Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1955

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1955 were Deborah for girls (365 babies) and Robert for boys (642). Deborah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,578 babies born in Rhode Island in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1955

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

Doreen: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Claire: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Pauline: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maureen: 68 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joann: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Joanne: 65 babies, 3× the national rate
Jeanne: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Gail: 112 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ann: 106 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lynne: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 18 babies, 46.6× the national rate
Denis: 18 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Roland: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gerard: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marc: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 141 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Raymond: 134 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Paul: 283 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Louis: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Leo: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Deborah	365	–	2
2	Susan	344	↑1	5
3	Linda	323	↑1	3
4	Donna	298	↑2	10
5	Mary	279	–	1
6	Patricia	271	↓4	6
7	Debra	260	↑1	4
8	Kathleen	213	↓1	17
9	Karen	206	↑2	8
10	Diane	204	–	14
11	Nancy	188	↓2	9
12	Carol	158	↑2	15
13	Denise	155	–	23
14	Cheryl	154	↑3	19
15	Barbara	140	↓3	7
16	Elizabeth	119	↓1	21
17	Sandra	118	↑3	13
18	Gail	112	↑1	42
19	Ann	106	↑3	43
20	Cynthia	101	↓4	11
21	Robin	101	↑4	33
22	Paula	100	↓1	39
23	Sharon	95	↓5	16
24	Pamela	90	↑3	12
25	Judith	87	↑6	31
26	Jane	79	↑8	50
27	Christine	75	↑9	40
28	Joyce	75	↓4	29
29	Margaret	73	↓6	24
30	Janet	70	↓1	20
31	Maureen	68	↑1	100
32	Janice	67	↓6	25
33	Catherine	65	↓5	28
34	Joanne	65	↑1	88
35	Joan	61	↓5	46
36	Jean	58	↑1	60
37	Marie	58	↑3	92
38	Anne	57	↑1	84
39	Elaine	57	↓6	77
40	Suzanne	57	↑2	86
41	Jo	52	↓3	58
42	Lynn	50	↑1	62
43	Jeanne	48	↑4	>100
44	Leslie	45	new	99
45	Theresa	44	new	38
46	Joann	42	new	>100
47	Rose	42	↑2	54
48	Lisa	40	new	48
49	Brenda	39	new	18
50	Beverly	38	↓6	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Robert	642	–	4
2	David	621	↑1	2
3	Michael	542	↓1	1
4	John	529	–	5
5	William	352	↑1	6
6	Richard	344	↓1	7
7	James	341	–	3
8	Paul	283	↑1	16
9	Joseph	281	↓1	13
10	Thomas	280	–	8
11	Steven	259	↑1	10
12	Stephen	230	↓1	21
13	Mark	188	↑5	9
14	Donald	150	↑2	14
15	Edward	145	–	25
16	Kenneth	141	↓3	15
17	Peter	141	↑2	35
18	Ronald	138	↑3	18
19	Raymond	134	↓5	36
20	Kevin	133	↑3	27
21	Charles	127	↑1	11
22	Gary	125	↓5	12
23	Daniel	116	↑1	17
24	Dennis	114	↓4	23
25	George	111	↑1	26
26	Jeffrey	107	↓1	20
27	Anthony	101	–	31
28	Frank	80	↑4	34
29	Bruce	79	↓1	32
30	Alan	73	↑3	43
31	Brian	68	↓2	40
32	Timothy	68	↑5	22
33	Wayne	65	↓3	44
34	Arthur	61	↑1	56
35	Roger	54	↓4	37
36	Keith	52	↑4	39
37	Russell	51	↓3	57
38	Louis	50	↑1	82
39	Lawrence	49	↑3	42
40	Douglas	48	↓4	29
41	Christopher	43	new	49
42	Albert	42	↓4	76
43	Frederick	41	↑3	86
44	Gregory	41	↑3	24
45	Walter	39	↓1	51
46	Philip	38	↑2	62
47	Glenn	37	new	59
48	Marc	35	new	>100
49	Francis	34	new	100
50	Patrick	34	↓5	41

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