Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1976

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (298 babies) and Michael for boys (362). Social Security records list 8,973 babies born in Rhode Island in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1976

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: 43 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Bethany: 28 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Keri: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kristen: 46 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Aimee: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Melanie: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jessica: 148 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dawn: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kathleen: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gina: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Derek: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marc: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Vincent: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stephen: 76 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Keith: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Raymond: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Seth: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dennis: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kyle: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	298	–	1
2	Melissa	171	–	3
3	Jessica	148	↑4	8
4	Heather	121	–	4
5	Amy	115	↓2	2
6	Michelle	98	–	6
7	Nicole	87	↑2	13
8	Lisa	81	↓3	9
9	Stephanie	65	↑5	11
10	Christine	62	↑2	26
11	Rebecca	62	–	12
12	Sarah	61	↑1	15
13	Elizabeth	58	↑4	16
14	Dawn	57	↓4	35
15	Erin	57	↑3	24
16	Kimberly	56	↓8	7
17	Kelly	51	↑8	19
18	Danielle	48	↑13	33
19	Julie	48	↑4	21
20	Melanie	47	↑15	53
21	Kristen	46	–	73
22	Lori	45	↓6	47
23	Kerri	43	↓8	>100
24	Shannon	43	–	17
25	Christina	42	↓5	14
26	Karen	42	–	31
27	Susan	41	↓8	40
28	Tracy	38	↓6	37
29	Angela	37	↑17	5
30	Jaime	37	new	29
31	Amanda	36	↑2	10
32	Laura	35	↑4	20
33	Jamie	34	new	18
34	Mary	29	↑10	22
35	Patricia	29	new	43
36	Bethany	28	↑11	>100
37	Kathleen	27	new	82
38	Rachel	27	–	23
39	Tammy	27	↑6	41
40	Jill	26	↑9	52
41	Andrea	25	↓7	25
42	Sara	25	new	27
43	Erica	24	↓3	54
44	Gina	24	↓17	94
45	Stacey	24	↓13	51
46	Tanya	24	new	61
47	Tara	24	new	42
48	April	23	new	30
49	Katherine	23	↓8	57
50	Maria	23	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	362	–	1
2	Jason	243	–	2
3	Christopher	227	–	3
4	David	202	–	4
5	John	157	↑2	6
6	Robert	152	↓1	7
7	Brian	131	↑1	8
8	Matthew	125	↑2	9
9	James	124	–	5
10	Daniel	112	↑2	10
11	Joseph	111	↓5	12
12	William	104	↑9	11
13	Eric	94	↑7	13
14	Thomas	90	–	23
15	Kevin	85	↑3	15
16	Scott	85	↓3	24
17	Jeffrey	78	↓2	17
18	Stephen	76	↑9	37
19	Steven	74	↓2	20
20	Richard	70	↓9	19
21	Anthony	69	↑1	22
22	Mark	67	↓3	25
23	Paul	66	–	28
24	Timothy	66	↑1	21
25	Joshua	65	↓9	18
26	Jonathan	55	↑5	31
27	Peter	52	↓1	54
28	Gregory	50	↑2	35
29	Keith	50	↓5	48
30	Ryan	50	↑10	16
31	Jeremy	48	↑11	14
32	Andrew	45	↑5	27
33	Sean	41	↓5	42
34	Justin	39	–	33
35	Shawn	37	–	34
36	Derek	33	↑10	84
37	Kenneth	33	↓5	38
38	Nathan	33	new	39
39	Patrick	33	↑6	41
40	Edward	32	↓11	45
41	Charles	31	new	26
42	Raymond	31	↑1	65
43	Adam	30	↓10	36
44	Aaron	28	–	30
45	Benjamin	28	↓4	32
46	Dennis	28	↓7	66
47	Donald	28	↑2	47
48	Todd	27	↓12	50
49	Craig	26	↑1	61
50	Jamie	26	↓3	62

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