State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,575 Rhode Island births in 1955 across 376 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.

#61Rolandoutside the national top 200
#65Doreenoutside the national top 200
#72Denisoutside the national top 200
#73Normandoutside the national top 200
#62Gerard#179 nationally
#89Paulineoutside the national top 200
#97Claireoutside the national top 200
#98Alexanderoutside the national top 200
#77Leo#175 nationally
#46Joann#136 nationally
#69Lynne#155 nationally
#91Bryan#177 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah365US #2
#2Susan344US #5
#3Linda323US #3
#4Donna298US #10
#5Mary279US #1
#6Patricia271US #6
#7Debra260US #4
#8Kathleen213US #17
#9Karen206US #8
#10Diane204US #14
#11Nancy188US #9
#12Carol158US #15
#13Denise155US #23
#14Cheryl154US #19
#15Barbara140US #7
#16Elizabeth119US #21
#17Sandra118US #13
#18Gail112US #42
#19Ann106US #43
#20Cynthia101US #11
#21Robin101US #33
#22Paula100US #39
#23Sharon95US #16
#24Pamela90US #12
#25Judith87US #31
#26Jane79US #50
#27Christine75US #40
#28Joyce75US #29
#29Margaret73US #24
#30Janet70US #20
#31Maureen68US #100
#32Janice67US #25
#33Catherine65US #28
#34Joanne65US #88
#35Joan61US #46
#36Jean58US #60
#37Marie58US #92
#38Anne57US #84
#39Elaine57US #77
#40Suzanne57US #86
#41Jo52US #58
#42Lynn50US #62
#43Jeanne48US #115
#44Leslie45US #99
#45Theresa44US #38
#46Joann42US #136
#47Rose42US #54
#48Lisa40US #48
#49Brenda39US #18
#50Beverly38US #34
#51Dorothy38US #64
#52Lori38US #89
#53Ellen37US #81
#54Sheila36US #57
#55Valerie36US #80
#56Laurie34US #91
#57Darlene33US #76
#58Roberta33US #113
#59Charlene32US #130
#60Dianne32US #121
#61Jacqueline31US #73
#62Marilyn31US #49
#63Michele31US #93
#64Wendy31US #90
#65Doreen30
#66Colleen29US #110
#67Lorraine29US #126
#68Bonnie28US #45
#69Lynne28US #155
#70Helen27US #78
#71Victoria27US #82
#72Katherine26US #65
#73Kathy26US #22
#74Marcia26US #98
#75Martha26US #53
#76Carolyn25US #30
#77Cathy25US #44
#78Eileen25US #120
#79Kim25US #75
#80Ruth25US #70
#81Claudia24US #151
#82Gloria24US #47
#83Kathryn24US #59
#84Rebecca24US #27
#85Laura23US #41
#86Phyllis23US #74
#87Shirley23US #37
#88Louise22US #148
#89Pauline22
#90Dawn21US #103
#91Lois21US #124
#92Virginia21US #66
#93Alice20US #87
#94Maria20US #69
#95Michelle20US #97
#96Betty19US #36
#97Claire19
#98Frances19US #96
#99Teresa19US #26
#100Debora18US #166

Boys

#1Robert642US #4
#2David620US #2
#3Michael542US #1
#4John529US #5
#5William352US #6
#6Richard343US #7
#7James341US #3
#8Paul282US #16
#9Joseph281US #13
#10Thomas280US #8
#11Steven259US #10
#12Stephen230US #21
#13Mark188US #9
#14Donald150US #14
#15Edward145US #25
#16Kenneth141US #15
#17Peter141US #35
#18Ronald138US #18
#19Raymond134US #36
#20Kevin133US #27
#21Charles127US #11
#22Gary125US #12
#23Daniel116US #17
#24Dennis114US #23
#25George111US #26
#26Jeffrey107US #20
#27Anthony101US #31
#28Frank80US #34
#29Bruce79US #32
#30Alan73US #43
#31Brian68US #40
#32Timothy68US #22
#33Wayne65US #44
#34Arthur61US #56
#35Roger54US #37
#36Keith52US #39
#37Russell51US #57
#38Louis50US #82
#39Lawrence49US #42
#40Douglas48US #29
#41Christopher43US #49
#42Albert42US #76
#43Frederick41US #86
#44Gregory41US #24
#45Walter39US #51
#46Philip38US #62
#47Glenn37US #59
#48Marc35US #126
#49Francis34US #100
#50Patrick34US #41
#51Scott34US #38
#52Andrew31US #66
#53Alfred29US #119
#54Henry29US #61
#55Carl27US #47
#56Vincent27US #99
#57Ernest26US #90
#58Gerald26US #48
#59Norman26US #102
#60Matthew25US #105
#61Roland25
#62Gerard23US #179
#63Gordon23US #128
#64Ralph22US #67
#65Stanley20US #64
#66Allen19US #84
#67Craig19US #50
#68Harry19US #89
#69Howard19US #83
#70Jonathan19US #116
#71Barry18US #70
#72Denis18
#73Normand18
#74Eugene17US #81
#75Harold17US #63
#76Larry17US #19
#77Leo17US #175
#78Roy17US #58
#79Jon16US #115
#80Leonard16US #88
#81Jay15US #103
#82Eric14US #85
#83Phillip13US #74
#84Terry13US #28
#85Victor13US #101
#86Martin12US #77
#87Nicholas12US #141
#88Samuel12US #71
#89Theodore12US #120
#90Bernard11US #127
#91Bryan11US #177
#92Earl11US #106
#93Glen11US #131
#94Jeffery11US #73
#95Terrence11US #181
#96Dean10US #111
#97Randall10US #53
#98Alexander9
#99Allan9US #157
#100Bradley9US #107

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑41Joann#46
↑29Valerie#55
↑27Gerard#62
↑27Gordon#63
↑27Howard#69
↑26Leslie#44
↑23Roberta#58
↑21Laurie#56

Falling

↓49Michelle#95
↓31Maria#94
↓28Eileen#78
↓28Nicholas#87
↓25Kathy#73
↓25Allan#99
↓23Lois#91
↓21Marilyn#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.