Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1977

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (281 babies) and Michael for boys (369). Social Security records list 9,676 babies born in Rhode Island in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1977

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: 52 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Bethany: 37 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kate: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kristen: 56 babies, 5× the national rate
Lauren: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Keri: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dawn: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gina: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Erin: 89 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristin: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 74 babies, 4× the national rate
Derek: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marc: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Raymond: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dennis: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Frank: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	281	–	1
2	Melissa	174	–	2
3	Jessica	141	–	4
4	Heather	129	–	5
5	Amy	104	–	3
6	Lisa	100	↑2	12
7	Michelle	90	↓1	7
8	Erin	89	↑7	23
9	Sarah	87	↑3	11
10	Elizabeth	85	↑3	13
11	Stephanie	83	↓2	14
12	Nicole	80	↓5	15
13	Kelly	72	↑4	10
14	Kimberly	72	↑2	8
15	Rebecca	68	↓4	17
16	Christine	63	↓6	30
17	Dawn	59	↓3	43
18	Kristen	56	↑3	72
19	Christina	52	↑6	16
20	Kerri	52	↑3	>100
21	Jill	51	↑19	41
22	Tara	49	↑25	35
23	Danielle	45	↓5	31
24	Julie	43	↓5	22
25	Shannon	38	↓1	19
26	Bethany	37	↑10	>100
27	Sara	37	↑15	27
28	Amanda	36	↑3	9
29	Jaime	36	↑1	46
30	Alicia	35	new	60
31	Jamie	33	↑2	18
32	Katherine	33	↑17	44
33	Sandra	32	new	61
34	Andrea	31	↑7	24
35	Karen	31	↓9	32
36	Holly	30	new	52
37	Kristin	30	new	82
38	Laura	30	↓6	20
39	Mary	30	↓5	21
40	Gina	29	↑4	88
41	Kathleen	29	↓4	80
42	Megan	29	new	54
43	Rachel	29	↓5	26
44	Emily	28	new	37
45	Susan	28	↓18	45
46	Tracy	28	↓18	50
47	Lauren	27	new	>100
48	Lori	27	↓26	57
49	Maria	26	↑1	36
50	Melanie	26	↓30	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	369	–	1
2	Jason	249	–	2
3	David	188	↑1	4
4	Matthew	187	↑4	9
5	Christopher	186	↓2	3
6	John	174	↓1	7
7	Joseph	160	↑4	10
8	Robert	152	↓2	6
9	Brian	132	↓2	8
10	James	130	↓1	5
11	Eric	113	↑2	17
12	Daniel	109	↓2	11
13	Steven	92	↑6	23
14	Joshua	91	↑11	14
15	Kevin	89	–	13
16	Richard	86	↑4	20
17	Scott	79	↓1	27
18	Thomas	78	↓4	22
19	Peter	74	↑8	55
20	William	73	↓8	12
21	Andrew	67	↑11	24
22	Mark	66	–	25
23	Paul	66	–	31
24	Ryan	64	↑6	16
25	Jeffrey	61	↓8	19
26	Timothy	59	↓2	18
27	Anthony	58	↓6	21
28	Jonathan	56	↓2	28
29	Adam	55	↑14	33
30	Justin	54	↑4	30
31	Stephen	54	↓13	38
32	Gregory	52	↓4	35
33	Jeremy	51	↓2	15
34	Kenneth	45	↑3	39
35	Nathan	43	↑3	36
36	Sean	42	↓3	43
37	Keith	41	↓8	48
38	Patrick	41	↑1	40
39	Shawn	41	↓4	37
40	Charles	39	↑1	26
41	Derek	38	↓5	84
42	Edward	37	↓2	47
43	Benjamin	36	↑2	29
44	Nicholas	35	new	51
45	Raymond	35	↓3	65
46	Todd	31	↑2	50
47	Dennis	29	↓1	68
48	Ronald	29	new	53
49	Aaron	27	↓5	32
50	Corey	27	new	52

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