State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,500 Rhode Island births in 1968 across 386 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.

#57Kerrioutside the national top 200
#68Lynneoutside the national top 200
#73Rolandoutside the national top 200
#94Joshuaoutside the national top 200
#96Leooutside the national top 200
#98Gordonoutside the national top 200
#73Erin#174 nationally
#100Neiloutside the national top 200
#86Kerry#186 nationally
#77Francis#175 nationally
#80Alfred#178 nationally
#71Charlene#166 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa341US #1
#2Michelle188US #2
#3Christine173US #14
#4Kimberly172US #3
#5Susan157US #10
#6Melissa153US #5
#7Jennifer139US #4
#8Karen130US #9
#9Dawn126US #21
#10Patricia110US #15
#11Lori108US #22
#12Donna104US #24
#13Elizabeth95US #17
#14Kristen91US #107
#15Mary79US #6
#16Kathleen77US #40
#17Linda76US #28
#18Julie71US #16
#19Deborah69US #27
#20Cheryl68US #37
#21Kelly68US #12
#22Tammy68US #8
#23Michele65US #29
#24Laura63US #11
#25Diane61US #51
#26Paula61US #45
#27Brenda60US #34
#28Debra60US #38
#29Lynn60US #85
#30Wendy60US #31
#31Tina57US #18
#32Nancy56US #39
#33Robin55US #43
#34Sandra54US #26
#35Amy53US #13
#36Barbara53US #36
#37Gina52US #58
#38Cynthia51US #19
#39Kristin51US #84
#40Laurie51US #79
#41Pamela51US #20
#42Sharon50US #32
#43Stephanie48US #23
#44Tracy44US #25
#45Colleen43US #101
#46Jill42US #46
#47Denise41US #35
#48Rhonda41US #42
#49Kim39US #57
#50Suzanne39US #69
#51Ann38US #54
#52Renee38US #65
#53Catherine37US #56
#54Heather36US #62
#55Maria36US #41
#56Rebecca36US #33
#57Kerri35
#58Andrea34US #48
#59Angela33US #7
#60Christina33US #44
#61Heidi31US #89
#62Anne28US #88
#63Carol28US #49
#64Jacqueline27US #50
#65Rachel26US #92
#66Sherry26US #52
#67Tracey26US #72
#68Lynne25
#69Carolyn24US #61
#70Joanne23US #154
#71Charlene22US #166
#72Darlene22US #121
#73Erin22US #174
#74Holly22US #103
#75Kristine22US #105
#76Marie22US #135
#77Sheila22US #59
#78Stacey22US #55
#79Cindy21US #67
#80Valerie21US #77
#81Diana20US #71
#82Judith20US #140
#83Leslie20US #66
#84Maureen20US #148
#85Jane19US #146
#86Kerry19US #186
#87Margaret19US #63
#88Ellen18US #156
#89Gail18US #180
#90Sheri18US #119
#91Theresa18US #47
#92Victoria18US #82
#93Beth17US #74
#94Nicole17US #108
#95Dana16US #70
#96Jean16US #158
#97Sarah16US #78
#98April15US #96
#99Janet15US #73
#100Joan15US #182

Boys

#1Michael512US #1
#2David399US #2
#3Robert374US #5
#4John357US #3
#5James250US #4
#6Joseph218US #16
#7Richard216US #8
#8William197US #6
#9Christopher196US #9
#10Mark182US #7
#11Thomas182US #12
#12Paul173US #19
#13Kevin163US #17
#14Steven161US #15
#15Scott160US #14
#16Brian146US #10
#17Peter129US #39
#18Jeffrey116US #11
#19Stephen113US #27
#20Timothy111US #13
#21Daniel108US #18
#22Kenneth101US #23
#23Anthony94US #21
#24Matthew89US #24
#25Ronald85US #25
#26Edward78US #31
#27Todd78US #28
#28Charles72US #20
#29Eric71US #22
#30Raymond63US #50
#31Keith59US #35
#32Gary56US #32
#33Donald55US #29
#34George54US #36
#35Marc53US #84
#36Frank51US #49
#37Andrew48US #34
#38Patrick47US #30
#39Sean47US #37
#40Dennis46US #45
#41Gregory44US #26
#42Douglas43US #33
#43Craig39US #41
#44Dean32US #78
#45Bruce30US #61
#46Russell29US #56
#47Wayne28US #63
#48Alan27US #74
#49Jason26US #47
#50Carl25US #59
#51Lawrence24US #67
#52Arthur22US #98
#53Jon22US #65
#54Philip22US #82
#55Jonathan21US #53
#56Louis20US #109
#57Albert19US #103
#58Gerald19US #62
#59Glenn19US #92
#60Shawn19US #43
#61Troy19US #40
#62Norman18US #155
#63Christian17US #151
#64Randy17US #54
#65Bryan16US #51
#66Aaron15US #87
#67Alexander15US #154
#68Nicholas15US #118
#69Roger15US #55
#70Erik14US #125
#71Frederick14US #113
#72Henry14US #95
#73Roland14
#74Vincent14US #73
#75Benjamin13US #99
#76Derek13US #122
#77Francis13US #175
#78Kurt13US #123
#79Kyle13US #148
#80Alfred12US #178
#81Barry12US #107
#82Darren12US #60
#83Leonard12US #128
#84Walter12US #83
#85Darrell11US #86
#86Ernest11US #130
#87Jay11US #88
#88Joel11US #80
#89Ralph11US #127
#90Adam10US #119
#91Antonio10US #134
#92Chris10US #64
#93Curtis10US #75
#94Joshua10
#95Lee10US #106
#96Leo10
#97Steve10US #89
#98Gordon9
#99Jose9US #58
#100Neil9

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑37Troy#61
↑32Alexander#67
↑31Heather#54
↑28Tracey#67
↑27Anne#62
↑25Laura#24
↑20Darlene#72
↑19Angela#59

Falling

↓34Beth#93
↓32Margaret#87
↓26Theresa#91
↓24Pamela#41
↓24Denise#47
↓23Ralph#89
↓22Francis#77
↓21Adam#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.