Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1946

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1946 were Patricia for girls (287 babies) and Robert for boys (650). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,591 babies born in Rhode Island in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1946

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: 15 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Claire: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Pauline: 49 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lucille: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maureen: 69 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Paula: 82 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lorraine: 64 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Deborah: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elaine: 103 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jeanne: 62 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 21 babies, 44.6× the national rate
Rene: 18 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Gerard: 42 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Leo: 39 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Edmund: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Roland: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maurice: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alfred: 58 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Vincent: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peter: 108 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Patricia	287	↑1	3
2	Barbara	268	↑2	4
3	Carol	253	↓2	5
4	Mary	253	↓1	1
5	Linda	200	–	2
6	Sandra	182	↑1	6
7	Susan	174	↑1	8
8	Nancy	167	↑2	7
9	Kathleen	166	–	16
10	Judith	157	↓4	10
11	Donna	138	↑3	13
12	Joan	112	–	28
13	Margaret	107	↑8	17
14	Janice	106	↓1	22
15	Elaine	103	↓4	47
16	Ann	102	–	40
17	Joyce	90	↑3	20
18	Diane	89	↓1	19
19	Cheryl	88	↑10	27
20	Elizabeth	82	↓5	25
21	Paula	82	↑12	69
22	Karen	80	↑5	15
23	Sharon	80	↑9	9
24	Carolyn	77	↓2	12
25	Suzanne	76	↓2	52
26	Jean	72	↓1	37
27	Beverly	71	↑3	30
28	Dorothy	71	↓2	23
29	Gail	71	↑6	49
30	Maureen	69	↑4	95
31	Janet	68	↓12	21
32	Jane	64	↓8	35
33	Lorraine	64	↓5	93
34	Jeanne	62	↓3	83
35	Shirley	62	↑10	18
36	Marilyn	61	↓18	29
37	Jacqueline	60	↑1	62
38	Cynthia	57	↑6	46
39	Frances	55	new	39
40	Christine	53	new	50
41	Anne	51	↓2	81
42	Marie	50	↓5	54
43	Pauline	49	new	>100
44	Gloria	48	↓4	26
45	Dianne	45	new	76
46	Joanne	45	↓5	57
47	Virginia	45	–	31
48	Pamela	43	new	34
49	Sheila	42	new	70
50	Rosemary	41	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	650	–	2
2	Richard	488	↑1	5
3	John	472	↓1	3
4	James	365	↑1	1
5	William	352	↓1	4
6	David	277	↑1	6
7	Joseph	251	↓1	14
8	Thomas	217	–	8
9	Paul	207	↑3	18
10	Ronald	206	↓1	10
11	Michael	193	↓1	7
12	Edward	167	↑1	19
13	Charles	164	↑2	9
14	Raymond	160	↓3	25
15	Donald	156	↓1	13
16	George	146	–	16
17	Kenneth	137	–	15
18	Stephen	120	↑2	24
19	Dennis	109	↓1	17
20	Peter	108	↓1	38
21	Anthony	92	–	44
22	Frank	89	–	22
23	Arthur	77	–	36
24	Albert	73	–	52
25	Roger	71	↑1	23
26	Gerald	66	↑6	27
27	Henry	64	↑2	41
28	Daniel	60	↓3	21
29	Alfred	58	↑14	94
30	Alan	57	↑5	49
31	Bruce	53	↓1	32
32	Louis	52	↑1	63
33	Frederick	50	↓2	75
34	Walter	48	↓6	30
35	Francis	47	↓8	80
36	Lawrence	46	↑4	31
37	Norman	46	↑1	76
38	Wayne	43	↑9	29
39	Ernest	42	–	71
40	Gerard	42	new	>100
41	Russell	42	↓5	66
42	Vincent	42	new	>100
43	Steven	41	↓6	28
44	Leo	39	↑4	>100
45	Ralph	37	↓11	48
46	Gary	36	↓5	12
47	Jeffrey	33	new	78
48	Eugene	32	↓2	57
49	Harry	32	new	50
50	Gregory	30	new	56

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