State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,918 Rhode Island births in 1958 across 387 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.

#58Leo#196 nationally
#64Rolandoutside the national top 200
#61Gerard#191 nationally
#72Normandoutside the national top 200
#38Marc#145 nationally
#55Doreen#161 nationally
#95Seanoutside the national top 200
#98Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#78Lynne#176 nationally
#41Francis#135 nationally
#94Louise#182 nationally
#89Neil#174 nationally

Girls

#1Susan347US #2
#2Donna273US #10
#3Mary268US #1
#4Patricia265US #5
#5Karen261US #4
#6Linda236US #3
#7Deborah232US #7
#8Cheryl196US #13
#9Nancy188US #12
#10Diane184US #18
#11Debra176US #6
#12Kathleen160US #21
#13Cynthia139US #8
#14Carol137US #20
#15Barbara134US #9
#16Elizabeth114US #22
#17Denise102US #27
#18Lori102US #30
#19Lisa90US #19
#20Ann86US #47
#21Sandra86US #15
#22Pamela84US #11
#23Sharon84US #17
#24Joanne83US #80
#25Robin79US #32
#26Lynn77US #60
#27Christine70US #43
#28Janet67US #28
#29Kathy66US #14
#30Gail64US #72
#31Darlene61US #49
#32Paula61US #53
#33Jean60US #73
#34Anne57US #87
#35Brenda56US #16
#36Margaret56US #31
#37Joan55US #68
#38Catherine53US #38
#39Maureen53US #110
#40Judith51US #62
#41Laurie51US #70
#42Cindy50US #25
#43Laura49US #29
#44Jane48US #61
#45Joyce48US #46
#46Debbie46US #24
#47Janice46US #35
#48Leslie46US #79
#49Suzanne46US #104
#50Cathy45US #34
#51Kim45US #40
#52Marie45US #106
#53Michelle45US #56
#54Theresa45US #33
#55Doreen43US #161
#56Elaine42US #101
#57Joann42US #122
#58Julie41US #23
#59Sheila41US #59
#60Colleen40US #116
#61Jeanne40US #123
#62Kimberly39US #39
#63Ellen34US #93
#64Jo34US #91
#65Katherine33US #74
#66Wendy30US #107
#67Carolyn29US #37
#68Dorothy29US #86
#69Eileen29US #125
#70Lorraine28US #136
#71Valerie28US #64
#72Beth27US #95
#73Jacqueline27US #99
#74Maria27US #65
#75Michele27US #92
#76Dawn26US #84
#77Kathryn26US #58
#78Lynne26US #176
#79Martha26US #69
#80Rose26US #78
#81Roberta25US #133
#82Beverly24US #55
#83Judy24US #36
#84Shirley24US #52
#85Annette23US #76
#86Bonnie23US #63
#87Ruth23US #90
#88Teresa22US #26
#89Diana21US #45
#90Betty20US #54
#91Charlene20US #138
#92Marilyn20US #96
#93Rebecca20US #41
#94Louise19US #182
#95Andrea18US #135
#96Frances18US #118
#97Helen18US #100
#98Tina18US #71
#99Dianne17US #143
#100Rosemary17US #171

Boys

#1Michael603US #1
#2Robert542US #4
#3David517US #2
#4John500US #5
#5James337US #3
#6Richard312US #8
#7William308US #6
#8Joseph274US #12
#9Thomas262US #9
#10Paul255US #15
#11Mark244US #7
#12Steven221US #10
#13Kevin186US #20
#14Stephen172US #26
#15Kenneth161US #14
#16Peter155US #41
#17Ronald138US #19
#18Edward130US #28
#19Charles127US #11
#20Brian126US #24
#21Anthony121US #27
#22Gary120US #17
#23Donald119US #18
#24Daniel106US #16
#25Jeffrey102US #21
#26George93US #31
#27Timothy90US #13
#28Raymond84US #43
#29Dennis81US #29
#30Scott73US #25
#31Frank68US #38
#32Bruce65US #36
#33Alan64US #49
#34Christopher60US #39
#35Gregory59US #23
#36Wayne58US #48
#37Russell55US #54
#38Marc54US #145
#39Arthur50US #72
#40Douglas45US #30
#41Francis42US #135
#42Eric40US #50
#43Roger40US #47
#44Albert39US #89
#45Craig39US #53
#46Keith39US #37
#47Matthew39US #60
#48Glenn37US #76
#49Louis36US #94
#50Henry34US #83
#51Vincent33US #98
#52Patrick32US #42
#53Carl31US #51
#54Ralph30US #78
#55Frederick29US #110
#56Andrew28US #55
#57Philip28US #67
#58Leo27US #196
#59Walter27US #63
#60Leonard25US #102
#61Gerard23US #191
#62Norman23US #125
#63Gerald22US #58
#64Roland22
#65Ernest21US #113
#66Alfred20US #133
#67Dean20US #97
#68Jay20US #86
#69Barry19US #79
#70Lawrence19US #52
#71Nicholas19US #153
#72Normand19
#73Steve19US #44
#74Eugene17US #103
#75Guy17US #156
#76Harry17US #111
#77Dale16US #46
#78Earl16US #130
#79Glen16US #131
#80Howard16US #95
#81Mike16US #40
#82Jonathan15US #124
#83Jon14US #117
#84Larry14US #22
#85Roy14US #75
#86Bernard13US #143
#87Bryan13US #101
#88Jack13US #80
#89Neil13US #174
#90Samuel13US #85
#91Theodore13US #140
#92Victor13US #107
#93Allen12US #92
#94Fred12US #115
#95Sean12
#96Clifford11US #128
#97Gilbert11US #169
#98Maurice11
#99Warren11US #149
#100Edwin10US #137

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑30Craig#45
↑25Cathy#50
↑23Wendy#66
↑20Leslie#48
↑20Martha#79
↑20Matthew#47
↑18Harry#76
↑17Joanne#24

Falling

↓37Dianne#99
↓27Alfred#66
↓23Gerald#63
↓22Rose#80
↓20Cindy#42
↓18Jonathan#82
↓17Kathryn#77
↓16Bernard#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.