Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1951

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1951 were Linda for girls (386 babies) and Robert for boys (647). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,302 babies born in Rhode Island in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1951

Names given at least 15 times in Rhode Island that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Claire: 31 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Pauline: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 66 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Denise: 134 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lucille: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maureen: 61 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leslie: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Suzanne: 63 babies, 3× the national rate
Michelle: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Gail: 124 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 21 babies, 56.7× the national rate
Roland: 36 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Denis: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Gerard: 32 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maurice: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Leo: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Raymond: 159 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 123 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vincent: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Alfred: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	386	–	1
2	Patricia	376	↑1	3
3	Susan	285	↓1	6
4	Deborah	270	↑5	4
5	Kathleen	258	–	10
6	Mary	256	↓2	2
7	Donna	218	↓1	12
8	Barbara	209	–	5
9	Nancy	197	↓2	7
10	Carol	180	–	11
11	Diane	170	–	15
12	Karen	148	↑3	8
13	Denise	134	↑24	48
14	Sandra	132	↓2	9
15	Gail	124	↑3	36
16	Sharon	111	↑1	13
17	Elizabeth	108	↓3	23
18	Christine	107	↑1	24
19	Janice	99	↑1	21
20	Margaret	97	↓4	17
21	Paula	94	↑7	51
22	Ann	85	↑8	46
23	Judith	85	↓10	25
24	Joyce	81	↓3	28
25	Joan	79	↑1	39
26	Elaine	78	↓2	66
27	Pamela	72	↑4	16
28	Cheryl	70	↓1	30
29	Janet	69	↓4	19
30	Jane	68	↓7	43
31	Cynthia	66	↓9	20
32	Lorraine	66	↑10	>100
33	Jean	65	↑1	49
34	Catherine	64	↓1	34
35	Suzanne	63	↓3	83
36	Maureen	61	↓7	93
37	Jacqueline	60	↑7	56
38	Debra	55	new	18
39	Beverly	47	↑7	33
40	Joanne	47	↓2	73
41	Marie	47	↓1	78
42	Shirley	45	↓7	27
43	Anne	44	↓7	82
44	Jeanne	44	↓5	98
45	Brenda	42	↑5	14
46	Marilyn	42	↓1	41
47	Carolyn	39	↓6	22
48	Frances	39	new	59
49	Eileen	38	new	95
50	Helen	38	↓3	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	647	–	2
2	John	501	–	3
3	Michael	394	↑1	4
4	William	374	↑2	6
5	James	347	↑2	1
6	David	339	↓1	5
7	Richard	334	↓4	7
8	Joseph	262	↑1	14
9	Stephen	249	↑2	19
10	Thomas	243	–	8
11	Paul	237	↓3	18
12	Edward	192	↑7	23
13	Dennis	188	–	17
14	Steven	172	↑2	13
15	Raymond	159	↓1	32
16	Gary	158	↑8	10
17	Kenneth	149	↑1	16
18	Charles	148	↑2	9
19	George	144	↑2	22
20	Donald	136	↓5	15
21	Ronald	130	↓9	12
22	Peter	123	↓5	38
23	Anthony	103	–	34
24	Daniel	87	↑1	21
25	Bruce	79	↓3	26
26	Frank	79	–	31
27	Mark	75	↑3	20
28	Wayne	73	↓1	37
29	Roger	69	–	29
30	Kevin	64	↑2	53
31	Russell	59	↑8	73
32	Arthur	56	↓1	44
33	Walter	56	↑9	42
34	Louis	54	–	76
35	Alan	51	↓7	40
36	Albert	49	↑1	60
37	Brian	49	↑8	75
38	Francis	48	↓3	85
39	Philip	47	↑8	55
40	Douglas	45	↓2	27
41	Henry	45	new	47
42	Gerald	44	↓6	36
43	Jeffrey	42	↓10	35
44	Norman	42	↑6	90
45	Lawrence	41	↓4	33
46	Frederick	40	↓6	78
47	Alfred	39	new	100
48	Vincent	39	↑1	>100
49	Ernest	38	↓1	83
50	Roland	36	new	>100

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