State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,301 Rhode Island births in 1951 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.

#63Claireoutside the national top 200
#65Normandoutside the national top 200
#50Roland#184 nationally
#61Maurice#195 nationally
#56Gerard#183 nationally
#79Denisoutside the national top 200
#61Pauline#180 nationally
#78Lucille#194 nationally
#86Reneoutside the national top 200
#92Andreoutside the national top 200
#97Maryannoutside the national top 200
#97Angelooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda386US #1
#2Patricia376US #3
#3Susan285US #6
#4Deborah270US #4
#5Kathleen258US #10
#6Mary256US #2
#7Donna218US #12
#8Barbara209US #5
#9Nancy197US #7
#10Carol180US #11
#11Diane170US #15
#12Karen148US #8
#13Denise134US #48
#14Sandra132US #9
#15Gail124US #36
#16Sharon111US #13
#17Elizabeth108US #23
#18Christine107US #24
#19Janice99US #21
#20Margaret97US #17
#21Paula94US #51
#22Ann85US #46
#23Judith85US #25
#24Joyce81US #28
#25Joan79US #39
#26Elaine78US #66
#27Pamela72US #16
#28Cheryl70US #30
#29Janet69US #19
#30Jane68US #43
#31Cynthia66US #20
#32Lorraine66US #102
#33Jean65US #49
#34Catherine64US #34
#35Suzanne63US #83
#36Maureen61US #93
#37Jacqueline60US #56
#38Debra55US #18
#39Beverly47US #33
#40Joanne47US #73
#41Marie47US #78
#42Shirley45US #27
#43Anne44US #82
#44Jeanne44US #98
#45Brenda42US #14
#46Marilyn42US #41
#47Carolyn39US #22
#48Frances39US #59
#49Eileen38US #95
#50Helen38US #54
#51Jo38US #67
#52Roberta38US #92
#53Leslie37US #133
#54Dorothy36US #42
#55Ellen36US #68
#56Rosemary35US #109
#57Louise34US #117
#58Martha34US #38
#59Joann33US #104
#60Sheila33US #69
#61Pauline32US #180
#62Ruth32US #53
#63Claire31
#64Katherine31US #55
#65Lynn31US #72
#66Virginia31US #47
#67Alice30US #62
#68Kathryn30US #45
#69Dianne29US #90
#70Michelle28US #151
#71Betty27US #29
#72Gloria27US #31
#73Robin27US #122
#74Lois25US #85
#75Lynne25US #144
#76Marcia25US #74
#77Valerie25US #100
#78Lucille24US #194
#79Rita24US #61
#80Colleen23US #114
#81Theresa23US #64
#82Anna21US #94
#83Kathy21US #35
#84Rose21US #65
#85Wendy21US #110
#86Claudia20US #123
#87Maria20US #75
#88Paulette19US #148
#89Rebecca19US #32
#90Andrea18US #136
#91Annette18US #143
#92Charlene18US #103
#93Constance18US #86
#94Marjorie18US #128
#95Marsha18US #76
#96Arlene17US #134
#97Maryann17
#98Sally17US #77
#99Stephanie17US #129
#100Bonnie16US #37

Boys

#1Robert647US #2
#2John501US #3
#3Michael393US #4
#4William374US #6
#5James347US #1
#6David339US #5
#7Richard334US #7
#8Joseph262US #14
#9Stephen249US #19
#10Thomas243US #8
#11Paul237US #18
#12Edward192US #23
#13Dennis188US #17
#14Steven172US #13
#15Raymond159US #32
#16Gary158US #10
#17Kenneth149US #16
#18Charles148US #9
#19George144US #22
#20Donald136US #15
#21Ronald130US #12
#22Peter123US #38
#23Anthony103US #34
#24Daniel87US #21
#25Bruce79US #26
#26Frank79US #31
#27Mark75US #20
#28Wayne73US #37
#29Roger69US #29
#30Kevin64US #53
#31Russell59US #73
#32Arthur56US #44
#33Walter56US #42
#34Louis54US #76
#35Alan51US #40
#36Albert49US #60
#37Brian49US #75
#38Francis48US #85
#39Philip47US #55
#40Douglas45US #27
#41Henry45US #47
#42Gerald44US #36
#43Jeffrey42US #35
#44Norman42US #90
#45Lawrence41US #33
#46Frederick40US #78
#47Alfred39US #100
#48Vincent39US #104
#49Ernest38US #83
#50Roland36US #184
#51Andrew34US #69
#52Carl33US #43
#53Patrick33US #39
#54Ralph33US #51
#55Christopher32US #61
#56Gerard32US #183
#57Gregory32US #25
#58Eugene31US #65
#59Leo28US #156
#60Larry24US #11
#61Maurice23US #195
#62Craig22US #63
#63Howard22US #74
#64Timothy22US #28
#65Normand21
#66Barry20US #71
#67Nicholas20US #120
#68Stanley20US #54
#69Glenn19US #58
#70Marc19US #148
#71Eric18US #93
#72Roy18US #52
#73Victor18US #110
#74Gordon17US #108
#75Harold16US #46
#76Keith16US #59
#77Leonard16US #80
#78Scott16US #68
#79Denis15
#80Earl15US #95
#81Warren15US #118
#82Bernard14US #107
#83Clifford14US #101
#84Edwin14US #119
#85Jack14US #48
#86Rene14
#87Allan13US #137
#88Dana13US #185
#89Martin13US #81
#90Phillip13US #79
#91Theodore13US #99
#92Andre12
#93Dale12US #49
#94Harry12US #70
#95Jonathan12US #147
#96Allen11US #72
#97Angelo11
#98Everett11
#99Armand10
#100Rodney10US #84

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑38Jo#51
↑25Leslie#53
↑24Denise#13
↑22Lucille#78
↑22Andrew#51
↑22Larry#60
↑20Betty#71
↑17Timothy#64

Falling

↓32Bonnie#100
↓29Marsha#95
↓20Charlene#92
↓19Theodore#91
↓18Marcia#76
↓18Theresa#81
↓17Rita#79
↓17Harry#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.