Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1957

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	324
2	Karen	297
3	Donna	296
4	Deborah	270
5	Mary	266
6	Linda	259
7	Patricia	255
8	Debra	228
9	Nancy	211
10	Diane	209
11	Cheryl	195
12	Cynthia	181
13	Kathleen	178
14	Barbara	146
15	Elizabeth	140
16	Denise	126
17	Carol	123
18	Gail	106
19	Ann	101
20	Robin	93
20	Sandra	93
22	Cindy	91
23	Sharon	88
24	Lori	84
25	Pamela	81
26	Paula	80
27	Lisa	78
28	Christine	76
29	Judith	75
30	Joan	72
31	Joyce	70
32	Catherine	69
32	Margaret	69
32	Maureen	69
35	Jane	63
36	Brenda	59
36	Marie	59
38	Anne	58
38	Lynn	58
40	Janet	57
40	Joanne	57
42	Kathy	56
43	Doreen	55
44	Jean	52
44	Laurie	52
46	Elaine	48
46	Janice	48
48	Darlene	43
48	Joann	43
50	Jo	42

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	618
2	Michael	550
3	David	537
4	John	508
5	James	370
6	Richard	351
7	William	308
8	Paul	291
9	Thomas	281
10	Joseph	251
11	Steven	240
12	Mark	218
13	Stephen	214
14	Kenneth	179
15	Kevin	169
16	Donald	158
17	Peter	155
18	Gary	148
19	Edward	143
20	Charles	142
20	Raymond	142
22	Ronald	119
23	Brian	118
23	Daniel	118
25	Anthony	107
26	Jeffrey	104
27	George	102
28	Dennis	91
29	Frank	74
30	Bruce	72
31	Scott	70
31	Wayne	70
33	Timothy	68
34	Christopher	62
35	Alan	55
36	Gregory	54
37	Marc	53
37	Russell	53
39	Alfred	49
40	Gerald	48
41	Albert	47
41	Douglas	47
41	Louis	47
44	Patrick	44
45	Keith	43
46	Arthur	42
47	Andrew	40
47	Roger	40
49	Walter	39
50	Leo	32