State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,804 Rhode Island births in 1991 across 431 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.

#66Michaelaoutside the national top 200
#95Allysonoutside the national top 200
#96Jamieoutside the national top 200
#98Marc#196 nationally
#92Louis#187 nationally
#45Jillian#136 nationally
#61Brendan#147 nationally
#68Alison#142 nationally
#80Colin#139 nationally
#81Dennis#138 nationally
#53Bethany#109 nationally
#71Emma#123 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda188US #4
#2Ashley164US #1
#3Jessica157US #2
#4Stephanie137US #7
#5Kayla127US #12
#6Jennifer116US #8
#7Samantha112US #5
#8Nicole111US #15
#9Sarah111US #6
#10Brittany106US #3
#11Elizabeth97US #9
#12Lauren90US #13
#13Emily89US #10
#14Chelsea73US #18
#15Alexandra71US #36
#16Courtney67US #19
#17Alyssa62US #30
#18Danielle58US #17
#19Rachel54US #14
#20Rebecca54US #21
#21Megan53US #11
#22Kelsey52US #26
#23Katherine50US #25
#24Melissa50US #20
#25Victoria48US #28
#26Amy46US #43
#27Laura45US #35
#28Christina44US #31
#29Michelle44US #22
#30Brianna43US #51
#31Erica43US #40
#32Erin42US #44
#33Kelly42US #42
#34Allison40US #50
#35Marissa40US #81
#36Heather39US #23
#37Kristen38US #48
#38Kimberly37US #34
#39Andrea35US #39
#40Kaitlyn34US #82
#41Tiffany32US #27
#42Amber31US #16
#43Caitlin31US #55
#44Hannah31US #29
#45Jillian31US #136
#46Kathryn31US #57
#47Taylor31US #32
#48Alicia30US #63
#49Katelyn30US #75
#50Meghan29US #94
#51Molly29US #74
#52Sara29US #37
#53Bethany28US #109
#54Jenna28US #80
#55Alexandria26US #78
#56Lindsay26US #77
#57Briana25US #95
#58Julia25US #67
#59Christine24US #73
#60Olivia24US #61
#61Shannon24US #71
#62Cassandra23US #54
#63Jacqueline23US #70
#64Katie23US #53
#65Mariah23US #69
#66Michaela23
#67Alexis22US #47
#68Alison22US #142
#69Brittney22US #58
#70Catherine22US #72
#71Emma22US #123
#72Julie22US #98
#73Vanessa22US #56
#74Kaitlin21US #99
#75Lindsey21US #52
#76Maria21US #45
#77Mary21US #38
#78Crystal20US #41
#79Haley20US #79
#80Jasmine20US #24
#81Bianca19US #89
#82Margaret19US #108
#83Casey17US #111
#84Angela16US #59
#85Anna16US #46
#86Brooke16US #65
#87Jordan16US #62
#88Miranda16US #90
#89Monica16US #85
#90Morgan16US #49
#91Tara16US #104
#92Ariel15US #66
#93Kathleen15US #102
#94Shelby15US #33
#95Allyson14
#96Angelica14US #117
#97Erika14US #84
#98Holly14US #105
#99Jamie14US #60
#100Kendra14US #118

Boys

#1Michael341US #1
#2Matthew268US #3
#3Christopher255US #2
#4Nicholas185US #12
#5Joshua170US #4
#6Andrew155US #5
#7Kyle155US #21
#8Joseph150US #9
#9Ryan150US #11
#10David145US #8
#11Daniel134US #6
#12Robert127US #13
#13John126US #10
#14Kevin114US #23
#15Anthony106US #18
#16Justin106US #14
#17James104US #7
#18Jonathan98US #20
#19Zachary97US #22
#20Alexander96US #26
#21William95US #19
#22Thomas92US #28
#23Brian88US #30
#24Eric85US #25
#25Tyler77US #16
#26Benjamin72US #33
#27Steven71US #27
#28Jeffrey69US #45
#29Brandon68US #15
#30Sean67US #40
#31Patrick66US #35
#32Jacob62US #17
#33Stephen59US #41
#34Nathan56US #42
#35Timothy56US #32
#36Richard54US #34
#37Mark48US #47
#38Peter47US #77
#39Adam46US #36
#40Dylan46US #46
#41Derek45US #59
#42Aaron44US #31
#43Scott44US #57
#44Jordan43US #29
#45Jason39US #49
#46Paul38US #53
#47Gregory37US #55
#48Jesse36US #51
#49Jose36US #37
#50Samuel36US #39
#51Evan34US #70
#52Jeremy34US #43
#53Corey33US #58
#54Jared33US #64
#55Edward32US #68
#56Alex29US #63
#57Kenneth29US #54
#58Raymond29US #97
#59Bryan28US #61
#60Cody28US #24
#61Brendan26US #147
#62Ian26US #73
#63Shawn25US #71
#64Cameron24US #62
#65Christian24US #48
#66Brett21US #88
#67Shane21US #75
#68Taylor21US #52
#69Travis21US #44
#70Vincent21US #81
#71Cory20US #74
#72Ethan20US #65
#73Luis19US #66
#74Devin18US #83
#75Nathaniel18US #84
#76Charles17US #38
#77Johnathan17US #110
#78Trevor17US #69
#79Victor17US #85
#80Colin16US #139
#81Dennis16US #138
#82Keith16US #89
#83Ronald16US #101
#84Seth16US #99
#85Austin15US #50
#86Carlos15US #72
#87Connor15US #133
#88Donald15US #102
#89Douglas15US #109
#90George15US #87
#91Joel15US #100
#92Louis15US #187
#93Mitchell15US #96
#94Philip15US #120
#95Frank14US #116
#96Jamie14
#97Lucas14US #107
#98Marc14US #196
#99Antonio13US #79
#100Casey13US #90

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑41Alexandria#55
↑31Erica#31
↑31Brett#66
↑29Brianna#30
↑29Dylan#40
↑27Molly#51
↑27Julia#58
↑27Taylor#68

Falling

↓58Jamie#99
↓32George#90
↓30Mary#77
↓25Cassandra#62
↓24Kaitlin#74
↓24Crystal#78
↓21Catherine#70
↓21Anna#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.