Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1956

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1956 were Susan for girls (357 babies) and Robert for boys (577). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,610 babies born in Rhode Island in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1956

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: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Doreen: 56 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Joanne: 70 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Pauline: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maureen: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Louise: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gail: 97 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Donna: 320 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Paula: 97 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ann: 96 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Roland: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gerard: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 176 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marc: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leo: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alfred: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Arthur: 69 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Louis: 54 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Paul: 276 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Stephen: 219 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Susan	357	↑1	5
2	Deborah	331	↓1	4
3	Donna	320	↑1	10
4	Mary	292	↑1	1
5	Linda	261	↓2	3
6	Debra	258	↑1	2
7	Karen	248	↑2	7
8	Patricia	240	↓2	6
9	Cheryl	207	↑5	18
10	Kathleen	202	↓2	17
11	Diane	192	↓1	15
12	Cynthia	165	↑8	8
13	Nancy	155	↓2	11
14	Denise	142	↓1	23
15	Barbara	141	–	9
16	Carol	133	↓4	16
17	Sharon	122	↑6	13
18	Elizabeth	115	↓2	22
19	Pamela	99	↑5	12
20	Sandra	98	↓3	14
21	Gail	97	↓3	49
22	Paula	97	–	47
23	Ann	96	↓4	46
24	Margaret	91	↑5	25
25	Jane	80	↑1	50
26	Robin	79	↓5	29
27	Joan	75	↑8	52
28	Lynn	72	↑14	58
29	Janet	70	↑1	21
30	Joanne	70	↑4	99
31	Christine	68	↓4	42
32	Judith	66	↓7	45
33	Catherine	61	–	28
34	Joyce	59	↓6	30
35	Jean	58	↑1	65
36	Janice	57	↓4	26
37	Lisa	57	↑11	31
38	Doreen	56	new	>100
39	Maureen	56	↓8	>100
40	Anne	55	↓2	86
41	Kim	51	new	38
42	Lori	51	new	66
43	Marie	51	↓6	96
44	Jo	49	↓3	69
45	Laurie	49	new	76
46	Elaine	44	↓7	89
47	Colleen	43	new	>100
48	Jeanne	42	↓5	>100
49	Kathy	42	new	20
50	Cathy	39	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Robert	577	–	3
2	Michael	549	↑1	1
3	David	537	↓1	4
4	John	531	–	5
5	Richard	358	↑1	7
6	James	352	↑1	2
7	William	333	↓2	6
8	Joseph	321	↑1	12
9	Paul	276	↓1	17
10	Thomas	260	–	9
11	Steven	229	–	10
12	Stephen	219	–	23
13	Mark	203	–	8
14	Peter	176	↑3	37
15	Kevin	175	↑5	22
16	Donald	150	↓2	14
17	Kenneth	145	↓1	16
18	Ronald	144	–	15
19	Edward	141	↓4	25
20	Gary	133	↑2	13
21	Charles	132	–	11
22	Raymond	112	↓3	39
23	Anthony	110	↑4	30
24	Brian	109	↑7	32
25	Jeffrey	106	↑1	20
26	Daniel	97	↓3	18
27	Dennis	96	↓3	26
28	George	92	↓3	27
29	Wayne	78	↑4	45
30	Alan	72	–	44
31	Gregory	71	↑13	24
32	Arthur	69	↑2	60
33	Bruce	68	↓4	33
34	Frank	68	↓6	38
35	Russell	63	↑2	52
36	Keith	60	–	36
37	Douglas	59	↑3	29
38	Scott	59	new	34
39	Christopher	57	↑2	47
40	Timothy	56	↓8	19
41	Louis	54	↓3	82
42	Roger	44	↓7	41
43	Lawrence	42	↓4	42
44	Walter	42	↑1	53
45	Glenn	40	↑2	61
46	Carl	39	new	48
47	Albert	37	↓5	81
48	Norman	36	new	>100
49	Philip	35	↓3	64
50	Alfred	34	new	>100

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