State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,159 Rhode Island births in 1981 across 364 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.

#19Kerrioutside the national top 200
#60Brendanoutside the national top 200
#50Marissa#187 nationally
#67Aimee#182 nationally
#87Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#90Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#91Caraoutside the national top 200
#78Paula#186 nationally
#94Kerioutside the national top 200
#95Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#95Karloutside the national top 200
#96Michaelaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica239US #2
#2Jennifer229US #1
#3Melissa137US #5
#4Nicole119US #7
#5Sarah113US #4
#6Stephanie110US #8
#7Elizabeth103US #9
#8Amanda97US #3
#9Erin80US #19
#10Rebecca77US #12
#11Amy76US #6
#12Kristen71US #38
#13Heather69US #10
#14Kimberly64US #13
#15Lisa63US #18
#16Kelly61US #23
#17Michelle58US #11
#18Laura57US #21
#19Kerri56
#20Lauren56US #35
#21Crystal55US #16
#22Danielle51US #30
#23Courtney47US #43
#24Bethany45US #114
#25Christina44US #17
#26Sara44US #26
#27Emily43US #29
#28Shannon42US #32
#29Christine41US #42
#30Julie41US #37
#31Andrea40US #24
#32Ashley40US #34
#33Erica39US #36
#34Alicia37US #46
#35Tara37US #45
#36Kathryn36US #48
#37Jamie34US #28
#38Lindsay34US #47
#39Megan34US #33
#40Meghan34US #116
#41Tiffany33US #14
#42Rachel29US #22
#43Allison28US #57
#44Kathleen27US #82
#45Katie27US #44
#46Mary27US #27
#47Katherine26US #39
#48Kristin26US #31
#49Melanie25US #66
#50Marissa24US #187
#51Angela22US #15
#52April22US #25
#53Susan22US #71
#54Tanya22US #92
#55Karen21US #64
#56Tracy21US #77
#57Dawn20US #79
#58Diana20US #75
#59Holly20US #63
#60Renee20US #98
#61Sandra19US #74
#62Alison18US #113
#63Jillian18US #137
#64Cynthia17US #59
#65Leah17US #81
#66Tina17US #80
#67Aimee16US #182
#68Vanessa16US #62
#69Gina15US #106
#70Jacqueline15US #67
#71Lori15US #91
#72Maria15US #40
#73Patricia15US #53
#74Stacey15US #83
#75Beth14US #125
#76Heidi14US #84
#77Linda14US #111
#78Paula14US #186
#79Catherine13US #73
#80Nancy13US #101
#81Pamela13US #76
#82Rachael13US #132
#83Victoria13US #87
#84Amber12US #20
#85Carolyn12US #144
#86Kara12US #121
#87Kristina12US #72
#88Lindsey12US #58
#89Michele12US #127
#90Caitlin11
#91Cara11
#92Dana11US #70
#93Denise11US #96
#94Keri11
#95Meaghan11
#96Michaela11
#97Suzanne11US #161
#98Brooke10US #52
#99Diane10
#100Jill10US #78

Boys

#1Michael374US #1
#2Christopher261US #2
#3Matthew237US #3
#4David186US #5
#5Jason180US #4
#6Robert165US #9
#7John162US #8
#8Daniel160US #10
#9Joshua149US #6
#10Ryan138US #13
#11Joseph133US #11
#12James129US #7
#13Brian120US #14
#14Jonathan111US #16
#15Justin109US #12
#16Adam107US #20
#17Eric96US #17
#18William93US #15
#19Kevin90US #25
#20Nicholas89US #21
#21Thomas84US #26
#22Richard82US #27
#23Paul81US #35
#24Steven80US #28
#25Jeffrey78US #29
#26Timothy77US #24
#27Andrew75US #18
#28Mark67US #33
#29Jeremy60US #22
#30Anthony59US #23
#31Scott58US #34
#32Benjamin57US #32
#33Peter55US #55
#34Stephen54US #39
#35Patrick44US #38
#36Nathan42US #36
#37Charles41US #31
#38Jesse41US #37
#39Sean40US #44
#40Derek39US #53
#41Gregory39US #46
#42Keith38US #58
#43Kenneth37US #41
#44Jared35US #57
#45Kyle35US #52
#46Brandon34US #19
#47Edward30US #51
#48Shawn29US #49
#49Philip24US #84
#50Raymond24US #68
#51Aaron23US #30
#52Alexander23US #70
#53George23US #61
#54Marc23US #134
#55Ronald23US #59
#56Dennis22US #83
#57Donald22US #56
#58Douglas20US #64
#59Vincent20US #107
#60Brendan18
#61Corey18US #69
#62Luke18US #100
#63Seth18US #95
#64Chad17US #47
#65Erik17US #76
#66Samuel17US #54
#67Craig16US #72
#68Frank16US #82
#69Bryan15US #48
#70Joel15US #65
#71Gary14US #62
#72Jacob14US #43
#73Jose14US #45
#74Frederick13US #170
#75Mathew13US #165
#76Shane13US #81
#77Alan12US #112
#78Christian12US #121
#79Cory12US #90
#80Ian12US #101
#81Randy12US #91
#82Dustin11US #42
#83Louis11US #151
#84Mario11US #109
#85Zachary11US #63
#86Antonio10US #75
#87Bradford10
#88Gerald10US #154
#89Lawrence10US #125
#90Nathaniel10US #80
#91Neil10US #188
#92Russell10US #98
#93Wayne10US #156
#94Brad9US #143
#95Karl9
#96Nelson9
#97Steve9
#98Trevor9US #155
#99Bradley8US #50
#100Carlos8US #71

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑33Brendan#60
↑30April#52
↑29Luke#62
↑28Diana#58
↑27Kathryn#36
↑26Ashley#32
↑24Shane#76
↑23Shawn#48

Falling

↓52Jill#100
↓43Brooke#98
↓35Michaela#96
↓34Brad#94
↓32Carlos#100
↓28Stacey#74
↓25Diane#99
↓25Jacob#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.