Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1957

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1957 were Susan for girls (324 babies) and Robert for boys (618). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,787 babies born in Rhode Island in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1957

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: 55 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Claire: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maureen: 69 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joann: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Maryann: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gail: 106 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marie: 59 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Pauline: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ann: 101 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joanne: 57 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Rene: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Marc: 53 babies, 5× the national rate
Roland: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Leo: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Alfred: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Gerard: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 155 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Raymond: 142 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Paul: 291 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stephen: 214 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Susan	324	–	2
2	Karen	297	↑5	5
3	Donna	296	–	10
4	Deborah	270	↓2	6
5	Mary	266	↓1	1
6	Linda	259	↓1	3
7	Patricia	255	↑1	8
8	Debra	228	↓2	4
9	Nancy	211	↑4	11
10	Diane	209	↑1	17
11	Cheryl	195	↓2	16
12	Cynthia	181	–	7
13	Kathleen	178	↓3	21
14	Barbara	146	↑1	9
15	Elizabeth	140	↑3	22
16	Denise	126	↓2	25
17	Carol	123	↓1	18
18	Gail	106	↑3	54
19	Ann	101	↑4	44
20	Robin	93	↑6	30
21	Sandra	93	↓1	15
22	Cindy	91	new	19
23	Sharon	88	↓6	14
24	Lori	84	↑18	45
25	Pamela	81	↓6	12
26	Paula	80	↓4	49
27	Lisa	78	↑10	26
28	Christine	76	↑3	41
29	Judith	75	↑3	53
30	Joan	72	↓3	60
31	Joyce	70	↑3	40
32	Catherine	69	↑1	37
33	Margaret	69	↓9	29
34	Maureen	69	↑5	>100
35	Jane	63	↓10	56
36	Brenda	59	new	13
37	Marie	59	↑6	98
38	Anne	58	↑2	86
39	Lynn	58	↓11	61
40	Janet	57	↓11	23
41	Joanne	57	↓11	94
42	Kathy	56	↑7	20
43	Doreen	55	↓5	>100
44	Jean	52	↓9	67
45	Laurie	52	–	73
46	Elaine	48	–	96
47	Janice	48	↓11	32
48	Darlene	43	new	57
49	Joann	43	new	>100
50	Jo	42	↓6	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Robert	618	–	4
2	Michael	550	–	1
3	David	537	–	3
4	John	508	–	5
5	James	370	↑1	2
6	Richard	351	↓1	8
7	William	308	–	6
8	Paul	291	↑1	18
9	Thomas	281	↑1	9
10	Joseph	251	↓2	12
11	Steven	240	–	10
12	Mark	218	↑1	7
13	Stephen	214	↓1	24
14	Kenneth	179	↑3	14
15	Kevin	169	–	20
16	Donald	158	–	15
17	Peter	155	↓3	37
18	Gary	148	↑2	13
19	Edward	143	–	25
20	Charles	142	↑1	11
21	Raymond	142	↑1	39
22	Ronald	119	↓4	17
23	Brian	118	↑1	26
24	Daniel	118	↑2	16
25	Anthony	107	↓2	27
26	Jeffrey	104	↓1	21
27	George	102	↑1	29
28	Dennis	91	↓1	28
29	Frank	74	↑5	38
30	Bruce	72	↑3	34
31	Scott	70	↑7	32
32	Wayne	70	↓3	47
33	Timothy	68	↑7	19
34	Christopher	62	↑5	43
35	Alan	55	↓5	48
36	Gregory	54	↓5	23
37	Marc	53	new	>100
38	Russell	53	↓3	54
39	Alfred	49	↑11	>100
40	Gerald	48	new	51
41	Albert	47	↑6	84
42	Douglas	47	↓5	30
43	Louis	47	↓2	86
44	Patrick	44	new	41
45	Keith	43	↓9	36
46	Arthur	42	↓14	66
47	Andrew	40	new	56
48	Roger	40	↓6	42
49	Walter	39	↓5	58
50	Leo	32	new	>100

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