State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,441 Rhode Island births in 1983 across 358 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.

#61Kerrioutside the national top 200
#73Jarrodoutside the national top 200
#65Brendan#191 nationally
#81Kate#199 nationally
#38Caitlin#153 nationally
#88Audraoutside the national top 200
#89Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#88Geoffrey#189 nationally
#75Brad#175 nationally
#92Aimee#184 nationally
#74Walter#154 nationally
#93Alexandra#163 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer227US #1
#2Jessica202US #2
#3Nicole152US #7
#4Melissa128US #6
#5Amanda121US #3
#6Elizabeth115US #10
#7Stephanie115US #8
#8Sarah108US #5
#9Ashley97US #4
#10Lauren97US #24
#11Amy82US #12
#12Crystal79US #11
#13Heather74US #9
#14Danielle69US #29
#15Erin69US #18
#16Kristen66US #37
#17Kimberly63US #15
#18Michelle57US #13
#19Rebecca56US #19
#20Meghan54US #75
#21Emily53US #25
#22Kelly52US #26
#23Laura51US #23
#24Christina50US #16
#25Katherine50US #34
#26Rachel49US #20
#27Sara49US #31
#28Alicia48US #41
#29Jamie48US #28
#30Lindsay45US #36
#31Christine44US #47
#32Tara44US #51
#33Courtney39US #44
#34Holly38US #48
#35Tiffany38US #14
#36Lisa37US #27
#37Megan37US #21
#38Caitlin36US #153
#39Erica35US #33
#40Allison34US #59
#41Andrea34US #30
#42Katie34US #45
#43Kathryn32US #50
#44Lindsey32US #35
#45Mary31US #32
#46Jacqueline30US #53
#47Shannon30US #38
#48Stacy30US #61
#49Kayla29US #81
#50Angela28US #22
#51Bethany27US #99
#52Kristin24US #42
#53Renee24US #97
#54Stacey23US #76
#55Julie22US #46
#56Samantha22US #40
#57Catherine21US #66
#58Kathleen21US #73
#59Linda21US #119
#60Patricia21US #60
#61Kerri20
#62Vanessa20US #49
#63Leah19US #82
#64Susan18US #86
#65Jillian17US #115
#66Kara17US #101
#67Victoria17US #58
#68Alison16US #116
#69Julia16US #85
#70Melanie16US #79
#71Pamela16US #91
#72Tanya16US #134
#73April15US #39
#74Jaclyn15US #126
#75Jill15US #98
#76Nichole15US #93
#77Rachael15US #123
#78Alexis14US #83
#79Chelsea14US #102
#80Gina14US #121
#81Kate14US #199
#82Maria14US #43
#83Monica14US #54
#84Sheena14US #107
#85Stefanie14US #105
#86Diana13US #69
#87Amber12US #17
#88Audra12
#89Michaela12
#90Tracy12US #89
#91Wendy12US #125
#92Aimee11US #184
#93Alexandra11US #163
#94Brooke11US #96
#95Candice11US #84
#96Cynthia11US #62
#97Jaime11US #158
#98Krystal11US #78
#99Michele11US #155
#100Sandra11US #88

Boys

#1Michael363US #1
#2Matthew260US #3
#3Christopher250US #2
#4David181US #4
#5Jason174US #7
#6Joseph162US #11
#7John159US #9
#8Daniel152US #8
#9James149US #6
#10Robert147US #10
#11Joshua137US #5
#12Brian130US #14
#13Justin119US #12
#14Andrew107US #15
#15Nicholas102US #21
#16Eric99US #20
#17Adam97US #18
#18Jonathan96US #19
#19Ryan94US #13
#20Steven89US #23
#21Thomas84US #24
#22William82US #16
#23Richard77US #27
#24Stephen76US #35
#25Anthony75US #22
#26Kevin74US #25
#27Kyle71US #34
#28Jeffrey68US #28
#29Timothy68US #26
#30Mark60US #31
#31Brandon56US #17
#32Paul54US #39
#33Peter54US #59
#34Benjamin53US #32
#35Gregory52US #42
#36Derek50US #51
#37Scott50US #38
#38Patrick49US #37
#39Sean49US #44
#40Charles44US #33
#41Nathan40US #40
#42Jared39US #56
#43Aaron36US #29
#44Keith32US #61
#45Kenneth31US #45
#46Raymond28US #71
#47Edward27US #55
#48Donald26US #60
#49Shawn26US #53
#50Bryan25US #47
#51Alexander23US #63
#52Jeremy23US #30
#53Jesse22US #46
#54Jacob21US #36
#55Evan20US #93
#56Ronald20US #64
#57Craig19US #70
#58George19US #65
#59Seth19US #98
#60Zachary19US #50
#61Antonio18US #76
#62Douglas18US #69
#63Frank18US #86
#64Ian18US #77
#65Brendan17US #191
#66Dennis17US #92
#67Vincent17US #97
#68Christian16US #112
#69Corey16US #74
#70Samuel16US #54
#71Erik15US #80
#72Gary15US #68
#73Jarrod15
#74Walter15US #154
#75Brad14US #175
#76Jose14US #48
#77Marc14US #125
#78Shane14US #84
#79Travis14US #41
#80Alan13US #102
#81Brent12US #94
#82Luis12US #88
#83Marcus12US #58
#84Nathaniel12US #79
#85Albert11US #150
#86Chad11US #49
#87Derrick11US #78
#88Geoffrey11US #189
#89Philip11US #82
#90Phillip11US #66
#91Shaun11US #111
#92Cory10US #83
#93Jordan10US #72
#94Mathew10US #146
#95Roger10US #144
#96Tyler10US #57
#97Alex9US #123
#98Allen9US #120
#99Carlos9US #75
#100Gabriel9US #89

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑35Stacey#54
↑35Seth#59
↑32Kathleen#58
↑30Donald#48
↑30Christian#68
↑28Meghan#20
↑28Vincent#67
↑27Patricia#60

Falling

↓35Carlos#99
↓31Kerri#61
↓30Marc#77
↓28Kristin#52
↓25Melanie#70
↓25Michaela#89
↓24Bethany#51
↓24Aimee#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.