Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1964

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1964 were Lisa for girls (391 babies) and Michael for boys (599). Social Security records list 16,230 babies born in Rhode Island in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1964

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, 10.2× the national rate
Kerri: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kristen: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lynn: 79 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lynne: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Doreen: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kerry: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Colleen: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joanne: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Erin: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Roland: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Peter: 146 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marc: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alfred: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Stephen: 158 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Louis: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sean: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joseph: 288 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Raymond: 81 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Paul: 249 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	391	–	1
2	Susan	243	–	3
3	Donna	213	↑1	7
4	Karen	207	↑1	4
5	Mary	188	↑1	2
6	Lori	173	↓3	15
7	Linda	156	↑1	8
8	Patricia	152	↓1	5
9	Christine	149	↑4	28
10	Kathleen	128	↑6	30
11	Deborah	121	↓2	12
12	Robin	118	↓1	27
13	Cheryl	117	↓3	29
14	Debra	117	↑1	24
15	Diane	117	↓1	32
16	Nancy	107	↓4	26
17	Pamela	96	↑6	11
18	Dawn	95	↑18	33
19	Kimberly	93	↑2	6
20	Denise	90	↓2	25
21	Michelle	87	↑5	23
22	Brenda	86	–	18
23	Sandra	86	↓6	13
24	Elizabeth	84	↓5	16
25	Lynn	79	↑5	72
26	Cynthia	75	↓1	9
27	Laurie	74	–	59
28	Paula	72	↓4	45
29	Sharon	72	↑2	20
30	Ann	68	↓1	60
31	Jacqueline	68	new	37
32	Barbara	67	↓12	19
33	Carol	64	↓5	36
34	Maria	64	↑5	41
35	Jennifer	61	↑7	31
36	Colleen	52	↓1	94
37	Tammy	52	↑9	10
38	Carolyn	51	new	56
39	Margaret	50	↑5	49
40	Suzanne	49	↓6	67
41	Kim	48	–	42
42	Laura	48	↑1	14
43	Theresa	44	↑7	38
44	Catherine	43	↑3	54
45	Gina	42	new	79
46	Judith	42	↓14	98
47	Tina	42	new	34
48	Joanne	41	↓11	>100
49	Maureen	40	↓4	>100
50	Michele	40	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	599	–	1
2	John	598	↑1	2
3	David	535	↓1	3
4	Robert	468	–	5
5	James	351	–	4
6	Joseph	288	↑3	11
7	William	261	↑1	7
8	Richard	252	↓2	8
9	Paul	249	↓2	16
10	Thomas	220	↑1	9
11	Mark	194	↑1	6
12	Steven	194	↓2	12
13	Kevin	191	–	13
14	Stephen	158	–	29
15	Scott	153	–	14
16	Peter	146	↑4	39
17	Daniel	140	↑2	19
18	Christopher	135	↓2	23
19	Jeffrey	134	↓2	10
20	Edward	132	↑3	27
21	Kenneth	127	↓3	18
22	Brian	114	↓1	20
23	Ronald	113	↑5	24
24	Timothy	108	↑2	15
25	Charles	101	↓1	17
26	Anthony	99	↓1	21
27	Gary	93	–	26
28	Donald	88	↓6	25
29	Raymond	81	–	44
30	George	73	–	33
31	Gregory	71	↑3	22
32	Andrew	61	↑11	37
33	Patrick	61	↑2	30
34	Eric	60	↑3	32
35	Frank	52	↓2	41
36	Matthew	52	↑10	43
37	Keith	50	↓5	34
38	Dennis	49	↑3	42
39	Douglas	48	↓1	31
40	Bruce	47	↓9	46
41	Todd	47	↓2	28
42	Alan	46	↓2	53
43	Wayne	44	↓1	61
44	Marc	43	↑1	>100
45	Louis	38	new	>100
46	Gerald	37	↑4	60
47	Philip	33	new	76
48	Roger	32	↓1	49
49	Russell	32	↓13	58
50	Sean	32	new	>100

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