State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,502 Rhode Island births in 1988 across 403 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.

#48Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#85Jay#199 nationally
#87Kerrioutside the national top 200
#88Wayneoutside the national top 200
#94Marisaoutside the national top 200
#99Francisoutside the national top 200
#100Caitlynoutside the national top 200
#100Glennoutside the national top 200
#78Justine#177 nationally
#57Brendan#153 nationally
#82Shaun#169 nationally
#79Louis#165 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda238US #3
#2Ashley217US #2
#3Jessica190US #1
#4Sarah129US #4
#5Nicole125US #9
#6Stephanie124US #7
#7Jennifer123US #5
#8Kayla115US #20
#9Samantha107US #8
#10Elizabeth105US #10
#11Lauren100US #11
#12Brittany77US #6
#13Danielle70US #17
#14Melissa70US #16
#15Emily69US #18
#16Tiffany69US #13
#17Amy67US #29
#18Laura66US #23
#19Heather59US #14
#20Alexandra56US #49
#21Katherine53US #27
#22Rebecca53US #26
#23Christina52US #22
#24Courtney52US #24
#25Kimberly51US #25
#26Megan48US #12
#27Caitlin46US #44
#28Alicia45US #50
#29Chelsea45US #33
#30Erica43US #31
#31Erin42US #37
#32Rachel41US #19
#33Kelly39US #32
#34Kristen39US #36
#35Alyssa38US #47
#36Meghan37US #81
#37Sara37US #30
#38Victoria37US #42
#39Crystal35US #28
#40Katie35US #40
#41Kaitlyn34US #106
#42Andrea33US #35
#43Bethany33US #89
#44Katelyn33US #84
#45Vanessa30US #41
#46Hannah29US #61
#47Lindsey29US #48
#48Michaela29
#49Jillian28US #104
#50Kelsey28US #64
#51Lindsay28US #57
#52Lisa27US #43
#53Kathryn26US #55
#54Michelle26US #21
#55Allison25US #46
#56Cassandra25US #59
#57Julie25US #71
#58Catherine24US #69
#59Jenna24US #66
#60Alison23US #113
#61Kathleen23US #75
#62Mary23US #34
#63Christine22US #51
#64Holly21US #72
#65Jamie21US #45
#66Kaitlin21US #98
#67Marissa21US #101
#68Shannon21US #56
#69Julia20US #88
#70Molly20US #86
#71Jacqueline19US #62
#72Kristina19US #68
#73Jasmine18US #53
#74Krystal18US #74
#75Nichole18US #115
#76Casey17US #92
#77Erika17US #76
#78Justine17US #177
#79Kristin16US #58
#80Tara16US #67
#81Amber15US #15
#82Angela15US #38
#83Brittney15US #52
#84Kara15US #95
#85Natalie15US #63
#86Emma14US #160
#87Kerri14
#88Leah14US #82
#89Anne13US #153
#90April13US #65
#91Ashlee13US #133
#92Briana13US #158
#93Diana13US #85
#94Marisa13
#95Natasha13US #73
#96Sabrina13US #116
#97Alexandria12US #124
#98Alisha12US #126
#99Brianna12US #96
#100Caitlyn12

Boys

#1Michael384US #1
#2Matthew246US #3
#3Christopher239US #2
#4David178US #6
#5Joshua172US #4
#6Andrew169US #5
#7Justin167US #7
#8Joseph160US #12
#9Daniel150US #8
#10John150US #11
#11Nicholas149US #14
#12Robert137US #10
#13Ryan123US #13
#14James119US #9
#15Jonathan111US #15
#16Kyle105US #21
#17Anthony96US #18
#18William93US #16
#19Jeffrey92US #36
#20Stephen92US #40
#21Steven91US #24
#22Eric90US #19
#23Kevin90US #20
#24Timothy85US #25
#25Alexander81US #34
#26Brian81US #22
#27Thomas81US #23
#28Benjamin75US #30
#29Jason74US #27
#30Adam72US #26
#31Derek72US #53
#32Brandon60US #17
#33Sean60US #38
#34Gregory58US #50
#35Patrick58US #42
#36Paul58US #46
#37Zachary58US #29
#38Mark56US #39
#39Richard50US #32
#40Corey48US #56
#41Peter48US #64
#42Scott46US #47
#43Samuel39US #45
#44Charles37US #37
#45Jared35US #60
#46Jose35US #49
#47Tyler35US #33
#48Jacob34US #28
#49Nathan34US #44
#50Shane32US #67
#51Aaron31US #31
#52Kenneth31US #51
#53Cory30US #59
#54Jesse30US #55
#55Shawn30US #61
#56Alex29US #58
#57Brendan28US #153
#58Bryan28US #54
#59Edward28US #62
#60Evan27US #74
#61Jeremy27US #35
#62Keith26US #70
#63Raymond23US #84
#64Ronald22US #79
#65Vincent22US #82
#66Ian20US #77
#67Marc20US #149
#68Douglas18US #88
#69Craig17US #96
#70Dennis17US #116
#71Philip17US #94
#72Mathew16US #142
#73Antonio14US #72
#74Cameron14US #69
#75Carlos14US #80
#76Christian14US #86
#77George14US #78
#78Jordan14US #52
#79Louis14US #165
#80Luis14US #75
#81Seth14US #90
#82Shaun14US #169
#83Donald13US #76
#84Dylan13US #137
#85Jay12US #199
#86Juan12US #68
#87Nathaniel12US #81
#88Wayne12
#89Chad11US #65
#90Erik11US #92
#91Henry11US #140
#92Joel11US #85
#93Johnathan11US #115
#94Victor11US #89
#95Alan10US #110
#96Brett10US #73
#97Carl10US #126
#98Devin10US #98
#99Francis10
#100Glenn10

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑33Hannah#46
↑31Kaitlyn#41
↑23Jose#46
↑22Victoria#38
↑21Chelsea#29
↑21Vincent#65
↑21Carlos#75
↑20Alexandra#20

Falling

↓29Shannon#68
↓26Michelle#54
↓26Christine#63
↓23Marissa#67
↓23Tara#80
↓22Justine#78
↓22Brett#96
↓20Jordan#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.