Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1949

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1949 were Linda for girls (462 babies) and Robert for boys (568). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,302 babies born in Rhode Island in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1949

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

Muriel: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Claudette: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Claire: 32 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Pauline: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Suzanne: 99 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Denise: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maureen: 63 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lorraine: 55 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rachel: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jeanne: 58 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 23 babies, 47.1× the national rate
Gerard: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Roland: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Leo: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Raymond: 167 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 124 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Anthony: 114 babies, 3× the national rate
Brian: 53 babies, 3× the national rate
Vincent: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 54 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	462	–	1
2	Patricia	256	–	3
3	Susan	256	↑1	5
4	Mary	225	↓1	2
5	Nancy	211	↑3	7
6	Kathleen	201	↓1	9
7	Carol	189	–	8
8	Donna	185	↑1	12
9	Barbara	176	↓3	4
10	Sandra	163	–	6
11	Diane	129	–	19
12	Judith	120	–	16
13	Deborah	117	↑8	15
14	Margaret	111	↑1	14
15	Karen	103	↓2	11
16	Sharon	102	↓2	10
17	Janice	101	↓1	24
18	Suzanne	99	↑8	62
19	Joan	98	↑10	36
20	Cheryl	95	↓3	28
21	Ann	94	↑4	44
22	Joyce	90	↓2	26
23	Christine	85	↑13	30
24	Janet	83	↑8	23
25	Paula	83	↓1	55
26	Elizabeth	80	↓7	25
27	Jane	80	↑1	41
28	Gail	78	↓6	51
29	Cynthia	75	↓6	27
30	Jean	74	–	45
31	Elaine	67	↓13	57
32	Pamela	65	↑6	21
33	Maureen	63	↓6	89
34	Beverly	62	↑16	31
35	Jeanne	58	↓2	92
36	Joanne	57	↑3	61
37	Lorraine	55	↓3	>100
38	Catherine	53	↑7	37
39	Marie	53	↓8	67
40	Dorothy	52	↑1	32
41	Shirley	51	↓4	18
42	Eileen	46	–	95
43	Anne	45	↑4	86
44	Carolyn	45	–	17
45	Frances	44	↓2	49
46	Marilyn	44	↓11	33
47	Denise	40	new	>100
48	Gloria	40	new	29
49	Virginia	40	new	39
50	Pauline	38	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	568	–	2
2	John	509	–	3
3	William	341	–	4
4	Richard	331	–	7
5	James	328	–	1
6	David	316	↑1	6
7	Michael	310	↓1	5
8	Joseph	268	–	14
9	Thomas	258	–	8
10	Stephen	224	↑5	19
11	Paul	205	↓1	17
12	Ronald	188	↓1	11
13	Charles	175	↑4	9
14	Raymond	167	↑2	30
15	Dennis	157	↑3	16
16	Kenneth	153	↑3	15
17	Edward	151	↓3	21
18	Donald	133	↓6	13
19	George	127	↓6	18
20	Peter	124	–	38
21	Anthony	114	–	36
22	Steven	104	↑2	20
23	Daniel	89	↑2	22
24	Alan	74	↑8	45
25	Arthur	72	↑1	44
26	Bruce	71	↓4	26
27	Frank	71	–	27
28	Gary	70	–	12
29	Roger	70	↓6	25
30	Albert	67	↓1	56
31	Mark	61	↑19	24
32	Lawrence	60	↑8	32
33	Louis	58	↑6	64
34	Francis	54	–	78
35	Brian	53	↑1	86
36	Gerald	52	↓3	33
37	Philip	46	↑1	55
38	Walter	46	↓8	37
39	Jeffrey	44	↑10	48
40	Wayne	44	↑4	35
41	Russell	43	↑1	69
42	Henry	42	↓5	46
43	Alfred	41	↓8	96
44	Douglas	41	↓1	29
45	Gregory	40	↑3	31
46	Vincent	39	↓1	>100
47	Frederick	37	↓16	70
48	Carl	36	new	43
49	Kevin	35	new	95
50	Ralph	35	↓4	50

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