State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,824 Rhode Island births in 1975 across 317 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.

#47Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#15Kerri#167 nationally
#82Glenoutside the national top 200
#83Kurtoutside the national top 200
#84Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#97Francisoutside the national top 200
#99Devinoutside the national top 200
#75Neil#174 nationally
#66Kerry#163 nationally
#86Keri#174 nationally
#96Lynn#182 nationally
#98Toni#179 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer269US #1
#2Melissa148US #4
#3Amy141US #2
#4Heather112US #3
#5Lisa98US #8
#6Michelle97US #6
#7Jessica89US #13
#8Kimberly83US #7
#9Nicole72US #10
#10Dawn61US #23
#11Rebecca59US #11
#12Christine58US #22
#13Sarah58US #17
#14Stephanie58US #9
#15Kerri57US #167
#16Lori55US #39
#17Elizabeth54US #15
#18Erin50US #38
#19Susan47US #32
#20Christina46US #12
#21Kristen46US #60
#22Tracy44US #24
#23Julie41US #18
#24Shannon41US #21
#25Kelly38US #16
#26Karen34US #27
#27Gina32US #84
#28Renee32US #87
#29Sandra32US #51
#30Holly31US #55
#31Danielle30US #42
#32Stacey30US #44
#33Amanda29US #14
#34Andrea29US #28
#35Melanie29US #52
#36Laura28US #20
#37Tina28US #35
#38Rachel27US #26
#39Tracey25US #117
#40Erica24US #63
#41Katherine24US #58
#42Pamela24US #70
#43Stacy24US #34
#44Mary23US #19
#45Tammy23US #31
#46Angela22US #5
#47Bethany22
#48Denise22US #64
#49Jill22US #46
#50Laurie22US #125
#51Tara22US #41
#52Michele21US #56
#53Patricia21US #36
#54Tanya21US #50
#55Wendy21US #33
#56Maria20US #30
#57Robin20US #65
#58Brenda19US #67
#59Cheryl19US #97
#60Emily19US #48
#61Crystal18US #43
#62Aimee17US #136
#63Allison17US #89
#64Heidi17US #66
#65Kathleen17US #80
#66Kerry17US #163
#67Kristin17US #74
#68Sherry17US #95
#69Alison16US #127
#70April16US #25
#71Catherine16US #73
#72Cindy16US #112
#73Deborah16US #86
#74Donna16US #85
#75Lauren16US #144
#76Jodi15US #94
#77Linda15US #81
#78Megan15US #69
#79Nancy15US #82
#80Sharon15US #75
#81Alicia14US #76
#82Ann14US #104
#83Diane14US #142
#84Kara14US #118
#85Kathryn13US #99
#86Keri13US #174
#87Mandy13US #106
#88Sara13US #54
#89Diana12US #100
#90Monica12US #49
#91Suzanne12US #121
#92Courtney11US #102
#93Cynthia11US #40
#94Jacqueline11US #90
#95Leslie11US #71
#96Lynn11US #182
#97Paula11US #108
#98Toni11US #179
#99Angel10US #166
#100Carolyn10US #119

Boys

#1Michael342US #1
#2Jason230US #2
#3Christopher213US #3
#4David203US #5
#5Robert177US #6
#6Joseph150US #12
#7John148US #7
#8Brian136US #8
#9James133US #4
#10Matthew106US #9
#11Richard97US #16
#12Daniel96US #11
#13Scott88US #17
#14Thomas88US #20
#15Jeffrey86US #14
#16Joshua85US #26
#17Steven81US #18
#18Kevin78US #15
#19Mark78US #19
#20Eric77US #13
#21William77US #10
#22Anthony73US #21
#23Paul68US #29
#24Keith63US #49
#25Timothy63US #22
#26Peter62US #54
#27Stephen57US #34
#28Sean55US #40
#29Edward54US #41
#30Gregory52US #33
#31Jonathan45US #30
#32Kenneth45US #35
#33Adam38US #38
#34Justin38US #37
#35Shawn38US #31
#36Todd38US #43
#37Andrew37US #28
#38Ronald36US #46
#39Dennis35US #59
#40Ryan34US #23
#41Benjamin33US #36
#42Jeremy33US #24
#43Raymond33US #63
#44Aaron32US #32
#45Patrick32US #39
#46Derek31US #83
#47Jamie30US #62
#48George28US #53
#49Donald27US #42
#50Craig26US #58
#51Bryan25US #47
#52Douglas24US #55
#53Nathan23US #45
#54Chad22US #27
#55Charles21US #25
#56Christian21US #103
#57Seth21US #136
#58Gary20US #50
#59Jared19US #100
#60Shane19US #57
#61Antonio17US #77
#62Arthur17US #128
#63Corey17US #71
#64Marc17US #89
#65Philip17US #85
#66Wayne17US #120
#67Louis16US #138
#68Joel15US #74
#69Jose15US #48
#70Nicholas15US #81
#71Frank14US #66
#72Albert13US #129
#73Bruce13US #140
#74Jesse13US #64
#75Neil13US #174
#76Victor13US #95
#77Jacob12US #75
#78Alan11US #115
#79Roger11US #97
#80Walter11US #112
#81Carl10US #91
#82Glen10
#83Kurt10
#84Nelson10
#85Samuel10US #61
#86Vincent10US #109
#87Alexander9US #105
#88Brad9US #98
#89Brandon9US #44
#90Frederick9US #141
#91Gerald9US #108
#92Kyle9US #88
#93Lawrence9US #110
#94Russell9US #82
#95Travis9US #51
#96Erik8US #87
#97Francis8
#98Nathaniel8US #131
#99Devin7
#100Dustin7US #96

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑57Renee#28
↑39Amanda#33
↑35Emily#60
↑33Robin#57
↑29Holly#30
↑27Arthur#62
↑25Cindy#72
↑24Jill#49

Falling

↓58Lynn#96
↓36Kyle#92
↓35Russell#94
↓34Erik#96
↓29Deborah#73
↓28Tara#51
↓27Alicia#81
↓21Jesse#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.