State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,220 Rhode Island births in 1972 across 370 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.

#32Kerri#190 nationally
#61Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#78Kerioutside the national top 200
#79Norman#198 nationally
#85Alfred#200 nationally
#78Neil#185 nationally
#99Joanneoutside the national top 200
#95Kara#196 nationally
#53Kerry#148 nationally
#99Ian#189 nationally
#47Lynn#135 nationally
#100Jared#187 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer339US #1
#2Michelle190US #2
#3Melissa163US #7
#4Kimberly145US #4
#5Lisa135US #3
#6Christine122US #16
#7Amy109US #5
#8Nicole92US #10
#9Dawn88US #20
#10Julie83US #12
#11Heather82US #9
#12Stephanie71US #8
#13Karen70US #21
#14Lori70US #28
#15Susan67US #24
#16Tammy67US #11
#17Kristen66US #85
#18Rebecca65US #14
#19Elizabeth60US #15
#20Donna55US #45
#21Kelly49US #23
#22Patricia49US #27
#23Tracy49US #19
#24Kathleen44US #57
#25Kristin42US #67
#26Sandra42US #31
#27Wendy42US #29
#28Melanie41US #42
#29Michele40US #36
#30Cheryl39US #56
#31Christina39US #26
#32Kerri39US #190
#33Jessica37US #46
#34Mary37US #13
#35Cynthia36US #25
#36Pamela36US #34
#37Erin35US #93
#38Robin35US #55
#39Tara35US #38
#40Gina34US #78
#41Stacey34US #41
#42Tina34US #18
#43Tracey33US #88
#44Andrea32US #30
#45Deborah31US #43
#46Diane30US #105
#47Lynn30US #135
#48Rachel29US #40
#49Shannon29US #22
#50Sharon29US #50
#51Suzanne29US #92
#52Holly28US #71
#53Kerry28US #148
#54Laura28US #17
#55Paula28US #72
#56Angela27US #6
#57Catherine27US #65
#58Heidi27US #64
#59Maria27US #32
#60Sarah27US #49
#61Bethany26
#62Denise26US #35
#63Jill26US #62
#64Sherry26US #70
#65Brenda24US #44
#66April23US #48
#67Renee23US #77
#68Danielle22US #73
#69Nancy22US #63
#70Debra21US #66
#71Jodi21US #97
#72Kim21US #118
#73Stacy21US #33
#74Katherine20US #69
#75Laurie20US #98
#76Theresa20US #68
#77Cindy19US #80
#78Keri18
#79Linda18US #51
#80Sara18US #101
#81Alicia17US #96
#82Monique17US #153
#83Sherri17US #129
#84Aimee16US #154
#85Alison16US #162
#86Dana16US #52
#87Margaret16US #95
#88Tricia16US #120
#89Ann15US #91
#90Colleen15US #123
#91Kristine15US #127
#92Rhonda15US #60
#93Barbara14US #58
#94Crystal14US #59
#95Kara14US #196
#96Teresa14US #39
#97Beth13US #113
#98Jacqueline13US #79
#99Joanne13
#100Sheri13US #147

Boys

#1Michael404US #1
#2Christopher274US #2
#3David256US #4
#4John244US #5
#5James211US #3
#6Jason209US #7
#7Robert209US #6
#8Brian184US #8
#9Joseph170US #12
#10Scott153US #11
#11Richard141US #14
#12Thomas136US #20
#13Kevin128US #13
#14William128US #9
#15Steven112US #19
#16Eric106US #16
#17Mark104US #18
#18Jeffrey101US #17
#19Matthew99US #10
#20Daniel97US #15
#21Paul88US #24
#22Stephen84US #29
#23Timothy82US #21
#24Peter73US #48
#25Jonathan69US #37
#26Anthony66US #22
#27Kenneth64US #27
#28Gregory63US #26
#29Edward62US #34
#30Sean59US #33
#31Keith58US #38
#32Derek56US #67
#33Charles50US #23
#34Ronald49US #32
#35George48US #44
#36Shawn46US #28
#37Andrew45US #30
#38Joshua45US #59
#39Todd44US #31
#40Raymond41US #54
#41Donald40US #36
#42Dennis34US #52
#43Gary34US #41
#44Jamie34US #72
#45Patrick33US #35
#46Adam30US #51
#47Frank29US #56
#48Craig28US #46
#49Ryan28US #39
#50Marc27US #83
#51Bryan26US #45
#52Wayne26US #103
#53Jeremy25US #42
#54Louis25US #130
#55Aaron23US #40
#56Alan23US #110
#57Justin23US #60
#58Douglas21US #43
#59Philip21US #104
#60Roger21US #76
#61Chad20US #25
#62Christian20US #96
#63Antonio17US #93
#64Benjamin17US #64
#65Nathan16US #79
#66Phillip16US #75
#67Shane16US #55
#68Albert15US #112
#69Gerald15US #102
#70Henry15US #118
#71Jon15US #89
#72Ernest14US #147
#73Randy14US #70
#74Russell14US #69
#75Troy14US #49
#76Carl13US #85
#77Erik13US #86
#78Neil13US #185
#79Norman13US #198
#80Walter13US #98
#81Bruce12US #121
#82Glenn12US #134
#83Lawrence12US #101
#84Vincent12US #105
#85Alfred11US #200
#86Brad11US #149
#87Brandon11US #63
#88Brent11US #77
#89Jose11US #50
#90Alexander10US #129
#91Barry10US #148
#92Frederick10US #116
#93Jeffery10US #58
#94Joel10US #78
#95Nicholas10US #99
#96Bradley9US #61
#97Carlos9US #84
#98Greg9US #173
#99Ian9US #189
#100Jared9US #187

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑39Tara#39
↑39Bethany#61
↑36Rachel#48
↑28Cynthia#35
↑28Antonio#63
↑26Suzanne#51
↑25Andrea#44
↑21Christina#31

Falling

↓33Debra#70
↓32Vincent#84
↓31Brenda#65
↓31Linda#79
↓28Colleen#90
↓28Barbara#93
↓26Beth#97
↓26Glenn#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.