Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	385
2	Patricia	339
3	Susan	334
4	Linda	327
5	Mary	300
6	Donna	264
7	Kathleen	242
8	Debra	216
9	Nancy	209
10	Diane	207
10	Karen	207
12	Barbara	167
13	Denise	159
14	Carol	156
15	Elizabeth	122
16	Cynthia	118
17	Cheryl	117
18	Sharon	113
19	Gail	105
19	Sandra	105
21	Paula	95
22	Ann	89
22	Margaret	89
24	Joyce	85
25	Robin	84
26	Janice	82
27	Pamela	81
28	Catherine	78
29	Janet	77
29	Joan	77
31	Judith	76
31	Maureen	76
33	Elaine	73
34	Jane	70
35	Joanne	66
36	Christine	65
37	Jean	64
38	Jo	60
39	Anne	57
40	Marie	56
41	Marilyn	53
42	Suzanne	47
43	Lynn	44
44	Beverly	43
45	Marian	39
45	Michelle	39
47	Jeanne	37
47	Kathy	37
47	Rose	37
50	Eileen	36

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	637
2	Michael	536
3	David	518
4	John	498
5	Richard	370
5	William	370
7	James	364
8	Joseph	317
9	Paul	276
10	Thomas	249
11	Stephen	239
12	Steven	230
13	Kenneth	164
14	Raymond	157
15	Edward	156
16	Donald	155
17	Gary	152
17	Mark	152
19	Peter	148
20	Dennis	142
21	Ronald	131
22	Charles	130
23	Kevin	124
24	Daniel	119
25	Jeffrey	110
26	George	107
27	Anthony	100
28	Bruce	91
29	Brian	73
30	Wayne	72
31	Roger	67
32	Frank	66
33	Alan	64
34	Russell	58
35	Arthur	54
36	Douglas	53
37	Timothy	50
38	Albert	49
39	Louis	48
40	Keith	43
40	Norman	43
42	Lawrence	42
42	Ralph	42
42	Walter	42
45	Patrick	41
46	Frederick	39
46	Gregory	39
46	Philip	39
49	Alfred	38
50	Carl	37