State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,760 Rhode Island births in 1985 across 378 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.

#54Kerrioutside the national top 200
#59Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#72Kaitlinoutside the national top 200
#76Justineoutside the national top 200
#62Brendan#185 nationally
#71Katelyn#191 nationally
#82Kaitlynoutside the national top 200
#85Jocelynoutside the national top 200
#85Neiloutside the national top 200
#98Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#91Wayne#184 nationally
#62Marissa#152 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda199US #4
#2Jessica192US #1
#3Ashley183US #2
#4Jennifer175US #3
#5Nicole135US #7
#6Stephanie128US #6
#7Sarah106US #5
#8Melissa88US #11
#9Heather83US #8
#10Lauren82US #15
#11Danielle77US #18
#12Elizabeth72US #9
#13Laura67US #14
#14Christina66US #12
#15Megan64US #10
#16Kelly61US #28
#17Meghan59US #63
#18Michelle57US #22
#19Erin56US #26
#20Kimberly56US #19
#21Crystal55US #21
#22Rachel54US #13
#23Amy51US #20
#24Christine50US #44
#25Emily50US #24
#26Kristen49US #38
#27Katherine48US #32
#28Rebecca47US #25
#29Jenna46US #50
#30Brittany45US #17
#31Allison44US #46
#32Erica40US #34
#33Sara39US #30
#34Courtney38US #43
#35Samantha38US #29
#36Tara38US #51
#37Jamie36US #27
#38Lindsay36US #40
#39Lisa36US #36
#40Vanessa36US #42
#41Tiffany35US #23
#42Alicia34US #45
#43Andrea34US #33
#44Shannon34US #41
#45Caitlin33US #77
#46Katie33US #39
#47Bethany31US #94
#48Kathryn31US #48
#49Angela30US #31
#50Kristin30US #49
#51Alyssa28US #130
#52Kayla27US #109
#53Jillian25US #115
#54Kerri25
#55Lindsey25US #37
#56Holly23US #56
#57Kristina23US #57
#58Mary23US #35
#59Michaela23
#60Jacqueline22US #60
#61Renee22US #118
#62Marissa21US #152
#63Nichole21US #95
#64Julie20US #55
#65Kathleen20US #68
#66Krystal20US #53
#67Patricia20US #64
#68Stacy20US #67
#69Stacey19US #89
#70Gina18US #113
#71Katelyn18US #191
#72Kaitlin16
#73Alexandra15US #92
#74Cassandra15US #62
#75Jenny15US #157
#76Justine15
#77Margaret15US #90
#78Natalie15US #58
#79Alison14US #97
#80Catherine14US #65
#81Colleen14US #150
#82Kaitlyn14
#83Kara14US #98
#84Amber13US #16
#85Jocelyn13
#86Meagan13US #133
#87Meredith13US #149
#88Sheena13US #91
#89Dana12US #82
#90Erika12US #80
#91Melanie12US #88
#92Susan12US #106
#93Victoria12US #59
#94Chelsea11US #75
#95Julia11US #85
#96Karen11US #87
#97Maria11US #52
#98Meaghan11
#99Melinda11US #138
#100Brittney10US #84

Boys

#1Michael346US #1
#2Christopher264US #2
#3Matthew251US #3
#4Joseph186US #10
#5David170US #6
#6Ryan159US #12
#7Robert153US #8
#8Andrew148US #11
#9Nicholas147US #19
#10Joshua142US #4
#11James139US #7
#12Daniel138US #5
#13John136US #9
#14Jason122US #14
#15Eric112US #21
#16Brian108US #18
#17Jonathan101US #17
#18Justin99US #15
#19William98US #16
#20Anthony91US #20
#21Kevin87US #23
#22Adam84US #22
#23Kyle84US #27
#24Richard84US #28
#25Thomas82US #25
#26Steven79US #24
#27Jeffrey75US #29
#28Stephen64US #36
#29Sean62US #38
#30Derek60US #56
#31Paul60US #42
#32Patrick57US #37
#33Brandon56US #13
#34Timothy56US #26
#35Mark55US #32
#36Benjamin54US #31
#37Gregory54US #45
#38Alexander46US #50
#39Peter46US #60
#40Nathan43US #40
#41Keith42US #64
#42Zachary42US #39
#43Bryan38US #48
#44Edward37US #59
#45Scott36US #44
#46Raymond33US #75
#47Marc30US #129
#48Aaron29US #33
#49Shane29US #68
#50Corey28US #63
#51Donald28US #66
#52Jeremy28US #30
#53Kenneth28US #47
#54Jared25US #58
#55Charles24US #34
#56Evan24US #91
#57Jacob24US #35
#58Craig23US #79
#59Frank23US #90
#60Tyler22US #43
#61Dennis21US #103
#62Brendan20US #185
#63Jesse20US #51
#64Joel20US #67
#65Ronald19US #71
#66Shawn19US #55
#67Douglas18US #76
#68Jose18US #49
#69Samuel18US #54
#70Alan17US #109
#71Gary17US #82
#72Ian16US #78
#73Philip16US #84
#74Brett14US #70
#75Dustin14US #41
#76Erik14US #87
#77George14US #72
#78Nathaniel13US #77
#79Russell13US #110
#80Travis13US #46
#81Vincent13US #95
#82Antonio12US #73
#83Chad12US #57
#84Luis12US #85
#85Neil12
#86Seth12US #104
#87Victor12US #88
#88Arthur11US #158
#89Louis11US #164
#90Mathew11US #148
#91Wayne11US #184
#92Cory10US #81
#93Derrick10US #83
#94Gabriel10US #92
#95Hector10US #178
#96Henry10US #137
#97Johnathan10US #118
#98Jordan10US #62
#99Alex9US #80
#100Colin9US #156

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑55Brittany#30
↑44Donald#51
↑33Shane#49
↑29Corey#50
↑26Samantha#35
↑25Dennis#61
↑22Jenny#75
↑19Christina#14

Falling

↓35Maria#97
↓33Catherine#80
↓30Cory#92
↓25Kara#83
↓25Erika#90
↓24Victoria#93
↓22Alexandra#73
↓22George#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.