State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,771 Rhode Island births in 1979 across 373 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.

#26Kerrioutside the national top 200
#62Kerioutside the national top 200
#86Diane#199 nationally
#88Kelleyoutside the national top 200
#88Normanoutside the national top 200
#23Bethany#135 nationally
#70Jillian#179 nationally
#92Alexandraoutside the national top 200
#83Geoffrey#191 nationally
#93Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#97Brendanoutside the national top 200
#91Mathew#192 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer229US #1
#2Melissa181US #2
#3Jessica171US #4
#4Nicole103US #9
#5Heather98US #7
#6Stephanie96US #15
#7Sarah89US #6
#8Lisa83US #13
#9Kimberly82US #12
#10Elizabeth79US #11
#11Amy78US #5
#12Rebecca77US #17
#13Amanda70US #3
#14Erin69US #21
#15Kristen69US #62
#16Michelle69US #10
#17Christine67US #35
#18Christina64US #14
#19Danielle52US #33
#20Julie52US #29
#21Kelly50US #16
#22Lauren48US #45
#23Bethany46US #135
#24Tara42US #38
#25Emily40US #34
#26Kerri40
#27Laura39US #20
#28Crystal36US #18
#29Jill35US #52
#30Katherine35US #36
#31Shannon35US #25
#32Angela34US #8
#33Erica32US #32
#34Megan32US #31
#35Alicia31US #47
#36Jamie31US #19
#37Mary31US #24
#38Holly29US #48
#39Melanie29US #53
#40Rachel29US #27
#41Andrea28US #26
#42Karen26US #46
#43Kristin26US #73
#44Tracy26US #49
#45Dawn25US #57
#46Sara25US #30
#47Stacey25US #60
#48Allison24US #70
#49Courtney24US #71
#50Gina24US #96
#51Kathryn24US #50
#52Kathleen23US #84
#53Meghan23US #121
#54Stacy23US #43
#55Kristy22US #56
#56Sandra22US #77
#57Alison21US #102
#58April21US #23
#59Renee21US #101
#60Tammy21US #79
#61Katie20US #63
#62Keri20
#63Susan19US #51
#64Heidi18US #83
#65Lori18US #69
#66Maria18US #37
#67Catherine17US #78
#68Lindsay17US #88
#69Jacqueline16US #80
#70Jillian16US #179
#71Nancy16US #107
#72Patricia16US #44
#73Erika15US #91
#74Kristina15US #74
#75Melinda15US #82
#76Meredith15US #143
#77Aimee14US #156
#78Colleen14US #133
#79Michele14US #105
#80Pamela14US #90
#81Sabrina14US #106
#82Tanya14US #93
#83Vanessa14US #75
#84Wendy14US #64
#85Diana13US #111
#86Diane13US #199
#87Donna13US #131
#88Kelley13
#89Nichole13US #103
#90Robin13US #95
#91Victoria13US #119
#92Alexandra12
#93Alyssa12
#94Linda12US #114
#95Marissa12US #194
#96Samantha12US #66
#97Tiffany12US #28
#98Beth11US #118
#99Brooke11US #85
#100Carrie11US #41

Boys

#1Michael391US #1
#2Jason223US #3
#3David218US #4
#4Christopher211US #2
#5Matthew166US #6
#6John159US #7
#7Joseph152US #11
#8Robert147US #8
#9Brian129US #10
#10James123US #5
#11Daniel122US #12
#12Steven100US #27
#13Nicholas96US #15
#14Richard94US #25
#15William89US #13
#16Kevin86US #19
#17Jeffrey81US #24
#18Thomas80US #26
#19Joshua79US #9
#20Timothy79US #18
#21Ryan76US #14
#22Jonathan75US #31
#23Scott75US #29
#24Eric73US #17
#25Stephen72US #40
#26Adam68US #23
#27Justin67US #22
#28Andrew65US #20
#29Peter65US #53
#30Mark64US #30
#31Paul61US #34
#32Patrick59US #39
#33Anthony58US #21
#34Gregory48US #42
#35Jeremy48US #16
#36Shawn44US #43
#37Kenneth43US #41
#38Charles41US #28
#39Benjamin40US #33
#40Keith40US #52
#41Edward35US #48
#42Sean32US #49
#43Kyle29US #56
#44Derek28US #72
#45George28US #57
#46Raymond28US #70
#47Jesse27US #50
#48Nathan27US #37
#49Aaron22US #32
#50Gary21US #59
#51Seth21US #101
#52Ronald20US #54
#53Chad19US #38
#54Dennis18US #75
#55Donald18US #51
#56Erik18US #66
#57Frank18US #78
#58Marc18US #119
#59Shaun18US #64
#60Bryan17US #46
#61Craig17US #77
#62Todd17US #60
#63Douglas16US #58
#64Philip16US #83
#65Christian15US #120
#66Corey15US #63
#67Neil15US #165
#68Vincent15US #109
#69Antonio14US #79
#70Jared14US #65
#71Alan13US #116
#72Alexander13US #94
#73Brad13US #115
#74Brandon13US #35
#75Ian13US #107
#76Joel13US #71
#77Jose13US #44
#78Randy13US #86
#79Albert12US #145
#80Jacob12US #45
#81Louis12US #148
#82Arthur11US #144
#83Geoffrey11US #191
#84Henry11US #138
#85Jamie11US #88
#86Luke10US #110
#87Nathaniel10US #95
#88Norman10
#89Shane10US #67
#90Jay9US #126
#91Mathew9US #192
#92Russell9US #92
#93Samuel9US #55
#94Victor9US #105
#95Zachary9US #74
#96Bradley8US #47
#97Brendan8
#98Brett8US #98
#99Curtis8US #91
#100Derrick8US #80

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑43Erik#56
↑37Kristin#43
↑36Katie#61
↑34Allison#48
↑30Heidi#64
↑27Chad#53
↑27Antonio#69
↑24Renee#59

Falling

↓50Beth#98
↓30Shane#89
↓29Brendan#97
↓28Carrie#100
↓22Susan#63
↓19Dawn#45
↓18Michele#79
↓16Kathleen#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.