Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1952

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1952 were Linda for girls (352 babies) and Robert for boys (620). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,038 babies born in Rhode Island in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1952

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: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Maureen: 67 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Denise: 164 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Suzanne: 67 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lucille: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gail: 123 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anne: 67 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Claudia: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joanne: 67 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Paulette: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 18 babies, 50× the national rate
Denis: 22 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Roland: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leo: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gerard: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Peter: 142 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Raymond: 165 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alfred: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Maurice: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stephen: 259 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	352	–	1
2	Patricia	334	–	3
3	Deborah	332	↑1	4
4	Susan	276	↓1	5
5	Donna	274	↑2	13
6	Mary	250	–	2
7	Kathleen	227	↓2	11
8	Nancy	203	↑1	7
9	Barbara	184	↓1	6
10	Diane	177	↑1	16
11	Carol	174	↓1	12
12	Karen	166	–	8
13	Denise	164	–	33
14	Christine	153	↑4	20
15	Elizabeth	136	↑2	22
16	Gail	123	↓1	39
17	Cheryl	106	↑11	31
18	Cynthia	106	↑13	18
19	Judith	106	↑4	25
20	Sandra	104	↓6	10
21	Joan	98	↑4	37
22	Margaret	95	↓2	21
23	Janice	94	↓4	23
24	Debra	93	↑14	9
25	Sharon	92	↓9	14
26	Paula	91	↓5	47
27	Joyce	82	↓3	27
28	Janet	80	↑1	19
29	Ann	78	↓7	45
30	Pamela	78	↓3	17
31	Catherine	77	↑3	34
32	Jane	68	↓2	42
33	Anne	67	↑10	79
34	Elaine	67	↓8	73
35	Joanne	67	↑5	78
36	Maureen	67	–	94
37	Suzanne	67	↓2	84
38	Marilyn	66	↑8	38
39	Beverly	49	–	35
40	Jean	49	↓7	50
41	Ellen	46	new	70
42	Marie	45	↓1	82
43	Claudia	43	new	>100
44	Shirley	43	↓2	28
45	Jeanne	42	↓1	98
46	Lorraine	42	↓14	>100
47	Jo	41	new	55
48	Carolyn	40	↓1	24
49	Jacqueline	40	↓12	58
50	Brenda	38	↓5	15

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Robert	620	–	2
2	John	507	–	3
3	Michael	469	–	4
4	David	395	↑2	5
5	Richard	388	↑2	7
6	William	380	↓2	6
7	James	355	↓2	1
8	Thomas	313	↑2	8
9	Joseph	274	↓1	12
10	Paul	262	↑1	19
11	Stephen	259	↓2	21
12	Steven	217	↑2	11
13	Kenneth	168	↑4	16
14	Donald	167	↑6	13
15	Ronald	167	↑6	15
16	Raymond	165	↓1	33
17	Dennis	155	↓4	18
18	Charles	143	–	9
19	Peter	142	↑3	36
20	Edward	140	↓8	23
21	George	138	↓2	22
22	Gary	131	↓6	10
23	Daniel	101	↑1	20
24	Anthony	100	↓1	34
25	Mark	98	↑2	17
26	Bruce	90	↓1	25
27	Frank	70	↓1	32
28	Kevin	65	↑2	43
29	Arthur	60	↑3	47
30	Wayne	60	↓2	38
31	Roger	59	↓2	30
32	Alan	57	↑3	42
33	Albert	56	↑3	66
34	Jeffrey	51	↑9	31
35	Brian	50	↑2	64
36	Frederick	49	↑10	76
37	Louis	47	↓3	79
38	Francis	46	–	89
39	Douglas	45	↑1	28
40	Russell	45	↓9	70
41	Gerald	44	↑1	39
42	Gregory	44	new	24
43	Lawrence	44	↑2	35
44	Walter	44	↓11	44
45	Alfred	43	↑2	>100
46	Christopher	38	new	57
47	Carl	37	new	45
48	Ralph	37	new	56
49	Timothy	35	new	27
50	Ernest	32	↓1	87

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