State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,679 Rhode Island births in 1969 across 401 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.

#55Kerrioutside the national top 200
#63Alfred#185 nationally
#81Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#85Brendanoutside the national top 200
#63Kerry#176 nationally
#76Francis#189 nationally
#90Leooutside the national top 200
#92Joann#196 nationally
#97Joshua#197 nationally
#60Joanne#156 nationally
#70Maureen#161 nationally
#88Kimberley#179 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa275US #1
#2Michelle197US #2
#3Christine182US #14
#4Jennifer177US #3
#5Kimberly165US #4
#6Melissa161US #5
#7Dawn133US #21
#8Donna121US #26
#9Susan117US #11
#10Karen115US #13
#11Lori102US #20
#12Patricia86US #18
#13Tracy85US #17
#14Elizabeth82US #16
#15Kristen79US #96
#16Heather78US #34
#17Kelly77US #15
#18Julie73US #12
#19Pamela72US #24
#20Michele69US #30
#21Cheryl68US #41
#22Mary66US #8
#23Wendy66US #29
#24Linda65US #33
#25Deborah64US #27
#26Renee62US #67
#27Tammy61US #9
#28Amy60US #6
#29Tina58US #22
#30Denise57US #35
#31Laurie57US #79
#32Kathleen55US #42
#33Laura54US #10
#34Diane53US #61
#35Gina52US #63
#36Rebecca52US #28
#37Robin52US #46
#38Brenda50US #38
#39Lynn49US #103
#40Debra48US #43
#41Sandra47US #25
#42Stephanie45US #19
#43Suzanne45US #75
#44Paula42US #50
#45Rhonda41US #44
#46Barbara40US #39
#47Kristin39US #76
#48Nancy39US #45
#49Tracey39US #65
#50Kim38US #66
#51Nicole38US #47
#52Sharon38US #36
#53Maria36US #40
#54Colleen35US #109
#55Kerri34
#56Ann31US #57
#57Cynthia30US #23
#58Erin30US #114
#59Holly30US #87
#60Joanne30US #156
#61Angela29US #7
#62Anne29US #101
#63Kerry29US #176
#64Andrea28US #48
#65Carol28US #56
#66Rachel28US #69
#67Dana27US #60
#68Christina26US #37
#69Jill26US #51
#70Maureen26US #161
#71Sheila26US #68
#72Jessica25US #134
#73Kristine25US #110
#74Leslie23US #64
#75Carolyn22US #71
#76Sherry22US #55
#77Beth21US #82
#78Katherine21US #70
#79Stacey21US #52
#80Theresa21US #49
#81Bethany20
#82Kelli20US #115
#83Margaret20US #73
#84Shannon20US #31
#85Valerie20US #85
#86Catherine19US #58
#87Kathy19US #77
#88Kimberley19US #179
#89Sarah19US #72
#90Sherri19US #106
#91Heidi18US #80
#92Joann18US #196
#93Kellie17US #130
#94Victoria17US #83
#95April16US #97
#96Diana16US #81
#97Ellen16US #169
#98Joyce16US #148
#99Sheri16US #132
#100Tricia16US #119

Boys

#1Michael541US #1
#2David405US #2
#3Robert359US #5
#4John352US #4
#5James251US #3
#6Christopher223US #7
#7Scott215US #12
#8Joseph207US #15
#9Richard200US #10
#10William187US #6
#11Thomas173US #13
#12Brian168US #9
#13Steven162US #14
#14Kevin155US #16
#15Paul155US #22
#16Mark148US #8
#17Jeffrey144US #11
#18Stephen130US #27
#19Edward108US #32
#20Peter108US #43
#21Anthony99US #20
#22Timothy95US #17
#23Matthew93US #24
#24Charles90US #19
#25Eric87US #21
#26Daniel85US #18
#27Kenneth85US #23
#28Ronald79US #29
#29Andrew66US #33
#30Todd65US #28
#31George64US #38
#32Gregory62US #26
#33Keith61US #36
#34Raymond61US #50
#35Sean58US #37
#36Jason56US #25
#37Donald51US #30
#38Gary49US #35
#39Patrick49US #31
#40Jonathan48US #46
#41Craig39US #39
#42Dennis36US #44
#43Frank36US #47
#44Douglas33US #34
#45Erik33US #119
#46Marc33US #63
#47Russell32US #57
#48Shawn30US #41
#49Vincent29US #70
#50Louis28US #121
#51Dean27US #89
#52Bruce25US #72
#53Kyle25US #143
#54Glenn24US #88
#55Roger23US #59
#56Alan22US #76
#57Philip22US #86
#58Arthur21US #97
#59Corey20US #58
#60Ralph20US #126
#61Albert19US #108
#62Christian19US #140
#63Alfred18US #185
#64Bryan18US #51
#65Wayne18US #75
#66Frederick17US #116
#67Glen17US #136
#68Jay17US #95
#69Troy17US #42
#70Henry16US #100
#71Carl15US #62
#72Jon15US #68
#73Randy15US #55
#74Neil14US #164
#75Nicholas14US #123
#76Francis13US #189
#77Joel13US #80
#78Darren12US #60
#79Gerald12US #65
#80Howard12US #142
#81Martin12US #78
#82Adam11US #114
#83Allen11US #111
#84Bradley11US #53
#85Brendan11
#86Jeremy11US #147
#87Lance11US #103
#88Larry11US #40
#89Lawrence11US #71
#90Leo11
#91Norman11US #169
#92Theodore11US #153
#93Barry10US #99
#94Chris10US #66
#95Jeffery10US #48
#96Jesse10US #128
#97Joshua10US #197
#98Rodney10US #49
#99Shane10US #87
#100Walter10US #84

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑43Nicole#51
↑38Heather#16
↑31Tracy#13
↑29Ralph#60
↑28Dana#67
↑26Renee#26
↑26Kyle#53
↑26Neil#74

Falling

↓38Lawrence#89
↓33Catherine#86
↓30Heidi#91
↓29Norman#91
↓23Jill#69
↓21Carl#71
↓21Gerald#79
↓19Cynthia#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.