State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,292 Rhode Island births in 1950 across 351 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.

#52Claireoutside the national top 200
#56Normandoutside the national top 200
#54Roland#187 nationally
#58Gerard#191 nationally
#76Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#71Maurice#185 nationally
#88Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#95Angelooutside the national top 200
#96Armandoutside the national top 200
#60Pauline#163 nationally
#98Domenicoutside the national top 200
#100Marceloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda395US #1
#2Susan256US #5
#3Patricia244US #3
#4Mary226US #2
#5Kathleen207US #10
#6Donna195US #13
#7Nancy194US #6
#8Barbara187US #4
#9Deborah183US #7
#10Carol179US #9
#11Diane138US #16
#12Sandra137US #8
#13Judith121US #21
#14Elizabeth114US #24
#15Karen113US #12
#16Margaret111US #15
#17Sharon111US #11
#18Gail98US #42
#19Christine97US #28
#20Janice97US #22
#21Joyce86US #27
#22Cynthia85US #23
#23Jane80US #39
#24Elaine77US #60
#25Janet77US #18
#26Joan77US #40
#27Cheryl76US #29
#28Paula75US #54
#29Maureen72US #89
#30Ann70US #45
#31Pamela69US #17
#32Suzanne66US #71
#33Catherine63US #34
#34Jean62US #48
#35Shirley56US #19
#36Anne54US #84
#37Denise54US #82
#38Joanne53US #67
#39Jeanne52US #95
#40Marie50US #72
#41Carolyn48US #20
#42Lorraine48US #105
#43Dorothy47US #35
#44Jacqueline47US #55
#45Marilyn46US #37
#46Beverly45US #31
#47Helen41US #50
#48Louise41US #109
#49Martha36US #32
#50Brenda35US #14
#51Joann35US #98
#52Claire34
#53Eileen34US #91
#54Ellen34US #66
#55Ruth34US #49
#56Dianne32US #90
#57Gloria31US #30
#58Marcia31US #77
#59Sheila31US #70
#60Pauline30US #163
#61Frances29US #51
#62Rita29US #56
#63Theresa29US #65
#64Irene28US #92
#65Rosemary28US #101
#66Marsha27US #68
#67Roberta27US #96
#68Bonnie26US #33
#69Geraldine26US #102
#70Kathryn26US #46
#71Phyllis26US #53
#72Charlene25US #103
#73Paulette25US #151
#74Katherine24US #58
#75Virginia24US #43
#76Wendy24US #114
#77Diana23US #47
#78Leslie22US #134
#79Lois22US #83
#80Colleen21US #124
#81Constance21US #85
#82Marjorie21US #121
#83Alice20US #57
#84Annette19US #144
#85Arlene19US #132
#86Doris19US #74
#87Valerie19US #116
#88Jeannine18
#89Jo18US #64
#90Kathy18US #38
#91Betty17US #26
#92Michele17US #128
#93Rose17US #69
#94Stephanie17US #122
#95Anita16US #99
#96Anna16US #93
#97Cathy16US #75
#98Evelyn16US #86
#99Judy16US #25
#100Lucille16US #180

Boys

#1Robert550US #2
#2John538US #3
#3Richard376US #7
#4Michael345US #4
#5David343US #5
#6William306US #6
#7James301US #1
#8Paul278US #18
#9Joseph253US #13
#10Thomas241US #8
#11Stephen202US #19
#12Ronald167US #12
#13Dennis166US #17
#14Raymond162US #31
#15Donald154US #14
#16Steven147US #16
#17Peter141US #37
#18Kenneth139US #15
#19Edward136US #22
#20Charles128US #9
#21George112US #20
#22Bruce92US #26
#23Anthony90US #36
#24Gary87US #10
#25Daniel77US #21
#26Frank70US #29
#27Wayne70US #35
#28Alan68US #41
#29Roger66US #27
#30Mark62US #23
#31Arthur58US #46
#32Kevin58US #73
#33Jeffrey57US #43
#34Louis57US #66
#35Francis52US #86
#36Gerald52US #34
#37Albert51US #56
#38Douglas50US #28
#39Russell49US #67
#40Frederick48US #75
#41Lawrence46US #33
#42Walter45US #40
#43Carl42US #44
#44Gregory42US #25
#45Brian39US #79
#46Ralph37US #52
#47Philip36US #53
#48Ernest35US #81
#49Vincent35US #101
#50Norman33US #90
#51Alfred32US #96
#52Howard31US #63
#53Patrick31US #38
#54Roland30US #187
#55Henry26US #47
#56Normand26
#57Eugene25US #58
#58Gerard24US #191
#59Harold24US #45
#60Leo24US #160
#61Glenn23US #59
#62Barry22US #74
#63Nicholas21US #124
#64Roy21US #51
#65Stanley21US #60
#66Bernard20US #110
#67Craig20US #69
#68Eric19US #98
#69Christopher18US #72
#70Keith18US #78
#71Maurice18US #185
#72Theodore18US #99
#73Andrew17US #68
#74Samuel17US #62
#75Allan16US #142
#76Bradford16
#77Harry16US #61
#78Manuel16US #158
#79Martin16US #85
#80Scott16US #82
#81Timothy16US #32
#82Larry15US #11
#83Earl14US #92
#84Leonard14US #77
#85Neil14US #156
#86Edwin13US #117
#87Gordon13US #108
#88Jack13US #48
#89Warren13US #118
#90Chester11US #169
#91Clifford11US #100
#92Fred11US #84
#93Herbert11US #112
#94Lee11US #91
#95Angelo10
#96Armand10
#97Dale10US #49
#98Domenic10
#99Joel10US #130
#100Marcel10

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑35Ruth#55
↑31Irene#64
↑25Martha#49
↑24Bonnie#68
↑22Howard#52
↑22Keith#70
↑19Bradford#76
↑18Patrick#53

Falling

↓26Virginia#75
↓25Timothy#81
↓24Michele#92
↓23Lucille#100
↓19Leonard#84
↓18Evelyn#98
↓18Clifford#91
↓17Lois#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.