State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,211 Rhode Island births in 1953 across 371 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.

#67Normandoutside the national top 200
#58Gerard#186 nationally
#78Denisoutside the national top 200
#81Claireoutside the national top 200
#73Roland#191 nationally
#82Maurice#198 nationally
#86Armandoutside the national top 200
#91Lucilleoutside the national top 200
#90Pauline#198 nationally
#96Reneoutside the national top 200
#75Paulette#178 nationally
#100Claudetteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Deborah357US #3
#2Linda336US #2
#3Patricia326US #4
#4Susan305US #5
#5Mary259US #1
#6Donna244US #13
#7Diane210US #17
#8Kathleen198US #14
#9Barbara189US #6
#10Karen185US #9
#11Nancy183US #8
#12Debra165US #7
#13Carol161US #16
#14Denise137US #31
#15Gail125US #39
#16Cynthia119US #12
#17Elizabeth116US #21
#18Sandra108US #11
#19Paula107US #40
#20Christine105US #32
#21Cheryl102US #28
#22Sharon101US #15
#23Ann100US #46
#24Judith96US #30
#25Joan95US #37
#26Pamela95US #10
#27Janice94US #22
#28Joanne88US #71
#29Margaret82US #20
#30Janet79US #19
#31Elaine69US #77
#32Catherine66US #35
#33Joyce66US #26
#34Jane63US #43
#35Anne58US #80
#36Maureen55US #92
#37Jo54US #54
#38Marilyn52US #36
#39Suzanne52US #78
#40Jacqueline51US #58
#41Jean45US #52
#42Claudia44US #126
#43Marie43US #86
#44Lorraine42US #118
#45Dorothy41US #49
#46Jeanne41US #97
#47Roberta39US #90
#48Robin38US #66
#49Joann37US #121
#50Lynn37US #67
#51Rosemary37US #147
#52Carolyn36US #25
#53Charlene36US #113
#54Leslie35US #96
#55Rose35US #59
#56Beverly34US #34
#57Louise34US #125
#58Michelle34US #107
#59Shirley34US #29
#60Theresa34US #50
#61Frances33US #72
#62Sheila33US #60
#63Brenda32US #18
#64Helen30US #65
#65Dianne29US #109
#66Eileen29US #108
#67Ellen29US #76
#68Katherine29US #63
#69Kathryn29US #48
#70Martha28US #41
#71Darlene27US #75
#72Wendy27US #110
#73Gloria26US #38
#74Kathy26US #23
#75Paulette26US #178
#76Virginia26US #53
#77Cathy25US #56
#78Colleen25US #115
#79Michele25US #102
#80Alice24US #73
#81Claire24
#82Judy24US #27
#83Laura24US #51
#84Lynne24US #159
#85Maria24US #68
#86Marcia23US #84
#87Anna22US #98
#88Diana22US #55
#89Lisa22US #111
#90Pauline22US #198
#91Lucille21
#92Marjorie21US #144
#93Rita21US #64
#94Valerie20US #88
#95Lois19US #91
#96Norma19US #122
#97Andrea18US #131
#98Laurie18US #103
#99Sally18US #81
#100Claudette17

Boys

#1Robert616US #1
#2John520US #4
#3Michael474US #3
#4David461US #5
#5Richard394US #7
#6William363US #6
#7James354US #2
#8Paul281US #16
#9Thomas271US #8
#10Joseph253US #13
#11Stephen227US #21
#12Steven201US #11
#13Ronald156US #15
#14Gary151US #10
#15Donald150US #14
#16Peter148US #38
#17Dennis145US #19
#18Edward144US #23
#19Kenneth142US #17
#20Raymond139US #34
#21Charles138US #9
#22George123US #22
#23Mark122US #12
#24Daniel106US #20
#25Anthony99US #32
#26Bruce91US #28
#27Kevin91US #36
#28Jeffrey79US #25
#29Frank75US #33
#30Alan69US #43
#31Wayne68US #40
#32Arthur66US #50
#33Brian65US #53
#34Roger57US #31
#35Christopher56US #63
#36Lawrence51US #37
#37Louis50US #78
#38Vincent49US #100
#39Carl46US #44
#40Albert45US #69
#41Francis44US #90
#42Ralph44US #59
#43Philip43US #61
#44Russell43US #71
#45Walter43US #45
#46Frederick41US #80
#47Timothy41US #26
#48Alfred40US #104
#49Douglas38US #27
#50Henry38US #54
#51Gregory35US #24
#52Gerald34US #42
#53Patrick33US #39
#54Keith32US #47
#55Andrew31US #68
#56Larry31US #18
#57Barry29US #73
#58Gerard27US #186
#59Norman27US #98
#60Scott26US #46
#61Glenn25US #67
#62Ernest24US #87
#63Marc24US #144
#64Craig23US #60
#65Howard23US #77
#66Harold22US #56
#67Normand22
#68Eugene20US #75
#69Leonard20US #85
#70Stanley20US #62
#71Jonathan19US #133
#72Leo19US #162
#73Roland19US #191
#74Dean18US #105
#75Matthew18US #130
#76Allen17US #81
#77Eric17US #89
#78Denis16
#79Jay16US #99
#80Bernard15US #119
#81Gordon15US #116
#82Maurice15US #198
#83Martin14US #82
#84Nicholas14US #131
#85Warren14US #124
#86Armand13
#87Kurt13US #177
#88Roy13US #55
#89Victor13US #106
#90Allan12US #153
#91Clifford12US #102
#92Dana12US #178
#93Earl12US #96
#94Edwin12US #123
#95Fred12US #92
#96Rene12
#97Herbert11US #125
#98Jon11US #120
#99Neil11US #146
#100Andre10

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑30Michelle#58
↑26Joann#49
↑26Rosemary#51
↑24Roberta#47
↑22Larry#56
↑20Charlene#53
↑20Colleen#78
↑18Katherine#68

Falling

↓26Ellen#67
↓26Judy#82
↓23Marcia#86
↓21Michele#79
↓21Leo#72
↓18Gloria#73
↓17Beverly#56
↓17Bernard#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.