Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1944

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1944 were Carol for girls (238 babies) and Robert for boys (507). Carol ranked #5 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,737 babies born in Rhode Island in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1944

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

Jeannine: 17 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Meredith: 18 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Claire: 45 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Maureen: 71 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Pauline: 49 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jeannette: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marguerite: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Elaine: 103 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lucille: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Eileen: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 27 babies, 48.1× the national rate
Gerard: 35 babies, 11× the national rate
Roland: 45 babies, 8× the national rate
Anthony: 100 babies, 4× the national rate
Leo: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Francis: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Vincent: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Frederick: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brian: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Carol	238	–	5
2	Patricia	222	↑1	4
3	Barbara	203	↓1	2
4	Mary	195	–	1
5	Judith	178	–	9
6	Sandra	164	–	6
7	Linda	141	–	3
8	Nancy	134	↑1	7
9	Elizabeth	107	↑5	23
10	Joan	104	↓2	22
11	Elaine	103	↓1	46
12	Kathleen	97	↑4	20
13	Margaret	93	↑5	14
14	Susan	92	↑6	13
15	Ann	91	↓3	39
16	Joyce	85	↓5	18
17	Carolyn	77	↓4	11
18	Beverly	71	↑1	35
19	Maureen	71	↑7	>100
20	Donna	69	↑19	17
21	Karen	65	↑2	16
22	Jean	64	↓7	37
23	Marie	64	↓2	48
24	Janet	62	↑1	21
25	Diane	57	↑4	24
26	Janice	57	↓9	28
27	Marilyn	57	–	27
28	Eileen	56	↑6	73
29	Frances	55	↓7	33
30	Dorothy	51	↓6	19
31	Gail	51	–	56
32	Pauline	49	↑3	>100
33	Jacqueline	48	↑14	64
34	Jane	48	↓4	41
35	Shirley	47	↑1	15
36	Cheryl	46	new	36
37	Lorraine	46	–	93
38	Virginia	46	↑2	26
39	Claire	45	new	>100
40	Helen	44	↑6	31
41	Paula	44	↑2	82
42	Sharon	44	↓9	8
43	Pamela	43	new	44
44	Gloria	42	↑6	25
45	Irene	41	new	91
46	Suzanne	41	new	78
47	Carole	40	↓9	43
48	Marcia	40	new	89
49	Anne	38	new	86
50	Constance	35	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	507	–	2
2	John	391	–	3
3	Richard	343	–	5
4	William	303	–	4
5	James	243	↑1	1
6	Joseph	238	↓1	13
7	David	202	–	6
8	Thomas	181	–	8
9	Edward	170	↑1	18
10	George	153	↑3	14
11	Ronald	150	↓2	10
12	Michael	147	↑3	9
13	Charles	144	↑1	7
14	Paul	136	↓2	17
15	Donald	130	↑1	11
16	Raymond	128	↓5	22
17	Kenneth	105	↑1	16
18	Anthony	100	↓1	46
19	Dennis	86	↑6	20
20	Peter	80	↓1	40
21	Frank	78	–	21
22	Arthur	72	↓2	29
23	Stephen	67	↑3	28
24	Walter	67	–	26
25	Roger	64	↓2	23
26	Albert	61	↓4	44
27	Daniel	58	↑2	25
28	Francis	58	↑2	71
29	Frederick	52	↓1	73
30	Gerald	49	↓3	24
31	Russell	46	↑8	63
32	Roland	45	↑13	>100
33	Louis	41	↓2	54
34	Norman	39	↓2	58
35	Henry	38	–	35
36	Alan	36	↑5	55
37	Alfred	35	↓4	82
38	Ernest	35	↓4	59
39	Eugene	35	↓2	48
40	Gerard	35	new	>100
41	Bruce	32	↓5	51
42	Vincent	31	–	>100
43	Carl	28	↓3	36
44	Harold	28	↑5	27
45	Leo	28	↑2	>100
46	Normand	27	new	>100
47	Ralph	27	↑1	42
48	Brian	25	new	>100
49	Leonard	25	new	56
50	Howard	24	new	53

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