Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1948

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1948 were Linda for girls (435 babies) and Robert for boys (633). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,300 babies born in Rhode Island in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1948

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

Claire: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Denise: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Pauline: 38 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maureen: 73 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lucille: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jeanne: 62 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lorraine: 59 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Elaine: 94 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Suzanne: 76 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gail: 81 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 30 babies, 56.4× the national rate
Armand: 23 babies, 29.1× the national rate
Rene: 17 babies, 10× the national rate
Bradford: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Gerard: 32 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Roland: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Leo: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maurice: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alfred: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vincent: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	435	–	1
2	Patricia	256	↑1	4
3	Mary	244	↓1	2
4	Susan	226	↑3	5
5	Kathleen	219	↑4	10
6	Barbara	217	↓2	3
7	Carol	196	↓2	8
8	Nancy	188	–	7
9	Donna	154	↑1	11
10	Sandra	143	↓4	6
11	Diane	133	↑1	19
12	Judith	119	↓1	15
13	Karen	106	↑4	12
14	Sharon	106	↑9	9
15	Margaret	100	↑6	13
16	Janice	96	↓3	23
17	Cheryl	95	↑7	25
18	Elaine	94	↓4	53
19	Elizabeth	94	↓4	26
20	Joyce	90	↑5	21
21	Deborah	84	↑14	30
22	Gail	81	↑4	51
23	Cynthia	79	↑6	27
24	Paula	78	↓2	52
25	Ann	76	↓9	44
26	Suzanne	76	↓8	66
27	Maureen	73	↑3	88
28	Jane	70	↓9	39
29	Joan	67	↓9	37
30	Jean	66	↓2	47
31	Marie	64	↑2	60
32	Janet	63	↑4	24
33	Jeanne	62	↓1	95
34	Lorraine	59	↓7	96
35	Marilyn	59	↑4	33
36	Christine	58	↑5	35
37	Shirley	58	↓3	20
38	Pamela	56	↑6	22
39	Joanne	53	↑3	65
40	Jacqueline	50	new	58
41	Dorothy	48	↑2	29
42	Eileen	48	↓2	91
43	Frances	47	↑2	42
44	Carolyn	46	↓6	14
45	Catherine	46	↓8	41
46	Joann	42	new	94
47	Anne	40	↑1	87
48	Louise	40	new	99
49	Rosemary	40	new	90
50	Beverly	39	↓19	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	633	–	2
2	John	568	–	3
3	William	380	↑1	4
4	Richard	359	↓1	7
5	James	317	–	1
6	Michael	279	↑3	6
7	David	275	↓1	5
8	Joseph	262	↓1	13
9	Thomas	255	↓1	8
10	Paul	214	–	18
11	Ronald	204	–	10
12	Donald	172	↑2	14
13	George	171	↑3	16
14	Edward	170	↓2	19
15	Stephen	165	–	20
16	Raymond	164	↓3	27
17	Charles	150	–	9
18	Dennis	133	↑1	17
19	Kenneth	121	↓1	15
20	Peter	108	–	37
21	Anthony	104	–	41
22	Bruce	84	↑6	28
23	Roger	80	↑1	24
24	Steven	79	↑6	23
25	Daniel	76	↑1	22
26	Arthur	74	↓3	44
27	Frank	73	↓5	25
28	Gary	66	↑7	12
29	Albert	63	↓4	55
30	Walter	63	↑2	35
31	Frederick	57	↑9	75
32	Alan	55	↓3	46
33	Gerald	53	↓6	30
34	Francis	52	↓3	80
35	Alfred	50	↑7	96
36	Brian	50	↑7	95
37	Henry	49	↑2	45
38	Philip	49	new	54
39	Louis	48	↓3	64
40	Lawrence	46	↓6	31
41	Norman	46	↓4	85
42	Russell	46	↓9	67
43	Douglas	43	new	33
44	Wayne	43	↑1	34
45	Vincent	42	↑4	>100
46	Ralph	41	↑1	51
47	Ernest	36	↓3	76
48	Gregory	35	↓2	32
49	Jeffrey	35	↓8	58
50	Mark	35	new	29

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