Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1966

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	522
2	David	474
3	Robert	410
4	John	398
5	James	307
6	Richard	256
7	Joseph	240
8	Christopher	230
9	William	222
10	Steven	196
11	Thomas	189
12	Paul	181
13	Scott	169
14	Mark	167
15	Kevin	166
16	Stephen	154
17	Brian	145
18	Jeffrey	126
19	Kenneth	117
19	Timothy	117
21	Peter	106
22	Anthony	104
23	Daniel	102
24	Raymond	89
25	Ronald	87

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	80
27	Eric	74
28	Edward	72
29	Gary	69
30	Matthew	63
31	Gregory	61
32	Andrew	60
32	Donald	60
34	Keith	57
34	Patrick	57
34	Sean	57
37	Frank	55
37	Todd	55
39	George	54
40	Dennis	43
40	Douglas	43
42	Bruce	41
43	Craig	39
44	Marc	38
45	Wayne	33
46	Jonathan	32
47	Albert	31
48	Alan	30
49	Dean	29
50	Roger	28
50	Russell	28
52	Arthur	27
53	Lawrence	25
54	Carl	24
54	Glenn	24
54	Randy	24
57	Philip	23
58	Jon	22
59	Jay	21
60	Rodney	19
60	Shawn	19
60	Vincent	19
63	Henry	18
63	Jerry	18
63	Louis	18
63	Norman	18
63	Walter	18
68	Alfred	17
68	Eugene	17
68	Nicholas	17
68	Roland	17
72	Leonard	16
72	Ralph	16
72	Troy	16
75	Allen	15
75	Gerald	15
77	Bryan	14
77	Francis	14
77	Kurt	14
77	Leo	14
77	Manuel	14
82	Chris	13
82	Jason	13
82	Roy	13
85	Harold	12
85	Joel	12
85	Larry	12
88	Ernest	11
88	Frederick	11
88	Gerard	11
88	Mike	11
88	Victor	11
93	Karl	10
93	Stuart	10
95	Barry	9
95	Benjamin	9
95	Brett	9
95	Dale	9
95	Erik	9
95	Geoffrey	9
95	Harry	9
95	Stanley	9
95	Theodore	9