Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	386
2	Patricia	376
3	Susan	285
4	Deborah	270
5	Kathleen	258
6	Mary	256
7	Donna	218
8	Barbara	209
9	Nancy	197
10	Carol	180
11	Diane	170
12	Karen	148
13	Denise	134
14	Sandra	132
15	Gail	124
16	Sharon	111
17	Elizabeth	108
18	Christine	107
19	Janice	99
20	Margaret	97
21	Paula	94
22	Ann	85
22	Judith	85
24	Joyce	81
25	Joan	79
26	Elaine	78
27	Pamela	72
28	Cheryl	70
29	Janet	69
30	Jane	68
31	Cynthia	66
31	Lorraine	66
33	Jean	65
34	Catherine	64
35	Suzanne	63
36	Maureen	61
37	Jacqueline	60
38	Debra	55
39	Beverly	47
39	Joanne	47
39	Marie	47
42	Shirley	45
43	Anne	44
43	Jeanne	44
45	Brenda	42
45	Marilyn	42
47	Carolyn	39
47	Frances	39
49	Eileen	38
49	Helen	38

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	647
2	John	501
3	Michael	394
4	William	374
5	James	347
6	David	339
7	Richard	334
8	Joseph	262
9	Stephen	249
10	Thomas	243
11	Paul	237
12	Edward	192
13	Dennis	188
14	Steven	172
15	Raymond	159
16	Gary	158
17	Kenneth	149
18	Charles	148
19	George	144
20	Donald	136
21	Ronald	130
22	Peter	123
23	Anthony	103
24	Daniel	87
25	Bruce	79
25	Frank	79
27	Mark	75
28	Wayne	73
29	Roger	69
30	Kevin	64
31	Russell	59
32	Arthur	56
32	Walter	56
34	Louis	54
35	Alan	51
36	Albert	49
36	Brian	49
38	Francis	48
39	Philip	47
40	Douglas	45
40	Henry	45
42	Gerald	44
43	Jeffrey	42
43	Norman	42
45	Lawrence	41
46	Frederick	40
47	Alfred	39
47	Vincent	39
49	Ernest	38
50	Roland	36