Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1969

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1969 were Lisa for girls (275 babies) and Michael for boys (541). Social Security records list 13,678 babies born in Rhode Island in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1969

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: 20 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Kerri: 34 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Kristen: 79 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lynne: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kerry: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joanne: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lynn: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maureen: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laurie: 57 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Renee: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 108 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Erik: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Kyle: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alfred: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Louis: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Raymond: 61 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Stephen: 130 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Edward: 108 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Christian: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ralph: 20 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	275	–	1
2	Michelle	197	–	2
3	Christine	182	–	14
4	Jennifer	177	↑3	3
5	Kimberly	165	↓1	4
6	Melissa	161	–	5
7	Dawn	133	↑2	21
8	Donna	121	↑4	26
9	Susan	117	↓4	11
10	Karen	115	↓2	13
11	Lori	102	–	20
12	Patricia	86	↓2	18
13	Tracy	85	↑31	17
14	Elizabeth	82	↓1	16
15	Kristen	79	↓1	96
16	Heather	78	new	34
17	Kelly	77	↑4	15
18	Julie	73	–	12
19	Pamela	72	↑22	24
20	Michele	69	↑3	30
21	Cheryl	68	↓1	41
22	Mary	66	↓7	8
23	Wendy	66	↑7	29
24	Linda	65	↓7	33
25	Deborah	64	↓6	27
26	Renee	62	new	67
27	Tammy	61	↓5	9
28	Amy	60	↑7	6
29	Tina	58	↑2	22
30	Denise	57	↑17	35
31	Laurie	57	↑9	79
32	Kathleen	55	↓16	42
33	Laura	54	↓9	10
34	Diane	53	↓9	61
35	Gina	52	↑2	63
36	Rebecca	52	new	28
37	Robin	52	↓4	46
38	Brenda	50	↓11	38
39	Lynn	49	↓10	>100
40	Debra	48	↓12	43
41	Sandra	47	↓7	25
42	Stephanie	45	↑1	19
43	Suzanne	45	↑7	75
44	Paula	42	↓18	50
45	Rhonda	41	↑3	44
46	Barbara	40	↓10	39
47	Kristin	39	↓8	76
48	Nancy	39	↓16	45
49	Tracey	39	new	65
50	Kim	38	↓1	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	541	–	1
2	David	405	–	2
3	Robert	359	–	5
4	John	352	–	4
5	James	250	–	3
6	Christopher	223	↑3	7
7	Scott	215	↑8	12
8	Joseph	207	↓2	15
9	Richard	200	↓2	10
10	William	187	↓2	6
11	Thomas	173	–	13
12	Brian	168	↑4	9
13	Steven	162	↑1	14
14	Kevin	155	↓1	16
15	Paul	155	↓3	22
16	Mark	148	↓6	8
17	Jeffrey	145	↑1	11
18	Stephen	130	↑1	27
19	Edward	108	↑7	32
20	Peter	108	↓3	43
21	Anthony	99	↑2	20
22	Timothy	95	↓2	17
23	Matthew	93	↑1	24
24	Charles	90	↑4	19
25	Eric	87	↑4	21
26	Daniel	85	↓5	18
27	Kenneth	85	↓5	23
28	Ronald	79	↓3	29
29	Andrew	66	↑8	33
30	Todd	65	↓3	28
31	George	64	↑3	38
32	Gregory	62	↑9	26
33	Keith	61	↓2	36
34	Raymond	61	↓4	50
35	Sean	58	↑4	37
36	Jason	56	↑13	25
37	Donald	51	↓4	30
38	Gary	49	↓6	35
39	Patrick	49	↓1	31
40	Jonathan	48	new	46
41	Craig	39	↑2	39
42	Dennis	36	↓2	44
43	Frank	36	↓7	47
44	Douglas	33	↓2	34
45	Erik	33	new	>100
46	Marc	33	↓11	63
47	Russell	32	↓1	57
48	Shawn	30	new	41
49	Vincent	29	new	70
50	Louis	28	new	>100

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