Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1933

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1933 were Barbara for girls (248 babies) and Robert for boys (386). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,339 babies born in Rhode Island in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1933

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

Therese: 18 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Claire: 80 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Jeannine: 22 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Muriel: 27 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Constance: 59 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Annette: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jeannette: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Madeline: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Maureen: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jeanne: 30 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 19 babies, 31.8× the national rate
Wilfred: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Roland: 36 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Anthony: 95 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Leo: 42 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Vincent: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Manuel: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Frederick: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Raymond: 135 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Barbara	248	–	3
2	Mary	187	–	1
3	Joan	161	–	5
4	Dorothy	138	–	4
5	Margaret	91	↑2	7
6	Claire	80	–	>100
7	Ann	73	↑3	34
8	Jean	66	↑5	14
9	Patricia	64	–	6
10	Elizabeth	62	↑5	17
11	Nancy	60	↑8	11
12	Constance	59	↑11	>100
13	Beverly	58	↑7	26
14	Dolores	57	↓6	21
15	Doris	57	↓4	10
16	Anna	56	↓11	29
17	Shirley	56	↓5	9
18	Helen	55	↓4	8
19	Irene	55	↑6	46
20	Eleanor	54	↑15	38
21	Rita	54	↓3	53
22	Gloria	53	↓6	31
23	Norma	53	↑5	23
24	Ruth	53	–	13
25	Lorraine	52	↑5	54
26	Alice	50	↓4	22
27	Theresa	50	↓6	70
28	Carol	46	↑18	20
29	Marie	46	↓12	33
30	Pauline	46	↓4	64
31	Janet	45	↑18	25
32	Joyce	44	↑10	12
33	Florence	43	↑8	49
34	Lillian	43	↑3	51
35	Evelyn	42	↓8	30
36	Frances	42	↓2	18
37	Lucille	42	↓6	78
38	Marilyn	41	↓6	16
39	Lois	40	↓1	19
40	Marjorie	40	new	41
41	Louise	37	↓5	39
42	Virginia	36	↓13	15
43	Marion	35	new	73
44	Carolyn	34	↑3	40
45	Betty	33	–	2
46	Catherine	33	↑2	44
47	Jane	33	new	47
48	Rose	33	↓15	35
49	Anne	31	↓5	85
50	Eileen	31	↓10	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	386	–	1
2	John	330	–	3
3	William	236	↑1	4
4	Joseph	197	↓1	9
5	Richard	192	–	5
6	James	150	–	2
7	George	136	↑2	8
8	Raymond	135	↑2	19
9	Edward	125	↓2	11
10	Donald	115	↓2	7
11	Charles	97	–	6
12	Anthony	95	↑1	46
13	Thomas	86	↑1	10
14	Paul	73	↑3	14
15	Frank	65	↓3	16
16	Albert	63	↓1	30
17	Ronald	57	↑1	12
18	Arthur	55	↓2	25
19	Roger	55	↑8	48
20	Francis	54	↑3	45
21	Henry	54	↓1	24
22	David	53	–	13
23	Walter	53	↑1	21
24	Kenneth	47	↑4	15
25	Leo	42	↑7	75
26	Louis	41	↑3	40
27	Michael	40	↑10	53
28	Norman	40	↓7	37
29	Alfred	39	↓10	57
30	Peter	38	↑8	60
31	Eugene	37	↑3	23
32	Roland	36	↓6	>100
33	Vincent	35	↑2	94
34	Ernest	34	↓9	50
35	Frederick	34	↑6	78
36	Gerald	33	↓5	22
37	Harold	27	↓7	18
38	Ralph	27	↑5	29
39	Daniel	26	↓6	42
40	Bernard	23	new	63
41	Philip	23	new	70
42	Lawrence	22	–	38
43	Harry	19	↓4	35
44	Manuel	19	new	>100
45	Maurice	19	↓5	>100
46	Normand	19	↓10	>100
47	Howard	18	–	36
48	Russell	18	new	67
49	Fred	17	↓3	34
50	Herbert	17	↓6	49

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