Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1953

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1953 were Deborah for girls (357 babies) and Robert for boys (616). Deborah ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 17,210 babies born in Rhode Island in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1953

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

Meredith: 15 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Claudette: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Claire: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Claudia: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rosemary: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Joanne: 88 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Paulette: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Pauline: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lucille: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Doreen: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 22 babies, 56.6× the national rate
Denis: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Gerard: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Peter: 148 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vincent: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roland: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Raymond: 139 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alfred: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marc: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maurice: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Deborah	357	↑2	3
2	Linda	336	↓1	2
3	Patricia	326	↓1	4
4	Susan	305	–	5
5	Mary	259	↑1	1
6	Donna	244	↓1	13
7	Diane	210	↑3	17
8	Kathleen	198	↓1	14
9	Barbara	189	–	6
10	Karen	185	↑2	9
11	Nancy	183	↓3	8
12	Debra	165	↑12	7
13	Carol	161	↓2	16
14	Denise	137	↓1	31
15	Gail	125	↑1	39
16	Cynthia	119	↑2	12
17	Elizabeth	116	↓2	21
18	Sandra	108	↑2	11
19	Paula	107	↑7	40
20	Christine	105	↓6	32
21	Cheryl	102	↓4	28
22	Sharon	101	↑3	15
23	Ann	100	↑6	46
24	Judith	96	↓5	30
25	Joan	95	↓4	37
26	Pamela	95	↑4	10
27	Janice	94	↓4	22
28	Joanne	88	↑7	71
29	Margaret	82	↓7	20
30	Janet	79	↓2	19
31	Elaine	69	↑3	77
32	Catherine	66	↓1	35
33	Joyce	66	↓6	26
34	Jane	63	↓2	43
35	Anne	58	↓2	80
36	Maureen	55	–	92
37	Jo	54	↑10	54
38	Marilyn	52	–	36
39	Suzanne	52	↓2	78
40	Jacqueline	51	↑9	58
41	Jean	45	↓1	52
42	Claudia	44	↑1	>100
43	Marie	43	↓1	86
44	Lorraine	42	↑2	>100
45	Dorothy	41	new	49
46	Jeanne	41	↓1	97
47	Roberta	39	new	90
48	Robin	38	new	66
49	Joann	37	new	>100
50	Lynn	37	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Robert	616	–	1
2	John	520	–	4
3	Michael	474	–	3
4	David	460	–	5
5	Richard	394	–	7
6	William	363	–	6
7	James	354	–	2
8	Paul	281	↑2	16
9	Thomas	271	↓1	8
10	Joseph	253	↓1	13
11	Stephen	227	–	21
12	Steven	201	–	11
13	Ronald	156	↑2	15
14	Gary	151	↑8	10
15	Donald	150	↓1	14
16	Peter	148	↑3	38
17	Dennis	145	–	19
18	Edward	144	↑2	23
19	Kenneth	142	↓6	17
20	Raymond	139	↓4	34
21	Charles	138	↓3	9
22	George	123	↓1	22
23	Mark	122	↑2	12
24	Daniel	106	↓1	20
25	Anthony	99	↓1	32
26	Bruce	91	–	28
27	Kevin	91	↑1	36
28	Jeffrey	79	↑6	25
29	Frank	75	↓2	33
30	Alan	69	↑2	43
31	Wayne	68	↓1	40
32	Arthur	66	↓3	50
33	Brian	65	↑2	53
34	Roger	57	↓3	31
35	Christopher	56	↑11	63
36	Lawrence	51	↑7	37
37	Louis	50	–	78
38	Vincent	49	new	100
39	Carl	46	↑8	44
40	Albert	45	↓7	69
41	Francis	44	↓3	90
42	Ralph	44	↑6	59
43	Philip	43	new	61
44	Russell	43	↓4	71
45	Walter	43	↓1	45
46	Frederick	41	↓10	80
47	Timothy	41	↑2	26
48	Alfred	40	↓3	>100
49	Douglas	38	↓10	27
50	Henry	38	new	54

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