State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,442 Rhode Island births in 1987 across 384 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.

#62Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#56Justine#176 nationally
#88Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#89Kerrioutside the national top 200
#95Kerioutside the national top 200
#96Meaghanoutside the national top 200
#98Jocelynoutside the national top 200
#94Emmanuel#192 nationally
#99Kate#191 nationally
#72Kaitlyn#163 nationally
#70Brendan#156 nationally
#59Marc#143 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley247US #2
#2Amanda229US #3
#3Jessica210US #1
#4Jennifer160US #4
#5Kayla142US #27
#6Stephanie134US #6
#7Nicole125US #8
#8Sarah125US #5
#9Danielle91US #14
#10Lauren84US #16
#11Heather79US #9
#12Melissa78US #13
#13Samantha75US #11
#14Brittany74US #7
#15Elizabeth73US #10
#16Emily70US #19
#17Kimberly66US #23
#18Kristen66US #42
#19Laura58US #22
#20Megan57US #12
#21Amy51US #24
#22Courtney49US #33
#23Kelly48US #30
#24Meghan47US #78
#25Rebecca47US #25
#26Christina46US #20
#27Crystal46US #26
#28Michelle46US #21
#29Tiffany45US #18
#30Caitlin44US #63
#31Alicia43US #46
#32Erin43US #34
#33Rachel43US #17
#34Sara43US #29
#35Bethany40US #87
#36Jillian37US #99
#37Christine36US #48
#38Katherine35US #28
#39Shannon34US #45
#40Alexandra33US #59
#41Vanessa33US #43
#42Andrea32US #36
#43Erica32US #31
#44Marissa32US #109
#45Allison31US #44
#46Kathryn31US #51
#47Alyssa30US #60
#48Lindsay30US #49
#49Lisa30US #40
#50Chelsea29US #47
#51Jamie29US #39
#52Jacqueline28US #54
#53Lindsey28US #41
#54Katie27US #38
#55Julie26US #65
#56Justine26US #176
#57Tara26US #69
#58Katelyn25US #127
#59Mary25US #37
#60Victoria24US #50
#61Kelsey23US #67
#62Michaela23
#63Erika22US #75
#64Alison21US #100
#65Amber21US #15
#66Cassandra21US #68
#67Catherine21US #74
#68Jenna21US #57
#69Kristin20US #55
#70Patricia20US #76
#71Renee19US #134
#72Kaitlyn18US #163
#73Karen18US #107
#74Leah18US #82
#75Maria18US #53
#76Diana17US #85
#77Kathleen17US #72
#78Sabrina17US #110
#79Hannah16US #66
#80Holly16US #71
#81Kristina16US #62
#82Molly16US #97
#83Natasha16US #73
#84Brianna15US #122
#85Desiree15US #124
#86Kaitlin15US #141
#87Meagan15US #136
#88Melanie15US #102
#89Kerri14
#90Stacey14US #103
#91Angelica13US #106
#92Anna13US #52
#93Caroline13US #135
#94Felicia13US #96
#95Keri13
#96Meaghan13
#97Jenny12US #165
#98Jocelyn12
#99Kate12US #191
#100Kristy12US #181

Boys

#1Michael315US #1
#2Matthew240US #3
#3Christopher238US #2
#4Andrew201US #6
#5David188US #5
#6John181US #11
#7Joshua160US #4
#8Nicholas158US #16
#9Daniel156US #7
#10Ryan153US #13
#11Joseph139US #12
#12Robert139US #10
#13Justin136US #9
#14Kyle122US #22
#15James117US #8
#16Kevin105US #19
#17Brian102US #20
#18Jonathan101US #18
#19Anthony100US #17
#20Thomas94US #24
#21William92US #15
#22Jeffrey91US #32
#23Jason89US #23
#24Stephen88US #38
#25Timothy85US #26
#26Steven84US #25
#27Mark79US #36
#28Eric78US #21
#29Sean75US #40
#30Adam71US #27
#31Benjamin70US #28
#32Richard68US #30
#33Alexander65US #37
#34Patrick62US #41
#35Brandon61US #14
#36Paul50US #46
#37Nathan49US #45
#38Peter49US #64
#39Derek46US #54
#40Zachary45US #33
#41Aaron41US #34
#42Gregory40US #47
#43Scott40US #43
#44Kenneth39US #53
#45Edward38US #61
#46Evan38US #83
#47Shane37US #65
#48Jeremy35US #29
#49Bryan34US #51
#50Shawn34US #59
#51Corey31US #57
#52Cory29US #62
#53Jared28US #58
#54Jesse28US #55
#55Tyler28US #39
#56Charles27US #35
#57Samuel27US #50
#58Jordan26US #52
#59Marc26US #143
#60Keith24US #69
#61Craig23US #88
#62Raymond22US #79
#63Ronald22US #73
#64Alex21US #60
#65Mathew21US #140
#66Philip21US #84
#67Jacob20US #31
#68Donald19US #70
#69Jose19US #48
#70Brendan18US #156
#71Gary18US #87
#72Ian18US #81
#73Juan18US #66
#74Brett17US #71
#75Christian17US #90
#76Luis17US #82
#77Nathaniel17US #78
#78Antonio16US #72
#79Chad16US #63
#80Colin16US #134
#81Erik16US #94
#82George16US #77
#83Carl15US #126
#84Douglas15US #85
#85Travis14US #42
#86Vincent14US #95
#87Alan13US #112
#88Bradford13
#89Dennis13US #107
#90Phillip13US #68
#91Dylan12US #141
#92Luke12US #111
#93Albert11US #158
#94Emmanuel11US #192
#95Frank11US #97
#96Carlos10US #74
#97Derrick10US #86
#98Garrett10US #113
#99Jamie10US #178
#100Seth10US #89

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑30Patricia#70
↑29Kayla#5
↑26Bethany#35
↑26Kaitlyn#72
↑24Katelyn#58
↑24Jordan#58
↑23Christian#75
↑22Mathew#65

Falling

↓31Meaghan#96
↓31Frank#95
↓22Melanie#88
↓18Kristina#81
↓18Vincent#86
↓16Katie#54
↓16Michaela#62
↓15Christina#26

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.