State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,305 Rhode Island births in 1982 across 369 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
#51Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#53Brendanoutside the national top 200
#64Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#71Kateoutside the national top 200
#66Geoffrey#194 nationally
#74Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#68Aimee#187 nationally
#91Kerioutside the national top 200
#92Lynnoutside the national top 200
#73Marissa#181 nationally
#94Dianeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica234US #2
#2Jennifer230US #1
#3Melissa130US #5
#4Amanda123US #3
#5Sarah123US #4
#6Nicole115US #6
#7Stephanie104US #7
#8Elizabeth94US #8
#9Rebecca87US #15
#10Amy80US #10
#11Erin77US #20
#12Michelle74US #11
#13Kristen71US #33
#14Heather68US #12
#15Crystal64US #9
#16Lauren62US #26
#17Danielle61US #31
#18Kimberly61US #14
#19Kelly57US #25
#20Lisa50US #23
#21Christine49US #46
#22Tara48US #47
#23Katherine47US #36
#24Kristin45US #37
#25Rachel45US #21
#26Ashley43US #17
#27Bethany42US #112
#28Emily40US #24
#29Erica40US #35
#30Kerri40
#31Laura40US #22
#32Tiffany40US #13
#33Sara38US #28
#34Shannon37US #38
#35Allison35US #58
#36Andrea35US #27
#37Christina35US #19
#38Courtney35US #43
#39Katie35US #45
#40Lindsay35US #39
#41Megan33US #34
#42Jamie32US #29
#43Alicia31US #53
#44Julie30US #41
#45Melanie29US #65
#46Holly28US #61
#47Jillian28US #96
#48Meghan28US #110
#49Angela27US #16
#50Catherine27US #73
#51Caitlin26
#52Alison25US #111
#53Renee25US #101
#54Lindsey23US #40
#55Stacy23US #72
#56Kathryn21US #48
#57Mary21US #30
#58Pamela21US #82
#59Karen20US #68
#60Kayla20US #133
#61Samantha20US #44
#62Tanya20US #114
#63Diana19US #63
#64Michaela19
#65Vanessa19US #49
#66Jacqueline18US #54
#67Tina18US #90
#68Aimee17US #187
#69Amber17US #18
#70Erika17US #81
#71Kate17
#72Linda17US #107
#73Marissa17US #181
#74Susan17US #76
#75April16US #32
#76Cassandra16US #62
#77Dawn16US #95
#78Leah16US #79
#79Nichole16US #99
#80Tracy16US #88
#81Valerie16US #75
#82Victoria16US #66
#83Gina15US #124
#84Krystal15US #83
#85Lori15US #98
#86Maria15US #42
#87Patricia15US #59
#88Sandra15US #80
#89Stacey15US #85
#90Kathleen14US #77
#91Keri14
#92Lynn14
#93Stefanie14US #151
#94Diane13
#95Jill13US #89
#96Meredith13US #150
#97Monica13US #52
#98Joanna12US #161
#99Natasha12US #71
#100Sheena12US #149

Boys

#1Michael362US #1
#2Christopher246US #2
#3Matthew226US #3
#4Jason191US #4
#5David182US #5
#6Joseph176US #11
#7John150US #8
#8Joshua144US #7
#9James141US #6
#10Brian129US #14
#11Ryan128US #13
#12Robert123US #9
#13Daniel120US #10
#14Kevin112US #25
#15Justin103US #12
#16Jonathan99US #16
#17Andrew93US #17
#18Richard88US #27
#19Eric87US #20
#20Thomas85US #23
#21Adam82US #19
#22Anthony81US #21
#23William79US #15
#24Jeffrey78US #29
#25Nicholas70US #22
#26Steven67US #26
#27Timothy67US #24
#28Stephen64US #38
#29Gregory60US #40
#30Scott58US #34
#31Mark57US #32
#32Paul57US #35
#33Peter57US #57
#34Derek55US #50
#35Patrick49US #37
#36Kyle44US #47
#37Nathan44US #36
#38Benjamin42US #33
#39Aaron38US #30
#40Sean37US #44
#41Raymond36US #70
#42Jared34US #54
#43Jeremy34US #28
#44Kenneth34US #45
#45Jesse33US #43
#46Edward29US #53
#47Marc28US #138
#48Ian27US #83
#49Keith27US #59
#50Shawn26US #52
#51Brandon24US #18
#52Charles24US #31
#53Brendan23
#54Bryan23US #49
#55Alexander22US #65
#56Carl22US #104
#57Corey22US #74
#58Ronald22US #60
#59George21US #62
#60Evan20US #108
#61Craig18US #73
#62Alan17US #107
#63Lee17US #123
#64Carlos16US #71
#65Douglas16US #68
#66Geoffrey16US #194
#67Dennis15US #87
#68Jacob15US #41
#69Antonio14US #76
#70Brad14US #163
#71Erik14US #80
#72Frank14US #81
#73Nathaniel14US #75
#74Nelson14
#75Phillip14US #67
#76Samuel14US #56
#77Zachary14US #55
#78Donald13US #58
#79Gary13US #64
#80Philip13US #79
#81Russell13US #97
#82Colin12US #171
#83Juan12US #61
#84Luke12US #119
#85Mathew12US #160
#86Shaun12US #96
#87Todd12US #82
#88Brent11US #91
#89Chad11US #48
#90Cory11US #93
#91Jose11US #46
#92Louis11US #162
#93Randy11US #94
#94Seth11US #102
#95Vincent11US #103
#96Wayne11US #159
#97Arthur10US #157
#98Christian10US #114
#99Henry10US #134
#100Joel10US #69

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑39Caitlin#51
↑36Carlos#64
↑34Lindsey#54
↑32Michaela#64
↑32Ian#48
↑29Catherine#50
↑24Katherine#23
↑24Kristin#24

Falling

↓46Kathleen#90
↓36Vincent#95
↓31Philip#80
↓31Seth#94
↓30Joel#100
↓27Sandra#88
↓25Chad#89
↓24Tracy#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.