State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,610 Rhode Island births in 1956 across 380 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.

#67Rolandoutside the national top 200
#77Claireoutside the national top 200
#61Gerard#180 nationally
#72Leo#184 nationally
#90Denisoutside the national top 200
#38Doreen#147 nationally
#93Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#98Paulineoutside the national top 200
#98Normandoutside the national top 200
#100Chesteroutside the national top 200
#69Louise#165 nationally
#93Claudia#186 nationally

Girls

#1Susan357US #5
#2Deborah331US #4
#3Donna320US #10
#4Mary292US #1
#5Linda261US #3
#6Debra258US #2
#7Karen248US #7
#8Patricia240US #6
#9Cheryl207US #18
#10Kathleen202US #17
#11Diane192US #15
#12Cynthia165US #8
#13Nancy155US #11
#14Denise142US #23
#15Barbara141US #9
#16Carol133US #16
#17Sharon122US #13
#18Elizabeth115US #22
#19Pamela99US #12
#20Sandra98US #14
#21Gail97US #49
#22Paula97US #47
#23Ann96US #46
#24Margaret91US #25
#25Jane80US #50
#26Robin79US #29
#27Joan75US #52
#28Lynn72US #58
#29Janet70US #21
#30Joanne70US #99
#31Christine68US #42
#32Judith66US #45
#33Catherine61US #28
#34Joyce59US #30
#35Jean58US #65
#36Janice57US #26
#37Lisa57US #31
#38Doreen56US #147
#39Maureen56US #102
#40Anne55US #86
#41Kim51US #38
#42Lori51US #66
#43Marie51US #96
#44Jo49US #69
#45Laurie49US #76
#46Elaine44US #89
#47Colleen43US #113
#48Jeanne42US #112
#49Kathy42US #20
#50Cathy39US #36
#51Theresa39US #32
#52Michele37US #100
#53Sheila37US #55
#54Suzanne37US #94
#55Beverly35US #40
#56Brenda35US #19
#57Dorothy34US #72
#58Lorraine34US #124
#59Valerie34US #80
#60Darlene32US #71
#61Charlene31US #132
#62Michelle30US #88
#63Ellen29US #84
#64Katherine29US #67
#65Kathryn29US #60
#66Eileen28US #123
#67Jacqueline28US #78
#68Rose28US #64
#69Louise27US #165
#70Ruth27US #77
#71Judy26US #35
#72Laura26US #34
#73Carolyn25US #33
#74Dianne25US #137
#75Helen25US #90
#76Cindy24US #37
#77Claire24
#78Dawn24US #92
#79Angela23US #93
#80Bonnie23US #51
#81Debbie23US #39
#82Joann23US #139
#83Lynne23US #156
#84Maria23US #73
#85Roberta23US #116
#86Sheryl22US #114
#87Wendy22US #95
#88Diana21US #56
#89Marilyn20US #70
#90Shirley20US #41
#91Alice19US #98
#92Virginia19US #75
#93Claudia18US #186
#94Holly18US #162
#95Lois18US #135
#96Marcia18US #110
#97Martha18US #59
#98Pauline18
#99Stephanie18US #111
#100Audrey17US #149

Boys

#1Robert577US #3
#2Michael549US #1
#3David537US #4
#4John531US #5
#5Richard358US #7
#6James352US #2
#7William333US #6
#8Joseph321US #12
#9Paul276US #17
#10Thomas260US #9
#11Steven229US #10
#12Stephen219US #23
#13Mark203US #8
#14Peter176US #37
#15Kevin175US #22
#16Donald150US #14
#17Kenneth145US #16
#18Ronald144US #15
#19Edward141US #25
#20Gary133US #13
#21Charles132US #11
#22Raymond112US #39
#23Anthony110US #30
#24Brian109US #32
#25Jeffrey106US #20
#26Daniel97US #18
#27Dennis96US #26
#28George92US #27
#29Wayne78US #45
#30Alan72US #44
#31Gregory71US #24
#32Arthur69US #60
#33Bruce68US #33
#34Frank68US #38
#35Russell63US #52
#36Keith60US #36
#37Douglas59US #29
#38Scott59US #34
#39Christopher57US #47
#40Timothy56US #19
#41Louis54US #82
#42Roger44US #41
#43Lawrence42US #42
#44Walter42US #53
#45Glenn40US #61
#46Carl39US #48
#47Albert37US #81
#48Norman36US #107
#49Philip35US #64
#50Alfred34US #121
#51Patrick34US #40
#52Frederick33US #91
#53Marc33US #135
#54Ralph33US #67
#55Andrew30US #56
#56Vincent30US #98
#57Barry28US #69
#58Francis28US #111
#59Leonard28US #89
#60Gerald27US #49
#61Gerard27US #180
#62Matthew27US #90
#63Craig26US #51
#64Henry25US #71
#65Jonathan25US #114
#66Ernest24US #94
#67Roland24
#68Eric22US #79
#69Harry21US #95
#70Eugene20US #86
#71Harold19US #72
#72Leo19US #184
#73Theodore19US #119
#74Larry18US #21
#75Nicholas18US #147
#76Gordon17US #130
#77Jeffery17US #57
#78Roy17US #62
#79Allen16US #87
#80Edwin15US #124
#81Fred15US #102
#82Glen15US #125
#83Karl14US #150
#84Stanley14US #70
#85Howard13US #84
#86Neil13US #171
#87Randall13US #54
#88Victor13US #96
#89Dale12US #50
#90Denis12
#91Guy12US #146
#92Martin12US #73
#93Maurice12
#94Benjamin11US #131
#95Bernard11US #129
#96Jerry11US #35
#97Manuel11US #181
#98Normand11
#99Steve11US #59
#100Chester10

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑38Kim#41
↑33Michelle#62
↑27Doreen#38
↑27Cathy#50
↑24Kathy#49
↑21Leonard#59
↑20Claire#77
↑19Colleen#47

Falling

↓36Joann#82
↓27Roberta#85
↓27Marilyn#89
↓25Normand#98
↓23Wendy#87
↓22Marcia#96
↓22Martha#97
↓21Rose#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.