Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	357
2	Linda	336
3	Patricia	326
4	Susan	305
5	Mary	259
6	Donna	244
7	Diane	210
8	Kathleen	198
9	Barbara	189
10	Karen	185
11	Nancy	183
12	Debra	165
13	Carol	161
14	Denise	137
15	Gail	125
16	Cynthia	119
17	Elizabeth	116
18	Sandra	108
19	Paula	107
20	Christine	105
21	Cheryl	102
22	Sharon	101
23	Ann	100
24	Judith	96
25	Joan	95
25	Pamela	95
27	Janice	94
28	Joanne	88
29	Margaret	82
30	Janet	79
31	Elaine	69
32	Catherine	66
32	Joyce	66
34	Jane	63
35	Anne	58
36	Maureen	55
37	Jo	54
38	Marilyn	52
38	Suzanne	52
40	Jacqueline	51
41	Jean	45
42	Claudia	44
43	Marie	43
44	Lorraine	42
45	Dorothy	41
45	Jeanne	41
47	Roberta	39
48	Robin	38
49	Joann	37
49	Lynn	37

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	616
2	John	520
3	Michael	474
4	David	460
5	Richard	394
6	William	363
7	James	354
8	Paul	281
9	Thomas	271
10	Joseph	253
11	Stephen	227
12	Steven	201
13	Ronald	156
14	Gary	151
15	Donald	150
16	Peter	148
17	Dennis	145
18	Edward	144
19	Kenneth	142
20	Raymond	139
21	Charles	138
22	George	123
23	Mark	122
24	Daniel	106
25	Anthony	99
26	Bruce	91
26	Kevin	91
28	Jeffrey	79
29	Frank	75
30	Alan	69
31	Wayne	68
32	Arthur	66
33	Brian	65
34	Roger	57
35	Christopher	56
36	Lawrence	51
37	Louis	50
38	Vincent	49
39	Carl	46
40	Albert	45
41	Francis	44
41	Ralph	44
43	Philip	43
43	Russell	43
43	Walter	43
46	Frederick	41
46	Timothy	41
48	Alfred	40
49	Douglas	38
49	Henry	38