State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,790 Rhode Island births in 1957 across 395 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.

#59Rolandoutside the national top 200
#50Leo#190 nationally
#77Reneoutside the national top 200
#69Gerard#189 nationally
#91Maryannoutside the national top 200
#92Denisoutside the national top 200
#93Edmundoutside the national top 200
#43Doreen#150 nationally
#79Manuel#185 nationally
#81Allan#187 nationally
#97Claireoutside the national top 200
#98Antoniooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Susan324US #2
#2Karen297US #5
#3Donna296US #10
#4Deborah270US #6
#5Mary266US #1
#6Linda259US #3
#7Patricia255US #8
#8Debra228US #4
#9Nancy211US #11
#10Diane209US #17
#11Cheryl195US #16
#12Cynthia181US #7
#13Kathleen178US #21
#14Barbara146US #9
#15Elizabeth140US #22
#16Denise126US #25
#17Carol123US #18
#18Gail106US #54
#19Ann101US #44
#20Robin93US #30
#21Sandra93US #15
#22Cindy91US #19
#23Sharon88US #14
#24Lori84US #45
#25Pamela81US #12
#26Paula80US #49
#27Lisa78US #26
#28Christine76US #41
#29Judith75US #53
#30Joan72US #60
#31Joyce70US #40
#32Catherine69US #37
#33Margaret69US #29
#34Maureen69US #103
#35Jane63US #56
#36Brenda59US #13
#37Marie59US #98
#38Anne58US #86
#39Lynn58US #61
#40Janet57US #23
#41Joanne57US #94
#42Kathy56US #20
#43Doreen55US #150
#44Jean52US #67
#45Laurie52US #73
#46Elaine48US #96
#47Janice48US #32
#48Darlene43US #57
#49Joann43US #137
#50Jo42US #83
#51Debbie41US #27
#52Laura41US #31
#53Kim39US #35
#54Carolyn37US #33
#55Lorraine37US #129
#56Jeanne36US #117
#57Theresa36US #36
#58Rose34US #69
#59Eileen33US #120
#60Kathryn33US #65
#61Suzanne33US #102
#62Dianne32US #135
#63Kimberly32US #42
#64Colleen31US #118
#65Sheila31US #58
#66Jacqueline30US #91
#67Julie30US #28
#68Leslie30US #77
#69Michelle30US #79
#70Rita30US #78
#71Dawn29US #93
#72Maria29US #71
#73Michele29US #99
#74Teresa29US #24
#75Cathy28US #39
#76Valerie28US #76
#77Dorothy27US #74
#78Ellen27US #85
#79Diana26US #43
#80Shirley26US #46
#81Lynne25US #160
#82Katherine24US #72
#83Beverly23US #48
#84Holly23US #157
#85Victoria22US #88
#86Andrea21US #130
#87Bonnie21US #64
#88Roberta21US #121
#89Wendy21US #101
#90Louise20US #166
#91Maryann20
#92Rhonda20US #52
#93Judy19US #38
#94Marianne19US #139
#95Phyllis19US #90
#96Alice18US #106
#97Claire18
#98Marilyn18US #82
#99Martha18US #63
#100Rosemary18US #168

Boys

#1Robert618US #4
#2Michael550US #1
#3David537US #3
#4John508US #5
#5James370US #2
#6Richard351US #8
#7William308US #6
#8Paul291US #18
#9Thomas281US #9
#10Joseph251US #12
#11Steven240US #10
#12Mark218US #7
#13Stephen214US #24
#14Kenneth179US #14
#15Kevin170US #20
#16Donald158US #15
#17Peter155US #37
#18Gary148US #13
#19Edward143US #25
#20Charles142US #11
#21Raymond142US #39
#22Ronald119US #17
#23Brian118US #26
#24Daniel118US #16
#25Anthony107US #27
#26Jeffrey104US #21
#27George102US #29
#28Dennis91US #28
#29Frank74US #38
#30Bruce72US #34
#31Scott70US #32
#32Wayne70US #47
#33Timothy69US #19
#34Christopher62US #43
#35Alan55US #48
#36Gregory54US #23
#37Marc53US #139
#38Russell53US #54
#39Alfred49US #131
#40Gerald48US #51
#41Albert47US #84
#42Douglas47US #30
#43Louis47US #86
#44Patrick44US #41
#45Keith43US #36
#46Arthur42US #66
#47Andrew40US #56
#48Roger40US #42
#49Walter39US #58
#50Leo32US #190
#51Henry31US #75
#52Francis30US #128
#53Glenn29US #62
#54Carl28US #49
#55Ralph28US #76
#56Lawrence27US #46
#57Vincent27US #97
#58Eric26US #60
#59Roland26
#60Dean25US #93
#61Frederick25US #99
#62Norman25US #118
#63Philip25US #68
#64Jonathan23US #124
#65Leonard23US #94
#66Jay22US #88
#67Matthew22US #83
#68Eugene21US #92
#69Gerard21US #189
#70Bernard20US #137
#71Ernest20US #101
#72Larry19US #22
#73Barry18US #72
#74Steve17US #44
#75Craig16US #55
#76Joel16US #104
#77Rene16
#78Howard15US #89
#79Manuel15US #185
#80Randy15US #31
#81Allan14US #187
#82Herbert14US #151
#83Nicholas14US #152
#84Bryan13US #115
#85Harold13US #74
#86Jeffery13US #52
#87Jon13US #110
#88Mike13US #53
#89Neil13US #181
#90Roy13US #65
#91Clifford12US #130
#92Denis12
#93Edmund12
#94Harry12US #100
#95Phillip12US #79
#96Stanley12US #81
#97Theodore12US #132
#98Antonio11
#99Chris11US #120
#100Dana11US #186

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑54Cindy#22
↑33Joann#49
↑30Debbie#51
↑25Bernard#70
↑25Steve#74
↑22Leo#50
↑20Brenda#36
↑20Laura#52

Falling

↓28Beverly#83
↓25Cathy#75
↓25Harry#94
↓24Theodore#97
↓22Judy#93
↓21Michele#73
↓21Louise#90
↓20Dorothy#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.