Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1973

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (326 babies) and Michael for boys (357). Social Security records list 10,275 babies born in Rhode Island in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1973

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: 47 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Bethany: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kristen: 79 babies, 5× the national rate
Kerry: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Lynn: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Erin: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tricia: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tracey: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Christine: 96 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jessica: 63 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Derek: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Wayne: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Raymond: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Arthur: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Keith: 64 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Frank: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Paul: 94 babies, 2× the national rate
Marc: 24 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	326	–	1
2	Melissa	150	↑1	6
3	Michelle	148	↓1	3
4	Lisa	127	↑1	5
5	Kimberly	109	↓1	4
6	Amy	97	↑1	2
7	Christine	96	↓1	17
8	Heather	90	↑3	8
9	Rebecca	81	↑9	10
10	Dawn	79	↓1	21
11	Kristen	79	↑6	58
12	Elizabeth	69	↑7	13
13	Nicole	68	↓5	11
14	Stephanie	65	↓2	9
15	Jessica	63	↑18	34
16	Susan	59	↓1	25
17	Julie	57	↓7	12
18	Lori	54	↓4	28
19	Melanie	52	↑9	43
20	Karen	51	↓7	23
21	Kelly	50	–	18
22	Tammy	50	↓6	15
23	Tracy	48	–	20
24	Kerri	47	↑8	>100
25	Brenda	41	new	53
26	Christina	41	↑5	16
27	Tina	40	↑15	24
28	Erin	39	↑9	79
29	Patricia	37	↓7	27
30	Maria	34	new	31
31	Mary	34	↑3	14
32	Tara	34	↑7	37
33	Shannon	33	↑16	22
34	Michele	32	↓5	44
35	Rachel	32	↑13	42
36	Sarah	32	new	35
37	Stacey	32	↑4	41
38	Danielle	31	new	49
39	Sandra	31	↓14	39
40	Andrea	30	↑4	30
41	Kathleen	30	↓17	68
42	Paula	30	new	87
43	Wendy	30	↓16	29
44	Holly	28	new	54
45	Stacy	28	new	32
46	Tracey	28	↓3	>100
47	Jill	27	new	62
48	Laura	27	new	19
49	Renee	27	new	80
50	Erica	26	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	357	–	1
2	Christopher	267	–	2
3	Jason	256	↑3	3
4	David	236	↓1	5
5	Robert	215	↑2	7
6	John	204	↓2	6
7	Brian	185	↑1	8
8	James	162	↓3	4
9	Joseph	140	–	12
10	William	124	↑4	9
11	Kevin	123	↑2	14
12	Scott	114	↓2	18
13	Matthew	106	↑6	10
14	Richard	104	↓3	16
15	Steven	103	–	20
16	Daniel	101	↑4	11
17	Eric	96	↓1	13
18	Paul	94	↑3	24
19	Thomas	93	↓7	19
20	Jeffrey	92	↓2	17
21	Mark	90	↓4	15
22	Timothy	70	↑1	22
23	Anthony	67	↑3	21
24	Keith	64	↑7	41
25	Gregory	60	↑3	26
26	Peter	56	↓2	52
27	Ronald	56	↑7	40
28	Edward	55	↑1	39
29	Stephen	54	↓7	32
30	Jonathan	52	↓5	31
31	Sean	49	↓1	36
32	Todd	48	↑7	35
33	Derek	46	↓1	69
34	Charles	44	↓1	23
35	Donald	44	↑6	38
36	Kenneth	44	↓9	28
37	Patrick	43	↑8	37
38	Raymond	42	↑2	60
39	Andrew	38	↓2	29
40	Joshua	38	↓2	42
41	Frank	37	↑6	61
42	Adam	36	↑4	45
43	Ryan	36	↑6	30
44	Shawn	35	↓8	27
45	Dennis	34	↓3	56
46	Gary	31	↓3	44
47	Justin	31	new	51
48	George	29	↓13	46
49	Jamie	28	↓5	70
50	Jeremy	27	new	33

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