Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1960

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1960 were Donna for girls (332 babies) and Michael for boys (567). Donna ranked #5 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,187 babies born in Rhode Island in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1960

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

Jeannine: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Doreen: 39 babies, 5× the national rate
Joanne: 85 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Pauline: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maureen: 69 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gail: 63 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joann: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marianne: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maryann: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Diane: 186 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Rene: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Marc: 51 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Roland: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Leo: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 142 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francis: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Paul: 290 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stephen: 175 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Raymond: 102 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Donna	332	–	5
2	Susan	263	–	2
3	Mary	241	–	1
4	Linda	230	↑1	3
5	Karen	206	↓1	4
6	Patricia	205	–	7
7	Diane	186	↑3	22
8	Lisa	186	↑9	6
9	Lori	185	↑5	20
10	Deborah	159	↓3	10
11	Nancy	157	↑1	15
12	Cheryl	155	↓3	17
13	Debra	145	↓5	8
14	Barbara	139	↑1	12
15	Kathleen	136	↓4	27
16	Elizabeth	125	–	18
17	Denise	121	↑1	29
18	Carol	120	↑1	23
19	Sandra	110	↑1	11
20	Cynthia	108	↓7	9
21	Brenda	107	↑12	13
22	Laurie	94	↑6	37
23	Robin	92	↓2	33
24	Sharon	90	↑1	16
25	Christine	89	↑9	40
26	Ann	85	↓4	51
27	Joanne	85	–	99
28	Maureen	69	↑18	>100
29	Paula	68	↓6	55
30	Lynn	67	↑6	64
31	Kim	64	↑8	34
32	Kimberly	64	new	26
33	Margaret	64	↓4	36
34	Gail	63	↓8	90
35	Michelle	61	↑13	39
36	Pamela	56	↓12	14
37	Kathy	53	↓2	21
38	Jane	52	↑2	67
39	Laura	51	↑11	25
40	Catherine	50	↓2	42
41	Jean	50	–	86
42	Wendy	50	new	63
43	Anne	48	↓13	88
44	Janet	47	↓7	32
45	Joan	46	↓2	80
46	Joyce	45	↑1	58
47	Judith	43	↓3	74
48	Dawn	42	↓16	57
49	Cindy	41	↓4	30
50	Marie	40	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Michael	567	–	2
2	David	561	↑1	1
3	John	534	↑1	4
4	Robert	527	↓2	5
5	James	358	–	3
6	Paul	290	↑3	18
7	Richard	287	–	8
8	Joseph	280	↑3	12
9	William	274	↓3	7
10	Mark	243	↓2	6
11	Steven	229	↑1	10
12	Thomas	222	↓2	9
13	Stephen	175	↑1	27
14	Kevin	166	↓1	15
15	Kenneth	164	–	16
16	Peter	142	–	42
17	Ronald	133	↑6	21
18	Jeffrey	123	↑2	14
19	Anthony	121	↑7	25
20	Brian	120	↑2	20
21	Edward	120	↓3	26
22	Charles	118	↓3	13
23	Gary	118	↑2	22
24	Donald	117	↓7	19
25	Daniel	113	↓1	17
26	Raymond	102	↓5	46
27	Timothy	101	–	11
28	Christopher	93	↑1	29
29	George	87	↓1	33
30	Scott	84	–	23
31	Gregory	81	↑6	24
32	Frank	74	↑1	40
33	Bruce	64	↓1	39
34	Dennis	62	↓3	31
35	Alan	56	↑1	50
36	Marc	51	↓2	>100
37	Patrick	50	new	45
38	Walter	49	↑12	70
39	Eric	48	↑9	44
40	Wayne	47	↓5	58
41	Keith	46	↑2	35
42	Craig	45	↑3	41
43	Andrew	42	↑3	51
44	Arthur	41	↑3	82
45	Philip	39	↓1	76
46	Louis	38	new	>100
47	Carl	35	new	53
48	Glenn	35	↑1	74
49	Russell	35	↓10	56
50	Matthew	34	↓8	61

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