Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1958

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1958 were Susan for girls (347 babies) and Michael for boys (603). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 16,922 babies born in Rhode Island in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1958

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: 43 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Joanne: 83 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Pauline: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maureen: 53 babies, 3× the national rate
Lynne: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Maryann: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Joann: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeanne: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lynn: 77 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Anne: 57 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Normand: 19 babies, 67.8× the national rate
Marc: 54 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Roland: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leo: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Francis: 42 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gerard: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peter: 155 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Paul: 255 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stephen: 172 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joseph: 274 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Susan	347	–	2
2	Donna	273	↑1	10
3	Mary	268	↑2	1
4	Patricia	265	↑3	5
5	Karen	261	↓3	4
6	Linda	236	–	3
7	Deborah	232	↓3	7
8	Cheryl	196	↑3	13
9	Nancy	188	–	12
10	Diane	184	–	18
11	Debra	176	↓3	6
12	Kathleen	160	↑1	21
13	Cynthia	139	↓1	8
14	Carol	137	↑3	20
15	Barbara	134	↓1	9
16	Elizabeth	114	↓1	22
17	Denise	102	↓1	27
18	Lori	102	↑6	30
19	Lisa	90	↑8	19
20	Ann	86	↓1	47
21	Sandra	86	–	15
22	Pamela	84	↑3	11
23	Sharon	84	–	17
24	Joanne	83	↑17	80
25	Robin	79	↓5	32
26	Lynn	77	↑13	60
27	Christine	70	↑1	43
28	Janet	67	↑12	28
29	Kathy	66	↑13	14
30	Gail	64	↓12	72
31	Darlene	61	↑17	49
32	Paula	61	↓6	53
33	Jean	60	↑11	73
34	Anne	57	↑4	87
35	Brenda	56	↑1	16
36	Margaret	56	↓3	31
37	Joan	55	↓7	68
38	Catherine	53	↓6	38
39	Maureen	53	↓5	>100
40	Judith	51	↓11	62
41	Laurie	51	↑4	70
42	Cindy	50	↓20	25
43	Laura	49	new	29
44	Jane	48	↓9	61
45	Joyce	48	↓14	46
46	Debbie	46	new	24
47	Janice	46	–	35
48	Leslie	46	new	79
49	Suzanne	46	new	>100
50	Cathy	45	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	603	↑1	1
2	Robert	542	↓1	4
3	David	517	–	2
4	John	501	–	5
5	James	337	–	3
6	Richard	312	–	8
7	William	308	–	6
8	Joseph	274	↑2	12
9	Thomas	262	–	9
10	Paul	255	↓2	15
11	Mark	244	↑1	7
12	Steven	221	↓1	10
13	Kevin	187	↑2	20
14	Stephen	172	↓1	26
15	Kenneth	161	↓1	14
16	Peter	155	↑1	41
17	Ronald	138	↑5	19
18	Edward	130	↑1	28
19	Charles	127	↑1	11
20	Brian	126	↑3	24
21	Anthony	121	↑4	27
22	Gary	120	↓4	17
23	Donald	119	↓7	18
24	Daniel	106	–	16
25	Jeffrey	102	↑1	21
26	George	93	↑1	31
27	Timothy	90	↑6	13
28	Raymond	84	↓7	43
29	Dennis	81	↓1	29
30	Scott	73	↑1	25
31	Frank	68	↓2	38
32	Bruce	65	↓2	36
33	Alan	64	↑2	49
34	Christopher	60	–	39
35	Gregory	59	↑1	23
36	Wayne	58	↓4	48
37	Russell	55	↑1	54
38	Marc	54	↓1	>100
39	Arthur	50	↑7	72
40	Douglas	45	↑2	30
41	Francis	42	new	>100
42	Eric	40	new	50
43	Roger	40	↑5	47
44	Albert	39	↓3	89
45	Craig	39	new	53
46	Keith	39	↓1	37
47	Matthew	39	new	60
48	Glenn	37	new	76
49	Louis	36	↓6	94
50	Henry	34	new	83

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