Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1975

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (269 babies) and Michael for boys (342). Social Security records list 8,824 babies born in Rhode Island in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1975

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: 57 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Bethany: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tracey: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kerry: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kristen: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Laurie: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Renee: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gina: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lauren: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lori: 55 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Seth: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peter: 62 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Derek: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Keith: 63 babies, 3× the national rate
Louis: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Christian: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Arthur: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wayne: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dennis: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jared: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	269	–	1
2	Melissa	148	–	4
3	Amy	141	–	2
4	Heather	112	↑2	3
5	Lisa	98	–	8
6	Michelle	97	↓2	6
7	Jessica	89	–	13
8	Kimberly	83	–	7
9	Nicole	72	↑2	10
10	Dawn	61	↑4	23
11	Rebecca	59	↓1	11
12	Christine	58	↓3	22
13	Sarah	58	↑14	17
14	Stephanie	58	↑1	9
15	Kerri	57	↑1	>100
16	Lori	55	↑9	39
17	Elizabeth	54	↓5	15
18	Erin	50	↓1	38
19	Susan	47	↑2	32
20	Christina	46	↑9	12
21	Kristen	46	↓8	60
22	Tracy	44	↓4	24
23	Julie	41	↑1	18
24	Shannon	41	↑17	21
25	Kelly	38	↓6	16
26	Karen	34	↓4	27
27	Gina	32	↑5	84
28	Renee	32	new	87
29	Sandra	32	↑17	51
30	Holly	31	new	55
31	Danielle	30	↑5	42
32	Stacey	30	↓1	44
33	Amanda	29	new	14
34	Andrea	29	↓1	28
35	Melanie	29	↓15	52
36	Laura	28	↑12	20
37	Tina	28	↓9	35
38	Rachel	27	↑2	26
39	Tracey	25	new	>100
40	Erica	24	↓10	63
41	Katherine	24	new	58
42	Pamela	24	↓8	70
43	Stacy	24	↓1	34
44	Mary	23	↓5	19
45	Tammy	23	↓19	31
46	Angela	22	new	5
47	Bethany	22	new	>100
48	Denise	22	new	64
49	Jill	22	new	46
50	Laurie	22	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	342	–	1
2	Jason	230	–	2
3	Christopher	214	↑1	3
4	David	203	↓1	5
5	Robert	177	–	6
6	Joseph	150	↑3	12
7	John	148	↓1	7
8	Brian	136	↓1	8
9	James	132	↓1	4
10	Matthew	106	↑1	9
11	Richard	97	↑6	16
12	Daniel	96	↓2	11
13	Scott	88	↓1	17
14	Thomas	88	↑5	20
15	Jeffrey	86	↑5	14
16	Joshua	85	↑13	26
17	Steven	81	↓1	18
18	Kevin	78	↓4	15
19	Mark	78	↓1	19
20	Eric	77	↓5	13
21	William	77	↓8	10
22	Anthony	73	↑3	21
23	Paul	68	–	29
24	Keith	63	↑2	49
25	Timothy	63	↓3	22
26	Peter	62	↓2	54
27	Stephen	57	↓6	34
28	Sean	55	–	40
29	Edward	54	↑15	41
30	Gregory	52	–	33
31	Jonathan	45	–	30
32	Kenneth	45	↑7	35
33	Adam	38	–	38
34	Justin	38	↑8	37
35	Shawn	38	↑2	31
36	Todd	38	↑4	43
37	Andrew	37	↓10	28
38	Ronald	36	↑5	46
39	Dennis	35	↑2	59
40	Ryan	34	↓6	23
41	Benjamin	33	new	36
42	Jeremy	33	↓7	24
43	Raymond	33	↓11	63
44	Aaron	32	↑1	32
45	Patrick	32	↓9	39
46	Derek	31	↑2	83
47	Jamie	30	↓1	62
48	George	28	new	53
49	Donald	27	↓2	42
50	Craig	26	–	58

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