Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1966

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1966 were Lisa for girls (392 babies) and Michael for boys (522). Social Security records list 14,655 babies born in Rhode Island in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1966

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: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Kerri: 23 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Kristen: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lynn: 67 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Doreen: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lynne: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jeanne: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Colleen: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lauren: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joanne: 34 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Roland: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marc: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 106 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Raymond: 89 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alfred: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stephen: 154 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Albert: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joseph: 240 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sean: 57 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	392	–	1
2	Michelle	203	↑15	4
3	Karen	196	↓1	5
4	Susan	195	–	6
5	Christine	171	–	20
6	Dawn	159	↑8	24
7	Kimberly	157	↑3	2
8	Donna	149	↓5	12
9	Lori	147	↓1	21
10	Patricia	136	↓4	7
11	Mary	116	↓4	3
12	Linda	110	↓3	18
13	Cheryl	102	↓2	34
14	Debra	101	↑5	35
15	Kathleen	98	↓2	37
16	Elizabeth	91	↑6	16
17	Sandra	89	↑3	17
18	Denise	85	↓2	32
19	Kim	85	↑16	43
20	Deborah	83	↓8	14
21	Paula	83	↑7	50
22	Jennifer	81	↑2	10
23	Cynthia	76	↑8	11
24	Diane	75	↓6	45
25	Brenda	73	↓4	25
26	Melissa	72	↑18	22
27	Sharon	69	↑5	28
28	Lynn	67	↑6	81
29	Nancy	66	↓3	33
30	Robin	66	↓15	42
31	Michele	63	↑16	36
32	Pamela	63	↓7	15
33	Laurie	60	↓6	63
34	Tina	60	new	23
35	Barbara	59	↓12	27
36	Julie	56	↓6	13
37	Tammy	56	new	8
38	Gina	54	↑4	58
39	Kelly	54	↓10	26
40	Laura	50	↑5	19
41	Colleen	49	new	93
42	Maria	48	↓2	44
43	Tracy	46	↑5	31
44	Ann	44	↓3	61
45	Kristen	44	↓8	>100
46	Rhonda	43	new	39
47	Jacqueline	42	↓9	47
48	Anne	41	new	83
49	Suzanne	41	↓6	62
50	Wendy	41	↓17	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	522	–	1
2	David	474	↑1	2
3	Robert	410	↑1	5
4	John	398	↓2	4
5	James	307	–	3
6	Richard	256	↑1	8
7	Joseph	240	↓1	15
8	Christopher	230	–	12
9	William	222	↑1	6
10	Steven	196	↑3	13
11	Thomas	189	–	10
12	Paul	181	↓3	18
13	Scott	169	↑2	16
14	Mark	167	↓2	7
15	Kevin	166	↓1	17
16	Stephen	154	–	26
17	Brian	145	↑1	14
18	Jeffrey	126	↑6	9
19	Kenneth	117	↑1	21
20	Timothy	117	↑1	11
21	Peter	106	↓2	39
22	Anthony	104	↑1	22
23	Daniel	102	↓6	19
24	Raymond	89	↑1	47
25	Ronald	87	↑5	24
26	Charles	80	↑3	20
27	Eric	74	–	25
28	Edward	72	↓6	30
29	Gary	69	↓3	28
30	Matthew	63	↑5	34
31	Gregory	61	–	23
32	Andrew	60	↑1	36
33	Donald	60	↓5	27
34	Keith	57	↑4	32
35	Patrick	57	↑1	31
36	Sean	57	new	50
37	Frank	55	↓3	43
38	Todd	55	↓1	29
39	George	54	↓7	37
40	Dennis	43	↑5	44
41	Douglas	43	↑1	33
42	Bruce	41	↑2	53
43	Craig	39	↑7	46
44	Marc	38	↑3	>100
45	Wayne	33	↓2	59
46	Jonathan	32	new	65
47	Albert	31	new	100
48	Alan	30	↓9	57
49	Dean	29	new	84
50	Roger	28	↓10	51

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