Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1943

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1943 were Carol for girls (250 babies) and Robert for boys (564). Carol ranked #5 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,491 babies born in Rhode Island in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1943

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, 12.2× the national rate
Claire: 30 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Muriel: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Deborah: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lucille: 53 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maureen: 63 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Elaine: 123 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angela: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Pauline: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Constance: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Armand: 18 babies, 23.2× the national rate
Gerard: 24 babies, 7× the national rate
Roland: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maurice: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Anthony: 112 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leo: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Frederick: 58 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Raymond: 161 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vincent: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Carol	250	↑2	5
2	Barbara	246	↓1	2
3	Patricia	241	↓1	3
4	Mary	234	–	1
5	Judith	186	–	7
6	Sandra	183	–	6
7	Linda	160	↑2	4
8	Joan	138	–	21
9	Nancy	124	↓2	9
10	Elaine	123	↑2	46
11	Joyce	121	–	16
12	Ann	104	↑2	37
13	Carolyn	88	–	11
14	Elizabeth	88	↓4	23
15	Jean	88	↑7	36
16	Kathleen	80	↑5	22
17	Janice	78	↑3	26
18	Margaret	74	↓2	14
19	Beverly	73	↓1	32
20	Susan	72	↑5	18
21	Marie	71	↓6	45
22	Frances	69	↑7	31
23	Karen	68	↑13	15
24	Dorothy	65	↓7	19
25	Janet	64	↓6	20
26	Maureen	63	↑2	>100
27	Marilyn	62	↓3	27
28	Catherine	61	↑16	48
29	Diane	61	↓3	24
30	Jane	55	new	44
31	Gail	53	↑14	55
32	Lucille	53	new	>100
33	Sharon	51	new	8
34	Eileen	48	↑13	68
35	Pauline	48	↓12	>100
36	Shirley	48	↓4	12
37	Lorraine	46	↓7	94
38	Carole	45	↑2	42
39	Donna	43	new	17
40	Virginia	42	↓13	25
41	Joanne	41	new	49
42	Constance	40	↓11	>100
43	Paula	39	new	93
44	Jeanne	38	↑5	>100
45	Cynthia	37	new	>100
46	Helen	37	↓9	28
47	Jacqueline	37	↓1	65
48	Phyllis	37	new	39
49	Rita	37	↓16	52
50	Gloria	35	↓8	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	564	–	2
2	John	425	–	3
3	Richard	374	–	5
4	William	307	–	4
5	Joseph	233	–	13
6	James	230	–	1
7	David	214	–	6
8	Thomas	200	–	8
9	Ronald	177	↑1	9
10	Edward	172	↑2	18
11	Raymond	161	–	22
12	Paul	152	↓3	19
13	George	146	↑1	14
14	Charles	137	↑3	7
15	Michael	125	↓2	10
16	Donald	124	↓1	11
17	Anthony	112	↓1	44
18	Kenneth	101	↑2	15
19	Peter	89	–	39
20	Arthur	82	↑1	30
21	Frank	76	↓3	21
22	Albert	71	↑2	43
23	Roger	70	↑2	24
24	Walter	68	↑3	26
25	Dennis	67	↓2	20
26	Stephen	67	↓4	29
27	Gerald	60	↑2	23
28	Frederick	58	↑4	70
29	Daniel	57	↑6	25
30	Francis	57	↑1	64
31	Louis	47	↓5	53
32	Norman	46	↑2	56
33	Alfred	45	↓5	78
34	Ernest	45	↑6	61
35	Henry	43	↓5	31
36	Bruce	40	↑2	51
37	Eugene	38	↑8	47
38	Lawrence	37	↑4	32
39	Russell	36	↑4	73
40	Carl	34	new	33
41	Alan	33	↑3	67
42	Vincent	33	↓3	>100
43	Stanley	32	new	54
44	Douglas	30	↓8	28
45	Roland	30	↓12	>100
46	Harry	29	new	50
47	Leo	29	↑1	>100
48	Ralph	29	↓11	40
49	Harold	28	–	27
50	Philip	28	↓9	57

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