Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1971

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (344 babies) and Michael for boys (410). Social Security records list 12,710 babies born in Rhode Island in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1971

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: 54 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Bethany: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kristen: 86 babies, 6× the national rate
Lauren: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynn: 41 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kerry: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dina: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kimberley: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Darlene: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Erin: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Alfred: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Raymond: 76 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Derek: 56 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 84 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Albert: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marc: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dean: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wayne: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Glenn: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stephen: 108 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	344	–	1
2	Lisa	236	–	3
3	Melissa	177	↑2	7
4	Michelle	169	–	2
5	Kimberly	151	↓2	4
6	Christine	127	↑1	18
7	Dawn	113	↓1	14
8	Amy	105	↑4	5
9	Susan	101	–	17
10	Lori	91	–	25
11	Kristen	86	–	87
12	Heather	80	↑6	12
13	Julie	79	↑7	10
14	Tammy	79	↑7	8
15	Nicole	76	↑4	27
16	Karen	74	↓8	15
17	Mary	66	↓1	9
18	Kelly	64	↑8	22
19	Donna	61	↓4	38
20	Deborah	60	↑9	33
21	Tina	60	↑7	20
22	Tracy	60	↓8	13
23	Stephanie	59	↑8	11
24	Rebecca	57	↓1	23
25	Elizabeth	54	↓12	19
26	Kerri	54	↑10	>100
27	Sandra	50	↑23	31
28	Patricia	49	↓3	26
29	Gina	48	↑3	69
30	Kathleen	48	↑5	53
31	Pamela	47	↓9	28
32	Wendy	47	↓2	29
33	Shannon	45	new	21
34	Brenda	44	↑3	43
35	Michele	43	↓11	39
36	Cheryl	42	↓19	50
37	Debra	41	↑1	57
38	Denise	41	↑1	36
39	Lynn	41	↑1	>100
40	Jessica	40	new	64
41	Kristin	40	↓8	71
42	Erin	39	↑1	93
43	Melanie	39	new	66
44	Tracey	39	↑3	74
45	Diane	38	new	83
46	Holly	38	new	76
47	Sharon	37	new	40
48	Linda	36	↓2	42
49	Stacey	36	↓7	41
50	Stacy	36	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	410	–	1
2	John	323	↑1	4
3	David	302	↓1	3
4	Robert	289	–	5
5	Christopher	278	↑1	6
6	James	210	↓1	2
7	Scott	206	↑4	10
8	Jason	191	↑8	8
9	Joseph	177	↓1	15
10	Brian	169	–	9
11	Richard	161	↓4	11
12	William	142	↓3	7
13	Steven	130	↑1	16
14	Thomas	130	↓1	17
15	Kevin	128	–	14
16	Paul	116	↑1	24
17	Mark	115	↓5	13
18	Matthew	111	↑4	19
19	Daniel	109	–	20
20	Stephen	108	↑1	27
21	Jeffrey	105	↓3	12
22	Eric	99	↓2	18
23	Peter	84	–	47
24	Anthony	83	–	23
25	Edward	79	–	32
26	Timothy	77	–	21
27	Raymond	76	↑4	52
28	Keith	75	↑6	37
29	Todd	70	↓2	30
30	Donald	69	↑10	34
31	Kenneth	63	↓3	25
32	Ronald	59	↓3	31
33	Sean	58	–	36
34	Charles	56	↓2	22
35	Derek	56	↑12	63
36	Gregory	56	↓6	26
37	Patrick	56	↓1	35
38	George	52	↑5	42
39	Shawn	44	↑7	28
40	Andrew	41	↓3	33
41	Jonathan	41	↓3	40
42	Marc	41	↓7	70
43	Gary	40	↓1	38
44	Frank	36	↓3	54
45	Craig	32	↓1	43
46	Wayne	30	new	92
47	Albert	28	↑3	>100
48	Dennis	28	↓9	49
49	Jeremy	28	new	45
50	Douglas	27	↓5	39

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