State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,187 Rhode Island births in 1990 across 430 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.

#56Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#82Arianaoutside the national top 200
#72Brendan#155 nationally
#88Marc#163 nationally
#99Edwin#170 nationally
#80Mathew#148 nationally
#100Stacey#168 nationally
#48Bethany#107 nationally
#74Alison#132 nationally
#69Jillian#122 nationally
#50Kaitlin#101 nationally
#58Briana#109 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley192US #2
#2Jessica163US #1
#3Amanda160US #4
#4Brittany146US #3
#5Kayla144US #14
#6Stephanie144US #7
#7Nicole132US #13
#8Sarah125US #6
#9Samantha108US #5
#10Jennifer104US #8
#11Elizabeth93US #9
#12Emily93US #12
#13Lauren90US #10
#14Alexandra78US #37
#15Melissa73US #20
#16Danielle71US #18
#17Alyssa63US #27
#18Rebecca62US #21
#19Megan61US #11
#20Victoria60US #33
#21Katherine58US #26
#22Chelsea57US #24
#23Heather56US #19
#24Courtney54US #17
#25Amy53US #38
#26Kristen53US #42
#27Christina52US #25
#28Michelle47US #22
#29Alicia46US #54
#30Erin45US #43
#31Kelly45US #41
#32Kimberly44US #31
#33Laura43US #29
#34Rachel42US #16
#35Kelsey41US #32
#36Tiffany41US #23
#37Cassandra40US #49
#38Kathryn40US #57
#39Caitlin39US #50
#40Amber35US #15
#41Jamie34US #55
#42Marissa34US #87
#43Taylor34US #46
#44Allison31US #48
#45Christine31US #62
#46Kaitlyn31US #78
#47Mary31US #35
#48Bethany30US #107
#49Catherine30US #71
#50Kaitlin29US #101
#51Katelyn29US #75
#52Shannon29US #68
#53Vanessa29US #56
#54Crystal28US #39
#55Hannah28US #30
#56Michaela28
#57Sara28US #34
#58Briana27US #109
#59Brianna27US #61
#60Meghan27US #91
#61Andrea26US #40
#62Erica26US #36
#63Melanie25US #86
#64Anna23US #45
#65Bianca23US #84
#66Jenna23US #81
#67Kristina22US #77
#68Brittney21US #44
#69Jillian20US #122
#70Katie20US #53
#71Lindsay20US #69
#72Olivia20US #72
#73Lindsey19US #51
#74Alison18US #132
#75Jacqueline18US #67
#76Jordan18US #59
#77Kara18US #110
#78Molly18US #80
#79Natalie18US #63
#80Sabrina18US #118
#81Tara18US #85
#82Ariana16
#83Ariel16US #94
#84Emma16US #130
#85Julia16US #83
#86Kathleen16US #92
#87Maria16US #47
#88Monica16US #76
#89Angela15US #52
#90Holly15US #89
#91Jasmine15US #28
#92Karen15US #120
#93Leah15US #82
#94Lisa15US #64
#95Abigail14US #90
#96Alexandria14US #95
#97Kristin14US #65
#98Krystal14US #104
#99Margaret14US #102
#100Stacey14US #168

Boys

#1Michael358US #1
#2Christopher232US #2
#3Matthew229US #3
#4Nicholas199US #14
#5Joshua184US #4
#6Joseph165US #10
#7David159US #6
#8Daniel158US #5
#9Andrew156US #7
#10Justin155US #9
#11Robert155US #13
#12Ryan148US #11
#13John146US #12
#14Kyle137US #18
#15James129US #8
#16Jonathan126US #17
#17Anthony121US #15
#18Kevin113US #23
#19Alexander102US #28
#20William98US #16
#21Brian89US #27
#22Steven88US #25
#23Eric84US #24
#24Benjamin80US #33
#25Zachary80US #22
#26Thomas79US #26
#27Stephen70US #39
#28Adam66US #32
#29Sean66US #37
#30Jeffrey65US #43
#31Jason63US #46
#32Timothy62US #30
#33Patrick60US #36
#34Richard60US #35
#35Nathan55US #44
#36Gregory54US #51
#37Brandon53US #19
#38Peter50US #74
#39Jacob49US #20
#40Jordan49US #29
#41Samuel46US #45
#42Mark45US #47
#43Corey44US #56
#44Derek44US #54
#45Scott44US #53
#46Tyler44US #21
#47Evan43US #71
#48Kenneth40US #52
#49Aaron36US #34
#50Paul36US #49
#51Alex35US #59
#52Jeremy35US #40
#53Raymond35US #92
#54Bryan34US #57
#55Charles34US #38
#56Jared34US #63
#57Shawn32US #69
#58George30US #79
#59Jesse30US #48
#60Edward28US #68
#61Luis28US #66
#62Keith27US #80
#63Travis25US #42
#64Jose23US #41
#65Ian22US #70
#66Ronald22US #97
#67Cory21US #67
#68Douglas21US #103
#69Dylan21US #83
#70Ethan21US #58
#71Christian20US #60
#72Brendan19US #155
#73Shane19US #73
#74Cameron18US #62
#75Erik18US #96
#76Seth18US #102
#77Vincent18US #78
#78Carlos17US #75
#79Juan17US #61
#80Mathew17US #148
#81Philip17US #111
#82Trevor17US #76
#83Antonio16US #77
#84Cody16US #31
#85Craig16US #117
#86Donald16US #87
#87Nathaniel16US #86
#88Marc15US #163
#89Victor14US #82
#90Devin13US #98
#91Frank13US #109
#92Joel13US #95
#93Johnathan13US #108
#94Mario13US #119
#95Taylor13US #64
#96Bradley12US #65
#97Brett12US #84
#98Chad12US #85
#99Edwin12US #170
#100Mitchell12US #93

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑37Kaitlin#50
↑29Anna#64
↑27Michaela#56
↑27Briana#58
↑24Kaitlyn#46
↑23Alex#51
↑22Catherine#49
↑22Erik#75

Falling

↓54Lisa#94
↓35Katie#70
↓31Angela#89
↓30Tara#81
↓25Lindsay#71
↓25Krystal#98
↓23Erica#62
↓22Jasmine#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.