Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1937

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1937 were Barbara for girls (258 babies) and Robert for boys (496). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,462 babies born in Rhode Island in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1937

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

Claire: 50 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Jeannine: 15 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Claudette: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Jeannette: 29 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Muriel: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Pauline: 60 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maureen: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Constance: 40 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marguerite: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cynthia: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 20 babies, 39.6× the national rate
Roland: 33 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Anthony: 89 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Vincent: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Manuel: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leo: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Stephen: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francis: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roger: 70 babies, 3× the national rate
Joseph: 195 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Barbara	258	–	2
2	Joan	163	–	9
3	Mary	143	–	1
4	Patricia	143	–	3
5	Carol	115	↑3	6
6	Margaret	91	↑11	10
7	Shirley	82	↓2	4
8	Marie	81	↑11	35
9	Ann	80	↓2	30
10	Dorothy	77	↓4	8
11	Nancy	77	↑3	7
12	Elizabeth	76	–	17
13	Jean	72	↓2	23
14	Beverly	68	↑1	14
15	Helen	63	↑3	12
16	Dolores	60	↓6	37
17	Pauline	60	↓4	87
18	Joyce	57	↑8	11
19	Frances	56	↑16	19
20	Doris	52	↑4	22
21	Janice	52	↑17	25
22	Claire	50	↓13	>100
23	Sandra	48	new	26
24	Carolyn	47	↓1	20
25	Janet	45	–	18
26	Virginia	45	↑1	16
27	Elaine	44	↑1	45
28	Judith	43	↑11	34
29	Constance	40	↑17	>100
30	Rita	38	↓9	69
31	Anna	37	↓9	39
32	Jane	37	↑2	42
33	Lorraine	37	↓13	83
34	Marilyn	37	↓18	13
35	Alice	36	↓3	28
36	Gloria	36	↑1	32
37	Irene	35	↓4	62
38	Roberta	35	new	66
39	Ruth	35	↓9	15
40	Eleanor	34	↓11	53
41	Lucille	34	↑2	98
42	Carole	33	new	56
43	Lois	32	↓2	29
44	Jacqueline	30	new	70
45	Catherine	29	↓5	47
46	Jeannette	29	new	>100
47	Maureen	29	↓11	>100
48	Evelyn	28	↓17	36
49	Rose	28	↓2	38
50	Theresa	27	↓5	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	496	–	1
2	John	302	–	3
3	William	220	↑2	4
4	Richard	216	↓1	5
5	Joseph	195	↓1	12
6	James	159	–	2
7	Edward	156	↑1	13
8	Donald	145	↓1	7
9	David	120	↑5	8
10	George	119	↓1	10
11	Raymond	109	↓1	19
12	Charles	106	–	6
13	Paul	92	↑3	15
14	Ronald	90	↓1	11
15	Anthony	89	–	47
16	Thomas	83	↓5	9
17	Roger	70	↑2	36
18	Arthur	68	–	31
19	Frank	66	↓2	18
20	Albert	61	–	37
21	Gerald	49	↑5	20
22	Walter	49	–	26
23	Francis	46	–	55
24	Peter	43	↑3	52
25	Louis	42	↓1	46
26	Kenneth	41	↑6	14
27	Michael	41	↓2	27
28	Henry	38	↑2	30
29	Alfred	36	↑2	60
30	Norman	35	↓9	43
31	Leo	33	↑2	97
32	Roland	33	↓3	>100
33	Stephen	33	↑10	92
34	Vincent	33	–	>100
35	Ralph	31	↑1	34
36	Harold	28	↓1	21
37	Ernest	27	↓9	53
38	Eugene	24	–	33
39	Daniel	23	↓2	39
40	Frederick	23	↓1	68
41	Harry	20	new	41
42	Normand	20	↑4	>100
43	Leonard	19	new	58
44	Manuel	19	new	>100
45	Carl	18	↓4	28
46	Fred	18	↑2	35
47	Lawrence	18	↓2	38
48	Alan	16	new	>100
49	Russell	16	–	67
50	Gerard	14	↓10	>100

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