State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,173 Rhode Island births in 1959 across 402 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.

#69Rolandoutside the national top 200
#73Leooutside the national top 200
#49Doreen#175 nationally
#76Gerardoutside the national top 200
#91Normandoutside the national top 200
#63Lynne#172 nationally
#34Marc#140 nationally
#75Dana#180 nationally
#96Seanoutside the national top 200
#97Paulineoutside the national top 200
#97Andreoutside the national top 200
#84Louise#183 nationally

Girls

#1Donna357US #5
#2Susan290US #2
#3Mary258US #1
#4Karen237US #4
#5Linda230US #3
#6Patricia227US #6
#7Deborah214US #9
#8Debra208US #7
#9Cheryl185US #18
#10Diane183US #19
#11Kathleen170US #23
#12Nancy146US #14
#13Cynthia145US #8
#14Lori134US #27
#15Barbara131US #11
#16Elizabeth129US #21
#17Lisa110US #10
#18Denise107US #29
#19Carol102US #22
#20Sandra96US #13
#21Robin92US #32
#22Ann91US #44
#23Paula85US #51
#24Pamela83US #12
#25Sharon83US #17
#26Gail76US #75
#27Joanne72US #92
#28Laurie71US #56
#29Margaret71US #36
#30Anne69US #82
#31Debbie69US #20
#32Dawn66US #54
#33Brenda64US #16
#34Christine64US #43
#35Kathy63US #15
#36Lynn63US #63
#37Janet60US #28
#38Catherine59US #40
#39Kim57US #35
#40Jane56US #67
#41Jean56US #77
#42Suzanne54US #96
#43Joan53US #76
#44Judith53US #70
#45Cindy52US #25
#46Maureen52US #106
#47Joyce51US #50
#48Michelle47US #47
#49Doreen46US #175
#50Laura44US #30
#51Jo43US #115
#52Joann43US #130
#53Colleen42US #110
#54Marie42US #104
#55Kimberly40US #33
#56Leslie40US #84
#57Janice38US #37
#58Cathy37US #39
#59Jeanne37US #129
#60Theresa37US #34
#61Julie36US #26
#62Elaine34US #105
#63Lynne33US #172
#64Michele33US #89
#65Tammy33US #31
#66Bonnie30US #71
#67Gina30US #135
#68Valerie30US #60
#69Maria29US #62
#70Frances28US #124
#71Sheila28US #52
#72Martha27US #72
#73Rebecca27US #38
#74Ellen26US #91
#75Judy26US #41
#76Wendy26US #83
#77Anna25US #99
#78Carolyn25US #42
#79Eileen24US #126
#80Rhonda24US #45
#81Teresa24US #24
#82Dorothy23US #94
#83Lorraine23US #137
#84Louise23US #183
#85Rose23US #88
#86Charlene22US #153
#87Dianne22US #158
#88Jacqueline22US #111
#89Jennifer22US #78
#90Shirley22US #61
#91Beth21US #80
#92Diana21US #49
#93Roberta21US #142
#94Virginia21US #93
#95Gloria20US #81
#96Kathryn20US #69
#97Pauline20
#98Anita19US #87
#99Annette19US #64
#100Darlene19US #66

Boys

#1Michael588US #1
#2Robert539US #5
#3David533US #2
#4John498US #4
#5James341US #3
#6William315US #7
#7Richard292US #8
#8Mark268US #6
#9Paul259US #17
#10Thomas234US #9
#11Joseph225US #13
#12Steven214US #10
#13Kevin184US #14
#14Stephen175US #28
#15Kenneth154US #15
#16Peter140US #40
#17Donald137US #19
#18Edward131US #27
#19Charles126US #11
#20Jeffrey122US #16
#21Raymond122US #45
#22Brian119US #22
#23Ronald116US #21
#24Daniel113US #18
#25Gary112US #20
#26Anthony105US #26
#27Timothy101US #12
#28George97US #32
#29Christopher84US #35
#30Scott76US #24
#31Dennis75US #29
#32Bruce66US #38
#33Frank66US #42
#34Marc57US #140
#35Wayne55US #51
#36Alan54US #50
#37Gregory53US #23
#38Douglas51US #30
#39Russell51US #56
#40Albert46US #92
#41Vincent45US #102
#42Matthew44US #63
#43Keith42US #39
#44Philip41US #68
#45Craig39US #44
#46Andrew37US #58
#47Arthur37US #76
#48Eric37US #46
#49Glenn37US #80
#50Walter36US #66
#51Patrick33US #43
#52Roger33US #47
#53Carl32US #54
#54Lawrence32US #62
#55Gerald31US #61
#56Alfred30US #138
#57Henry30US #83
#58Jay30US #88
#59Louis30US #100
#60Francis29US #136
#61Norman28US #131
#62Ernest26US #118
#63Eugene26US #106
#64Ralph26US #84
#65Barry22US #73
#66Dean21US #95
#67Steve21US #41
#68Harold19US #87
#69Roland19
#70Allen18US #97
#71Frederick18US #114
#72Glen18US #134
#73Leo18
#74Leonard18US #109
#75Dana16US #180
#76Gerard16
#77Mike16US #37
#78Theodore16US #146
#79Jonathan15US #124
#80Larry15US #25
#81Earl14US #135
#82Fred14US #112
#83Howard14US #104
#84Jack14US #85
#85Kurt14US #129
#86Chris13US #72
#87Guy13US #158
#88Jeffery13US #55
#89Neil13US #185
#90Nicholas13US #156
#91Normand13
#92Ricky13US #34
#93Bryan12US #94
#94Jon12US #105
#95Manuel12US #183
#96Sean12
#97Andre11
#98Bernard11US #152
#99Curtis11US #75
#100Jerry11US #36

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑44Dawn#32
↑26Frances#70
↑23Allen#70
↑20Bonnie#66
↑20Rebecca#73
↑16Lawrence#54
↑15Debbie#31
↑15Lynne#63

Falling

↓69Darlene#100
↓19Beth#91
↓19Kathryn#96
↓19Francis#60
↓19Nicholas#90
↓19Normand#91
↓16Frederick#71
↓15Jacqueline#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.