Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1965

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1965 were Lisa for girls (379 babies) and Michael for boys (497). Social Security records list 15,620 babies born in Rhode Island in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1965

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

Kristen: 53 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kerri: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Doreen: 31 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynne: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Erin: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Joanne: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maureen: 44 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 58 babies, 3× the national rate
Monique: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Christine: 178 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Gerard: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Leo: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alfred: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 134 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Raymond: 103 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marc: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Francis: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stephen: 146 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Louis: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Christopher: 225 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	379	–	1
2	Karen	220	↑2	3
3	Donna	211	–	7
4	Susan	209	↓2	5
5	Christine	178	↑4	21
6	Patricia	172	↑2	6
7	Mary	150	↓2	2
8	Lori	141	↓2	19
9	Linda	127	↓2	8
10	Kimberly	114	↑9	4
11	Cheryl	113	↑2	31
12	Deborah	112	↓1	13
13	Kathleen	110	↓3	34
14	Dawn	107	↑4	26
15	Robin	107	↓3	33
16	Denise	100	↑4	28
17	Michelle	97	↑4	18
18	Diane	92	↓3	40
19	Debra	88	↓5	27
20	Sandra	88	↑3	15
21	Brenda	87	↑1	23
22	Elizabeth	87	↑2	16
23	Barbara	84	↑9	25
24	Jennifer	83	↑11	20
25	Pamela	80	↓8	12
26	Nancy	77	↓10	32
27	Laurie	69	–	60
28	Paula	67	–	49
29	Kelly	66	new	30
30	Julie	65	new	14
31	Cynthia	63	↓5	9
32	Sharon	63	↓3	22
33	Wendy	63	new	39
34	Lynn	58	↓9	80
35	Kim	56	↑6	43
36	Catherine	54	↑8	57
37	Kristen	53	new	>100
38	Jacqueline	52	↓7	47
39	Rebecca	51	new	41
40	Maria	49	↓6	46
41	Ann	48	↓11	59
42	Gina	48	↑3	70
43	Suzanne	48	↓3	65
44	Melissa	47	new	38
45	Laura	46	↓3	17
46	Margaret	45	↓7	52
47	Michele	45	↑3	48
48	Tracy	45	new	36
49	Carol	44	↓16	42
50	Maureen	44	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	497	–	1
2	John	477	–	2
3	David	436	–	3
4	Robert	426	–	5
5	James	394	–	4
6	Joseph	245	–	11
7	Richard	236	↑1	8
8	Christopher	225	↑10	18
9	Paul	219	–	16
10	William	219	↓3	6
11	Thomas	215	↓1	9
12	Mark	214	↓1	7
13	Steven	209	↓1	14
14	Kevin	174	↓1	13
15	Scott	165	–	15
16	Stephen	146	↓2	28
17	Daniel	139	–	17
18	Brian	136	↑4	19
19	Peter	134	↓3	39
20	Kenneth	132	↑1	21
21	Timothy	124	↑3	12
22	Edward	122	↓2	29
23	Anthony	114	↑3	22
24	Jeffrey	112	↓5	10
25	Raymond	103	↑4	45
26	Gary	93	↑1	27
27	Eric	91	↑7	25
28	Donald	89	–	26
29	Charles	81	↓4	20
30	Ronald	77	↓7	24
31	Gregory	68	–	23
32	George	65	↓2	34
33	Andrew	64	↓1	37
34	Frank	59	↑1	43
35	Matthew	59	↑1	36
36	Patrick	59	↓3	31
37	Todd	51	↑4	30
38	Keith	49	↓1	35
39	Alan	47	↑3	59
40	Roger	41	↑8	49
41	Russell	41	↑8	58
42	Douglas	39	↓3	32
43	Wayne	39	–	65
44	Bruce	37	↓4	50
45	Dennis	37	↓7	44
46	Vincent	36	new	61
47	Marc	34	↓3	>100
48	Philip	32	↓1	87
49	Arthur	31	new	96
50	Craig	31	new	46

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