State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,300 Rhode Island births in 1949 across 341 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.

#56Claireoutside the national top 200
#55Gerard#197 nationally
#61Normandoutside the national top 200
#79Denisoutside the national top 200
#82Andreoutside the national top 200
#83Armandoutside the national top 200
#58Roland#175 nationally
#78Dana#192 nationally
#78Rachel#191 nationally
#88Reneoutside the national top 200
#94Claudetteoutside the national top 200
#50Pauline#156 nationally

Girls

#1Linda462US #1
#2Patricia256US #3
#3Susan256US #5
#4Mary225US #2
#5Nancy211US #7
#6Kathleen201US #9
#7Carol189US #8
#8Donna185US #12
#9Barbara176US #4
#10Sandra163US #6
#11Diane129US #19
#12Judith120US #16
#13Deborah117US #15
#14Margaret111US #14
#15Karen103US #11
#16Sharon102US #10
#17Janice101US #24
#18Suzanne99US #62
#19Joan98US #36
#20Cheryl95US #28
#21Ann94US #44
#22Joyce90US #26
#23Christine85US #30
#24Janet83US #23
#25Paula83US #55
#26Elizabeth80US #25
#27Jane80US #41
#28Gail78US #51
#29Cynthia75US #27
#30Jean74US #45
#31Elaine67US #57
#32Pamela65US #21
#33Maureen63US #89
#34Beverly62US #31
#35Jeanne58US #92
#36Joanne57US #61
#37Lorraine55US #102
#38Catherine53US #37
#39Marie53US #67
#40Dorothy52US #32
#41Shirley51US #18
#42Eileen46US #95
#43Anne45US #86
#44Carolyn45US #17
#45Frances44US #49
#46Marilyn44US #33
#47Denise40US #140
#48Gloria40US #29
#49Virginia40US #39
#50Pauline38US #156
#51Helen37US #46
#52Rita37US #54
#53Rosemary35US #98
#54Lynn33US #74
#55Brenda32US #13
#56Claire32
#57Dianne32US #85
#58Jacqueline32US #58
#59Katherine32US #59
#60Marcia30US #78
#61Sheila30US #76
#62Lois29US #73
#63Louise29US #104
#64Joann28US #101
#65Theresa28US #63
#66Phyllis27US #50
#67Geraldine26US #90
#68Michele26US #135
#69Ellen24US #64
#70Paulette24US #125
#71Alice23US #53
#72Leslie23US #132
#73Marsha23US #79
#74Martha23US #34
#75Roberta23US #97
#76Charlene22US #100
#77Lucille22US #163
#78Rachel22US #191
#79Betty21US #22
#80Evelyn21US #80
#81Marjorie21US #116
#82Sally21US #77
#83Doris20US #69
#84Kathryn20US #52
#85Priscilla20US #154
#86Carole19US #118
#87Diana19US #48
#88Judy19US #20
#89Lynda19US #93
#90Ruth19US #47
#91Andrea18US #144
#92Bonnie18US #35
#93Charlotte18US #71
#94Claudette18
#95Irene18US #111
#96Angela17US #150
#97Kathy17US #42
#98Rose17US #66
#99Anna16US #91
#100Annette16US #151

Boys

#1Robert568US #2
#2John509US #3
#3William341US #4
#4Richard331US #7
#5James328US #1
#6David316US #6
#7Michael310US #5
#8Joseph268US #14
#9Thomas258US #8
#10Stephen224US #19
#11Paul205US #17
#12Ronald188US #11
#13Charles175US #9
#14Raymond167US #30
#15Dennis157US #16
#16Kenneth153US #15
#17Edward151US #21
#18Donald132US #13
#19George127US #18
#20Peter124US #38
#21Anthony114US #36
#22Steven104US #20
#23Daniel89US #22
#24Alan74US #45
#25Arthur72US #44
#26Bruce71US #26
#27Frank71US #27
#28Gary70US #12
#29Roger70US #25
#30Albert67US #56
#31Mark61US #24
#32Lawrence60US #32
#33Louis58US #64
#34Francis54US #78
#35Brian53US #86
#36Gerald52US #33
#37Philip46US #55
#38Walter46US #37
#39Jeffrey44US #48
#40Wayne44US #35
#41Russell43US #69
#42Henry42US #46
#43Alfred41US #96
#44Douglas41US #29
#45Gregory40US #31
#46Vincent39US #102
#47Frederick37US #70
#48Carl36US #43
#49Kevin35US #95
#50Ralph35US #50
#51Leo34US #153
#52Norman34US #90
#53Christopher32US #81
#54Ernest32US #76
#55Gerard30US #197
#56Timothy29US #34
#57Glenn28US #61
#58Roland28US #175
#59Eugene27US #58
#60Craig23US #77
#61Normand23
#62Harold22US #42
#63Harry22US #59
#64Roy22US #51
#65Leonard21US #74
#66Stanley21US #60
#67Barry20US #73
#68Andrew19US #75
#69Allen18US #71
#70Earl18US #91
#71Patrick18US #39
#72Allan17US #143
#73Clifford17US #103
#74Howard17US #63
#75Karl17US #172
#76Scott17US #99
#77Larry16US #10
#78Dana14US #192
#79Denis14
#80Samuel14US #62
#81Theodore14US #100
#82Andre13
#83Armand13
#84Bernard13US #111
#85Eric13US #105
#86Fred13US #72
#87Marc13US #167
#88Rene13
#89Warren13US #115
#90Edwin12US #123
#91Jack12US #47
#92Keith12US #85
#93Lee12US #93
#94Terry12US #28
#95Bradford11
#96Domenic11
#97Edmund11
#98Gilbert11US #147
#99Gordon11US #113
#100Marcel11

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑34Katherine#59
↑27Harold#62
↑23Marsha#73
↑21Brenda#55
↑20Dianne#57
↑19Mark#31
↑19Clifford#73
↑18Denis#79

Falling

↓32Ruth#90
↓27Irene#95
↓25Charlene#76
↓24Rose#98
↓20Armand#83
↓18Jacqueline#58
↓18Joann#64
↓17Lucille#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.