State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,185 Rhode Island births in 1960 across 420 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.

#51Doreen#194 nationally
#69Rolandoutside the national top 200
#72Gerardoutside the national top 200
#74Leooutside the national top 200
#82Reneoutside the national top 200
#91Antonio#196 nationally
#96Marianne#200 nationally
#97Jeannineoutside the national top 200
#99Paulineoutside the national top 200
#98Louise#199 nationally
#36Marc#136 nationally
#87Manuel#186 nationally

Girls

#1Donna332US #5
#2Susan263US #2
#3Mary241US #1
#4Linda230US #3
#5Karen205US #4
#6Patricia205US #7
#7Diane186US #22
#8Lisa186US #6
#9Lori185US #20
#10Deborah159US #10
#11Nancy157US #15
#12Cheryl155US #17
#13Debra145US #8
#14Barbara139US #12
#15Kathleen136US #27
#16Elizabeth125US #18
#17Denise121US #29
#18Carol120US #23
#19Sandra110US #11
#20Cynthia108US #9
#21Brenda107US #13
#22Laurie94US #37
#23Robin93US #33
#24Sharon90US #16
#25Christine89US #40
#26Ann85US #51
#27Joanne85US #99
#28Maureen69US #106
#29Paula68US #55
#30Lynn67US #64
#31Kim64US #34
#32Kimberly64US #26
#33Margaret64US #36
#34Gail63US #90
#35Michelle61US #39
#36Pamela56US #14
#37Kathy53US #21
#38Jane52US #67
#39Laura51US #25
#40Catherine50US #42
#41Jean50US #86
#42Wendy50US #63
#43Anne48US #88
#44Janet47US #32
#45Joan46US #80
#46Joyce45US #58
#47Judith43US #74
#48Dawn42US #57
#49Cindy41US #30
#50Marie40US #103
#51Doreen39US #194
#52Janice39US #41
#53Joann39US #131
#54Debbie38US #24
#55Elaine38US #112
#56Darlene37US #75
#57Ellen37US #94
#58Julie37US #28
#59Leslie37US #92
#60Suzanne37US #78
#61Jeanne36US #129
#62Michele35US #89
#63Sheila35US #56
#64Maria34US #59
#65Tammy33US #31
#66Colleen32US #107
#67Rhonda32US #44
#68Jacqueline31US #85
#69Cathy29US #46
#70Beth28US #72
#71Teresa28US #19
#72Tina28US #45
#73Carolyn27US #43
#74Theresa27US #35
#75Katherine26US #81
#76Tracy26US #84
#77Renee25US #93
#78Dianne24US #160
#79Eileen24US #130
#80Lynne24US #164
#81Stephanie24US #91
#82Angela23US #50
#83Jennifer23US #61
#84Martha23US #83
#85Valerie23US #65
#86Judy22US #48
#87Kelly22US #52
#88Ruth22US #97
#89Bonnie21US #71
#90Dorothy21US #95
#91Gina21US #128
#92Roberta21US #149
#93Rosemary21US #181
#94Holly20US #161
#95Kathryn20US #82
#96Marianne20US #200
#97Jeannine19
#98Louise19US #199
#99Pauline19
#100Rose19US #98

Boys

#1Michael567US #2
#2David560US #1
#3John534US #4
#4Robert527US #5
#5James358US #3
#6Paul290US #18
#7Richard287US #8
#8Joseph280US #12
#9William274US #7
#10Mark243US #6
#11Steven229US #10
#12Thomas222US #9
#13Stephen175US #27
#14Kevin166US #15
#15Kenneth164US #16
#16Peter143US #42
#17Ronald133US #21
#18Jeffrey123US #14
#19Anthony121US #25
#20Brian120US #20
#21Edward120US #26
#22Charles118US #13
#23Gary118US #22
#24Donald117US #19
#25Daniel113US #17
#26Raymond102US #46
#27Timothy101US #11
#28Christopher93US #29
#29George87US #33
#30Scott84US #23
#31Gregory80US #24
#32Frank74US #40
#33Bruce64US #39
#34Dennis62US #31
#35Alan56US #50
#36Marc51US #136
#37Patrick50US #45
#38Walter49US #70
#39Eric48US #44
#40Wayne47US #58
#41Keith46US #35
#42Craig45US #41
#43Andrew42US #51
#44Arthur41US #82
#45Philip39US #76
#46Louis38US #106
#47Carl35US #53
#48Glenn35US #74
#49Russell35US #56
#50Matthew34US #61
#51Albert32US #93
#52Lawrence32US #64
#53Roger32US #47
#54Vincent32US #98
#55Douglas31US #30
#56Mike31US #36
#57Eugene30US #109
#58Francis30US #145
#59Gerald27US #62
#60Norman27US #132
#61Ralph27US #89
#62Jonathan26US #118
#63Steve26US #43
#64Dean25US #94
#65Alfred23US #147
#66Barry22US #72
#67Ernest22US #120
#68Henry22US #84
#69Roland21
#70Frederick20US #114
#71Chris19US #63
#72Gerard19
#73Jay18US #78
#74Leo18
#75Allen17US #99
#76Stanley17US #100
#77Glen16US #143
#78Martin16US #77
#79Leonard15US #113
#80Micheal15US #105
#81Phillip15US #66
#82Rene15
#83Theodore14US #149
#84Bryan13US #88
#85Fred13US #117
#86Larry13US #28
#87Manuel13US #186
#88Ricky13US #38
#89Roy13US #80
#90Todd13US #71
#91Antonio12US #196
#92Curtis12US #79
#93Dale12US #54
#94Danny12US #48
#95Harold12US #92
#96Howard12US #108
#97Jack12US #85
#98Jeff12US #49
#99Gordon11US #159
#100Jerry11US #37

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑44Darlene#56
↑34Wendy#42
↑23Kimberly#32
↑21Beth#70
↑21Mike#56
↑20Jacqueline#68
↑18Maureen#28
↑17Ellen#57

Falling

↓27Harold#95
↓24Gina#91
↓23Debbie#54
↓23Bonnie#89
↓18Suzanne#60
↓17Lynne#80
↓17Valerie#85
↓17Douglas#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.