	Peter	36	↓3	53
34	Antonio	34	↑1	>100
35	Norman	34	↓8	49
36	Harry	31	↑8	20
37	Herbert	31	↑3	40
38	Nicholas	31	↓1	>100
39	Angelo	30	new	>100
40	Victor	29	new	63
41	David	28	↓2	28
42	Daniel	27	new	52
43	Russell	26	↓7	50
44	Kenneth	25	new	27
45	Howard	24	new	26
46	Philip	23	new	71
47	Fred	22	↑3	33
48	Samuel	20	↓7	43
49	Armand	19	↓11	>100
50	Carl	19	new	25

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