Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1942

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1942 were Barbara for girls (260 babies) and Robert for boys (509). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,945 babies born in Rhode Island in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1942

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

Meredith: 18 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Jeannine: 18 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Madeleine: 15 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Claudette: 22 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Claire: 39 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Pauline: 65 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Deborah: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Constance: 49 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angela: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maureen: 55 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 15 babies, 37× the national rate
Rene: 15 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Roland: 45 babies, 7× the national rate
Gerard: 26 babies, 7× the national rate
Anthony: 104 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alfred: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vincent: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 97 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Leo: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Manuel: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Barbara	260	↑1	2
2	Patricia	255	↓1	3
3	Carol	225	–	5
4	Mary	173	–	1
5	Judith	167	↑1	7
6	Sandra	152	↑2	6
7	Nancy	127	↑2	8
8	Joan	124	↓3	18
9	Linda	118	↑6	4
10	Elizabeth	116	↑8	22
11	Joyce	108	↓4	13
12	Elaine	102	↓1	45
13	Carolyn	94	↓3	10
14	Ann	90	↓2	38
15	Marie	85	↑1	43
16	Margaret	83	↑4	14
17	Dorothy	82	↓3	17
18	Beverly	78	↓1	32
19	Janet	77	↑3	19
20	Janice	75	↑1	25
21	Kathleen	70	↑2	24
22	Jean	66	↓3	36
23	Pauline	65	↓10	>100
24	Marilyn	63	↑13	27
25	Susan	60	↑5	21
26	Diane	56	↑16	28
27	Virginia	56	↑2	23
28	Maureen	55	↑6	>100
29	Frances	54	↓5	30
30	Lorraine	53	↑5	91
31	Constance	49	new	>100
32	Shirley	48	↑6	12
33	Rita	44	↑16	55
34	Doris	43	↑16	41
35	Irene	42	new	80
36	Karen	42	new	16
37	Helen	41	↑6	26
38	Roberta	41	new	66
39	Anne	40	↑8	76
40	Carole	39	↑8	35
41	Claire	39	↓15	>100
42	Gloria	39	↓15	31
43	Ruth	39	↑2	33
44	Catherine	38	↓13	49
45	Gail	38	↓6	60
46	Jacqueline	38	↓2	69
47	Eileen	36	new	88
48	Geraldine	36	new	47
49	Jeanne	36	↓8	>100
50	Marjorie	36	↓17	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	509	–	2
2	John	470	–	3
3	Richard	404	–	5
4	William	307	–	4
5	Joseph	266	–	11
6	James	245	–	1
7	David	178	–	6
8	Thomas	162	↑4	8
9	Paul	158	↑1	19
10	Ronald	154	↑1	9
11	Raymond	148	↓2	24
12	Edward	132	↓4	17
13	Michael	131	↑3	13
14	George	126	↓1	14
15	Donald	118	–	10
16	Anthony	104	↑1	44
17	Charles	102	↓3	7
18	Frank	97	–	21
19	Peter	97	↑3	39
20	Kenneth	91	–	15
21	Arthur	88	↓2	29
22	Stephen	74	↑2	32
23	Dennis	71	↑10	20
24	Albert	69	↓3	40
25	Roger	69	–	25
26	Louis	66	–	51
27	Walter	55	↑1	26
28	Alfred	53	↑1	76
29	Gerald	53	↓6	22
30	Henry	53	↑8	31
31	Francis	51	↓4	58
32	Frederick	49	↓1	68
33	Roland	45	↑4	>100
34	Norman	44	↓2	53
35	Daniel	41	↓5	28
36	Douglas	39	new	23
37	Ralph	37	↑5	38
38	Bruce	36	↑1	50
39	Vincent	36	↑10	>100
40	Ernest	35	–	61
41	Philip	35	↓6	54
42	Lawrence	30	↓6	30
43	Russell	29	↑5	70
44	Alan	28	new	81
45	Eugene	28	↓11	45
46	Gerard	26	↑4	>100
47	Howard	26	new	49
48	Leo	26	↓4	>100
49	Harold	24	↓8	27
50	Fred	23	new	46

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