Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1974

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (309 babies) and Michael for boys (333). Social Security records list 9,534 babies born in Rhode Island in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1974

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: 56 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Bethany: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lynn: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Keri: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kerry: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristen: 76 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Colleen: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristine: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jessica: 101 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Erin: 53 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wayne: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Raymond: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Louis: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marc: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jamie: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kyle: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Keith: 54 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stephen: 72 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dennis: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	309	–	1
2	Melissa	149	–	7
3	Amy	136	↑3	2
4	Michelle	124	↓1	3
5	Lisa	110	↓1	8
6	Heather	105	↑2	4
7	Jessica	101	↑8	17
8	Kimberly	99	↓3	6
9	Christine	88	↓2	19
10	Rebecca	87	↓1	10
11	Nicole	83	↑2	11
12	Elizabeth	78	–	12
13	Kristen	76	↓2	45
14	Dawn	73	↓4	22
15	Stephanie	61	↓1	9
16	Kerri	56	↑8	>100
17	Erin	53	↑11	47
18	Tracy	53	↑5	23
19	Kelly	49	↑2	15
20	Melanie	47	↓1	51
21	Susan	46	↓5	27
22	Karen	45	↓2	26
23	Tara	45	↑9	39
24	Julie	44	↓7	14
25	Lori	44	↓7	30
26	Tammy	44	↓4	24
27	Sarah	41	↑9	20
28	Tina	40	↓1	25
29	Christina	38	↓3	16
30	Erica	35	↑20	74
31	Stacey	34	↑6	48
32	Gina	33	new	84
33	Andrea	32	↑7	35
34	Pamela	32	new	54
35	Wendy	32	↑8	32
36	Danielle	30	↑2	40
37	Patricia	29	↓8	29
38	Lynn	28	new	>100
39	Mary	28	↓8	13
40	Rachel	28	↓5	36
41	Shannon	28	↓8	18
42	Stacy	28	↑3	38
43	Maria	27	↓13	31
44	Deborah	26	new	68
45	Michele	26	↓11	50
46	Sandra	26	↓7	44
47	Kristin	25	new	72
48	Laura	25	–	21
49	Colleen	24	new	>100
50	Heidi	24	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	333	–	1
2	Jason	295	↑1	2
3	David	210	↑1	4
4	Christopher	193	↓2	3
5	Robert	180	–	7
6	John	170	–	6
7	Brian	164	–	8
8	James	144	–	5
9	Joseph	133	–	12
10	Daniel	108	↑6	11
11	Matthew	108	↑2	9
12	Scott	105	–	18
13	William	104	↓3	10
14	Kevin	103	↓3	14
15	Eric	96	↑2	13
16	Steven	93	↓1	19
17	Richard	88	↓3	17
18	Mark	83	↑3	16
19	Thomas	78	–	20
20	Jeffrey	76	–	15
21	Stephen	72	↑8	35
22	Timothy	71	–	22
23	Paul	65	↓5	27
24	Peter	62	↑2	50
25	Anthony	55	↓2	21
26	Keith	54	↓2	44
27	Andrew	52	↑12	28
28	Sean	52	↑3	37
29	Joshua	49	↑11	29
30	Gregory	43	↓5	31
31	Jonathan	42	↓1	33
32	Raymond	42	↑6	62
33	Adam	39	↑9	36
34	Ryan	39	↑9	25
35	Jeremy	38	↑15	24
36	Patrick	37	↑1	38
37	Shawn	37	↑7	30
38	Charles	36	↓4	23
39	Kenneth	36	↓3	34
40	Todd	36	↓8	39
41	Dennis	35	↑4	59
42	Justin	35	↑5	43
43	Ronald	34	↓16	42
44	Edward	32	↓16	40
45	Aaron	31	new	32
46	Jamie	31	↑3	68
47	Donald	29	↓12	41
48	Derek	25	↓15	74
49	Marc	25	new	85
50	Craig	24	new	57

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