Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1970

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (248 babies) and Michael for boys (480). Social Security records list 13,823 babies born in Rhode Island in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1970

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: 26 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Kerri: 49 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Kristen: 97 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lynn: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Erin: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jean: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dawn: 167 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kara: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cheryl: 76 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Darlene: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 99 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marc: 61 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joshua: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Raymond: 73 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dean: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Glen: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Louis: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Christian: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	248	↑3	1
2	Lisa	241	↓1	2
3	Kimberly	182	↑2	3
4	Michelle	181	↓2	4
5	Melissa	174	↑1	7
6	Dawn	167	↑1	16
7	Christine	144	↓4	14
8	Karen	134	↑2	12
9	Susan	107	–	15
10	Lori	101	↑1	23
11	Kristen	97	↑4	83
12	Amy	84	↑16	5
13	Elizabeth	82	↑1	18
14	Tracy	82	↓1	10
15	Donna	80	↓7	32
16	Mary	77	↑6	9
17	Cheryl	76	↑4	44
18	Heather	76	↓2	19
19	Nicole	76	new	30
20	Julie	71	↓2	11
21	Tammy	71	↑6	8
22	Pamela	69	↓3	26
23	Rebecca	66	↑13	29
24	Michele	65	↓4	31
25	Patricia	65	↓13	24
26	Kelly	61	↓9	20
27	Laura	59	↑6	13
28	Tina	59	↑1	21
29	Deborah	58	↓4	33
30	Wendy	57	↓7	28
31	Stephanie	55	↑11	17
32	Gina	53	↑3	61
33	Kristin	53	↑14	63
34	Robin	52	↑3	51
35	Kathleen	49	↓3	45
36	Kerri	49	new	>100
37	Brenda	46	↑1	40
38	Debra	46	↑2	47
39	Denise	42	↓9	36
40	Lynn	42	↓1	>100
41	Renee	42	↓15	68
42	Stacey	41	new	48
43	Erin	40	new	>100
44	Jill	40	new	52
45	Laurie	40	↓14	88
46	Linda	40	↓22	38
47	Tracey	40	↑2	55
48	Christina	39	new	35
49	Kim	39	↑1	78
50	Sandra	39	↓9	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	480	–	1
2	David	365	–	3
3	John	348	↑1	4
4	Robert	342	↓1	5
5	James	263	–	2
6	Christopher	235	–	6
7	Richard	198	↑2	10
8	Joseph	183	–	16
9	William	173	↑1	7
10	Brian	165	↑2	8
11	Scott	162	↓4	12
12	Mark	159	↑4	9
13	Thomas	159	↓2	17
14	Steven	156	↓1	15
15	Kevin	150	↓1	14
16	Jason	141	↑20	13
17	Paul	135	↓2	23
18	Jeffrey	129	↓1	11
19	Daniel	125	↑7	19
20	Eric	117	↑5	18
21	Stephen	117	↓3	27
22	Matthew	105	↑1	24
23	Peter	99	↓3	44
24	Anthony	97	↓3	22
25	Edward	95	↓6	31
26	Timothy	95	↓4	20
27	Todd	89	↑3	28
28	Kenneth	84	↓1	25
29	Ronald	77	↓1	29
30	Gregory	76	↑2	26
31	Raymond	73	↑3	49
32	Charles	71	↓8	21
33	Sean	67	↑2	37
34	Keith	61	↓1	38
35	Marc	61	↑11	60
36	Patrick	60	↑3	33
37	Andrew	59	↓8	32
38	Jonathan	54	↑2	42
39	Dennis	52	↑3	46
40	Donald	49	↓3	30
41	Frank	47	↑2	48
42	Gary	46	↓4	35
43	George	46	↓12	40
44	Craig	39	↓3	39
45	Douglas	39	↓1	36
46	Shawn	37	↑2	34
47	Derek	33	new	77
48	Vincent	31	↑1	79
49	Dean	28	new	>100
50	Albert	24	new	>100

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