Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1978

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (283 babies) and Michael for boys (412). Social Security records list 9,420 babies born in Rhode Island in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1978

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

Michaela: 20 babies, 41.2× the national rate
Kerri: 37 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Lynn: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bethany: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kristen: 58 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marissa: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jillian: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Diane: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Meghan: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Christine: 75 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Neil: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peter: 60 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Seth: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marc: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Raymond: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Manuel: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Paul: 82 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Derek: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Edward: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Keith: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	283	–	1
2	Jessica	177	↑1	3
3	Melissa	175	↓1	2
4	Heather	109	–	5
5	Lisa	106	↑1	11
6	Amy	102	↓1	4
7	Erin	88	↑1	21
8	Nicole	86	↑4	10
9	Elizabeth	85	↑1	14
10	Michelle	85	↓3	9
11	Sarah	84	↓2	8
12	Christine	75	↑4	29
13	Kelly	71	–	12
14	Stephanie	69	↓3	16
15	Rebecca	68	–	17
16	Kristen	58	↑2	62
17	Kimberly	57	↓3	13
18	Christina	53	↑1	15
19	Amanda	52	↑9	6
20	Danielle	46	↑3	31
21	Julie	46	↑3	26
22	Laura	41	↑16	19
23	Angela	38	new	7
24	Erica	38	new	34
25	Kerri	37	↓5	>100
26	Dawn	33	↓9	52
27	Lauren	33	↑20	80
28	Rachel	33	↑15	25
29	Andrea	32	↑5	23
30	Alicia	31	–	58
31	Jamie	31	–	20
32	Karen	31	↑3	39
33	Katherine	31	↓1	38
34	Emily	30	↑10	33
35	Jill	30	↓14	46
36	Kathleen	30	↑5	79
37	Melanie	29	↑13	54
38	Crystal	28	new	18
39	Shannon	28	↓14	22
40	Tara	28	↓18	40
41	Susan	27	↑4	49
42	Bethany	26	↓16	>100
43	Courtney	25	new	68
44	Mary	24	↓5	24
45	Megan	24	↓3	41
46	Sandra	24	↓13	69
47	Sara	24	↓20	28
48	Beth	23	new	>100
49	Kristy	22	new	51
50	Holly	21	↓14	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	412	–	1
2	Jason	226	–	2
3	David	204	–	4
4	Matthew	201	–	6
5	Christopher	188	–	3
6	John	167	–	7
7	Robert	163	↑1	8
8	Joseph	143	↓1	10
9	Brian	133	–	9
10	James	126	–	5
11	Daniel	124	↑1	11
12	Steven	101	↑1	24
13	William	98	↑7	13
14	Kevin	97	↑1	15
15	Eric	89	↓4	16
16	Jeffrey	88	↑9	19
17	Paul	82	↑6	33
18	Joshua	80	↓4	12
19	Thomas	80	↓1	23
20	Nicholas	73	↑24	25
21	Timothy	72	↑5	17
22	Richard	70	↓6	21
23	Andrew	69	↓2	22
24	Ryan	69	–	14
25	Adam	66	↑4	29
26	Anthony	65	↑1	20
27	Jonathan	63	↑1	31
28	Mark	63	↓6	26
29	Peter	60	↓10	54
30	Gregory	56	↑2	38
31	Stephen	55	–	37
32	Scott	53	↓15	30
33	Justin	52	↓3	28
34	Kenneth	50	–	41
35	Edward	42	↑7	47
36	Shawn	42	↑3	39
37	Keith	40	–	49
38	Sean	40	↓2	45
39	Benjamin	36	↑4	34
40	Raymond	33	↑5	69
41	Nathan	32	↓6	36
42	Jeremy	31	↓9	18
43	Charles	29	↓3	27
44	Derek	26	↓3	75
45	Patrick	25	↓7	42
46	Seth	25	new	>100
47	Dennis	24	–	71
48	Donald	24	new	48
49	Frank	23	new	77
50	Todd	23	↓4	56

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