State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,725 Rhode Island births in 1954 across 364 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.

#61Roland#193 nationally
#75Normandoutside the national top 200
#78Denisoutside the national top 200
#85Claireoutside the national top 200
#86Doreenoutside the national top 200
#86Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#88Lucilleoutside the national top 200
#92Reneoutside the national top 200
#94Angelooutside the national top 200
#67Leo#172 nationally
#99Antoniooutside the national top 200
#67Holly#166 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah385US #3
#2Patricia339US #4
#3Susan334US #5
#4Linda327US #2
#5Mary300US #1
#6Donna264US #11
#7Kathleen242US #14
#8Debra216US #6
#9Nancy209US #9
#10Diane207US #17
#11Karen207US #8
#12Barbara167US #7
#13Denise159US #24
#14Carol156US #15
#15Elizabeth122US #20
#16Cynthia118US #10
#17Cheryl117US #22
#18Sharon113US #16
#19Gail105US #37
#20Sandra105US #13
#21Paula95US #38
#22Ann89US #44
#23Margaret89US #21
#24Joyce85US #28
#25Robin84US #41
#26Janice82US #25
#27Pamela81US #12
#28Catherine78US #32
#29Janet77US #19
#30Joan77US #40
#31Judith76US #30
#32Maureen76US #97
#33Elaine73US #74
#34Jane70US #49
#35Joanne66US #78
#36Christine65US #43
#37Jean64US #56
#38Jo60US #53
#39Anne57US #80
#40Marie56US #79
#41Marilyn53US #35
#42Suzanne47US #82
#43Lynn44US #63
#44Beverly43US #31
#45Marian39US #104
#46Michelle39US #94
#47Jeanne37US #112
#48Kathy37US #23
#49Rose37US #54
#50Eileen36US #115
#51Ellen36US #77
#52Jacqueline36US #68
#53Sheila36US #60
#54Theresa36US #47
#55Dorothy35US #55
#56Lorraine34US #120
#57Michele34US #89
#58Darlene33US #76
#59Lisa33US #73
#60Brenda32US #18
#61Lori32US #121
#62Colleen31US #119
#63Maria31US #65
#64Dianne29US #116
#65Laura29US #45
#66Helen28US #72
#67Holly28US #166
#68Lois28US #110
#69Kathryn27US #51
#70Leslie27US #99
#71Louise27US #138
#72Rebecca27US #26
#73Gloria26US #42
#74Charlene25US #126
#75Claudia25US #145
#76Katherine25US #64
#77Laurie25US #98
#78Wendy25US #95
#79Carolyn24US #27
#80Lynne24US #157
#81Roberta24US #102
#82Rosemary24US #160
#83Shirley22US #33
#84Valerie22US #87
#85Claire21
#86Doreen21
#87Joann21US #129
#88Lucille21
#89Norma21US #128
#90Virginia21US #61
#91Ruth20US #66
#92Teresa20US #34
#93Kim19US #134
#94Marcia19US #90
#95Andrea18US #136
#96Cathy18US #59
#97Diana18US #57
#98Frances18US #83
#99Jennifer18US #108
#100Sherry18US #62

Boys

#1Robert637US #2
#2Michael536US #1
#3David518US #5
#4John498US #4
#5Richard370US #7
#6William370US #6
#7James364US #3
#8Joseph317US #13
#9Paul276US #16
#10Thomas249US #8
#11Stephen239US #20
#12Steven230US #11
#13Kenneth164US #17
#14Raymond157US #35
#15Edward156US #22
#16Donald155US #14
#17Gary152US #9
#18Mark152US #12
#19Peter148US #37
#20Dennis142US #21
#21Ronald131US #15
#22Charles130US #10
#23Kevin124US #28
#24Daniel119US #18
#25Jeffrey110US #23
#26George107US #24
#27Anthony100US #32
#28Bruce91US #30
#29Brian73US #48
#30Wayne72US #41
#31Roger67US #34
#32Frank66US #36
#33Alan64US #43
#34Russell58US #69
#35Arthur54US #52
#36Douglas53US #29
#37Timothy50US #26
#38Albert49US #73
#39Louis48US #81
#40Keith43US #45
#41Norman43US #99
#42Lawrence42US #39
#43Ralph42US #61
#44Walter42US #49
#45Patrick41US #38
#46Frederick39US #83
#47Gregory39US #25
#48Philip39US #62
#49Alfred38US #116
#50Carl37US #47
#51Francis37US #94
#52Ernest36US #87
#53Gerald36US #44
#54Glenn36US #63
#55Barry35US #68
#56Marc32US #133
#57Scott31US #40
#58Christopher30US #64
#59Nicholas30US #134
#60Larry29US #19
#61Roland29US #193
#62Henry27US #59
#63Eugene26US #77
#64Vincent26US #104
#65Andrew25US #70
#66Craig23US #51
#67Leo22US #172
#68Harry21US #86
#69Martin21US #79
#70Harold19US #60
#71Jon19US #111
#72Jonathan19US #121
#73Leonard19US #85
#74Allan18US #149
#75Normand18
#76Roy18US #56
#77Bernard17US #123
#78Denis17
#79Matthew17US #124
#80Stanley17US #58
#81Allen16US #82
#82Rodney16US #66
#83Jack15US #57
#84Jay15US #101
#85Theodore14US #115
#86Bradford13
#87Dana13US #165
#88Earl13US #98
#89Gerard13US #177
#90Gordon13US #122
#91Randy13US #33
#92Rene13
#93Terrence13US #184
#94Angelo12
#95Eric12US #89
#96Howard12US #80
#97Warren12US #126
#98Manuel11US #169
#99Antonio10
#100Bradley10US #106

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑30Lisa#59
↑27Lois#68
↑27Jon#71
↑26Kathy#48
↑25Nicholas#59
↑23Robin#25
↑22Michele#57
↑22Maria#63

Falling

↓38Joann#87
↓37Frances#98
↓34Roberta#81
↓33Claudia#75
↓31Rosemary#82
↓31Gerard#89
↓31Howard#96
↓27Carolyn#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.