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Baby names in Rhode Island, 1910s

1910–1919 · 68,622 recorded births

Mary was the most common name given in Rhode Island across the 1910s, with 3,333 births in the decade. The state recorded 68,622 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Rhode Island in the 1910s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Pasco7092×
Carmino3056×
Antonetta10853×
Domenico3622×
Luigi3520×
Domenic8518×
Ovila1718×
Armando8215×

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1Mary3,333
#2John2,527
#3Joseph2,265
#4William1,601
#5Helen1,447
#6Dorothy1,224
#7James1,136
#8George1,078
#9Edward1,068
#10Anna1,055
#11Margaret1,050
#12Charles889
#13Frank886
#14Alice884
#15Ruth853
#16Rose837
#17Raymond805
#18Robert798
#19Albert750
#20Thomas723
#21Rita704
#22Arthur675
#23Elizabeth668
#23Lillian668
#25Florence663

Other decades in Rhode Island

All Rhode Island names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org