Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1959

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1959 were Donna for girls (357 babies) and Michael for boys (588). Donna ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 17,171 babies born in Rhode Island in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1959

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: 46 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Claire: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Pauline: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Lynne: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joanne: 72 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Joann: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Gail: 76 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anne: 69 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maureen: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Louise: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Marc: 57 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Roland: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Peter: 140 babies, 3× the national rate
Raymond: 122 babies, 3× the national rate
Leo: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Alfred: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gerard: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vincent: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francis: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stephen: 175 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Donna	357	↑1	5
2	Susan	290	↓1	2
3	Mary	258	–	1
4	Karen	237	↑1	4
5	Linda	230	↑1	3
6	Patricia	227	↓2	6
7	Deborah	214	–	9
8	Debra	208	↑3	7
9	Cheryl	185	↓1	18
10	Diane	183	–	19
11	Kathleen	170	↑1	23
12	Nancy	146	↓3	14
13	Cynthia	145	–	8
14	Lori	134	↑4	27
15	Barbara	131	–	11
16	Elizabeth	129	–	21
17	Lisa	110	↑2	10
18	Denise	107	↓1	29
19	Carol	102	↓5	22
20	Sandra	96	↑1	13
21	Robin	92	↑4	32
22	Ann	91	↓2	44
23	Paula	85	↑9	51
24	Pamela	83	↓2	12
25	Sharon	83	↓2	17
26	Gail	76	↑4	75
27	Joanne	72	↓3	92
28	Laurie	71	↑13	56
29	Margaret	71	↑7	36
30	Anne	69	↑4	82
31	Debbie	69	↑15	20
32	Dawn	66	new	54
33	Brenda	64	↑2	16
34	Christine	64	↓7	43
35	Kathy	63	↓6	15
36	Lynn	63	↓10	63
37	Janet	60	↓9	28
38	Catherine	59	–	40
39	Kim	57	new	35
40	Jane	56	↑4	67
41	Jean	56	↓8	77
42	Suzanne	54	↑7	96
43	Joan	53	↓6	76
44	Judith	53	↓4	70
45	Cindy	52	↓3	25
46	Maureen	52	↓7	>100
47	Joyce	51	↓2	50
48	Michelle	47	new	47
49	Doreen	46	new	>100
50	Laura	44	↓7	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Michael	588	–	1
2	Robert	539	–	5
3	David	533	–	2
4	John	497	–	4
5	James	341	–	3
6	William	315	↑1	7
7	Richard	292	↓1	8
8	Mark	268	↑3	6
9	Paul	259	↑1	17
10	Thomas	234	↓1	9
11	Joseph	225	↓3	13
12	Steven	214	–	10
13	Kevin	184	–	14
14	Stephen	175	–	28
15	Kenneth	154	–	15
16	Peter	140	–	40
17	Donald	137	↑6	19
18	Edward	131	–	27
19	Charles	125	–	11
20	Jeffrey	122	↑5	16
21	Raymond	122	↑7	45
22	Brian	119	↓2	22
23	Ronald	116	↓6	21
24	Daniel	113	–	18
25	Gary	112	↓3	20
26	Anthony	105	↓5	26
27	Timothy	102	–	12
28	George	97	↓2	32
29	Christopher	84	↑5	35
30	Scott	76	–	24
31	Dennis	75	↓2	29
32	Bruce	66	–	38
33	Frank	66	↓2	42
34	Marc	57	↑4	>100
35	Wayne	55	↑1	51
36	Alan	54	↓3	50
37	Gregory	53	↓2	23
38	Douglas	51	↑2	30
39	Russell	51	↓2	56
40	Albert	46	↑4	92
41	Vincent	45	new	>100
42	Matthew	44	↑5	63
43	Keith	42	↑3	39
44	Philip	41	new	68
45	Craig	39	–	44
46	Andrew	37	new	58
47	Arthur	37	↓8	76
48	Eric	37	↓6	46
49	Glenn	37	↓1	80
50	Walter	36	new	66

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