State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,036 Rhode Island births in 1986 across 359 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.

#46Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#65Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#75Justineoutside the national top 200
#67Brendan#185 nationally
#87Kayleighoutside the national top 200
#88Kerrioutside the national top 200
#94Geoffrey#199 nationally
#98Kaitlynoutside the national top 200
#81Kaitlin#182 nationally
#72Louis#160 nationally
#78Tanya#160 nationally
#57Marc#137 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley212US #2
#2Jessica206US #1
#3Amanda203US #3
#4Nicole164US #7
#5Jennifer152US #4
#6Sarah130US #5
#7Stephanie115US #6
#8Melissa94US #12
#9Lauren81US #14
#10Danielle75US #16
#11Christina74US #19
#12Elizabeth74US #10
#13Laura69US #20
#14Amy67US #22
#15Kimberly66US #18
#16Heather64US #9
#17Kristen64US #41
#18Rebecca64US #26
#19Samantha61US #21
#20Erin60US #30
#21Brittany54US #8
#22Christine52US #47
#23Courtney52US #35
#24Emily51US #24
#25Crystal50US #25
#26Katherine47US #28
#27Kelly47US #29
#28Meghan47US #71
#29Shannon47US #44
#30Caitlin46US #69
#31Megan46US #11
#32Michelle45US #23
#33Rachel45US #15
#34Kayla44US #64
#35Tiffany44US #17
#36Alicia41US #45
#37Erica41US #31
#38Katie40US #38
#39Allison39US #42
#40Jamie35US #34
#41Lindsay35US #46
#42Sara34US #27
#43Vanessa33US #43
#44Alexandra31US #72
#45Lisa31US #40
#46Michaela31
#47Lindsey29US #39
#48Tara29US #56
#49Marissa28US #115
#50Andrea27US #36
#51Angela27US #33
#52Julie27US #58
#53Kathryn27US #48
#54Krystal27US #61
#55Mary27US #37
#56Jenna26US #55
#57Jillian26US #107
#58Alison25US #96
#59Jacqueline25US #57
#60Cassandra23US #60
#61Bethany22US #91
#62Kristin22US #50
#63Kristina22US #62
#64Chelsea21US #73
#65Meaghan21
#66Melanie21US #97
#67Alyssa20US #85
#68Erika20US #74
#69Kathleen20US #68
#70Victoria20US #54
#71Molly19US #110
#72Amber18US #13
#73Catherine18US #67
#74Kara18US #102
#75Justine17
#76Leah17US #78
#77Nichole17US #105
#78Tanya17US #160
#79Diana16US #75
#80Holly16US #63
#81Kaitlin16US #182
#82Katelyn16US #149
#83Maria16US #49
#84Monica16US #59
#85Felicia15US #89
#86Katrina15US #99
#87Kayleigh15
#88Kerri15
#89Natalie15US #52
#90Whitney15US #32
#91April14US #53
#92Krista14US #93
#93Linda14US #148
#94Natasha14US #70
#95Rachael14US #103
#96Stacey14US #94
#97Julia13US #88
#98Kaitlyn13
#99Krystle13US #161
#100Patricia13US #66

Boys

#1Michael364US #1
#2Christopher258US #2
#3Matthew256US #3
#4David165US #5
#5Joseph163US #12
#6Daniel155US #6
#7Robert152US #9
#8John148US #10
#9Nicholas146US #17
#10Andrew145US #8
#11Ryan142US #11
#12James139US #7
#13Joshua128US #4
#14Brian110US #20
#15Kevin110US #21
#16Jonathan109US #16
#17Jason99US #18
#18Thomas94US #26
#19Justin93US #14
#20Kyle90US #23
#21William88US #15
#22Anthony85US #19
#23Adam83US #24
#24Sean83US #37
#25Steven81US #25
#26Eric78US #22
#27Richard78US #29
#28Peter75US #60
#29Jeffrey74US #32
#30Timothy71US #27
#31Brandon70US #13
#32Patrick64US #39
#33Benjamin62US #30
#34Stephen60US #36
#35Alexander58US #41
#36Gregory56US #46
#37Jeremy53US #28
#38Derek50US #57
#39Scott50US #44
#40Paul49US #45
#41Mark48US #35
#42Zachary44US #38
#43Bryan41US #47
#44Kenneth40US #50
#45Nathan40US #43
#46Jesse39US #48
#47Raymond32US #77
#48Evan31US #81
#49Edward30US #61
#50Keith29US #66
#51Charles27US #34
#52Craig27US #80
#53Aaron26US #33
#54Cory26US #68
#55Tyler26US #40
#56Corey25US #62
#57Marc25US #137
#58Samuel25US #52
#59Jared24US #58
#60Shane24US #67
#61Alex22US #64
#62Ian22US #85
#63Shawn22US #55
#64Frank21US #91
#65Jacob21US #31
#66Brett19US #69
#67Brendan18US #185
#68Vincent18US #93
#69Douglas16US #82
#70Erik16US #92
#71Jose16US #51
#72Louis16US #160
#73Luis16US #79
#74Nathaniel16US #78
#75Dennis14US #104
#76Donald14US #71
#77Gary14US #84
#78Philip14US #86
#79Alan13US #107
#80Chad13US #59
#81Dylan13US #149
#82Jordan13US #53
#83Juan13US #65
#84Ronald13US #75
#85Seth13US #97
#86Joel12US #72
#87Mathew12US #141
#88Bradley11US #54
#89Curtis11US #100
#90Russell11US #116
#91Albert10US #154
#92Carl10US #114
#93Carlos10US #76
#94Geoffrey10US #199
#95George10US #74
#96Lee10US #145
#97Shaun10US #132
#98Christian9US #89
#99Henry9US #139
#100Kristopher9US #140

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑38Cory#54
↑38Alex#61
↑33Meaghan#65
↑30Chelsea#64
↑29Alexandra#44
↑25Melanie#66
↑23Victoria#70
↑22Erika#68

Falling

↓34Kerri#88
↓33Patricia#100
↓27Jenna#56
↓27Stacey#96
↓25Donald#76
↓24Holly#80
↓22Joel#86
↓19Ronald#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.