Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1968

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1968 were Lisa for girls (341 babies) and Michael for boys (512). Social Security records list 13,501 babies born in Rhode Island in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1968

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: 35 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Kristen: 91 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lynne: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lynn: 60 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kristin: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Colleen: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Laurie: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Erin: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Charlene: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joanne: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 129 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marc: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Norman: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Christian: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Raymond: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joseph: 218 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dean: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Alexander: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	341	–	1
2	Michelle	188	–	2
3	Christine	173	–	14
4	Kimberly	172	↑1	3
5	Susan	157	↑1	10
6	Melissa	153	↑4	5
7	Jennifer	139	↑7	4
8	Karen	130	↓4	9
9	Dawn	126	–	21
10	Patricia	110	↑5	15
11	Lori	108	↓3	22
12	Donna	104	↓5	24
13	Elizabeth	95	↓2	17
14	Kristen	91	↑12	>100
15	Mary	79	↓2	6
16	Kathleen	77	–	40
17	Linda	76	↑5	28
18	Julie	71	↑3	16
19	Deborah	69	↓7	27
20	Cheryl	68	↓2	37
21	Kelly	68	↓2	12
22	Tammy	68	↑9	8
23	Michele	65	↑15	29
24	Laura	63	↑25	11
25	Diane	61	↑5	51
26	Paula	61	↑10	45
27	Brenda	60	↑1	34
28	Debra	60	↓8	38
29	Lynn	60	↓2	85
30	Wendy	60	↑9	31
31	Tina	57	↑1	18
32	Nancy	56	↓8	39
33	Robin	55	↓4	43
34	Sandra	54	↓9	26
35	Amy	53	↑12	13
36	Barbara	53	↑8	36
37	Gina	52	↓4	58
38	Cynthia	51	↓3	19
39	Kristin	51	new	84
40	Laurie	51	↑1	79
41	Pamela	51	↓24	20
42	Sharon	50	–	32
43	Stephanie	48	↓9	23
44	Tracy	44	↓1	25
45	Colleen	43	new	>100
46	Jill	42	↑2	46
47	Denise	41	↓24	35
48	Rhonda	41	new	42
49	Kim	39	↓4	57
50	Suzanne	39	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	512	–	1
2	David	399	–	2
3	Robert	374	↑1	5
4	John	357	↓1	3
5	James	251	–	4
6	Joseph	218	↑2	16
7	Richard	216	–	8
8	William	197	↑1	6
9	Christopher	196	↓3	9
10	Mark	182	↑4	7
11	Thomas	182	↑2	12
12	Paul	173	↓2	19
13	Kevin	163	↓1	17
14	Steven	161	↓3	15
15	Scott	160	↑1	14
16	Brian	146	↓1	10
17	Peter	129	↑2	39
18	Jeffrey	116	↑4	11
19	Stephen	113	↓2	27
20	Timothy	111	↓2	13
21	Daniel	108	↑2	18
22	Kenneth	101	↓2	23
23	Anthony	94	↓2	21
24	Matthew	89	↑5	24
25	Ronald	85	–	25
26	Edward	78	↓2	31
27	Todd	78	↓1	28
28	Charles	72	↑7	20
29	Eric	71	↑2	22
30	Raymond	63	↑3	50
31	Keith	59	↑3	35
32	Gary	56	–	32
33	Donald	55	↓5	29
34	George	54	↑2	36
35	Marc	53	↑8	84
36	Frank	51	↑3	49
37	Andrew	48	↓10	34
38	Patrick	47	↑2	30
39	Sean	47	↑2	37
40	Dennis	46	↓3	45
41	Gregory	44	↓11	26
42	Douglas	43	↓4	33
43	Craig	39	new	41
44	Dean	32	↑6	78
45	Bruce	30	new	61
46	Russell	29	↓2	56
47	Wayne	28	↓5	63
48	Alan	27	↓3	74
49	Jason	26	new	47
50	Carl	25	new	59

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