Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1963

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1963 were Lisa for girls (373 babies) and Michael for boys (527). Social Security records list 16,260 babies born in Rhode Island in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1963

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

Kerri: 23 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Doreen: 43 babies, 6× the national rate
Celeste: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kristen: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lynne: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joanne: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Erin: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 71 babies, 3× the national rate
Judith: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Maureen: 48 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Marc: 44 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peter: 127 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stephen: 168 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Raymond: 87 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Paul: 254 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Albert: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Norman: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alfred: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wayne: 52 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	373	↑1	1
2	Susan	249	↓1	3
3	Lori	219	↑3	8
4	Donna	218	–	6
5	Karen	205	↓2	4
6	Mary	203	↓1	2
7	Patricia	164	↑1	7
8	Linda	161	↓1	5
9	Deborah	143	↑2	13
10	Cheryl	142	↓1	24
11	Robin	134	↑2	25
12	Nancy	127	↑4	23
13	Christine	119	↑4	29
14	Diane	119	–	31
15	Debra	116	↓5	21
16	Kathleen	116	↓4	28
17	Sandra	110	↑6	9
18	Denise	101	↑3	27
19	Elizabeth	100	↓4	20
20	Barbara	97	↑2	17
21	Kimberly	92	↑6	11
22	Brenda	91	↓4	15
23	Pamela	87	↓4	14
24	Paula	86	↑7	42
25	Cynthia	85	↑5	10
26	Michelle	83	–	26
27	Laurie	81	↓7	47
28	Carol	75	↑1	33
29	Ann	71	↓4	57
30	Lynn	71	↓6	73
31	Sharon	68	↓3	19
32	Judith	57	↑18	91
33	Anne	55	↑9	80
34	Suzanne	53	↑13	65
35	Colleen	52	↑14	98
36	Dawn	52	↓3	52
37	Joanne	51	↓1	>100
38	Kelly	51	new	32
39	Maria	51	↑7	43
40	Julie	50	new	22
41	Kim	50	–	39
42	Jennifer	49	new	36
43	Laura	49	↑2	16
44	Margaret	49	–	46
45	Maureen	48	↓5	>100
46	Tammy	48	new	12
47	Catherine	47	↓15	53
48	Janet	45	↓9	40
49	Leslie	44	new	72
50	Theresa	44	↓2	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	527	–	1
2	David	526	–	3
3	John	506	–	2
4	Robert	456	–	5
5	James	336	–	4
6	Richard	271	↑1	8
7	Paul	254	↑5	17
8	William	254	↑2	7
9	Joseph	251	–	13
10	Steven	228	↑1	14
11	Thomas	223	↓3	9
12	Mark	207	↓6	6
13	Kevin	173	↑1	11
14	Stephen	168	↓1	29
15	Scott	153	↑2	12
16	Christopher	147	↑12	26
17	Jeffrey	144	↑5	10
18	Kenneth	137	↓2	18
19	Daniel	135	↓4	19
20	Peter	127	↑3	40
21	Brian	122	↓1	20
22	Donald	112	↑7	25
23	Edward	109	↓4	27
24	Charles	107	↑3	16
25	Anthony	102	↑1	22
26	Timothy	100	↓1	15
27	Gary	98	↓6	24
28	Ronald	95	↓4	23
29	Raymond	87	↓11	45
30	George	81	–	34
31	Bruce	70	↑4	43
32	Keith	67	↑2	33
33	Frank	65	–	41
34	Gregory	60	↓3	21
35	Patrick	59	↑7	35
36	Russell	57	–	57
37	Eric	56	↑6	31
38	Douglas	53	–	28
39	Todd	53	↑2	30
40	Alan	52	↑6	56
41	Dennis	52	↑4	39
42	Wayne	52	↑5	63
43	Andrew	47	↓6	42
44	Glenn	44	↓5	64
45	Marc	44	↓13	>100
46	Matthew	43	new	50
47	Roger	38	↓7	53
48	Albert	37	new	100
49	Arthur	36	↓5	91
50	Gerald	35	↓2	60

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