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Baby names in Rhode Island, 1960s

1960–1969 · 155,160 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Rhode Island across the 1960s, with 5,487 births in the decade. The state recorded 155,160 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Rhode Island in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Normand7231×
Michaela5110×
Domenic40
Bethany131
Jerilyn37
Kerri186
Kristen407
Annmarie110

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael5,487
#2David4,865
#3John4,694
#4Robert4,403
#5James3,226
#6Lisa3,216
#7Richard2,510
#8Joseph2,483
#9William2,372
#10Paul2,146
#11Susan2,143
#12Thomas2,102
#13Mark2,064
#14Steven2,001
#15Donna1,988
#16Karen1,902
#17Kevin1,706
#18Christopher1,696
#19Lori1,637
#20Mary1,606
#21Stephen1,554
#22Scott1,481
#23Patricia1,461
#24Christine1,449
#25Linda1,384

Other decades in Rhode Island

All Rhode Island names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org