State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1964 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,238 Rhode Island births in 1964 across 415 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.

#60Rolandoutside the national top 200
#71Kristenoutside the national top 200
#82Doreenoutside the national top 200
#79Lynne#194 nationally
#88Danaoutside the national top 200
#91Geoffreyoutside the national top 200
#57Alfred#163 nationally
#96Leooutside the national top 200
#99Edmundoutside the national top 200
#66Francis#159 nationally
#62Norman#144 nationally
#75Glen#154 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa391US #1
#2Susan243US #3
#3Donna213US #7
#4Karen207US #4
#5Mary188US #2
#6Lori173US #15
#7Linda156US #8
#8Patricia152US #5
#9Christine149US #28
#10Kathleen128US #30
#11Deborah121US #12
#12Robin118US #27
#13Cheryl117US #29
#14Debra117US #24
#15Diane117US #32
#16Nancy107US #26
#17Pamela96US #11
#18Dawn95US #33
#19Kimberly93US #6
#20Denise90US #25
#21Michelle87US #23
#22Brenda86US #18
#23Sandra86US #13
#24Elizabeth84US #16
#25Lynn79US #72
#26Cynthia75US #9
#27Laurie74US #59
#28Sharon73US #20
#29Paula72US #45
#30Ann68US #60
#31Jacqueline68US #37
#32Barbara67US #19
#33Carol64US #36
#34Maria64US #41
#35Jennifer61US #31
#36Colleen52US #94
#37Tammy52US #10
#38Carolyn51US #56
#39Margaret50US #49
#40Laura49US #14
#41Suzanne49US #67
#42Kim48US #42
#43Theresa44US #38
#44Catherine43US #54
#45Gina42US #79
#46Judith42US #98
#47Tina42US #34
#48Joanne41US #116
#49Maureen40US #107
#50Michele40US #58
#51Jean39US #100
#52Kelly39US #35
#53Wendy39US #55
#54Anne38US #76
#55Darlene38US #80
#56Cindy37US #47
#57Jane37US #93
#58Amy36US #44
#59Kathy36US #39
#60Janet34US #48
#61Julie34US #17
#62Leslie34US #73
#63Tracy34US #40
#64Gail33US #125
#65Rebecca33US #46
#66Sheila33US #51
#67Melissa32US #53
#68Holly31US #121
#69Marie31US #110
#70Joann30US #148
#71Kristen30
#72Teresa29US #21
#73Charlene28US #144
#74Joyce28US #87
#75Bonnie27US #89
#76Sherry27US #50
#77Jeanne26US #156
#78Katherine25US #82
#79Lynne25US #194
#80Renee25US #71
#81Stephanie25US #57
#82Doreen24
#83Debbie23US #52
#84Janice23US #69
#85Judy23US #74
#86Beth22US #65
#87Diana22US #63
#88Rhonda22US #43
#89Heidi21US #124
#90Jill21US #61
#91Joan21US #99
#92Sarah21US #92
#93Valerie21US #66
#94Andrea20US #77
#95Christina20US #88
#96Kristine20US #171
#97Martha20US #95
#98Anna19US #97
#99Ellen19US #119
#100Angela18US #22

Boys

#1John599US #2
#2Michael599US #1
#3David535US #3
#4Robert468US #5
#5James351US #4
#6Joseph288US #11
#7William260US #7
#8Richard252US #8
#9Paul249US #16
#10Thomas220US #9
#11Mark195US #6
#12Steven194US #12
#13Kevin189US #13
#14Stephen158US #29
#15Scott153US #14
#16Peter146US #39
#17Daniel140US #19
#18Christopher135US #23
#19Jeffrey134US #10
#20Edward132US #27
#21Kenneth127US #18
#22Brian114US #20
#23Ronald113US #24
#24Timothy108US #15
#25Charles102US #17
#26Anthony99US #21
#27Gary93US #26
#28Donald88US #25
#29Raymond81US #44
#30George73US #33
#31Gregory71US #22
#32Andrew61US #37
#33Eric61US #32
#34Patrick61US #30
#35Frank52US #41
#36Matthew52US #43
#37Keith50US #34
#38Dennis49US #42
#39Douglas48US #31
#40Bruce47US #46
#41Todd47US #28
#42Alan46US #53
#43Wayne44US #61
#44Marc43US #113
#45Louis38US #102
#46Gerald37US #60
#47Philip33US #76
#48Roger32US #49
#49Russell32US #58
#50Sean32US #118
#51Carl31US #55
#52Glenn31US #81
#53Arthur30US #91
#54Henry29US #92
#55Vincent29US #64
#56Albert27US #100
#57Alfred26US #163
#58Walter24US #80
#59Ernest23US #124
#60Roland23
#61Jonathan22US #83
#62Norman21US #144
#63Frederick20US #105
#64Craig19US #48
#65Dean19US #85
#66Francis19US #159
#67Harold19US #98
#68Lawrence19US #68
#69Barry18US #69
#70Chris18US #65
#71Mike18US #47
#72Adam17US #122
#73Eugene17US #114
#74Larry17US #36
#75Glen16US #154
#76Shawn16US #88
#77Bryan15US #70
#78Randy15US #38
#79Dale14US #72
#80Jon14US #79
#81Nicholas14US #158
#82Roy14US #89
#83Stanley14US #111
#84Harry13US #136
#85Howard13US #116
#86Ralph13US #103
#87Clifford12US #161
#88Dana12
#89Troy12US #57
#90Benjamin11US #131
#91Geoffrey11
#92Jay11US #84
#93Jeff11US #52
#94Karl11US #135
#95Kurt11US #109
#96Leo11
#97Phillip11US #67
#98Steve11US #51
#99Edmund10
#100Manuel10US #169

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑42Amy#58
↑36Carolyn#38
↑28Jacqueline#31
↑26Roland#60
↑25Jean#51
↑25Kristen#71
↑23Adam#72
↑20Darlene#55

Falling

↓41Ellen#99
↓31Doreen#82
↓28Jay#92
↓26Beth#86
↓23Joan#91
↓22Diana#87
↓21Anne#54
↓21Julie#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.