State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,972 Rhode Island births in 1976 across 334 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.

#36Bethany#192 nationally
#23Kerri#168 nationally
#79Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#84Lynnoutside the national top 200
#57Keri#173 nationally
#83Kim#195 nationally
#93Sherrioutside the national top 200
#97Janeoutside the national top 200
#98Annmarieoutside the national top 200
#78Neil#173 nationally
#82Kerry#176 nationally
#87Geoffrey#178 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer298US #1
#2Melissa171US #3
#3Jessica148US #8
#4Heather121US #4
#5Amy115US #2
#6Michelle98US #6
#7Nicole87US #13
#8Lisa81US #9
#9Stephanie65US #11
#10Christine62US #26
#11Rebecca62US #12
#12Sarah61US #15
#13Elizabeth58US #16
#14Dawn57US #35
#15Erin57US #24
#16Kimberly56US #7
#17Kelly51US #19
#18Danielle48US #33
#19Julie48US #21
#20Melanie47US #53
#21Kristen46US #73
#22Lori45US #47
#23Kerri43US #168
#24Shannon43US #17
#25Christina42US #14
#26Karen42US #31
#27Susan41US #40
#28Tracy38US #37
#29Angela37US #5
#30Jaime37US #29
#31Amanda36US #10
#32Laura35US #20
#33Jamie34US #18
#34Mary29US #22
#35Patricia29US #43
#36Bethany28US #192
#37Kathleen27US #82
#38Rachel27US #23
#39Tammy27US #41
#40Jill26US #52
#41Andrea25US #25
#42Sara25US #27
#43Erica24US #54
#44Gina24US #94
#45Stacey24US #51
#46Tanya24US #61
#47Tara24US #42
#48April23US #30
#49Katherine23US #57
#50Maria23US #34
#51Renee23US #86
#52Crystal22US #36
#53Tina22US #48
#54Wendy22US #39
#55Aimee21US #123
#56Alicia21US #71
#57Keri21US #173
#58Beth18US #114
#59Heidi18US #70
#60Lauren18US #125
#61Michele18US #63
#62Stacy18US #38
#63Allison17US #67
#64Donna17US #93
#65Emily17US #50
#66Holly17US #56
#67Kristin17US #74
#68Megan17US #62
#69Courtney16US #76
#70Linda16US #90
#71Pamela16US #84
#72Sandra16US #59
#73Tracey15US #140
#74Brenda14US #77
#75Catherine14US #72
#76Deborah14US #96
#77Kathryn14US #88
#78Robin14US #75
#79Sherry14US #111
#80Alison13US #118
#81Anna13US #78
#82Kerry13US #176
#83Kim13US #195
#84Lynn13
#85Meredith13US #172
#86Sharon13US #81
#87Vanessa13US #106
#88Ann12US #108
#89Carrie12US #28
#90Cynthia12US #44
#91Kara12US #138
#92Laurie12US #137
#93Sherri12
#94Cheryl11US #105
#95Christy11US #60
#96Colleen11US #136
#97Jane11
#98Annmarie10
#99Diane10US #155
#100Nancy10US #87

Boys

#1Michael362US #1
#2Jason243US #2
#3Christopher227US #3
#4David202US #4
#5John157US #6
#6Robert152US #7
#7Brian131US #8
#8Matthew125US #9
#9James124US #5
#10Daniel112US #10
#11Joseph111US #12
#12William104US #11
#13Eric94US #13
#14Thomas90US #23
#15Kevin85US #15
#16Scott85US #24
#17Jeffrey78US #17
#18Stephen76US #37
#19Steven74US #20
#20Richard70US #19
#21Anthony69US #22
#22Mark67US #25
#23Paul66US #28
#24Timothy66US #21
#25Joshua65US #18
#26Jonathan55US #31
#27Peter52US #54
#28Gregory50US #35
#29Keith50US #48
#30Ryan50US #16
#31Jeremy48US #14
#32Andrew45US #27
#33Sean41US #42
#34Justin39US #33
#35Shawn37US #34
#36Derek33US #84
#37Kenneth33US #38
#38Nathan33US #39
#39Patrick33US #41
#40Edward32US #45
#41Charles31US #26
#42Raymond31US #65
#43Adam30US #36
#44Aaron28US #30
#45Benjamin28US #32
#46Dennis28US #66
#47Donald28US #47
#48Todd27US #50
#49Craig26US #61
#50Jamie26US #62
#51Bryan25US #43
#52George25US #53
#53Marc24US #99
#54Kyle23US #80
#55Gary21US #52
#56Ronald21US #49
#57Vincent21US #106
#58Philip19US #89
#59Erik18US #94
#60Brad17US #108
#61Frank17US #68
#62Jesse17US #55
#63Nicholas17US #77
#64Jacob16US #63
#65Seth16US #128
#66Shane16US #57
#67Douglas15US #56
#68Jared15US #90
#69Chad14US #29
#70Roger14US #103
#71Christian13US #112
#72Alexander12US #107
#73Joel12US #72
#74Troy12US #73
#75Bruce11US #148
#76Ernest11US #160
#77Luis11US #110
#78Neil11US #173
#79Nelson11
#80Carlos10US #70
#81Jay10US #126
#82Jose10US #44
#83Russell10US #87
#84Walter10US #127
#85Alan9US #115
#86Danny9US #102
#87Geoffrey9US #178
#88Gerald9US #120
#89Ian9US #135
#90Manuel9US #140
#91Marcus9US #74
#92Mario9US #130
#93Wayne9US #131
#94Albert8US #136
#95Arthur8US #137
#96Carl8US #95
#97Cory8US #83
#98Eugene8US #159
#99Gabriel8US #81
#100Leonard8US #177

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑46Sara#42
↑38Kyle#54
↑37Erik#59
↑29Keri#57
↑29Vincent#57
↑28Kathleen#37
↑28Brad#60
↑25Alicia#56

Falling

↓43Sandra#72
↓42Laurie#92
↓36Holly#66
↓35Cheryl#94
↓34Tracey#73
↓33Arthur#95
↓29Pamela#71
↓27Wayne#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.