State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,053 Rhode Island births in 1980 across 366 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.

#30Kerrioutside the national top 200
#61Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#64Lynnoutside the national top 200
#73Geoffrey#200 nationally
#74Dianeoutside the national top 200
#76Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#88Kerryoutside the national top 200
#89Colinoutside the national top 200
#90Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#93Brendanoutside the national top 200
#77Mathew#183 nationally
#92Kate#197 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer228US #1
#2Jessica187US #3
#3Melissa166US #4
#4Sarah112US #5
#5Amanda105US #2
#6Nicole100US #7
#7Stephanie90US #13
#8Elizabeth86US #9
#9Amy85US #8
#10Lisa81US #16
#11Michelle81US #10
#12Christine72US #41
#13Kelly69US #19
#14Rebecca69US #17
#15Heather67US #6
#16Erin66US #20
#17Kimberly57US #11
#18Danielle56US #33
#19Kristen54US #39
#20Andrea48US #28
#21Lauren48US #38
#22Julie46US #32
#23Christina44US #15
#24Sara44US #27
#25Alicia43US #47
#26Rachel43US #23
#27Bethany40US #124
#28Crystal40US #18
#29Laura40US #21
#30Kerri39
#31Katie38US #44
#32Erica37US #34
#33Courtney34US #48
#34Shannon34US #29
#35Katherine33US #35
#36Melanie33US #60
#37Mary32US #25
#38Angela30US #12
#39Tara30US #43
#40Dawn29US #67
#41Tracy29US #56
#42Holly28US #52
#43Tiffany28US #14
#44Jamie27US #24
#45Meghan27US #114
#46Stacey26US #74
#47Allison25US #59
#48Jill25US #66
#49Emily24US #31
#50Megan24US #30
#51Stacy24US #53
#52Karen23US #54
#53Kathleen23US #82
#54Lindsay23US #71
#55Brooke22US #57
#56Sandra22US #80
#57Catherine21US #77
#58Ashley20US #40
#59Gina20US #100
#60Kristin20US #37
#61Michaela20
#62Susan20US #62
#63Kathryn19US #50
#64Lynn19
#65Tina19US #72
#66Leah18US #84
#67Renee18US #107
#68Cynthia17US #64
#69Maria17US #36
#70Patricia17US #51
#71Tammy17US #96
#72Vanessa17US #69
#73Alison16US #101
#74Diane16
#75Erika16US #87
#76Tanya16US #88
#77Anna15US #55
#78Colleen15US #137
#79Heidi15US #79
#80Jillian15US #171
#81Lori15US #76
#82April14US #26
#83Beth14US #106
#84Bridget14US #153
#85Cheryl14US #119
#86Diana14US #118
#87Jacqueline14US #81
#88Kerry14
#89Kristina14US #73
#90Alyssa13
#91Jenny13US #117
#92Kate13US #197
#93Linda13US #110
#94Michele13US #126
#95Monique13US #93
#96Victoria13US #103
#97Donna12US #144
#98Margaret12US #105
#99Marisa12
#100Candace11US #134

Boys

#1Michael344US #1
#2Jason226US #3
#3David207US #4
#4Matthew188US #6
#5Christopher182US #2
#6John174US #8
#7Joseph169US #10
#8Robert156US #9
#9Brian144US #12
#10Daniel142US #11
#11Joshua130US #7
#12James126US #5
#13William99US #14
#14Eric97US #16
#15Nicholas94US #17
#16Thomas92US #25
#17Ryan91US #15
#18Jonathan89US #21
#19Kevin89US #23
#20Jeffrey87US #27
#21Justin86US #13
#22Andrew81US #19
#23Adam79US #22
#24Steven76US #28
#25Timothy76US #20
#26Paul74US #35
#27Richard73US #26
#28Mark71US #30
#29Anthony68US #24
#30Stephen62US #40
#31Peter59US #55
#32Gregory57US #42
#33Scott57US #33
#34Derek50US #50
#35Patrick49US #38
#36Benjamin46US #32
#37Sean43US #48
#38Edward42US #52
#39Raymond41US #66
#40Kenneth40US #41
#41Charles38US #29
#42Jeremy37US #18
#43Nathan34US #36
#44Dennis33US #80
#45Marc33US #119
#46Bryan29US #49
#47Jacob29US #43
#48Ronald29US #58
#49Jesse27US #45
#50Keith27US #56
#51Jared25US #61
#52Donald24US #53
#53George22US #60
#54Corey21US #68
#55Erik21US #64
#56Kyle21US #57
#57Aaron20US #34
#58Ian20US #104
#59Philip19US #82
#60Brad18US #116
#61Douglas17US #62
#62Jamie17US #105
#63Samuel17US #54
#64Gary16US #63
#65Joel16US #67
#66Vincent16US #111
#67Brandon15US #31
#68Carlos15US #78
#69Craig15US #73
#70Shaun15US #79
#71Shawn15US #47
#72Alexander14US #91
#73Geoffrey14US #200
#74Victor14US #107
#75Antonio13US #77
#76Bradford13
#77Mathew13US #183
#78Nathaniel13US #86
#79Seth13US #99
#80Arthur12US #147
#81Frederick12US #161
#82Roger12US #134
#83Chad11US #39
#84Evan11US #159
#85Russell11US #92
#86Todd11US #75
#87Travis11US #37
#88Alan10US #112
#89Colin10
#90Frank10US #81
#91Luke10US #97
#92Wayne10US #146
#93Brendan9
#94Carl9US #103
#95Christian9US #118
#96Cory9US #83
#97Curtis9US #89
#98Jay9US #141
#99Louis9US #151
#100Shane9US #69

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑54Tiffany#43
↑44Brooke#55
↑33Jacob#47
↑30Katie#31
↑30Samuel#63
↑23Jamie#62
↑22Sara#24
↑21Andrea#20

Falling

↓35Shawn#71
↓33Frank#90
↓30Chad#83
↓30Christian#95
↓28Seth#79
↓24Emily#49
↓24April#82
↓24Todd#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.