State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,535 Rhode Island births in 1962 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.

#68Doreenoutside the national top 200
#70Gerardoutside the national top 200
#75Leooutside the national top 200
#77Neiloutside the national top 200
#78Allanoutside the national top 200
#87Normandoutside the national top 200
#74Dianne#183 nationally
#95Erinoutside the national top 200
#97Mariooutside the national top 200
#53Alfred#156 nationally
#100Kerryoutside the national top 200
#100Everettoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Susan266US #3
#2Lisa264US #1
#3Karen244US #4
#4Donna235US #7
#5Mary235US #2
#6Lori213US #11
#7Linda188US #5
#8Patricia178US #6
#9Cheryl168US #24
#10Debra140US #15
#11Deborah137US #9
#12Kathleen134US #29
#13Robin132US #25
#14Diane120US #26
#15Elizabeth111US #20
#16Nancy109US #19
#17Christine107US #39
#18Brenda105US #12
#19Pamela104US #13
#20Laurie100US #42
#21Denise97US #30
#22Barbara95US #14
#23Sandra85US #10
#24Lynn84US #71
#25Ann82US #56
#26Michelle81US #31
#27Kimberly77US #16
#28Sharon74US #17
#29Carol71US #28
#30Cynthia71US #8
#31Paula65US #60
#32Catherine62US #53
#33Dawn61US #50
#34Michele57US #59
#35Kathy56US #27
#36Joanne55US #114
#37Gail53US #103
#38Jacqueline53US #44
#39Janet52US #35
#40Maureen51US #108
#41Kim49US #37
#42Anne48US #83
#43Jane47US #73
#44Margaret47US #43
#45Laura45US #21
#46Maria45US #49
#47Suzanne45US #65
#48Theresa43US #40
#49Colleen42US #101
#50Judith42US #86
#51Julie40US #22
#52Sheila39US #52
#53Jennifer38US #41
#54Kelly38US #38
#55Tracy38US #55
#56Carolyn37US #46
#57Tina36US #33
#58Jean35US #95
#59Joyce35US #74
#60Tammy35US #23
#61Cindy34US #34
#62Darlene34US #88
#63Jeanne33US #142
#64Wendy33US #64
#65Cathy32US #62
#66Janice32US #58
#67Debbie31US #32
#68Doreen31
#69Elaine31US #125
#70Leslie28US #80
#71Marie28US #113
#72Joan27US #94
#73Amy26US #61
#74Dianne26US #183
#75Joann26US #137
#76Rhonda26US #45
#77Eileen25US #139
#78Stephanie25US #70
#79Judy24US #63
#80Ellen23US #109
#81Melanie23US #106
#82Renee23US #76
#83Valerie23US #67
#84Teresa22US #18
#85Beth21US #66
#86Dorothy21US #111
#87Gina21US #102
#88Martha21US #87
#89Melissa21US #68
#90Charlene20US #158
#91Lynne20US #164
#92Shirley20US #96
#93Tracey20US #123
#94Caroline19US #186
#95Erin19
#96Annette18US #75
#97Carla18US #78
#98Diana18US #57
#99Katherine18US #84
#100Kerry18

Boys

#1Michael595US #1
#2David557US #2
#3John533US #3
#4Robert503US #5
#5James362US #4
#6Mark261US #6
#7Richard255US #8
#8Thomas255US #9
#9Joseph246US #13
#10William242US #7
#11Steven209US #12
#12Paul196US #19
#13Stephen174US #28
#14Kevin166US #14
#15Daniel132US #17
#16Kenneth131US #18
#17Scott131US #11
#18Raymond127US #48
#19Edward120US #29
#20Brian117US #20
#21Gary117US #22
#22Jeffrey115US #10
#23Peter112US #43
#24Ronald105US #25
#25Timothy103US #16
#26Anthony102US #24
#27Charles100US #15
#28Christopher99US #26
#29Donald99US #23
#30George83US #32
#31Gregory76US #21
#32Marc69US #122
#33Frank64US #42
#34Keith60US #36
#35Bruce57US #41
#36Russell55US #57
#37Andrew50US #49
#38Douglas48US #27
#39Glenn47US #55
#40Roger47US #47
#41Todd47US #30
#42Patrick46US #40
#43Eric45US #33
#44Arthur44US #91
#45Dennis44US #37
#46Alan42US #53
#47Wayne42US #63
#48Gerald38US #65
#49Philip38US #81
#50Louis34US #107
#51Matthew34US #56
#52Vincent32US #66
#53Alfred31US #156
#54Craig31US #51
#55Walter27US #79
#56Carl25US #58
#57Norman25US #130
#58Jonathan24US #94
#59Albert23US #101
#60Francis23US #148
#61Lawrence22US #70
#62Barry21US #61
#63Dean21US #86
#64Steve21US #46
#65Frederick20US #116
#66Mike20US #39
#67Ralph19US #97
#68Bryan18US #82
#69Eugene18US #112
#70Gerard16
#71Henry16US #92
#72Jon16US #84
#73Nicholas16US #155
#74Glen15US #129
#75Leo15
#76Allen14US #93
#77Neil14
#78Allan13
#79Jay13US #80
#80Jerry13US #38
#81Kurt13US #121
#82Martin13US #74
#83Earl12US #147
#84Ernest12US #127
#85Harold12US #95
#86Karl12US #142
#87Normand12
#88Randall12US #64
#89Randy12US #35
#90Theodore12US #146
#91Bob11US #152
#92Chris11US #60
#93Greg11US #77
#94Joe11US #59
#95Larry11US #31
#96Leonard11US #117
#97Mario11
#98Phillip11US #68
#99Dan10US #120
#100Everett10

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑37Maria#46
↑33Michele#34
↑28Tina#57
↑26Francis#60
↑25Tracy#55
↑23Sheila#52
↑19Tammy#60
↑18Ellen#80

Falling

↓36Joan#72
↓33Joann#75
↓26Diana#98
↓26Ernest#84
↓25Katherine#99
↓21Randy#89
↓19Albert#59
↓19Jay#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.