Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1961

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	293
2	Donna	261
3	Lisa	246
4	Mary	227
5	Lori	226
6	Karen	213
7	Linda	202
8	Deborah	170
9	Patricia	166
10	Cheryl	164
11	Debra	147
12	Kathleen	140
12	Nancy	140
14	Diane	128
15	Elizabeth	115
16	Robin	109
17	Denise	108
18	Brenda	104
18	Laurie	104
20	Sharon	97
21	Cynthia	95
22	Christine	94
23	Ann	93
24	Sandra	92
25	Carol	91
26	Barbara	88
27	Michelle	85
28	Pamela	83
29	Jacqueline	78
30	Joanne	75
31	Lynn	63
31	Paula	63
33	Jane	59
34	Laura	57
35	Janet	54
36	Joan	53
36	Margaret	53
38	Theresa	51
39	Judith	50
39	Suzanne	50
41	Dawn	49
41	Joann	49
41	Kimberly	49
41	Maureen	49
45	Kim	48
46	Anne	46
47	Kathy	45
48	Catherine	44
48	Julie	44
48	Wendy	44

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	567
2	John	539
3	David	538
4	Robert	512
5	James	341
6	William	300
7	Richard	293
8	Joseph	280
9	Mark	278
10	Thomas	246
11	Paul	235
12	Steven	226
13	Stephen	195
14	Kevin	175
15	Kenneth	158
16	Brian	147
17	Edward	146
18	Peter	139
19	Daniel	129
19	Jeffrey	129
21	Donald	110
22	Raymond	108
23	Scott	106
23	Timothy	106
25	Anthony	105
26	Gary	104
27	Charles	101
28	Christopher	100
29	Ronald	95
30	Gregory	70
31	George	68
32	Bruce	67
33	Frank	65
34	Alan	62
35	Russell	56
36	Wayne	55
37	Keith	53
38	Marc	49
39	Dennis	48
40	Albert	43
40	Douglas	43
42	Glenn	42
43	Andrew	40
44	Arthur	39
44	Matthew	39
46	Carl	38
46	Louis	38
48	Craig	37
49	Patrick	34
49	Roger	34