Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1967

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1967 were Lisa for girls (369 babies) and Michael for boys (560). Social Security records list 14,272 babies born in Rhode Island in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1967

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: 23 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Kerri: 33 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Kristen: 67 babies, 6× the national rate
Lynne: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dina: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Joanne: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lynn: 67 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Erin: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Christine: 187 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joann: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 127 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francis: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marc: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Louis: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stephen: 141 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wayne: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Raymond: 64 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joseph: 228 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	369	–	1
2	Michelle	198	–	3
3	Christine	187	↑2	14
4	Karen	167	↓1	6
5	Kimberly	165	↑2	2
6	Susan	151	↓2	5
7	Donna	144	↑1	19
8	Lori	123	↑1	24
9	Dawn	118	↓3	27
10	Melissa	110	↑16	9
11	Elizabeth	109	↑5	13
12	Deborah	105	↑8	22
13	Mary	101	↓2	4
14	Jennifer	94	↑8	10
15	Patricia	92	↓5	11
16	Kathleen	85	↓1	40
17	Pamela	81	↑15	17
18	Cheryl	76	↓5	35
19	Kelly	74	↑20	23
20	Debra	72	↓6	38
21	Julie	72	↑15	16
22	Linda	69	↓10	26
23	Denise	68	↓5	34
24	Nancy	68	↑5	37
25	Sandra	68	↓8	20
26	Kristen	67	↑19	>100
27	Lynn	67	↑1	81
28	Brenda	66	↓3	31
29	Robin	65	↑1	45
30	Diane	61	↓6	44
31	Tammy	60	↑6	8
32	Tina	59	↑2	21
33	Gina	57	↑5	54
34	Stephanie	55	new	25
35	Cynthia	53	↓12	18
36	Paula	53	↓15	46
37	Ann	51	↑7	57
38	Michele	50	↓7	36
39	Wendy	49	↑11	32
40	Catherine	48	new	55
41	Laurie	48	↓8	72
42	Sharon	48	↓15	30
43	Tracy	45	–	29
44	Barbara	44	↓9	33
45	Kim	44	↓26	49
46	Rebecca	43	new	39
47	Amy	42	new	12
48	Jill	42	new	50
49	Laura	42	↓9	15
50	Carol	41	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	560	–	1
2	David	434	–	2
3	John	379	↑1	4
4	Robert	368	↓1	5
5	James	276	–	3
6	Christopher	248	↑2	9
7	Richard	244	↓1	8
8	Joseph	228	↓1	15
9	William	217	–	6
10	Paul	194	↑2	18
11	Steven	182	↓1	14
12	Kevin	177	↑3	17
13	Thomas	177	↓2	12
14	Mark	170	–	7
15	Brian	150	↑2	10
16	Scott	145	↓3	16
17	Stephen	141	↓1	26
18	Timothy	132	↑2	11
19	Peter	127	↑2	39
20	Kenneth	114	↓1	22
21	Anthony	94	↑1	21
22	Jeffrey	92	↓4	13
23	Daniel	91	–	19
24	Edward	91	↑4	31
25	Ronald	89	–	24
26	Todd	78	↑12	29
27	Andrew	77	↑5	35
28	Donald	77	↑5	27
29	Matthew	75	↑1	28
30	Gregory	71	↑1	25
31	Eric	66	↓4	23
32	Gary	64	↓3	32
33	Raymond	64	↓9	48
34	Keith	61	–	34
35	Charles	60	↓9	20
36	George	60	↑3	36
37	Dennis	55	↑3	43
38	Douglas	51	↑3	33
39	Frank	47	↓2	45
40	Patrick	42	↓5	30
41	Sean	42	↓5	44
42	Wayne	42	↑3	62
43	Marc	36	↑1	>100
44	Russell	35	new	58
45	Alan	34	↑3	61
46	Louis	31	new	>100
47	Glenn	29	new	91
48	Arthur	28	new	94
49	Shawn	28	new	51
50	Dean	27	↓1	78

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