Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1922

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1922 were Mary for girls (461 babies) and John for boys (405). Social Security records list 10,935 babies born in Rhode Island in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1922

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: 19 babies, 82.9× the national rate
Hope: 24 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Cecile: 26 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Claire: 56 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Angelina: 35 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Yolanda: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Jeannette: 32 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Carmella: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rita: 134 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Annette: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 16 babies, 31.6× the national rate
Armand: 27 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Lionel: 16 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Gerard: 25 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Angelo: 34 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Wilfred: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Manuel: 43 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Antonio: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Roland: 40 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 24 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	461	–	1
2	Dorothy	202	–	2
3	Helen	184	–	3
4	Doris	145	↑5	11
5	Anna	140	–	12
6	Rita	134	↑1	52
7	Margaret	131	↓3	4
8	Ruth	123	–	5
9	Alice	118	↓3	15
10	Rose	103	–	23
11	Barbara	97	↑3	40
12	Lillian	94	↑6	19
13	Virginia	94	↓1	7
14	Florence	93	↓3	18
15	Marie	91	↑1	14
16	Irene	89	↓3	17
17	Evelyn	86	↓2	13
18	Elizabeth	82	↓1	9
19	Marion	80	↑11	42
20	Eleanor	70	–	28
21	Mildred	68	↑1	8
22	Catherine	67	↑3	24
23	Frances	67	–	10
24	Josephine	64	↑3	27
25	Gloria	61	↑12	61
26	Claire	56	↑14	>100
27	Gertrude	55	↓1	48
28	Theresa	52	↑3	>100
29	Beatrice	51	↓10	43
30	Agnes	47	↑3	62
31	Marjorie	47	↓7	16
32	Louise	45	↓11	22
33	Jennie	44	new	>100
34	Lucille	42	↑16	33
35	Edith	38	↓7	34
36	Marguerite	37	↑6	>100
37	Muriel	37	↑12	>100
38	Ann	36	↑5	49
39	Angelina	35	↓3	>100
40	Constance	35	↑5	>100
41	Gladys	35	↓12	25
42	Lucy	34	↓4	93
43	Shirley	34	↑5	39
44	Eileen	33	new	96
45	Esther	32	↑2	44
46	Jeannette	32	new	>100
47	Norma	32	new	46
48	Phyllis	32	new	53
49	Bertha	31	↓10	63
50	Laura	31	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	John	405	–	1
2	Joseph	352	–	7
3	William	250	–	3
4	Robert	236	↑2	2
5	George	180	–	6
6	James	173	↓2	4
7	Raymond	161	↑1	16
8	Edward	159	↓1	8
9	Albert	128	↑3	20
10	Charles	128	–	5
11	Frank	119	↓2	10
12	Anthony	116	↑1	39
13	Thomas	109	↑1	11
14	Arthur	107	↓3	19
15	Henry	88	–	17
16	Louis	83	↑2	27
17	Alfred	75	↑3	42
18	Ernest	75	↑8	37
19	Walter	74	↓3	15
20	Francis	72	↓3	34
21	Richard	66	–	9
22	Leo	58	–	51
23	Paul	56	↑5	14
24	Donald	54	↑8	12
25	Ralph	54	↑4	23
26	Harold	53	↓1	13
27	Vincent	53	↓8	71
28	Norman	52	↓4	44
29	Manuel	43	↑1	>100
30	Peter	42	↓3	57
31	Roland	40	↑2	>100
32	Daniel	39	new	47
33	Michael	38	↓10	48
34	Russell	38	↑8	49
35	Eugene	36	↑5	25
36	Kenneth	36	↓5	21
37	David	35	↑2	24
38	Angelo	34	↑3	>100
39	Harry	33	new	22
40	Earl	31	↓4	31
41	Stanley	31	↓3	41
42	Frederick	29	↓7	60
43	Armand	27	new	>100
44	Fred	27	↓1	33
45	Edwin	25	new	52
46	Gerard	25	new	>100
47	Herbert	25	↓2	40
48	Philip	24	↓1	70
49	Salvatore	24	new	>100
50	Lawrence	22	↓16	36

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