State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,300 Rhode Island births in 1948 across 349 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.

#52Gerardoutside the national top 200
#55Normandoutside the national top 200
#63Armandoutside the national top 200
#67Claireoutside the national top 200
#75Reneoutside the national top 200
#74Maurice#198 nationally
#78Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#82Everettoutside the national top 200
#57Roland#170 nationally
#79Matthew#190 nationally
#90Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#93Domenicoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda435US #1
#2Patricia256US #4
#3Mary244US #2
#4Susan226US #5
#5Kathleen219US #10
#6Barbara217US #3
#7Carol196US #8
#8Nancy188US #7
#9Donna154US #11
#10Sandra143US #6
#11Diane133US #19
#12Judith119US #15
#13Karen106US #12
#14Sharon106US #9
#15Margaret100US #13
#16Janice96US #23
#17Cheryl95US #25
#18Elaine94US #53
#19Elizabeth94US #26
#20Joyce90US #21
#21Deborah84US #30
#22Gail81US #51
#23Cynthia79US #27
#24Paula78US #52
#25Ann76US #44
#26Suzanne76US #66
#27Maureen73US #88
#28Jane70US #39
#29Joan67US #37
#30Jean66US #47
#31Marie64US #60
#32Janet63US #24
#33Jeanne62US #95
#34Lorraine59US #96
#35Marilyn59US #33
#36Christine58US #35
#37Shirley58US #20
#38Pamela56US #22
#39Joanne53US #65
#40Jacqueline50US #58
#41Dorothy48US #29
#42Eileen48US #91
#43Frances47US #42
#44Carolyn46US #14
#45Catherine46US #41
#46Joann42US #94
#47Anne40US #87
#48Louise40US #99
#49Rosemary40US #90
#50Beverly39US #31
#51Charlene39US #105
#52Denise39US #147
#53Gloria38US #28
#54Pauline38US #145
#55Phyllis38US #46
#56Virginia36US #36
#57Helen35US #40
#58Ruth35US #45
#59Rita34US #59
#60Lucille33US #154
#61Ellen32US #67
#62Geraldine32US #83
#63Marcia32US #79
#64Sheila31US #71
#65Betty29US #18
#66Paulette29US #123
#67Claire28
#68Irene28US #111
#69Norma28US #103
#70Theresa28US #63
#71Martha27US #32
#72Roberta27US #101
#73Marjorie26US #110
#74Rose26US #62
#75Lois25US #70
#76Brenda23US #17
#77Dianne23US #86
#78Evelyn23US #74
#79Leslie23US #131
#80Alice22US #49
#81Constance22US #93
#82Diana21US #48
#83Stephanie21US #137
#84Bonnie20US #34
#85Laura20US #73
#86Judy19US #16
#87Kathryn19US #54
#88Lynda19US #84
#89Angela18US #158
#90Candace18US #190
#91Dolores18US #119
#92Jo18US #56
#93Katherine18US #68
#94Lillian18US #136
#95Maria18US #75
#96Marsha18US #76
#97Arlene17US #125
#98Doris17US #64
#99Eleanor17US #169
#100Lynne17US #166

Boys

#1Robert633US #2
#2John568US #3
#3William380US #4
#4Richard359US #7
#5James317US #1
#6Michael279US #6
#7David275US #5
#8Joseph262US #13
#9Thomas254US #8
#10Paul214US #18
#11Ronald204US #10
#12Donald173US #14
#13George171US #16
#14Edward170US #19
#15Stephen165US #20
#16Raymond164US #27
#17Charles150US #9
#18Dennis133US #17
#19Kenneth121US #15
#20Peter108US #37
#21Anthony104US #41
#22Bruce84US #28
#23Roger80US #24
#24Steven79US #23
#25Daniel76US #22
#26Arthur74US #44
#27Frank73US #25
#28Gary66US #12
#29Albert63US #55
#30Walter63US #35
#31Frederick57US #75
#32Alan55US #46
#33Gerald53US #30
#34Francis52US #80
#35Alfred50US #96
#36Brian50US #95
#37Henry49US #45
#38Philip49US #54
#39Louis48US #64
#40Lawrence46US #31
#41Norman46US #85
#42Russell46US #67
#43Douglas43US #33
#44Wayne43US #34
#45Vincent42US #106
#46Ralph41US #51
#47Ernest36US #76
#48Gregory35US #32
#49Jeffrey35US #58
#50Mark35US #29
#51Eugene34US #61
#52Gerard32
#53Barry31US #74
#54Carl31US #42
#55Normand30
#56Leo29US #151
#57Roland29US #170
#58Kevin27US #127
#59Leonard27US #71
#60Howard26US #63
#61Glenn25US #73
#62Christopher24US #102
#63Armand23
#64Patrick23US #48
#65Roy23US #49
#66Timothy23US #38
#67Harry21US #57
#68Allen20US #72
#69Bernard20US #107
#70Craig20US #82
#71Larry20US #11
#72Theodore18US #104
#73Andrew17US #77
#74Maurice17US #198
#75Rene17
#76Earl16US #83
#77Allan15US #132
#78Bradford15
#79Matthew15US #190
#80Stanley15US #65
#81Eric14US #114
#82Everett14
#83Fred14US #66
#84Martin14US #88
#85Nicholas14US #142
#86Alexander13US #183
#87Edwin13US #116
#88Gilbert13US #145
#89Harold13US #36
#90Salvatore13
#91Warren13US #109
#92Clifford12US #105
#93Domenic12
#94Edmund12
#95Manuel12US #156
#96Phillip12US #69
#97Denis11
#98Glen11US #133
#99Gordon11US #112
#100Herbert11US #103

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑33Armand#63
↑27Charlene#51
↑27Denise#52
↑23Philip#38
↑22Irene#68
↑20Kevin#58
↑18Leslie#79
↑15Gloria#53

Falling

↓41Harold#89
↓29Gordon#99
↓26Manuel#95
↓23Alice#80
↓19Beverly#50
↓19Jo#92
↓19Eleanor#99
↓19Roland#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.