State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,531 Rhode Island births in 1974 across 344 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.

#16Kerri#171 nationally
#56Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#71Kerioutside the national top 200
#38Lynn#163 nationally
#84Danaoutside the national top 200
#89Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#90Brendanoutside the national top 200
#53Kerry#158 nationally
#97Francisoutside the national top 200
#98Greg#200 nationally
#69Seth#170 nationally
#81Neil#175 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer309US #1
#2Melissa149US #7
#3Amy136US #2
#4Michelle124US #3
#5Lisa110US #8
#6Heather105US #4
#7Jessica101US #17
#8Kimberly99US #6
#9Christine88US #19
#10Rebecca87US #10
#11Nicole83US #11
#12Elizabeth78US #12
#13Kristen76US #45
#14Dawn73US #22
#15Stephanie61US #9
#16Kerri56US #171
#17Erin53US #47
#18Tracy53US #23
#19Kelly49US #15
#20Melanie47US #51
#21Susan46US #27
#22Karen45US #26
#23Tara45US #39
#24Julie44US #14
#25Lori44US #30
#26Tammy44US #24
#27Sarah41US #20
#28Tina40US #25
#29Christina38US #16
#30Erica35US #74
#31Stacey34US #48
#32Gina33US #84
#33Andrea32US #35
#34Pamela32US #54
#35Wendy32US #32
#36Danielle30US #40
#37Patricia29US #29
#38Lynn28US #163
#39Mary28US #13
#40Rachel28US #36
#41Shannon28US #18
#42Stacy28US #38
#43Maria27US #31
#44Deborah26US #68
#45Michele26US #50
#46Sandra26US #44
#47Kristin25US #72
#48Laura25US #21
#49Colleen24US #123
#50Heidi24US #60
#51Kathleen24US #76
#52Katherine23US #62
#53Kerry23US #158
#54Alicia22US #90
#55Angela22US #5
#56Bethany22
#57Cheryl21US #88
#58Denise21US #53
#59Holly21US #56
#60Laurie21US #116
#61Tracey20US #108
#62Allison19US #99
#63Brenda19US #59
#64Catherine19US #73
#65Diane19US #129
#66Donna19US #67
#67Kristine19US #147
#68Nancy19US #78
#69Anna18US #82
#70April18US #28
#71Keri18
#72Amanda17US #34
#73Jill17US #58
#74Sara17US #61
#75Cynthia16US #33
#76Sherry16US #89
#77Suzanne16US #111
#78Tanya16US #46
#79Alison15US #135
#80Barbara15US #77
#81Beth15US #117
#82Crystal15US #49
#83Debra15US #94
#84Jodi15US #91
#85Renee15US #85
#86Rhonda15US #86
#87Sherri15US #166
#88Erika14US #127
#89Michaela14
#90Robin14US #63
#91Sharon14US #70
#92Teresa14US #52
#93Anne13US #120
#94Dana13US #55
#95Emily13US #69
#96Victoria13US #104
#97Cindy12US #103
#98Kathryn12US #98
#99Valerie12US #93
#100Ann11US #100

Boys

#1Michael333US #1
#2Jason295US #2
#3David210US #4
#4Christopher193US #3
#5Robert180US #7
#6John170US #6
#7Brian164US #8
#8James144US #5
#9Joseph133US #12
#10Matthew109US #9
#11Daniel108US #11
#12Scott105US #18
#13William104US #10
#14Kevin103US #14
#15Eric96US #13
#16Steven93US #19
#17Richard88US #17
#18Mark83US #16
#19Thomas78US #20
#20Jeffrey76US #15
#21Stephen72US #35
#22Timothy71US #22
#23Paul65US #27
#24Peter62US #50
#25Anthony55US #21
#26Keith54US #44
#27Andrew52US #28
#28Sean52US #37
#29Joshua49US #29
#30Gregory43US #31
#31Jonathan42US #33
#32Raymond42US #62
#33Adam39US #36
#34Ryan39US #25
#35Jeremy38US #24
#36Patrick37US #38
#37Shawn37US #30
#38Charles36US #23
#39Kenneth36US #34
#40Todd36US #39
#41Dennis35US #59
#42Justin35US #43
#43Ronald34US #42
#44Edward32US #40
#45Aaron31US #32
#46Jamie31US #68
#47Donald29US #41
#48Derek25US #74
#49Marc25US #85
#50Craig24US #57
#51George24US #49
#52Frank23US #65
#53Jesse23US #67
#54Gary22US #48
#55Wayne21US #120
#56Kyle20US #97
#57Nathan20US #52
#58Benjamin19US #46
#59Russell19US #84
#60Antonio18US #82
#61Chad18US #26
#62Erik17US #90
#63Alan16US #118
#64Louis16US #134
#65Bryan15US #45
#66Shane15US #56
#67Albert14US #130
#68Douglas14US #53
#69Seth14US #170
#70Brandon13US #51
#71Nicholas13US #80
#72Randy13US #79
#73Allen12US #125
#74Carl12US #89
#75Carlos12US #71
#76Christian12US #103
#77Jacob12US #88
#78Roger12US #93
#79Vincent12US #107
#80Alexander11US #112
#81Neil11US #175
#82Philip11US #86
#83Brett10US #95
#84Dana10
#85Joel10US #75
#86Manuel10US #142
#87Samuel10US #60
#88Victor10US #96
#89Arthur9US #126
#90Brendan9
#91Glenn9US #158
#92Jay9US #111
#93Lawrence9US #100
#94Troy9US #63
#95Andre8US #132
#96Danny8US #91
#97Francis8
#98Greg8US #200
#99Ian8US #148
#100Jon8US #94

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑36Colleen#49
↑30Katherine#52
↑29Lynn#38
↑29Nathan#57
↑28Pamela#34
↑25Angela#55
↑22Kristin#47
↑21Alicia#54

Falling

↓38Brenda#63
↓37Robin#90
↓36Renee#85
↓32Debra#83
↓29Arthur#89
↓26Jill#73
↓26Barbara#80
↓24Philip#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.