Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1958

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	347
2	Donna	273
3	Mary	268
4	Patricia	265
5	Karen	261
6	Linda	236
7	Deborah	232
8	Cheryl	196
9	Nancy	188
10	Diane	184
11	Debra	176
12	Kathleen	160
13	Cynthia	139
14	Carol	137
15	Barbara	134
16	Elizabeth	114
17	Denise	102
17	Lori	102
19	Lisa	90
20	Ann	86
20	Sandra	86
22	Pamela	84
22	Sharon	84
24	Joanne	83
25	Robin	79
26	Lynn	77
27	Christine	70
28	Janet	67
29	Kathy	66
30	Gail	64
31	Darlene	61
31	Paula	61
33	Jean	60
34	Anne	57
35	Brenda	56
35	Margaret	56
37	Joan	55
38	Catherine	53
38	Maureen	53
40	Judith	51
40	Laurie	51
42	Cindy	50
43	Laura	49
44	Jane	48
44	Joyce	48
46	Debbie	46
46	Janice	46
46	Leslie	46
46	Suzanne	46
50	Cathy	45

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	603
2	Robert	542
3	David	517
4	John	501
5	James	337
6	Richard	312
7	William	308
8	Joseph	274
9	Thomas	262
10	Paul	255
11	Mark	244
12	Steven	221
13	Kevin	187
14	Stephen	172
15	Kenneth	161
16	Peter	155
17	Ronald	138
18	Edward	130
19	Charles	127
20	Brian	126
21	Anthony	121
22	Gary	120
23	Donald	119
24	Daniel	106
25	Jeffrey	102
26	George	93
27	Timothy	90
28	Raymond	84
29	Dennis	81
30	Scott	73
31	Frank	68
32	Bruce	65
33	Alan	64
34	Christopher	60
35	Gregory	59
36	Wayne	58
37	Russell	55
38	Marc	54
39	Arthur	50
40	Douglas	45
41	Francis	42
42	Eric	40
42	Roger	40
44	Albert	39
44	Craig	39
44	Keith	39
44	Matthew	39
48	Glenn	37
49	Louis	36
50	Henry	34