State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,413 Rhode Island births in 1947 across 358 distinct names.

Distinctively Rhode Island

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Rhode Island more than they say America.

#50Claireoutside the national top 200
#50Gerardoutside the national top 200
#65Normandoutside the national top 200
#38Roland#166 nationally
#84Marceloutside the national top 200
#86Andreoutside the national top 200
#88Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#91Jeannetteoutside the national top 200
#91Edmundoutside the national top 200
#81Alexander#190 nationally
#95Angelooutside the national top 200
#96Armandoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda444US #1
#2Mary281US #2
#3Patricia278US #3
#4Barbara247US #4
#5Carol232US #6
#6Sandra210US #5
#7Susan206US #8
#8Nancy183US #7
#9Kathleen181US #11
#10Donna179US #10
#11Judith172US #12
#12Diane143US #18
#13Janice122US #22
#14Elaine111US #50
#15Elizabeth101US #25
#16Ann98US #41
#17Karen96US #13
#18Suzanne94US #53
#19Jane92US #36
#20Joan92US #30
#21Margaret92US #16
#22Paula92US #54
#23Sharon92US #9
#24Cheryl90US #24
#25Joyce88US #20
#26Gail87US #49
#27Lorraine86US #84
#28Jean83US #40
#29Cynthia80US #33
#30Maureen76US #98
#31Beverly72US #31
#32Jeanne71US #86
#33Marie71US #57
#34Shirley65US #19
#35Deborah62US #62
#36Janet62US #23
#37Catherine61US #46
#38Carolyn59US #15
#39Marilyn59US #29
#40Eileen57US #91
#41Christine56US #45
#42Joanne56US #56
#43Dorothy55US #26
#44Pamela55US #28
#45Frances53US #39
#46Pauline51US #137
#47Virginia51US #34
#48Anne49US #95
#49Sheila49US #73
#50Claire47
#51Helen47US #38
#52Jacqueline46US #59
#53Joann46US #89
#54Lucille46US #147
#55Rosemary44US #80
#56Ruth39US #44
#57Alice38US #47
#58Louise38US #99
#59Rita38US #60
#60Theresa38US #85
#61Phyllis37US #37
#62Paulette36US #134
#63Geraldine35US #78
#64Martha34US #32
#65Betty33US #17
#66Dianne32US #83
#67Ellen32US #61
#68Gloria32US #27
#69Roberta32US #90
#70Diana29US #48
#71Marjorie29US #106
#72Constance28US #100
#73Jo28US #51
#74Rose28US #65
#75Lois27US #63
#76Marcia26US #81
#77Norma26US #82
#78Charlene25US #105
#79Denise25US #170
#80Eleanor25US #158
#81Katherine24US #76
#82Judy23US #14
#83Evelyn22US #72
#84Maria22US #79
#85Priscilla22US #151
#86Andrea21US #126
#87Arlene21US #118
#88Claudette21
#89Carole20US #102
#90Irene20US #107
#91Jeannette19
#92June19US #120
#93Kathy19US #64
#94Marsha19US #88
#95Charlotte18US #68
#96Kathryn18US #55
#97Leslie18US #132
#98Lynda18US #77
#99Muriel18
#100Dolores17US #111

Boys

#1Robert682US #2
#2John520US #3
#3Richard468US #5
#4William409US #4
#5James352US #1
#6David301US #6
#7Joseph285US #14
#8Thomas269US #8
#9Michael265US #7
#10Paul256US #18
#11Ronald222US #11
#12Edward189US #19
#13Raymond182US #27
#14Donald175US #13
#15Stephen173US #21
#16George155US #16
#17Charles151US #9
#18Kenneth135US #15
#19Dennis126US #17
#20Peter113US #36
#21Anthony111US #41
#22Frank96US #23
#23Arthur90US #38
#24Roger86US #25
#25Albert79US #55
#26Daniel78US #22
#27Gerald72US #28
#28Bruce70US #29
#29Alan67US #45
#30Steven65US #24
#31Francis62US #84
#32Walter61US #34
#33Russell60US #69
#34Lawrence54US #32
#35Gary53US #12
#36Louis51US #64
#37Norman51US #81
#38Roland50US #166
#39Henry49US #46
#40Frederick47US #78
#41Jeffrey47US #66
#42Alfred46US #96
#43Brian42US #95
#44Ernest42US #75
#45Wayne42US #30
#46Gregory41US #33
#47Ralph41US #50
#48Harold39US #35
#49Vincent38US #105
#50Gerard36
#51Douglas34US #31
#52Mark31US #47
#53Timothy31US #52
#54Eugene30US #59
#55Leo30US #147
#56Patrick30US #53
#57Barry29US #68
#58Andrew28US #82
#59Carl28US #40
#60Earl28US #83
#61Philip28US #57
#62Stanley25US #67
#63Roy24US #48
#64Leonard23US #71
#65Normand21
#66Allan20US #132
#67Craig20US #93
#68Nicholas20US #143
#69Manuel19US #156
#70Gordon18US #111
#71Howard18US #62
#72Allen17US #73
#73Bernard17US #100
#74Christopher17US #127
#75Glenn17US #70
#76Theodore17US #102
#77Harry16US #54
#78Kevin16US #160
#79Lee15US #92
#80Maurice15US #181
#81Alexander14US #190
#82Fred14US #56
#83Larry14US #10
#84Marcel13
#85Terrence13US #188
#86Andre12
#87Jack12US #37
#88Jerome12US #110
#89Martin12US #90
#90Chester11US #154
#91Edmund11
#92Edwin11US #114
#93Lloyd11US #112
#94Marc11US #192
#95Angelo10
#96Armand10
#97Keith10US #91
#98Lewis10US #118
#99Edgar9US #193
#100Emile9

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑36Timothy#53
↑32Patrick#56
↑22Catherine#37
↑21Roland#38
↑18Ruth#56
↑18Manuel#69
↑17Deborah#35
↑17Eileen#40

Falling

↓28Harry#77
↓25Carole#89
↓25Leslie#97
↓24Gloria#68
↓21Dianne#66
↓21Marcia#76
↓20Martin#89
↓17Arlene#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.