State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,465 Rhode Island births in 1984 across 351 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.

#52Kerrioutside the national top 200
#51Brendan#188 nationally
#68Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#70Kerioutside the national top 200
#77Kaitlinoutside the national top 200
#84Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#89Katelynoutside the national top 200
#72Marissa#170 nationally
#88Kate#178 nationally
#88Bruce#175 nationally
#44Caitlin#118 nationally
#57Marc#131 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer225US #1
#2Jessica178US #2
#3Nicole157US #7
#4Amanda128US #4
#5Stephanie122US #6
#6Sarah121US #5
#7Ashley114US #3
#8Melissa110US #8
#9Elizabeth85US #10
#10Lauren81US #21
#11Danielle75US #16
#12Heather75US #9
#13Kristen74US #38
#14Laura74US #19
#15Rebecca71US #23
#16Erin64US #25
#17Amy63US #13
#18Kimberly59US #22
#19Michelle59US #17
#20Emily58US #24
#21Megan54US #11
#22Crystal53US #12
#23Rachel52US #15
#24Meghan49US #65
#25Shannon48US #37
#26Christine46US #43
#27Bethany45US #93
#28Lisa45US #29
#29Alicia44US #40
#30Tara44US #49
#31Kelly43US #27
#32Erica42US #34
#33Christina40US #20
#34Katherine39US #30
#35Andrea38US #28
#36Courtney38US #46
#37Tiffany37US #14
#38Jamie36US #31
#39Lindsey35US #35
#40Kathryn34US #48
#41Allison33US #51
#42Jenna33US #54
#43Lindsay33US #36
#44Caitlin30US #118
#45Mary30US #33
#46Sara28US #32
#47Catherine26US #69
#48Kristin26US #47
#49Angela24US #26
#50Leah24US #83
#51Alexandra23US #96
#52Kerri23
#53Jillian22US #106
#54Vanessa22US #45
#55Kathleen21US #71
#56Tracy21US #91
#57Jacqueline20US #56
#58Kara20US #95
#59Katie20US #44
#60Kayla20US #100
#61Samantha20US #39
#62Maria19US #50
#63Stacy19US #67
#64Cassandra18US #63
#65Erika18US #81
#66Holly18US #53
#67Julie18US #52
#68Michaela18
#69Victoria18US #59
#70Keri17
#71Kristina17US #68
#72Marissa17US #170
#73Nichole17US #97
#74Renee17US #108
#75Stacey17US #79
#76Jill16US #120
#77Kaitlin16
#78Sheena16US #80
#79Alexis15US #89
#80Karen15US #82
#81Krystal15US #74
#82Margaret15US #92
#83Meredith15US #148
#84Anne14US #127
#85Brittany14US #41
#86Cynthia14US #62
#87Gina14US #109
#88Kate14US #178
#89Katelyn14
#90Anna13US #57
#91Chelsea13US #84
#92Melanie13US #85
#93Alison12US #110
#94April12US #42
#95Casey12US #107
#96Diana12US #72
#97Jenny12US #136
#98Linda12US #119
#99Monica12US #58
#100Pamela12US #104

Boys

#1Michael357US #1
#2Matthew238US #3
#3Christopher231US #2
#4David169US #5
#5John161US #8
#6Daniel160US #6
#7Joseph148US #10
#8Jason145US #11
#9Joshua142US #4
#10Ryan138US #12
#11Robert133US #9
#12Kevin132US #24
#13Nicholas125US #20
#14James119US #7
#15Andrew116US #14
#16Brian113US #17
#17Jonathan110US #19
#18Adam105US #18
#19Justin103US #13
#20Eric102US #22
#21William96US #16
#22Thomas93US #25
#23Timothy90US #26
#24Stephen84US #35
#25Jeffrey83US #28
#26Steven76US #23
#27Kyle73US #34
#28Richard72US #27
#29Anthony71US #21
#30Patrick68US #36
#31Mark58US #32
#32Gregory55US #44
#33Derek52US #52
#34Sean52US #43
#35Peter51US #60
#36Brandon48US #15
#37Paul47US #40
#38Scott47US #39
#39Benjamin45US #30
#40Nathan42US #38
#41Alexander39US #54
#42Edward37US #58
#43Kenneth37US #46
#44Charles33US #33
#45Aaron32US #29
#46Bryan29US #48
#47Raymond29US #73
#48Jeremy28US #31
#49Jared27US #59
#50Shawn27US #56
#51Brendan25US #188
#52Keith25US #61
#53Joel24US #66
#54Craig23US #75
#55George23US #68
#56Jesse23US #50
#57Marc23US #131
#58Nathaniel22US #80
#59Zachary22US #45
#60Samuel21US #55
#61Evan20US #98
#62Cory19US #83
#63Gary19US #76
#64Jacob19US #37
#65Douglas18US #71
#66Ian18US #78
#67Ronald17US #67
#68Vincent17US #95
#69Albert16US #141
#70Seth16US #99
#71Erik15US #84
#72Frank15US #86
#73Philip15US #81
#74Brett14US #72
#75Mathew14US #139
#76Travis14US #42
#77Tyler14US #47
#78Alan13US #105
#79Corey13US #69
#80Jordan13US #65
#81Jose13US #49
#82Shane13US #85
#83Todd13US #92
#84Bradford12
#85Colin12US #152
#86Dennis12US #97
#87Louis12US #158
#88Bruce11US #175
#89Carlos11US #74
#90Christian11US #104
#91Victor11US #90
#92Allen10US #128
#93Chad10US #51
#94Derrick10US #79
#95Donald10US #63
#96Johnathan10US #132
#97Mario10US #116
#98Phillip10US #70
#99Roger10US #157
#100Ross10US #155

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑42Alexandra#51
↑34Tracy#56
↑30Cory#62
↑26Nathaniel#58
↑24Bethany#27
↑22Shannon#25
↑21Michaela#68
↑20Maria#62

Falling

↓47Donald#95
↓39Linda#98
↓32Holly#66
↓29Pamela#100
↓25Alison#93
↓22Melanie#92
↓22Christian#90
↓21Renee#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.