State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,710 Rhode Island births in 1971 across 398 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.

#26Kerri#195 nationally
#66Alfred#186 nationally
#87Laurenoutside the national top 200
#94Allanoutside the national top 200
#86Kimberley#192 nationally
#100Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#100Geoffreyoutside the national top 200
#84Neil#182 nationally
#39Lynn#128 nationally
#81Darlene#170 nationally
#58Kerry#145 nationally
#58Dean#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer344US #1
#2Lisa236US #3
#3Melissa177US #7
#4Michelle169US #2
#5Kimberly151US #4
#6Christine127US #18
#7Dawn113US #14
#8Amy105US #5
#9Susan101US #17
#10Lori91US #25
#11Kristen86US #87
#12Heather80US #12
#13Julie79US #10
#14Tammy79US #8
#15Nicole76US #27
#16Karen74US #15
#17Mary66US #9
#18Kelly64US #22
#19Donna61US #38
#20Deborah60US #33
#21Tina60US #20
#22Tracy60US #13
#23Stephanie59US #11
#24Rebecca57US #23
#25Elizabeth54US #19
#26Kerri54US #195
#27Sandra50US #31
#28Patricia49US #26
#29Gina48US #69
#30Kathleen48US #53
#31Pamela47US #28
#32Wendy47US #29
#33Shannon45US #21
#34Brenda44US #43
#35Michele43US #39
#36Cheryl42US #50
#37Debra41US #57
#38Denise41US #36
#39Lynn41US #128
#40Jessica40US #64
#41Kristin40US #71
#42Erin39US #93
#43Melanie39US #66
#44Tracey39US #74
#45Diane38US #83
#46Holly38US #76
#47Sharon37US #40
#48Linda36US #42
#49Stacey36US #41
#50Stacy36US #32
#51Laurie35US #96
#52Christina34US #30
#53Sarah34US #58
#54Paula33US #63
#55Robin33US #51
#56Renee32US #73
#57Catherine31US #65
#58Kerry31US #145
#59Katherine30US #67
#60Laura30US #16
#61Angela29US #6
#62Colleen29US #121
#63Cynthia29US #24
#64Maria28US #37
#65Barbara27US #47
#66Heidi27US #77
#67Nancy25US #52
#68Sherry25US #60
#69Andrea23US #35
#70Anne23US #122
#71Beth22US #100
#72Dana22US #44
#73Jill22US #59
#74Kim22US #101
#75Rhonda22US #46
#76Sherri22US #123
#77Suzanne22US #88
#78Tara22US #49
#79April21US #56
#80Danielle21US #99
#81Darlene21US #170
#82Kathryn21US #111
#83Kristine21US #120
#84Rachel21US #54
#85Jodi20US #94
#86Kimberley20US #192
#87Lauren20
#88Ann19US #78
#89Cindy19US #70
#90Diana19US #82
#91Sheila19US #81
#92Alicia18US #105
#93Allison18US #119
#94Deanna18US #95
#95Tricia18US #109
#96Jacqueline17US #75
#97Jean17US #173
#98Kristina17US #117
#99Margaret17US #86
#100Bethany16

Boys

#1Michael410US #1
#2John323US #4
#3David302US #3
#4Robert289US #5
#5Christopher278US #6
#6James210US #2
#7Scott206US #10
#8Jason191US #8
#9Joseph177US #15
#10Brian169US #9
#11Richard161US #11
#12William142US #7
#13Steven130US #16
#14Thomas130US #17
#15Kevin128US #14
#16Paul116US #24
#17Mark115US #13
#18Matthew111US #19
#19Daniel109US #20
#20Stephen108US #27
#21Jeffrey105US #12
#22Eric99US #18
#23Peter84US #47
#24Anthony83US #23
#25Edward79US #32
#26Timothy77US #21
#27Raymond76US #52
#28Keith75US #37
#29Todd70US #30
#30Donald69US #34
#31Kenneth63US #25
#32Ronald59US #31
#33Sean58US #36
#34Charles56US #22
#35Derek56US #63
#36Gregory56US #26
#37Patrick56US #35
#38George52US #42
#39Shawn44US #28
#40Andrew41US #33
#41Jonathan41US #40
#42Marc41US #70
#43Gary40US #38
#44Frank36US #54
#45Craig32US #43
#46Wayne30US #92
#47Albert28US #119
#48Dennis28US #49
#49Jeremy28US #45
#50Douglas27US #39
#51Russell27US #64
#52Vincent25US #87
#53Arthur24US #117
#54Joshua24US #80
#55Christian22US #122
#56Glenn22US #127
#57Chad21US #29
#58Dean21US #137
#59Louis21US #126
#60Adam20US #57
#61Alan20US #99
#62Jamie20US #96
#63Jon20US #78
#64Roger20US #71
#65Ryan20US #51
#66Alfred19US #186
#67Bruce19US #108
#68Justin18US #103
#69Kyle18US #116
#70Troy18US #46
#71Walter18US #91
#72Bryan17US #48
#73Philip16US #94
#74Aaron15US #41
#75Erik15US #97
#76Frederick15US #109
#77Randy15US #67
#78Benjamin14US #69
#79Henry14US #112
#80Joel14US #86
#81Brad13US #139
#82Bradley13US #58
#83Carl13US #72
#84Neil13US #182
#85Shane13US #60
#86Alexander12US #134
#87Gerald12US #83
#88Nicholas12US #123
#89Ralph12US #149
#90Samuel12US #66
#91Antonio11US #110
#92Corey11US #77
#93Lawrence11US #85
#94Allan10
#95Allen10US #120
#96Brandon10US #95
#97Brent10US #73
#98Curtis10US #89
#99Eugene10US #145
#100Geoffrey10

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑45Melanie#43
↑34Stacy#50
↑33Jon#63
↑26Philip#73
↑25Jessica#40
↑25Jeremy#49
↑23Sandra#27
↑23Alfred#66

Falling

↓33Laura#60
↓32Gerald#87
↓30Bethany#100
↓29Jill#73
↓27Antonio#91
↓25Kim#74
↓25Ann#88
↓25Jean#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.