State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,654 Rhode Island births in 1966 across 376 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.

#71Rolandoutside the national top 200
#78Kerrioutside the national top 200
#80Leooutside the national top 200
#83Doreenoutside the national top 200
#90Gerardoutside the national top 200
#92Lynneoutside the national top 200
#94Stuartoutside the national top 200
#89Jessica#195 nationally
#72Jeanne#177 nationally
#45Kristen#149 nationally
#98Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#68Alfred#170 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa392US #1
#2Michelle203US #4
#3Karen196US #5
#4Susan195US #6
#5Christine171US #20
#6Dawn159US #24
#7Kimberly157US #2
#8Donna149US #12
#9Lori147US #21
#10Patricia136US #7
#11Mary116US #3
#12Linda110US #18
#13Cheryl102US #34
#14Debra101US #35
#15Kathleen98US #37
#16Elizabeth91US #16
#17Sandra89US #17
#18Denise85US #32
#19Kim85US #43
#20Deborah83US #14
#21Paula83US #50
#22Jennifer81US #10
#23Cynthia76US #11
#24Diane75US #45
#25Brenda73US #25
#26Melissa72US #22
#27Sharon69US #28
#28Lynn67US #81
#29Nancy66US #33
#30Robin66US #42
#31Michele63US #36
#32Pamela63US #15
#33Laurie60US #63
#34Tina60US #23
#35Barbara59US #27
#36Julie56US #13
#37Tammy56US #8
#38Gina54US #58
#39Kelly54US #26
#40Laura50US #19
#41Colleen49US #93
#42Maria48US #44
#43Tracy46US #31
#44Ann44US #61
#45Kristen44US #149
#46Rhonda43US #39
#47Jacqueline42US #47
#48Anne41US #83
#49Suzanne41US #62
#50Wendy41US #41
#51Carolyn40US #60
#52Catherine40US #54
#53Amy39US #30
#54Renee38US #66
#55Tracey38US #69
#56Carol37US #48
#57Margaret37US #55
#58Stephanie36US #38
#59Beth35US #65
#60Joanne34US #132
#61Judith33US #110
#62Kristine33US #104
#63Maureen32US #119
#64Sheila32US #51
#65Theresa31US #46
#66Darlene30US #94
#67Jane30US #111
#68Rebecca30US #40
#69Leslie29US #71
#70Jill28US #49
#71Kristin28US #107
#72Jeanne27US #177
#73Janet26US #57
#74Cindy25US #56
#75Angela24US #9
#76Sherry24US #53
#77Jean23US #123
#78Kerri23
#79Katherine22US #78
#80Andrea20US #52
#81Diana20US #64
#82Heather20US #125
#83Doreen19
#84Elaine19US #166
#85Gail19US #152
#86Heidi19US #87
#87Joann19US #164
#88Marie19US #114
#89Jessica18US #195
#90Joan18US #133
#91Kathy18US #59
#92Lynne18
#93Charlene17US #159
#94Dana17US #68
#95Ellen17US #130
#96Sarah17US #85
#97Teresa17US #29
#98Bethany16
#99Erin16
#100Janice16US #80

Boys

#1Michael522US #1
#2David474US #2
#3Robert410US #5
#4John398US #4
#5James307US #3
#6Richard256US #8
#7Joseph240US #15
#8Christopher230US #12
#9William222US #6
#10Steven196US #13
#11Thomas189US #10
#12Paul181US #18
#13Scott169US #16
#14Mark167US #7
#15Kevin166US #17
#16Stephen154US #26
#17Brian145US #14
#18Jeffrey126US #9
#19Kenneth117US #21
#20Timothy117US #11
#21Peter106US #39
#22Anthony104US #22
#23Daniel102US #19
#24Raymond89US #47
#25Ronald87US #24
#26Charles80US #20
#27Eric74US #25
#28Edward72US #30
#29Gary69US #28
#30Matthew63US #34
#31Gregory61US #23
#32Andrew60US #36
#33Donald60US #27
#34Keith57US #32
#35Patrick57US #31
#36Sean57US #50
#37Frank55US #43
#38Todd55US #29
#39George54US #37
#40Dennis43US #44
#41Douglas43US #33
#42Bruce41US #53
#43Craig39US #46
#44Marc38US #105
#45Wayne33US #59
#46Jonathan32US #65
#47Albert31US #100
#48Alan30US #57
#49Dean29US #84
#50Roger28US #51
#51Russell28US #61
#52Arthur27US #96
#53Lawrence25US #66
#54Carl24US #56
#55Glenn24US #90
#56Randy24US #45
#57Philip23US #86
#58Jon22US #76
#59Jay21US #91
#60Rodney19US #35
#61Shawn19US #54
#62Vincent19US #58
#63Henry18US #92
#64Jerry18US #41
#65Louis18US #104
#66Norman18US #137
#67Walter18US #83
#68Alfred17US #170
#69Eugene17US #116
#70Nicholas17US #139
#71Roland17
#72Leonard16US #125
#73Ralph16US #112
#74Troy16US #48
#75Allen15US #97
#76Gerald15US #60
#77Bryan14US #52
#78Francis14US #164
#79Kurt14US #110
#80Leo14
#81Manuel14US #175
#82Chris13US #55
#83Jason13US #89
#84Roy13US #94
#85Harold12US #99
#86Joel12US #102
#87Larry12US #38
#88Ernest11US #122
#89Frederick11US #109
#90Gerard11
#91Mike11US #69
#92Victor11US #101
#93Karl10US #158
#94Stuart10
#95Barry9US #87
#96Benjamin9US #130
#97Brett9US #118
#98Dale9US #85
#99Erik9US #145
#100Geoffrey9

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑30Sheila#64
↑22Tina#34
↑22Jerry#64
↑21Nicholas#70
↑20Renee#54
↑19Jon#58
↑19Kurt#79
↑18Melissa#26

Falling

↓30Barry#95
↓29Rebecca#68
↓26Chris#82
↓25Erik#99
↓21Gerald#76
↓20Teresa#97
↓19Ellen#95
↓18Wendy#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.