State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,620 Rhode Island births in 1965 across 413 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.

#37Kristen#191 nationally
#65Doreenoutside the national top 200
#73Gerardoutside the national top 200
#80Leooutside the national top 200
#59Alfred#171 nationally
#90Lynneoutside the national top 200
#92Erinoutside the national top 200
#94Allanoutside the national top 200
#95Greggoutside the national top 200
#96Moniqueoutside the national top 200
#93Neil#192 nationally
#69Francis#164 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa379US #1
#2Karen220US #3
#3Donna211US #7
#4Susan209US #5
#5Christine178US #21
#6Patricia172US #6
#7Mary150US #2
#8Lori141US #19
#9Linda127US #8
#10Kimberly114US #4
#11Cheryl113US #31
#12Deborah112US #13
#13Kathleen110US #34
#14Dawn107US #26
#15Robin107US #33
#16Denise100US #28
#17Michelle97US #18
#18Diane92US #40
#19Debra88US #27
#20Sandra88US #15
#21Brenda87US #23
#22Elizabeth87US #16
#23Barbara84US #25
#24Jennifer83US #20
#25Pamela80US #12
#26Nancy77US #32
#27Laurie69US #60
#28Paula67US #49
#29Kelly66US #30
#30Julie65US #14
#31Cynthia63US #9
#32Wendy63US #39
#33Sharon62US #22
#34Lynn58US #80
#35Kim56US #43
#36Catherine54US #57
#37Kristen53US #191
#38Jacqueline52US #47
#39Rebecca51US #41
#40Maria49US #46
#41Ann48US #59
#42Gina48US #70
#43Suzanne48US #65
#44Melissa47US #38
#45Laura46US #17
#46Margaret45US #52
#47Michele45US #48
#48Tracy45US #36
#49Carol44US #42
#50Maureen44US #107
#51Colleen42US #93
#52Joanne42US #121
#53Judith42US #102
#54Theresa41US #45
#55Tammy39US #11
#56Tina38US #29
#57Rhonda37US #37
#58Darlene36US #83
#59Jill35US #51
#60Anne34US #77
#61Amy33US #35
#62Carolyn33US #58
#63Jane33US #95
#64Leslie33US #75
#65Doreen31
#66Kristine31US #120
#67Stephanie31US #44
#68Tracey30US #85
#69Jean28US #112
#70Valerie28US #67
#71Elaine27US #149
#72Janet27US #55
#73Beth26US #66
#74Renee26US #68
#75Sherry26US #56
#76Ellen25US #117
#77Teresa25US #24
#78Cathy24US #88
#79Jeanne24US #166
#80Cindy23US #53
#81Gail23US #134
#82Heather23US #150
#83Holly23US #113
#84Janice23US #73
#85Joann23US #158
#86Joyce23US #90
#87Marie23US #106
#88Andrea22US #63
#89Kristin22US #135
#90Lynne22
#91Angela21US #10
#92Erin21
#93Joan21US #116
#94Sheila21US #50
#95Allison20US #128
#96Monique20
#97Bonnie19US #89
#98Melanie19US #122
#99Sarah19US #92
#100Debbie18US #62

Boys

#1Michael497US #1
#2John477US #2
#3David436US #3
#4Robert426US #5
#5James394US #4
#6Joseph245US #11
#7Richard236US #8
#8Christopher225US #18
#9Paul219US #16
#10William219US #6
#11Thomas215US #9
#12Mark213US #7
#13Steven209US #14
#14Kevin176US #13
#15Scott165US #15
#16Stephen146US #28
#17Daniel139US #17
#18Brian136US #19
#19Peter134US #39
#20Kenneth132US #21
#21Timothy124US #12
#22Edward122US #29
#23Anthony114US #22
#24Jeffrey112US #10
#25Raymond103US #45
#26Gary93US #27
#27Eric91US #25
#28Donald89US #26
#29Charles81US #20
#30Ronald77US #24
#31Gregory68US #23
#32George65US #34
#33Andrew64US #37
#34Frank59US #43
#35Matthew59US #36
#36Patrick59US #31
#37Todd51US #30
#38Keith49US #35
#39Alan47US #59
#40Roger41US #49
#41Russell41US #58
#42Douglas39US #32
#43Wayne39US #65
#44Bruce37US #50
#45Dennis37US #44
#46Vincent36US #61
#47Marc34US #108
#48Philip32US #87
#49Arthur31US #96
#50Craig31US #46
#51Louis31US #101
#52Albert29US #100
#53Glenn29US #85
#54Sean28US #79
#55Gerald27US #64
#56Chris26US #60
#57Dean26US #88
#58Jonathan26US #74
#59Alfred25US #171
#60Ralph25US #103
#61Carl24US #54
#62Henry22US #94
#63Jay22US #90
#64Walter22US #82
#65Barry21US #86
#66Lawrence21US #66
#67Norman21US #134
#68Bryan20US #63
#69Francis19US #164
#70Shawn19US #69
#71Randy18US #42
#72Rodney18US #33
#73Gerard17
#74Erik16US #145
#75Ernest16US #124
#76Frederick16US #106
#77Jon16US #78
#78Mike16US #51
#79Jeffery15US #47
#80Leo15
#81Leonard15US #121
#82Phillip14US #70
#83Theodore14US #143
#84Allen13US #92
#85Howard13US #122
#86Jerry13US #41
#87Dale12US #83
#88Harold12US #99
#89Kirk12US #152
#90Martin12US #67
#91Nicholas12US #150
#92Adam11US #125
#93Neil11US #192
#94Allan10
#95Gregg10
#96Guy10US #187
#97Jack10US #104
#98Kurt10US #112
#99Roy10US #95
#100Dwayne9US #126

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑34Kristen#37
↑31Julie#30
↑31Rhonda#57
↑31Jill#59
↑30Kristine#66
↑29Jay#63
↑26Rebecca#39
↑26Ralph#60

Falling

↓28Sheila#94
↓24Carolyn#62
↓24Cindy#80
↓22Bonnie#97
↓21Harold#88
↓20Adam#92
↓18Tammy#55
↓18Jean#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.