State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,422 Rhode Island births in 1978 across 339 distinct names.

Distinctively Rhode Island

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Rhode Island more than they say America.

#25Kerrioutside the national top 200
#55Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#60Lynnoutside the national top 200
#68Brendanoutside the national top 200
#79Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#74Jillian#194 nationally
#81Marissaoutside the national top 200
#42Bethany#155 nationally
#89Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#95Alfredoutside the national top 200
#78Diane#181 nationally
#92Theodore#195 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer283US #1
#2Jessica177US #3
#3Melissa175US #2
#4Heather109US #5
#5Lisa106US #11
#6Amy102US #4
#7Erin88US #21
#8Nicole86US #10
#9Elizabeth85US #14
#10Michelle85US #9
#11Sarah84US #8
#12Christine75US #29
#13Kelly71US #12
#14Stephanie69US #16
#15Rebecca68US #17
#16Kristen58US #62
#17Kimberly57US #13
#18Christina53US #15
#19Amanda52US #6
#20Danielle46US #31
#21Julie46US #26
#22Laura41US #19
#23Angela38US #7
#24Erica38US #34
#25Kerri37
#26Dawn33US #52
#27Lauren33US #80
#28Rachel33US #25
#29Andrea32US #23
#30Alicia31US #58
#31Jamie31US #20
#32Karen31US #39
#33Katherine31US #38
#34Emily30US #33
#35Jill30US #46
#36Kathleen30US #79
#37Melanie29US #54
#38Crystal28US #18
#39Shannon28US #22
#40Tara28US #40
#41Susan27US #49
#42Bethany26US #155
#43Courtney25US #68
#44Mary24US #24
#45Megan24US #41
#46Sandra24US #69
#47Sara24US #28
#48Beth23US #107
#49Kristy22US #51
#50Holly21US #55
#51Kathryn21US #57
#52Jaime20US #70
#53Lori20US #60
#54Maria20US #36
#55Michaela20
#56Tina20US #45
#57Tracy20US #47
#58Catherine19US #72
#59Gina19US #93
#60Lynn19
#61Michele19US #86
#62Patricia19US #48
#63Stacy19US #44
#64Tammy19US #67
#65Jaclyn18US #131
#66Stacey18US #53
#67Aimee17US #144
#68Colleen17US #133
#69Meghan17US #164
#70Nancy17US #97
#71Wendy17US #56
#72Carrie16US #35
#73Cynthia16US #50
#74Jillian16US #194
#75Pamela16US #109
#76Alison15US #123
#77Cheryl15US #94
#78Diane15US #181
#79Jacqueline15US #81
#80Kristin15US #78
#81Marissa15
#82Allison14US #75
#83Renee14US #99
#84Samantha14US #74
#85Vanessa14US #76
#86Donna13US #120
#87Suzanne13US #117
#88Tonya13US #77
#89Barbara12US #113
#90Deborah12US #118
#91Melinda12US #84
#92Brooke11US #115
#93Erika11US #104
#94Heidi11US #83
#95Joy11US #139
#96Kara11US #127
#97Katie11US #90
#98Leah11US #108
#99Linda11US #100
#100Sharon11US #106

Boys

#1Michael412US #1
#2Jason226US #2
#3David204US #4
#4Matthew201US #6
#5Christopher188US #3
#6John167US #7
#7Robert163US #8
#8Joseph143US #10
#9Brian133US #9
#10James126US #5
#11Daniel124US #11
#12Steven101US #24
#13William98US #13
#14Kevin97US #15
#15Eric89US #16
#16Jeffrey88US #19
#17Paul82US #33
#18Joshua80US #12
#19Thomas80US #23
#20Nicholas73US #25
#21Timothy72US #17
#22Richard70US #21
#23Andrew69US #22
#24Ryan69US #14
#25Anthony66US #20
#26Adam65US #29
#27Mark64US #26
#28Jonathan63US #31
#29Peter60US #54
#30Gregory56US #38
#31Stephen55US #37
#32Scott53US #30
#33Justin52US #28
#34Kenneth50US #41
#35Edward42US #47
#36Shawn42US #39
#37Keith40US #49
#38Sean40US #45
#39Benjamin36US #34
#40Raymond33US #69
#41Nathan32US #36
#42Jeremy31US #18
#43Charles29US #27
#44Derek26US #75
#45Patrick25US #42
#46Seth25US #106
#47Dennis24US #71
#48Donald24US #48
#49Frank23US #77
#50Todd23US #56
#51Jesse22US #51
#52Marc22US #107
#53Shaun22US #52
#54Aaron20US #32
#55Bryan19US #43
#56George19US #58
#57Jared19US #72
#58Kyle19US #63
#59Shane18US #65
#60Neil17US #159
#61Ronald17US #55
#62Brandon15US #40
#63Manuel15US #142
#64Philip15US #84
#65Douglas14US #59
#66Gary14US #60
#67Jose14US #44
#68Brendan13
#69Ian13US #117
#70Joel13US #74
#71Christian12US #116
#72Cory12US #73
#73Craig12US #66
#74Carl11US #100
#75Kristopher11US #104
#76Randy11US #86
#77Walter11US #131
#78Alan10US #122
#79Bradford10
#80Chad10US #35
#81Corey10US #61
#82Jacob10US #50
#83Jon10US #108
#84Mathew10US #182
#85Victor10US #103
#86Vincent10US #105
#87Alexander9US #98
#88Bruce9US #151
#89Nelson9
#90Russell9US #93
#91Samuel9US #57
#92Theodore9US #195
#93Wayne9US #138
#94Albert8US #146
#95Alfred8
#96Antonio8US #79
#97Arthur8US #141
#98Carlos8US #78
#99Erik8US #85
#100Gerald8US #137

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑42Erica#24
↑39Beth#48
↑32Kristy#49
↑30Catherine#58
↑29Angela#23
↑28Neil#60
↑24Crystal#38
↑24Nicholas#20

Falling

↓43Kristin#80
↓33Arthur#97
↓31Corey#81
↓29Donna#86
↓28Renee#83
↓28Leah#98
↓28Antonio#96
↓27Albert#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.