Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1961

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1961 were Susan for girls (293 babies) and Michael for boys (567). Susan ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 17,225 babies born in Rhode Island in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1961

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

Annmarie: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Claire: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Doreen: 40 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Joanne: 75 babies, 4× the national rate
Maryann: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Joann: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ann: 93 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeanne: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maureen: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lori: 226 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Marc: 49 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Roland: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Leo: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 139 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Allan: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Stephen: 195 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Raymond: 108 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerard: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Albert: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Louis: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Susan	293	↑1	3
2	Donna	261	↓1	7
3	Lisa	246	↑5	2
4	Mary	227	↓1	1
5	Lori	226	↑4	14
6	Karen	213	↓1	5
7	Linda	202	↓3	4
8	Deborah	170	↑2	10
9	Patricia	166	↓3	6
10	Cheryl	164	↑2	20
11	Debra	147	↑2	13
12	Kathleen	140	↑3	29
13	Nancy	140	↓2	16
14	Diane	128	↓7	26
15	Elizabeth	115	↑1	19
16	Robin	109	↑7	27
17	Denise	108	–	30
18	Brenda	104	↑3	11
19	Laurie	104	↑3	43
20	Sharon	97	↑4	17
21	Cynthia	95	↓1	8
22	Christine	94	↑3	39
23	Ann	93	↑3	54
24	Sandra	92	↓5	9
25	Carol	91	↓7	24
26	Barbara	88	↓12	12
27	Michelle	85	↑8	34
28	Pamela	83	↑8	15
29	Jacqueline	78	new	37
30	Joanne	75	↓3	>100
31	Lynn	63	↓1	71
32	Paula	63	↓3	60
33	Jane	59	↑5	72
34	Laura	57	↑5	21
35	Janet	54	↑9	32
36	Joan	53	↑9	89
37	Margaret	53	↓4	40
38	Theresa	51	new	35
39	Judith	50	↑8	83
40	Suzanne	50	new	68
41	Dawn	49	↑7	49
42	Joann	49	new	>100
43	Kimberly	49	↓11	22
44	Maureen	49	↓16	>100
45	Kim	48	↓14	36
46	Anne	46	↓3	90
47	Kathy	45	↓10	25
48	Catherine	44	↓8	48
49	Julie	44	new	23
50	Wendy	44	↓8	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Michael	567	–	1
2	John	539	↑1	3
3	David	538	↓1	2
4	Robert	512	–	5
5	James	341	–	4
6	William	300	↑3	7
7	Richard	293	–	8
8	Joseph	280	–	12
9	Mark	278	↑1	6
10	Thomas	246	↑2	9
11	Paul	235	↓5	18
12	Steven	226	↓1	10
13	Stephen	195	–	27
14	Kevin	175	–	14
15	Kenneth	158	–	16
16	Brian	147	↑4	20
17	Edward	146	↑4	29
18	Peter	139	↓2	42
19	Daniel	129	↑6	17
20	Jeffrey	129	↓2	11
21	Donald	110	↑3	22
22	Raymond	108	↑4	48
23	Scott	106	↑7	19
24	Timothy	106	↑3	15
25	Anthony	105	↓6	25
26	Gary	104	↓3	21
27	Charles	101	↓5	13
28	Christopher	100	–	26
29	Ronald	95	↓12	24
30	Gregory	70	↑1	23
31	George	68	↓2	31
32	Bruce	67	↑1	40
33	Frank	65	↓1	41
34	Alan	62	↑1	51
35	Russell	56	↑14	55
36	Wayne	55	↑4	61
37	Keith	53	↑4	35
38	Marc	49	↓2	>100
39	Dennis	48	↓5	34
40	Albert	43	new	97
41	Douglas	43	new	28
42	Glenn	42	↑6	64
43	Andrew	40	–	52
44	Arthur	39	–	85
45	Matthew	39	↑5	59
46	Carl	38	↑1	56
47	Louis	38	↓1	>100
48	Craig	37	↓6	43
49	Patrick	34	↓12	39
50	Roger	34	new	47

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