State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,249 Rhode Island births in 1963 across 399 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#200 nationally
#80Leooutside the national top 200
#84Leonoutside the national top 200
#86Rolandoutside the national top 200
#87Kerrioutside the national top 200
#96Kristenoutside the national top 200
#96Alexanderoutside the national top 200
#70Lynne#174 nationally
#100Neiloutside the national top 200
#54Francis#153 nationally
#63Alfred#162 nationally
#74Antonio#172 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa373US #1
#2Susan249US #3
#3Lori219US #8
#4Donna218US #6
#5Karen204US #4
#6Mary203US #2
#7Patricia164US #7
#8Linda161US #5
#9Deborah143US #13
#10Cheryl142US #24
#11Robin134US #25
#12Nancy127US #23
#13Christine119US #29
#14Diane119US #31
#15Debra116US #21
#16Kathleen116US #28
#17Sandra110US #9
#18Denise101US #27
#19Elizabeth100US #20
#20Barbara97US #17
#21Kimberly92US #11
#22Brenda91US #15
#23Pamela87US #14
#24Paula86US #42
#25Cynthia85US #10
#26Michelle83US #26
#27Laurie81US #47
#28Carol75US #33
#29Ann71US #57
#30Lynn71US #73
#31Sharon68US #19
#32Judith57US #91
#33Anne55US #80
#34Dawn53US #52
#35Suzanne53US #65
#36Colleen52US #98
#37Joanne51US #114
#38Kelly51US #32
#39Maria51US #43
#40Julie50US #22
#41Kim50US #39
#42Jennifer49US #36
#43Laura49US #16
#44Margaret49US #46
#45Maureen48US #108
#46Tammy48US #12
#47Catherine47US #53
#48Janet45US #40
#49Leslie44US #72
#50Theresa44US #38
#51Doreen43US #200
#52Gail43US #105
#53Jane42US #75
#54Melissa41US #61
#55Wendy40US #60
#56Michele39US #59
#57Gina38US #79
#58Ellen37US #112
#59Jacqueline37US #51
#60Beth36US #66
#61Tracy36US #48
#62Cindy34US #37
#63Rebecca34US #44
#64Tina34US #35
#65Diana33US #62
#66Sheila33US #50
#67Elaine32US #134
#68Joan32US #95
#69Debbie30US #41
#70Lynne30US #174
#71Marie30US #109
#72Sherry30US #49
#73Rhonda29US #45
#74Carolyn28US #56
#75Darlene28US #85
#76Jean28US #97
#77Kathy28US #34
#78Holly27US #132
#79Joann26US #151
#80Renee26US #74
#81Valerie26US #69
#82Janice25US #63
#83Joyce25US #84
#84Teresa25US #18
#85Charlene24US #149
#86Cathy23US #67
#87Kerri23
#88Bonnie22US #83
#89Eileen22US #141
#90Heather22US #183
#91Jeanne22US #145
#92Rose22US #118
#93Angela21US #30
#94Jill20US #68
#95Kathryn20US #93
#96Kristen20
#97Christina19US #107
#98Heidi19US #140
#99Stephanie19US #64
#100Amy18US #54

Boys

#1Michael527US #1
#2David525US #3
#3John505US #2
#4Robert456US #5
#5James336US #4
#6Richard271US #8
#7Paul254US #17
#8William254US #7
#9Joseph250US #13
#10Steven228US #14
#11Thomas222US #9
#12Mark207US #6
#13Kevin173US #11
#14Stephen168US #29
#15Scott153US #12
#16Christopher147US #26
#17Jeffrey144US #10
#18Kenneth137US #18
#19Daniel135US #19
#20Peter127US #40
#21Brian122US #20
#22Donald111US #25
#23Edward109US #27
#24Charles106US #16
#25Anthony102US #22
#26Timothy100US #15
#27Gary98US #24
#28Ronald95US #23
#29Raymond87US #45
#30George81US #34
#31Bruce70US #43
#32Keith67US #33
#33Frank65US #41
#34Gregory60US #21
#35Patrick59US #35
#36Russell57US #57
#37Eric55US #31
#38Douglas53US #28
#39Todd53US #30
#40Dennis52US #39
#41Wayne52US #63
#42Alan51US #56
#43Andrew47US #42
#44Glenn44US #64
#45Marc44US #123
#46Matthew43US #50
#47Roger38US #53
#48Albert37US #100
#49Arthur36US #91
#50Gerald35US #60
#51Carl29US #54
#52Craig29US #51
#53Philip29US #83
#54Francis26US #153
#55Louis25US #104
#56Norman24US #138
#57Walter24US #77
#58Dean23US #86
#59Vincent23US #61
#60Ernest22US #122
#61Jonathan20US #88
#62Lawrence19US #68
#63Alfred18US #162
#64Jay18US #85
#65Mike18US #44
#66Sean17US #151
#67Barry16US #67
#68Chris16US #59
#69Eugene16US #112
#70Frederick16US #117
#71Glen16US #143
#72Henry16US #94
#73Jon16US #84
#74Antonio15US #172
#75Harold15US #96
#76Karl15US #136
#77Martin15US #62
#78Steve15US #49
#79Lee14US #119
#80Leo14
#81Clifford13US #150
#82Howard13US #114
#83Kurt13US #116
#84Leon13
#85Nicholas13US #155
#86Roland13
#87Troy13US #66
#88Bradley12US #82
#89Dana12US #181
#90Bryan11US #73
#91Dale11US #69
#92Larry11US #36
#93Leonard11US #118
#94Shawn11US #108
#95Adam10US #145
#96Alexander10
#97Allen10US #90
#98Edwin10US #148
#99Harry10US #137
#100Neil10

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑35Melissa#54
↑33Diana#65
↑30Gina#57
↑25Beth#60
↑24Ernest#60
↑24Chris#68
↑22Ellen#58
↑21Leslie#49

Falling

↓42Kathy#77
↓28Jeanne#91
↓27Amy#100
↓24Joyce#83
↓23Neil#100
↓22Michele#56
↓22Bryan#90
↓21Jacqueline#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.