Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1923

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1923 were Mary for girls (426 babies) and John for boys (406). Social Security records list 10,936 babies born in Rhode Island in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1923

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: 17 babies, 79.9× the national rate
Therese: 30 babies, 31.1× the national rate
Yvette: 15 babies, 21× the national rate
Elena: 16 babies, 16× the national rate
Hope: 27 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Cecile: 27 babies, 12× the national rate
Claire: 56 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Carmella: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Concetta: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jeannette: 35 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 41 babies, 65.6× the national rate
Americo: 15 babies, 34.5× the national rate
Domenic: 20 babies, 34.1× the national rate
Lucien: 18 babies, 23.9× the national rate
Rene: 15 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Armand: 21 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Gerard: 25 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Mario: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Roland: 41 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	426	–	1
2	Dorothy	202	–	2
3	Helen	179	–	3
4	Anna	155	↑1	13
5	Margaret	127	↑2	4
6	Doris	123	↓2	11
7	Ruth	123	↑1	6
8	Rita	122	↓2	50
9	Irene	113	↑7	17
10	Rose	112	–	23
11	Alice	109	↓2	15
12	Elizabeth	101	↑6	9
13	Virginia	100	–	7
14	Florence	96	–	18
15	Lillian	96	↓3	20
16	Marie	88	↓1	14
17	Barbara	85	↓6	33
18	Evelyn	81	↓1	12
19	Frances	72	↑4	10
20	Catherine	67	↑2	24
21	Eleanor	62	↓1	28
22	Mildred	60	↓1	8
23	Marion	58	↓4	44
24	Theresa	58	↑4	>100
25	Claire	56	↑1	>100
26	Gloria	56	↓1	48
27	Edith	55	↑8	36
28	Gertrude	54	↓1	59
29	Shirley	53	↑14	26
30	Louise	48	↑2	22
31	Muriel	48	↑6	>100
32	Beatrice	45	↓3	46
33	Constance	44	↑7	>100
34	Marjorie	44	↓3	16
35	Josephine	41	↓11	30
36	Gladys	40	↑5	29
37	Grace	40	new	39
38	Esther	39	↑7	47
39	Jennie	39	↓6	>100
40	Pauline	39	new	37
41	Lucille	36	↓7	35
42	Ann	35	↓4	52
43	Edna	35	new	32
44	Jeannette	35	↑2	>100
45	Lucy	33	↓3	92
46	Madeline	33	new	>100
47	Anita	32	new	>100
48	Phyllis	32	–	45
49	Ida	30	new	68
50	Therese	30	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	John	406	–	1
2	Joseph	326	–	7
3	William	262	–	3
4	Robert	216	–	2
5	Edward	187	↑3	8
6	George	174	↓1	6
7	Raymond	168	–	15
8	James	165	↓2	4
9	Thomas	125	↑4	12
10	Charles	117	–	5
11	Anthony	108	↑1	39
12	Frank	102	↓1	11
13	Albert	98	↓4	20
14	Henry	92	↑1	18
15	Walter	92	↑4	16
16	Alfred	88	↑1	42
17	Arthur	88	↓3	19
18	Richard	82	↑3	9
19	Donald	76	↑5	10
20	Louis	75	↓4	27
21	Francis	74	↓1	34
22	Ernest	61	↓4	38
23	Ralph	58	↑2	23
24	Harold	57	↑2	13
25	Norman	56	↑3	44
26	Michael	55	↑7	50
27	Eugene	54	↑8	25
28	Paul	54	↓5	14
29	Leo	48	↓7	49
30	Peter	43	–	58
31	Normand	41	new	>100
32	Roland	41	↓1	>100
33	David	38	↑4	24
34	Vincent	38	↓7	72
35	Frederick	37	↑7	60
36	Kenneth	37	–	21
37	Harry	34	↑2	22
38	Manuel	33	↓9	>100
39	Stanley	33	↑2	41
40	Daniel	32	↓8	47
41	Herbert	30	↑6	40
42	Russell	30	↓8	52
43	Nicholas	29	new	>100
44	Lawrence	28	↑6	36
45	Earl	27	↓5	31
46	Leonard	27	new	37
47	Salvatore	27	↑2	>100
48	Maurice	26	new	>100
49	Samuel	26	new	45
50	Gerard	25	↓4	>100

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