State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,803 Rhode Island births in 1996 across 414 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.

#58Ariannaoutside the national top 200
#60Giannaoutside the national top 200
#62Jillian#199 nationally
#89Harrisonoutside the national top 200
#92Maxoutside the national top 200
#94Brandenoutside the national top 200
#81Liam#184 nationally
#95Bridget#192 nationally
#66Ariana#156 nationally
#56Kendra#136 nationally
#78Ronald#156 nationally
#56Brendan#131 nationally

Girls

#1Emily112US #1
#2Samantha97US #5
#3Sarah92US #4
#4Ashley85US #3
#5Jessica84US #2
#6Amanda75US #13
#7Alexandra74US #26
#8Victoria72US #18
#9Rachel67US #9
#10Nicole65US #22
#11Elizabeth64US #10
#12Kayla61US #11
#13Alexis60US #8
#14Rebecca59US #24
#15Stephanie57US #20
#16Hannah53US #7
#17Brianna52US #17
#18Julia52US #48
#19Olivia52US #34
#20Lauren50US #16
#21Megan50US #12
#22Katherine49US #31
#23Taylor47US #6
#24Haley46US #30
#25Madison45US #15
#26Courtney43US #21
#27Brittany41US #14
#28Abigail40US #32
#29Alyssa40US #23
#30Danielle39US #29
#31Emma38US #53
#32Jennifer35US #19
#33Kaitlyn34US #40
#34Allison33US #38
#35Amber33US #27
#36Morgan33US #25
#37Sabrina32US #58
#38Christina31US #57
#39Chelsea30US #55
#40Kelsey30US #36
#41Brooke29US #45
#42Catherine28US #95
#43Michaela28US #102
#44Jenna27US #83
#45Kimberly26US #41
#46Mackenzie26US #75
#47Sara26US #50
#48Katelyn25US #64
#49Kathryn25US #87
#50Marissa25US #59
#51Sydney25US #39
#52Alexandria24US #77
#53Amy24US #88
#54Vanessa24US #60
#55Cassandra23US #89
#56Kendra23US #136
#57Andrea22US #61
#58Arianna22
#59Caroline22US #78
#60Gianna22
#61Jacqueline22US #69
#62Jillian22US #199
#63Molly22US #99
#64Briana21US #72
#65Erin21US #51
#66Ariana20US #156
#67Paige20US #65
#68Savannah20US #43
#69Shannon20US #80
#70Tiffany20US #52
#71Alexa19US #100
#72Lindsey19US #86
#73Miranda19US #76
#74Alicia18US #91
#75Anna18US #33
#76Erica18US #79
#77Gabrielle18US #54
#78Grace18US #94
#79Isabella18US #151
#80Kelly18US #73
#81Meghan18US #113
#82Hayley16US #120
#83Jordan16US #49
#84Kristen16US #70
#85Laura16US #66
#86Melissa16US #42
#87Michelle16US #47
#88Caitlin15US #84
#89Cassidy15US #109
#90Destiny15US #56
#91Hailey15US #93
#92Julie15US #150
#93Alison14US #166
#94Bianca14US #123
#95Bridget14US #192
#96Jamie14US #96
#97Jasmine14US #28
#98Kathleen14US #152
#99Mary14US #44
#100Natalie14US #46

Boys

#1Nicholas200US #6
#2Michael184US #1
#3Matthew169US #2
#4Christopher156US #4
#5Ryan141US #16
#6Andrew125US #10
#7Joseph123US #12
#8Tyler119US #7
#9Zachary113US #14
#10Joshua108US #5
#11David106US #13
#12John105US #15
#13Alexander104US #22
#14Jacob101US #3
#15Brandon98US #8
#16Daniel98US #11
#17Kyle91US #25
#18Jonathan86US #21
#19Benjamin83US #29
#20James83US #17
#21Anthony79US #19
#22Austin70US #9
#23Justin70US #20
#24William68US #18
#25Robert66US #23
#26Jason62US #41
#27Kevin60US #26
#28Thomas60US #28
#29Brian58US #36
#30Nathan58US #37
#31Christian56US #24
#32Steven56US #38
#33Samuel54US #30
#34Patrick49US #44
#35Adam45US #39
#36Dylan44US #33
#37Jordan41US #27
#38Cameron40US #49
#39Evan39US #65
#40Timothy39US #40
#41Stephen38US #59
#42Eric36US #35
#43Jared36US #64
#44Jeffrey36US #72
#45Devin35US #60
#46Richard33US #45
#47Corey32US #94
#48Aaron31US #34
#49Connor31US #54
#50Jake31US #114
#51Sean31US #46
#52Paul30US #78
#53Alex29US #53
#54Jeremy27US #56
#55Alec25US #117
#56Brendan24US #131
#57Bryan24US #66
#58Cody24US #31
#59Gregory24US #98
#60Ian24US #70
#61Jose24US #32
#62Scott24US #108
#63Devon23US #127
#64Peter23US #95
#65Edward21US #96
#66Isaiah21US #71
#67Jack21US #89
#68Kenneth21US #77
#69Luis20US #57
#70Raymond20US #132
#71Shane20US #112
#72Charles19US #43
#73Derek19US #101
#74Mark19US #55
#75Noah19US #50
#76Shawn19US #111
#77Lucas18US #93
#78Ronald18US #156
#79Ethan17US #62
#80George17US #118
#81Liam17US #184
#82Nathaniel17US #69
#83Antonio16US #80
#84Caleb16US #48
#85Collin16US #115
#86Elijah16US #81
#87Joel16US #124
#88Cory15US #144
#89Harrison15
#90Jesse15US #51
#91Carlos14US #67
#92Max14
#93Angel13US #102
#94Branden13
#95Colin13US #126
#96Henry13US #139
#97Mitchell13US #88
#98Nicolas13US #151
#99Spencer13US #109
#100Travis13US #73

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑37Devon#63
↑35Alec#55
↑34Madison#25
↑30Morgan#36
↑29Gianna#60
↑27Tiffany#70
↑26Isaiah#66
↑26Shane#71

Falling

↓49Laura#85
↓46Michelle#87
↓41Melissa#86
↓36Jesse#90
↓34Mark#74
↓32Briana#64
↓30Meghan#81
↓29Jamie#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.