Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1947

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1947 were Linda for girls (444 babies) and Robert for boys (682). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,412 babies born in Rhode Island in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1947

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: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Muriel: 18 babies, 9× the national rate
Claire: 47 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Claudette: 21 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Pauline: 51 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lucille: 46 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lorraine: 86 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jeannette: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maureen: 76 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marguerite: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 21 babies, 50.4× the national rate
Gerard: 36 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Roland: 50 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Leo: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Raymond: 182 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anthony: 111 babies, 3× the national rate
Alfred: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vincent: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 113 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	444	↑4	1
2	Mary	281	↑2	2
3	Patricia	278	↓2	3
4	Barbara	247	↓2	4
5	Carol	232	↓2	6
6	Sandra	210	–	5
7	Susan	206	–	8
8	Nancy	183	–	7
9	Kathleen	181	–	11
10	Donna	179	↑1	10
11	Judith	172	↓1	12
12	Diane	143	↑6	18
13	Janice	122	↑1	22
14	Elaine	111	↑1	50
15	Elizabeth	101	↑5	25
16	Ann	98	–	41
17	Karen	96	↑5	13
18	Suzanne	94	↑7	53
19	Jane	92	↑13	36
20	Joan	92	↓8	30
21	Margaret	92	↓8	16
22	Paula	92	↓1	54
23	Sharon	92	–	9
24	Cheryl	90	↓5	24
25	Joyce	88	↓8	20
26	Gail	87	↑3	49
27	Lorraine	86	↑6	84
28	Jean	83	↓2	40
29	Cynthia	80	↑9	33
30	Maureen	76	–	98
31	Beverly	72	↓4	31
32	Jeanne	71	↑2	86
33	Marie	71	↑9	57
34	Shirley	65	↑1	19
35	Deborah	62	new	62
36	Janet	62	↓5	23
37	Catherine	61	new	46
38	Carolyn	59	↓14	15
39	Marilyn	59	↓3	29
40	Eileen	57	new	91
41	Christine	56	↓1	45
42	Joanne	56	↑4	56
43	Dorothy	55	↓15	26
44	Pamela	55	↑4	28
45	Frances	53	↓6	39
46	Pauline	51	↓3	>100
47	Virginia	51	–	34
48	Anne	49	↓7	95
49	Sheila	49	–	73
50	Claire	47	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	682	–	2
2	John	520	↑1	3
3	Richard	468	↓1	5
4	William	409	↑1	4
5	James	352	↓1	1
6	David	301	–	6
7	Joseph	285	–	14
8	Thomas	268	–	8
9	Michael	265	↑2	7
10	Paul	256	↓1	18
11	Ronald	222	↓1	11
12	Edward	189	–	19
13	Raymond	182	↑1	27
14	Donald	175	↑1	13
15	Stephen	173	↑3	21
16	George	155	–	16
17	Charles	151	↓4	9
18	Kenneth	135	↓1	15
19	Dennis	126	–	17
20	Peter	113	–	36
21	Anthony	111	–	41
22	Frank	96	–	23
23	Arthur	90	–	38
24	Roger	86	↑1	25
25	Albert	79	↓1	55
26	Daniel	78	↑2	22
27	Gerald	72	↓1	28
28	Bruce	70	↑3	29
29	Alan	67	↑1	45
30	Steven	65	↑13	24
31	Francis	62	↑4	84
32	Walter	61	↑2	34
33	Russell	60	↑8	69
34	Lawrence	54	↑2	32
35	Gary	53	↑11	12
36	Louis	51	↓4	64
37	Norman	51	–	81
38	Roland	50	new	>100
39	Henry	49	↓12	46
40	Frederick	47	↓7	78
41	Jeffrey	47	↑6	66
42	Alfred	46	↓13	96
43	Brian	42	new	95
44	Ernest	42	↓5	75
45	Wayne	42	↓7	30
46	Gregory	41	↑4	33
47	Ralph	41	↓2	50
48	Harold	39	new	35
49	Vincent	38	↓7	>100
50	Gerard	36	↓10	>100

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