Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1941

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1941 were Patricia for girls (220 babies) and Robert for boys (427). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,810 babies born in Rhode Island in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1941

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

Cecile: 15 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Claire: 47 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Pauline: 81 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Muriel: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lucille: 48 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maureen: 41 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Angela: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Paula: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Elaine: 86 babies, 4× the national rate
Jeanne: 33 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 25 babies, 63.3× the national rate
Gerard: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Roland: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Maurice: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Anthony: 93 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Leo: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Manuel: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Raymond: 133 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alfred: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 67 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Patricia	220	↑1	3
2	Barbara	205	↓1	2
3	Carol	188	↑1	4
4	Mary	171	↓1	1
5	Joan	145	–	17
6	Judith	136	–	6
7	Joyce	115	↑5	13
8	Sandra	100	↑8	9
9	Nancy	95	↑2	8
10	Carolyn	92	↑10	11
11	Elaine	86	↑6	44
12	Ann	84	↓5	37
13	Pauline	81	↑5	>100
14	Dorothy	78	↓6	14
15	Linda	75	↑4	5
16	Marie	73	↓2	42
17	Beverly	72	↓8	29
18	Elizabeth	72	↓5	21
19	Jean	65	↓4	32
20	Margaret	63	↓10	12
21	Janice	60	↑3	22
22	Janet	57	–	18
23	Kathleen	49	↑19	36
24	Frances	48	↑9	31
25	Lucille	48	↑1	>100
26	Claire	47	↑1	>100
27	Gloria	47	↑21	26
28	Jane	46	↓5	46
29	Virginia	46	↑8	23
30	Susan	45	↑6	27
31	Catherine	44	↑15	51
32	Eleanor	44	↓2	78
33	Marjorie	42	new	71
34	Maureen	41	↑5	>100
35	Lorraine	39	↑8	93
36	Dolores	38	↑2	57
37	Marilyn	36	↓12	30
38	Shirley	36	↓17	10
39	Gail	34	↓8	68
40	Theresa	34	–	95
41	Jeanne	33	↓7	>100
42	Diane	32	↑7	40
43	Helen	32	↓15	24
44	Jacqueline	32	↓15	73
45	Ruth	31	new	28
46	Alice	30	↑1	34
47	Anne	30	↓15	82
48	Carole	30	new	48
49	Rita	30	new	63
50	Doris	29	↓9	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	427	–	2
2	John	351	↑1	3
3	Richard	298	↓1	5
4	William	230	–	4
5	Joseph	202	–	12
6	James	181	–	1
7	David	161	↑3	7
8	Edward	145	↓1	17
9	Raymond	133	↑2	22
10	Paul	127	↑4	18
11	Ronald	126	↓2	9
12	Thomas	126	↓4	8
13	George	120	–	13
14	Charles	105	↑2	6
15	Donald	101	↓3	10
16	Michael	98	↑3	16
17	Anthony	93	↓2	46
18	Frank	89	↓1	21
19	Arthur	76	↑6	33
20	Kenneth	73	–	15
21	Albert	68	↑1	40
22	Peter	67	↓4	44
23	Gerald	56	↑3	20
24	Stephen	54	↑6	41
25	Roger	52	↓4	25
26	Louis	46	↑5	50
27	Francis	42	↓4	60
28	Walter	42	↓4	26
29	Alfred	41	↓1	74
30	Daniel	40	↑3	31
31	Frederick	37	↑10	69
32	Norman	36	↓5	49
33	Dennis	35	↓1	23
34	Eugene	33	↑4	42
35	Philip	33	new	52
36	Lawrence	31	↑12	34
37	Roland	31	↑2	>100
38	Henry	30	↓9	28
39	Bruce	29	↑1	51
40	Ernest	28	↓3	61
41	Harold	28	↑1	24
42	Ralph	27	↓6	38
43	Leonard	26	↑3	54
44	Leo	25	↓9	>100
45	Normand	25	new	>100
46	Herbert	24	new	76
47	Carl	23	new	29
48	Russell	23	↓3	75
49	Vincent	23	↓6	>100
50	Gerard	21	new	>100

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