Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1954

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1954 were Deborah for girls (385 babies) and Robert for boys (637). Deborah ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,725 babies born in Rhode Island in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1954

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: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Doreen: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maureen: 76 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lucille: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dale: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Holly: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Elaine: 73 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Joanne: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Pauline: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Denise: 159 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 18 babies, 54.9× the national rate
Denis: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Roland: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Peter: 148 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Raymond: 157 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marc: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Leo: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Norman: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alfred: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nicholas: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Deborah	385	–	3
2	Patricia	339	↑1	4
3	Susan	334	↑1	5
4	Linda	327	↓2	2
5	Mary	300	–	1
6	Donna	264	–	11
7	Kathleen	242	↑1	14
8	Debra	216	↑4	6
9	Nancy	209	↑2	9
10	Diane	207	↓3	17
11	Karen	207	↓1	8
12	Barbara	167	↓3	7
13	Denise	159	↑1	24
14	Carol	156	↓1	15
15	Elizabeth	122	↑2	20
16	Cynthia	118	–	10
17	Cheryl	117	↑4	22
18	Sharon	113	↑4	16
19	Gail	105	↓4	37
20	Sandra	105	↓2	13
21	Paula	95	↓2	38
22	Ann	89	↑1	44
23	Margaret	89	↑6	21
24	Joyce	85	↑9	28
25	Robin	84	↑23	41
26	Janice	82	↑1	25
27	Pamela	81	↓1	12
28	Catherine	78	↑4	32
29	Janet	77	↑1	19
30	Joan	77	↓5	40
31	Judith	76	↓7	30
32	Maureen	76	↑4	97
33	Elaine	73	↓2	74
34	Jane	70	–	49
35	Joanne	66	↓7	78
36	Christine	65	↓16	43
37	Jean	64	↑4	56
38	Jo	60	↓1	53
39	Anne	57	↓4	80
40	Marie	56	↑3	79
41	Marilyn	53	↓3	35
42	Suzanne	47	↓3	82
43	Lynn	44	↑7	63
44	Beverly	43	new	31
45	Marian	39	new	>100
46	Michelle	39	new	94
47	Jeanne	37	↓1	>100
48	Kathy	37	new	23
49	Rose	37	new	54
50	Eileen	36	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Robert	637	–	2
2	Michael	536	↑1	1
3	David	518	↑1	5
4	John	498	↓2	4
5	Richard	370	–	7
6	William	370	–	6
7	James	364	–	3
8	Joseph	317	↑2	13
9	Paul	276	↓1	16
10	Thomas	249	↓1	8
11	Stephen	239	–	20
12	Steven	230	–	11
13	Kenneth	164	↑6	17
14	Raymond	157	↑6	35
15	Edward	156	↑3	22
16	Donald	155	↓1	14
17	Gary	152	↓3	9
18	Mark	152	↑5	12
19	Peter	148	↓3	37
20	Dennis	142	↓3	21
21	Ronald	131	↓8	15
22	Charles	130	↓1	10
23	Kevin	124	↑4	28
24	Daniel	119	–	18
25	Jeffrey	110	↑3	23
26	George	107	↓4	24
27	Anthony	100	↓2	32
28	Bruce	91	↓2	30
29	Brian	73	↑4	48
30	Wayne	72	↑1	41
31	Roger	67	↑3	34
32	Frank	66	↓3	36
33	Alan	64	↓3	43
34	Russell	58	↑10	69
35	Arthur	54	↓3	52
36	Douglas	53	↑13	29
37	Timothy	50	↑10	26
38	Albert	49	↑2	73
39	Louis	48	↓2	81
40	Keith	43	new	45
41	Norman	43	new	99
42	Lawrence	42	↓6	39
43	Ralph	42	↓1	61
44	Walter	42	↑1	49
45	Patrick	41	new	38
46	Frederick	39	–	83
47	Gregory	39	new	25
48	Philip	39	↓5	62
49	Alfred	38	↓1	>100
50	Carl	37	↓11	47

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