Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1959

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Donna	357
2	Susan	290
3	Mary	258
4	Karen	237
5	Linda	230
6	Patricia	227
7	Deborah	214
8	Debra	208
9	Cheryl	185
10	Diane	183
11	Kathleen	170
12	Nancy	146
13	Cynthia	145
14	Lori	134
15	Barbara	131
16	Elizabeth	129
17	Lisa	110
18	Denise	107
19	Carol	102
20	Sandra	96
21	Robin	92
22	Ann	91
23	Paula	85
24	Pamela	83
24	Sharon	83
26	Gail	76
27	Joanne	72
28	Laurie	71
28	Margaret	71
30	Anne	69
30	Debbie	69
32	Dawn	66
33	Brenda	64
33	Christine	64
35	Kathy	63
35	Lynn	63
37	Janet	60
38	Catherine	59
39	Kim	57
40	Jane	56
40	Jean	56
42	Suzanne	54
43	Joan	53
43	Judith	53
45	Cindy	52
45	Maureen	52
47	Joyce	51
48	Michelle	47
49	Doreen	46
50	Laura	44

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	588
2	Robert	539
3	David	533
4	John	497
5	James	341
6	William	315
7	Richard	292
8	Mark	268
9	Paul	259
10	Thomas	234
11	Joseph	225
12	Steven	214
13	Kevin	184
14	Stephen	175
15	Kenneth	154
16	Peter	140
17	Donald	137
18	Edward	131
19	Charles	125
20	Jeffrey	122
20	Raymond	122
22	Brian	119
23	Ronald	116
24	Daniel	113
25	Gary	112
26	Anthony	105
27	Timothy	102
28	George	97
29	Christopher	84
30	Scott	76
31	Dennis	75
32	Bruce	66
32	Frank	66
34	Marc	57
35	Wayne	55
36	Alan	54
37	Gregory	53
38	Douglas	51
38	Russell	51
40	Albert	46
41	Vincent	45
42	Matthew	44
43	Keith	42
44	Philip	41
45	Craig	39
46	Andrew	37
46	Arthur	37
46	Eric	37
46	Glenn	37
50	Walter	36