State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,822 Rhode Island births in 1970 across 408 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.

#36Kerrioutside the national top 200
#70Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#65Francis#192 nationally
#76Mathewoutside the national top 200
#82Allanoutside the national top 200
#94Geoffreyoutside the national top 200
#89Alfred#190 nationally
#100Sethoutside the national top 200
#52Joshua#150 nationally
#80Karl#177 nationally
#87Maureen#182 nationally
#63Glen#155 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer248US #1
#2Lisa241US #2
#3Kimberly182US #3
#4Michelle181US #4
#5Melissa174US #7
#6Dawn167US #16
#7Christine144US #14
#8Karen134US #12
#9Susan107US #15
#10Lori101US #23
#11Kristen97US #83
#12Amy84US #5
#13Elizabeth82US #18
#14Tracy82US #10
#15Donna80US #32
#16Mary77US #9
#17Cheryl76US #44
#18Heather76US #19
#19Nicole76US #30
#20Julie71US #11
#21Tammy71US #8
#22Pamela69US #26
#23Rebecca66US #29
#24Michele65US #31
#25Patricia65US #24
#26Kelly61US #20
#27Laura59US #13
#28Tina59US #21
#29Deborah58US #33
#30Wendy57US #28
#31Stephanie55US #17
#32Gina53US #61
#33Kristin53US #63
#34Robin52US #51
#35Kathleen49US #45
#36Kerri49
#37Brenda46US #40
#38Debra46US #47
#39Denise42US #36
#40Lynn42US #119
#41Renee42US #68
#42Stacey41US #48
#43Erin40US #111
#44Jill40US #52
#45Laurie40US #88
#46Linda40US #38
#47Tracey40US #55
#48Christina39US #35
#49Kim39US #78
#50Sandra39US #27
#51Cynthia37US #25
#52Diane37US #70
#53Barbara36US #41
#54Shannon36US #22
#55Sharon36US #37
#56Heidi35US #81
#57Holly34US #74
#58Nancy34US #50
#59Paula34US #57
#60Angela33US #6
#61Colleen33US #117
#62Rhonda33US #46
#63Ann32US #62
#64Catherine32US #59
#65Jessica30US #98
#66Rachel29US #58
#67Sarah29US #65
#68Beth27US #92
#69Sherry27US #60
#70Bethany26
#71Suzanne26US #87
#72Jean24US #159
#73Katherine24US #67
#74Tara24US #69
#75Maria23US #39
#76Darlene22US #155
#77Andrea21US #43
#78Danielle21US #114
#79Jacqueline21US #66
#80Carolyn20US #84
#81Theresa20US #53
#82Kristine19US #109
#83Leslie19US #64
#84Stacy19US #42
#85Dana18US #54
#86Erica18US #129
#87Maureen18US #182
#88Melanie18US #91
#89Sheri18US #140
#90April17US #82
#91Bonnie17US #130
#92Charlene17US #167
#93Jodi17US #95
#94Kathryn17US #104
#95Kellie17US #158
#96Marie17US #154
#97Teresa17US #34
#98Carol16US #71
#99Cindy16US #72
#100Joyce16US #164

Boys

#1Michael480US #1
#2David365US #3
#3John348US #4
#4Robert342US #5
#5James263US #2
#6Christopher235US #6
#7Richard198US #10
#8Joseph183US #16
#9William173US #7
#10Brian165US #8
#11Scott162US #12
#12Mark159US #9
#13Thomas159US #17
#14Steven156US #15
#15Kevin150US #14
#16Jason141US #13
#17Paul135US #23
#18Jeffrey129US #11
#19Daniel125US #19
#20Eric117US #18
#21Stephen117US #27
#22Matthew105US #24
#23Peter99US #44
#24Anthony97US #22
#25Edward95US #31
#26Timothy95US #20
#27Todd89US #28
#28Kenneth84US #25
#29Ronald77US #29
#30Gregory76US #26
#31Raymond73US #49
#32Charles71US #21
#33Sean67US #37
#34Keith61US #38
#35Marc61US #60
#36Patrick60US #33
#37Andrew59US #32
#38Jonathan54US #42
#39Dennis52US #46
#40Donald48US #30
#41Frank47US #48
#42Gary46US #35
#43George46US #40
#44Craig39US #39
#45Douglas39US #36
#46Shawn37US #34
#47Derek33US #77
#48Vincent31US #79
#49Dean28US #112
#50Albert24US #107
#51Glenn24US #109
#52Joshua24US #150
#53Wayne24US #80
#54Adam23US #72
#55Gerald23US #67
#56Louis23US #124
#57Aaron22US #52
#58Walter22US #89
#59Christian21US #127
#60Jay20US #97
#61Russell20US #58
#62Troy20US #41
#63Glen19US #155
#64Antonio18US #121
#65Francis18US #192
#66Kyle18US #120
#67Arthur17US #111
#68Frederick17US #115
#69Randy17US #59
#70Alan16US #91
#71Benjamin16US #81
#72Bryan16US #53
#73Shane16US #64
#74Jeremy15US #70
#75Bruce14US #94
#76Mathew14
#77Ralph14US #147
#78Roger14US #61
#79Barry13US #117
#80Karl13US #177
#81Lawrence13US #83
#82Allan12
#83Carl12US #66
#84Ernest12US #143
#85Henry12US #104
#86Howard12US #156
#87Jerry12US #45
#88Justin12US #138
#89Alfred11US #190
#90Allen11US #113
#91Dale11US #110
#92Erik11US #101
#93Eugene11US #146
#94Geoffrey11
#95Joel11US #82
#96Jon11US #68
#97Neil11US #178
#98Norman11US #181
#99Philip11US #92
#100Seth11

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑45Joshua#52
↑42Walter#58
↑37Stacey#42
↑35Heidi#56
↑32Nicole#19
↑30Shannon#54
↑28Adam#54
↑26Shane#73

Falling

↓47Erik#92
↓42Philip#99
↓33Carol#98
↓28Suzanne#71
↓26Alfred#89
↓24Jon#96
↓23Bruce#75
↓23Roger#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.