Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	512
2	David	399
3	Robert	374
4	John	357
5	James	251
6	Joseph	218
7	Richard	216
8	William	197
9	Christopher	196
10	Mark	182
10	Thomas	182
12	Paul	173
13	Kevin	163
14	Steven	161
15	Scott	160
16	Brian	146
17	Peter	129
18	Jeffrey	116
19	Stephen	113
20	Timothy	111
21	Daniel	108
22	Kenneth	101
23	Anthony	94
24	Matthew	89
25	Ronald	85

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	78
26	Todd	78
28	Charles	72
29	Eric	71
30	Raymond	63
31	Keith	59
32	Gary	56
33	Donald	55
34	George	54
35	Marc	53
36	Frank	51
37	Andrew	48
38	Patrick	47
38	Sean	47
40	Dennis	46
41	Gregory	44
42	Douglas	43
43	Craig	39
44	Dean	32
45	Bruce	30
46	Russell	29
47	Wayne	28
48	Alan	27
49	Jason	26
50	Carl	25
51	Lawrence	24
52	Arthur	22
52	Jon	22
52	Philip	22
55	Jonathan	21
56	Louis	20
57	Albert	19
57	Gerald	19
57	Glenn	19
57	Shawn	19
57	Troy	19
62	Norman	18
63	Christian	17
63	Randy	17
65	Bryan	16
66	Aaron	15
66	Alexander	15
66	Nicholas	15
66	Roger	15
70	Erik	14
70	Frederick	14
70	Henry	14
70	Roland	14
70	Vincent	14
75	Benjamin	13
75	Derek	13
75	Francis	13
75	Kurt	13
75	Kyle	13
80	Alfred	12
80	Barry	12
80	Darren	12
80	Leonard	12
80	Walter	12
85	Darrell	11
85	Ernest	11
85	Jay	11
85	Joel	11
85	Ralph	11
90	Adam	10
90	Antonio	10
90	Chris	10
90	Curtis	10
90	Joshua	10
90	Lee	10
90	Leo	10
90	Steve	10
98	Gordon	9
98	Jose	9
98	Neil	9
98	Samuel	9
98	Tony	9