Rhode Island · 1921

Top 100 names in Rhode Island, 1921, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	485
#2	Dorothy	218
#3	Helen	203
#4	Margaret	146
#5	Anna	140
#6	Alice	137
#7	Rita	136
#8	Ruth	123
#9	Doris	122
#10	Rose	118
#11	Florence	99
#12	Virginia	98
#13	Irene	96
#14	Barbara	89
#15	Evelyn	89
#16	Marie	87
#17	Elizabeth	82
#18	Lillian	79
#19	Beatrice	68
#20	Eleanor	64
#21	Louise	62
#22	Mildred	62
#23	Frances	61
#24	Marjorie	55
#25	Catherine	54
#26	Gertrude	53
#27	Josephine	50
#28	Edith	48
#29	Gladys	47
#30	Theresa	43
#31	Marion	43
#32	Ethel	41
#33	Agnes	40
#34	Ida	39
#35	Anita	39
#36	Gloria	38
#37	Angelina	38
#38	Lucy	37
#39	Bertha	36
#40	Claire	35
#41	Grace	34
#42	Marguerite	33
#43	Ann	32
#44	Constance	31
#45	Esther	31
#46	Clara	31
#47	Edna	31
#48	Shirley	31
#49	Muriel	30
#50	Martha	28
#51	Lucille	28
#52	Elsie	27
#53	Jennie	27
#54	Eva	26
#55	Cecile	26
#56	Norma	25
#57	Madeline	25
#58	Viola	24
#59	Loretta	24
#60	Lena	24
#61	Jeannette	24
#62	Sylvia	24
#63	Olive	24
#64	Genevieve	24
#65	Charlotte	23
#66	Olga	23
#67	Phyllis	23
#68	Julia	23
#69	Eileen	22
#70	Anne	22
#71	Pauline	22
#72	Hazel	22
#73	Jean	22
#74	Laura	21
#75	Blanche	21
#76	Stella	20
#77	Hope	20
#78	Violet	20
#79	Katherine	19
#80	Concetta	19
#81	Vivian	18
#82	Antonetta	18
#83	Hilda	18
#84	Kathleen	18
#85	Nancy	18
#86	Isabelle	17
#87	Yvonne	17
#88	Ellen	17
#89	Estelle	17
#90	Adeline	17
#91	Winifred	16
#92	Jeanne	16
#93	Pearl	16
#94	Carolyn	16
#95	Emily	15
#96	Leona	15
#97	Filomena	15
#98	Thelma	15
#99	Annie	15
#100	Sarah	14

Uniquely popular in Rhode Island

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Hope	20	35	3
Cecile	26	45	4
Angelina	38	66	9
Claire	35	61	10
Rita	136	236	42
Jeannette	24	42	9
Anita	39	68	16
Constance	31	54	14
Theresa	43	75	21
Olive	24	42	13
Barbara	89	155	49
Olga	23	40	13

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.