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Names of Rhode Island

1,222,600 births across 2,007 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Rhode Island more than Normand.

Most concentrated in Rhode Island

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Normand 1,174 65.8×
Domenic 779 25.2×
Armand 718 17.7×
Filomena 202 16.2×
Lucien 301 15.1×
Tayla 155 13.5×
Emile 240 13.3×
Cecile 613 12.8×
Pasquale 239 7.8×
Kerri 962 7.6×
Therese 742 6.6×
Marcel 355 6.3×
Gilda 166 6.1×
Germaine 127 6.1×
Wilfred 499 5.8×
Jeannine 439 5.7×
Gerard 1,141 5.7×
Gian 71 5.7×
Muriel 970 5.5×
Roland 1,872 5.4×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary16,551
2Barbara8,653
3Patricia8,615
4Elizabeth8,433
5Susan7,423
6Linda7,135
7Jennifer6,533
8Donna6,050
9Margaret5,681
10Nancy5,666
11Dorothy5,569
12Lisa5,516
13Kathleen5,428
14Karen5,391
15Carol5,149

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1John29,923
2Robert28,652
3Michael25,240
4Joseph20,905
5David19,615
6William19,421
7James18,978
8Richard15,841
9Thomas13,026
10Paul10,123
11Christopher9,977
12Edward9,643
13Anthony9,535
14Raymond8,737
15Matthew8,409

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.