State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,040 Rhode Island births in 1952 across 356 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.

#68Denisoutside the national top 200
#70Claireoutside the national top 200
#57Roland#187 nationally
#75Normandoutside the national top 200
#59Gerard#184 nationally
#51Leo#171 nationally
#86Reneoutside the national top 200
#81Maurice#191 nationally
#95Lucille#200 nationally
#97Antoniooutside the national top 200
#98Armandoutside the national top 200
#99Bradfordoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda352US #1
#2Patricia334US #3
#3Deborah332US #4
#4Susan276US #5
#5Donna274US #13
#6Mary250US #2
#7Kathleen227US #11
#8Nancy203US #7
#9Barbara184US #6
#10Diane177US #16
#11Carol174US #12
#12Karen166US #8
#13Denise164US #33
#14Christine153US #20
#15Elizabeth136US #22
#16Gail123US #39
#17Cheryl106US #31
#18Cynthia106US #18
#19Judith106US #25
#20Sandra104US #10
#21Joan98US #37
#22Margaret95US #21
#23Janice94US #23
#24Debra93US #9
#25Sharon93US #14
#26Paula91US #47
#27Joyce82US #27
#28Janet80US #19
#29Ann78US #45
#30Pamela78US #17
#31Catherine77US #34
#32Jane68US #42
#33Anne67US #79
#34Elaine67US #73
#35Joanne67US #78
#36Maureen67US #94
#37Suzanne67US #84
#38Marilyn66US #38
#39Beverly49US #35
#40Jean49US #50
#41Ellen46US #70
#42Marie45US #82
#43Claudia43US #111
#44Shirley43US #28
#45Jeanne42US #98
#46Lorraine42US #109
#47Jo41US #55
#48Carolyn40US #24
#49Jacqueline40US #58
#50Brenda38US #15
#51Dorothy37US #46
#52Robin35US #102
#53Theresa35US #60
#54Rose34US #62
#55Gloria33US #36
#56Judy33US #26
#57Leslie33US #104
#58Michele33US #110
#59Louise31US #122
#60Kathryn30US #48
#61Kathy30US #29
#62Lynn30US #71
#63Marcia29US #80
#64Rebecca29US #30
#65Bonnie28US #41
#66Eileen28US #100
#67Frances28US #67
#68Helen28US #63
#69Virginia28US #49
#70Claire27
#71Roberta27US #88
#72Cathy26US #56
#73Charlene26US #106
#74Dianne26US #96
#75Joann26US #116
#76Maria26US #72
#77Rosemary26US #130
#78Sheila26US #64
#79Laura25US #53
#80Norma25US #112
#81Alice24US #69
#82Diana23US #51
#83Paulette23US #163
#84Ruth23US #57
#85Betty22US #32
#86Katherine22US #59
#87Martha22US #40
#88Michelle22US #124
#89Rita22US #66
#90Constance21US #92
#91Lois21US #86
#92Lynne21US #150
#93Arlene20US #147
#94June20US #148
#95Lucille20US #200
#96Andrea19US #132
#97Angela19US #134
#98Colleen19US #108
#99Doris19US #83
#100Irene19US #121

Boys

#1Robert620US #2
#2John507US #3
#3Michael469US #4
#4David395US #5
#5Richard388US #7
#6William380US #6
#7James355US #1
#8Thomas313US #8
#9Joseph274US #12
#10Paul262US #19
#11Stephen259US #21
#12Steven217US #11
#13Kenneth168US #16
#14Donald167US #13
#15Ronald167US #15
#16Raymond165US #33
#17Dennis155US #18
#18Charles143US #9
#19Peter142US #36
#20Edward140US #23
#21George138US #22
#22Gary131US #10
#23Daniel101US #20
#24Anthony100US #34
#25Mark98US #17
#26Bruce90US #25
#27Frank70US #32
#28Kevin65US #43
#29Arthur60US #47
#30Wayne60US #38
#31Roger59US #30
#32Alan57US #42
#33Albert56US #66
#34Jeffrey51US #31
#35Brian50US #64
#36Frederick49US #76
#37Louis47US #79
#38Francis46US #89
#39Douglas45US #28
#40Russell45US #70
#41Gerald44US #39
#42Gregory44US #24
#43Lawrence44US #35
#44Walter44US #44
#45Alfred43US #104
#46Christopher38US #57
#47Carl37US #45
#48Ralph37US #56
#49Timothy35US #27
#50Ernest32US #87
#51Leo31US #171
#52Vincent31US #101
#53Glenn30US #61
#54Philip30US #60
#55Eugene29US #71
#56Henry28US #50
#57Roland28US #187
#58Scott28US #54
#59Gerard27US #184
#60Norman27US #96
#61Barry26US #69
#62Leonard26US #83
#63Bernard25US #111
#64Harold25US #51
#65Patrick25US #37
#66Eric24US #88
#67Craig23US #59
#68Denis22
#69Keith22US #49
#70Nicholas22US #127
#71Andrew20US #68
#72Howard20US #73
#73Stanley20US #58
#74Marc18US #153
#75Normand18
#76Earl17US #98
#77Gilbert17US #151
#78Larry17US #14
#79Manuel17US #162
#80Herbert16US #115
#81Maurice16US #191
#82Allen15US #78
#83Clifford15US #99
#84Leslie14US #125
#85Allan13US #146
#86Rene13
#87Benjamin12US #122
#88Dale12US #46
#89Edwin12US #118
#90Gordon12US #110
#91Harry12US #75
#92Kurt12US #178
#93Martin12US #80
#94Neil12US #147
#95Randall12US #63
#96Roy12US #55
#97Antonio11
#98Armand11
#99Bradford11
#100Dana11US #183

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑43Claudia#43
↑35Bonnie#65
↑30Rose#54
↑28Theresa#53
↑25Rebecca#64
↑22Kathy#61
↑21Robin#52
↑20Scott#58

Falling

↓29Martha#87
↓24Roy#96
↓22Ruth#84
↓22Katherine#86
↓21Rosemary#77
↓20Andrew#71
↓20Maurice#81
↓19Frances#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.