State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,677 Rhode Island births in 1977 across 362 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.

#20Kerri#188 nationally
#26Bethany#176 nationally
#69Kateoutside the national top 200
#73Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#75Jaysonoutside the national top 200
#77Meghanoutside the national top 200
#78Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#85Stefanieoutside the national top 200
#74Keri#187 nationally
#92Brendanoutside the national top 200
#97Jillianoutside the national top 200
#100Sherrioutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer281US #1
#2Melissa174US #2
#3Jessica141US #4
#4Heather129US #5
#5Amy104US #3
#6Lisa100US #12
#7Michelle90US #7
#8Erin89US #23
#9Sarah87US #11
#10Elizabeth85US #13
#11Stephanie83US #14
#12Nicole80US #15
#13Kelly72US #10
#14Kimberly72US #8
#15Rebecca68US #17
#16Christine64US #30
#17Dawn59US #43
#18Kristen56US #72
#19Christina52US #16
#20Kerri52US #188
#21Jill51US #41
#22Tara49US #35
#23Danielle45US #31
#24Julie43US #22
#25Shannon38US #19
#26Bethany37US #176
#27Sara37US #27
#28Amanda36US #9
#29Jaime36US #46
#30Alicia35US #60
#31Jamie33US #18
#32Katherine33US #44
#33Sandra32US #61
#34Andrea31US #24
#35Karen31US #32
#36Holly30US #52
#37Kristin30US #82
#38Laura30US #20
#39Mary30US #21
#40Gina29US #88
#41Kathleen29US #80
#42Megan29US #54
#43Rachel29US #26
#44Emily28US #37
#45Susan28US #45
#46Tracy28US #50
#47Lauren27US #114
#48Lori27US #57
#49Maria26US #36
#50Melanie26US #53
#51Tammy26US #55
#52Angela25US #6
#53Stacy25US #42
#54Kathryn23US #70
#55Renee23US #87
#56Nancy22US #89
#57Donna21US #113
#58Stacey21US #56
#59Tina21US #58
#60Courtney20US #76
#61April19US #29
#62Crystal19US #25
#63Patricia19US #47
#64Tonya19US #64
#65Allison18US #66
#66Erica18US #38
#67Carrie17US #28
#68Aimee16US #127
#69Kate16
#70Leah16US #112
#71Michele16US #77
#72Jaclyn15US #148
#73Joy15US #136
#74Keri15US #187
#75Robin15US #84
#76Sherry15US #140
#77Meghan14
#78Michaela14
#79Tiffany14US #34
#80Kara13US #120
#81Kristy13US #68
#82Linda13US #99
#83Monica13US #39
#84Nichole13US #142
#85Stefanie13
#86Wendy13US #49
#87Beth12US #97
#88Catherine12US #75
#89Dana12US #62
#90Deborah12US #109
#91Suzanne12US #121
#92Christy11US #59
#93Denise11US #78
#94Diana11US #100
#95Erika11US #103
#96Jacqueline11US #92
#97Jillian11
#98Krista11US #155
#99Meredith11US #154
#100Sherri11

Boys

#1Michael368US #1
#2Jason249US #2
#3David188US #4
#4Matthew187US #9
#5Christopher186US #3
#6John174US #7
#7Joseph160US #10
#8Robert152US #6
#9Brian132US #8
#10James130US #5
#11Eric113US #17
#12Daniel109US #11
#13Steven92US #23
#14Joshua91US #14
#15Kevin89US #13
#16Richard86US #20
#17Scott79US #27
#18Thomas78US #22
#19Peter74US #55
#20William73US #12
#21Andrew67US #24
#22Mark66US #25
#23Paul66US #31
#24Ryan64US #16
#25Jeffrey61US #19
#26Timothy59US #18
#27Anthony58US #21
#28Jonathan56US #28
#29Adam55US #33
#30Justin54US #30
#31Stephen54US #38
#32Gregory52US #35
#33Jeremy51US #15
#34Kenneth45US #39
#35Nathan43US #36
#36Sean42US #43
#37Keith41US #48
#38Patrick41US #40
#39Shawn41US #37
#40Charles39US #26
#41Derek38US #84
#42Edward37US #47
#43Benjamin36US #29
#44Nicholas35US #51
#45Raymond35US #65
#46Todd31US #50
#47Dennis29US #68
#48Ronald29US #53
#49Aaron27US #32
#50Corey27US #52
#51Frank26US #71
#52Marc25US #101
#53Donald24US #46
#54Jesse24US #54
#55Chad23US #34
#56Bryan22US #42
#57Kyle22US #79
#58Jacob21US #56
#59Craig17US #64
#60Douglas17US #59
#61Jamie17US #82
#62Gary16US #58
#63Shaun16US #103
#64Arthur14US #135
#65Seth14US #118
#66Shane14US #61
#67Albert13US #137
#68Antonio13US #77
#69Brandon13US #41
#70George13US #57
#71Philip13US #90
#72Vincent13US #110
#73Bradford12
#74Carlos12US #74
#75Jayson12
#76Joel12US #73
#77Manuel12US #146
#78Russell12US #89
#79Alexander11US #96
#80Erik11US #94
#81Phillip11US #70
#82Roger11US #114
#83Walter11US #123
#84Bruce10US #148
#85Christian10US #116
#86Henry10US #127
#87Ian10US #119
#88Neil10US #169
#89Randy10US #86
#90Victor10US #104
#91Wayne10US #138
#92Brendan9
#93Carl9US #99
#94Cory9US #67
#95Lawrence9US #115
#96Lee9US #133
#97Mario9US #129
#98Travis9US #44
#99Alan8US #126
#100Allen8US #144

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑44Nancy#56
↑39Sandra#33
↑31Arthur#64
↑30Holly#36
↑30Kristin#37
↑27Albert#67
↑26Alicia#30
↑26Megan#42

Falling

↓32Wendy#86
↓30Melanie#50
↓29Beth#87
↓28Patricia#63
↓26Lori#48
↓23Angela#52
↓23Erica#66
↓21Erik#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.