Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1962

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1962 were Susan for girls (266 babies) and Michael for boys (595). Susan ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 16,532 babies born in Rhode Island in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1962

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

Bethany: 15 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Annmarie: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Doreen: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Erin: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kerry: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lynn: 84 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joanne: 55 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lauren: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dianne: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Louise: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Marc: 69 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Alfred: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Raymond: 127 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Leo: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 112 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Stephen: 174 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Arthur: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Francis: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Louis: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Susan	266	–	3
2	Lisa	264	↑1	1
3	Karen	243	↑3	4
4	Donna	235	↓2	7
5	Mary	235	↓1	2
6	Lori	213	↓1	11
7	Linda	188	–	5
8	Patricia	178	↑1	6
9	Cheryl	168	↑1	24
10	Debra	140	↑1	15
11	Deborah	136	↓3	9
12	Kathleen	134	–	29
13	Robin	132	↑3	25
14	Diane	120	–	26
15	Elizabeth	111	–	20
16	Nancy	109	↓3	19
17	Christine	107	↑5	39
18	Brenda	105	–	12
19	Pamela	104	↑9	13
20	Laurie	100	↓1	42
21	Denise	97	↓4	30
22	Barbara	95	↑4	14
23	Sandra	85	↑1	10
24	Lynn	84	↑7	71
25	Ann	82	↓2	56
26	Michelle	81	↑1	31
27	Kimberly	77	↑16	16
28	Sharon	74	↓8	17
29	Carol	71	↓4	28
30	Cynthia	71	↓9	8
31	Paula	65	↑1	60
32	Catherine	62	↑16	53
33	Dawn	62	↑8	50
34	Michele	57	new	59
35	Kathy	56	↑12	27
36	Joanne	55	↓6	>100
37	Gail	53	new	>100
38	Jacqueline	53	↓9	44
39	Janet	52	↓4	35
40	Maureen	51	↑4	>100
41	Kim	49	↑4	37
42	Anne	48	↑4	83
43	Jane	47	↓10	73
44	Margaret	47	↓7	43
45	Laura	45	↓11	21
46	Maria	45	new	49
47	Suzanne	45	↓7	65
48	Theresa	43	↓10	40
49	Colleen	42	new	>100
50	Judith	42	↓11	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Michael	595	–	1
2	David	557	↑1	2
3	John	533	↓1	3
4	Robert	503	–	5
5	James	362	–	4
6	Mark	261	↑3	6
7	Richard	255	–	8
8	Thomas	255	↑2	9
9	Joseph	246	↓1	13
10	William	241	↓4	7
11	Steven	209	↑1	12
12	Paul	196	↓1	19
13	Stephen	174	–	28
14	Kevin	166	–	14
15	Daniel	132	↑4	17
16	Kenneth	131	↓1	18
17	Scott	131	↑6	11
18	Raymond	127	↑4	48
19	Edward	120	↓2	29
20	Brian	117	↓4	20
21	Gary	117	↑5	22
22	Jeffrey	115	↓2	10
23	Peter	112	↓5	43
24	Ronald	105	↑5	25
25	Timothy	103	↓1	16
26	Anthony	102	↓1	24
27	Charles	100	–	15
28	Christopher	99	–	26
29	Donald	99	↓8	23
30	George	82	↑1	32
31	Gregory	76	↓1	21
32	Marc	69	↑6	>100
33	Frank	64	–	42
34	Keith	60	↑3	36
35	Bruce	57	↓3	41
36	Russell	55	↓1	57
37	Andrew	50	↑6	49
38	Douglas	48	↑3	27
39	Glenn	47	↑3	55
40	Roger	47	↑10	47
41	Todd	47	new	30
42	Patrick	46	↑7	40
43	Eric	45	new	33
44	Arthur	44	–	91
45	Dennis	44	↓6	37
46	Alan	42	↓12	53
47	Wayne	42	↓11	63
48	Gerald	38	new	65
49	Philip	38	new	81
50	Louis	34	↓3	>100

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