State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,273 Rhode Island births in 1999 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.

#43Giannaoutside the national top 200
#77Alexia#188 nationally
#90Danteoutside the national top 200
#36Jillian#142 nationally
#96Taliaoutside the national top 200
#54Arianna#157 nationally
#98Bridgetoutside the national top 200
#99Troyoutside the national top 200
#100Kaileyoutside the national top 200
#100Damienoutside the national top 200
#66Aidan#166 nationally
#42Ariana#130 nationally

Girls

#1Emily105US #1
#2Samantha92US #5
#3Hannah91US #2
#4Sarah91US #4
#5Madison81US #7
#6Victoria75US #16
#7Ashley70US #6
#8Julia70US #30
#9Alexis62US #3
#10Elizabeth62US #10
#11Emma59US #17
#12Taylor57US #8
#13Amanda56US #22
#14Rachel56US #19
#15Abigail53US #18
#16Brianna52US #14
#17Lauren52US #12
#18Jessica51US #9
#19Alexandra49US #32
#20Olivia48US #20
#21Megan47US #15
#22Nicole45US #25
#23Alyssa43US #11
#24Isabella43US #60
#25Katherine41US #36
#26Sydney41US #23
#27Morgan38US #24
#28Haley35US #31
#29Grace34US #27
#30Sophia34US #53
#31Kaitlyn31US #33
#32Jennifer30US #21
#33Kayla30US #13
#34Mackenzie30US #52
#35Jenna29US #61
#36Jillian29US #142
#37Rebecca29US #38
#38Amber28US #41
#39Gabrielle28US #46
#40Courtney26US #44
#41Meghan26US #127
#42Ariana25US #130
#43Gianna25
#44Jasmine25US #26
#45Kelsey25US #72
#46Molly25US #102
#47Allison24US #40
#48Katelyn24US #55
#49Mariah24US #68
#50Sabrina24US #88
#51Vanessa24US #57
#52Brooke23US #47
#53Michaela23US #125
#54Arianna21US #157
#55Caitlyn21US #124
#56Erin21US #58
#57Stephanie21US #37
#58Brittany20US #35
#59Gabriella20US #107
#60Hailey20US #54
#61Laura20US #81
#62Caitlin19US #93
#63Cassandra19US #87
#64Cassidy19US #99
#65Christina19US #75
#66Danielle19US #43
#67Kiara19US #78
#68Sara18US #50
#69Zoe18US #104
#70Alexa17US #89
#71Alexandria17US #83
#72Andrea17US #59
#73Caroline17US #71
#74Hope17US #143
#75Jacqueline17US #79
#76Kathryn17US #91
#77Alexia16US #188
#78Briana16US #82
#79Catherine16US #98
#80Destiny16US #28
#81Paige16US #67
#82Anna15US #29
#83Chelsea15US #122
#84Katie15US #92
#85Kelly15US #95
#86Natalie15US #34
#87Shannon15US #118
#88Brittney14US #128
#89Jordan14US #48
#90Kaylee14US #69
#91Kimberly14US #51
#92Lindsey14US #96
#93Maria14US #39
#94Melissa14US #64
#95Michelle14US #56
#96Talia14
#97Angela13US #90
#98Bridget13
#99Cheyenne13US #84
#100Kailey13

Boys

#1Matthew163US #3
#2Nicholas161US #5
#3Michael160US #2
#4Jacob132US #1
#5Zachary129US #17
#6Ryan117US #12
#7Christopher109US #6
#8John105US #15
#9Joseph100US #8
#10Tyler100US #10
#11Joshua97US #4
#12Andrew96US #7
#13Kyle93US #28
#14Daniel87US #9
#15David80US #16
#16Anthony78US #18
#17Benjamin77US #29
#18Brandon74US #11
#19Alexander73US #21
#20Noah71US #24
#21Cameron69US #33
#22James69US #19
#23Nathan69US #32
#24Robert63US #26
#25Thomas62US #31
#26William60US #14
#27Jonathan59US #22
#28Austin58US #13
#29Justin56US #20
#30Kevin56US #34
#31Dylan54US #23
#32Sean51US #56
#33Samuel46US #27
#34Christian45US #25
#35Jason45US #40
#36Evan42US #57
#37Adam40US #44
#38Connor40US #48
#39Timothy39US #49
#40Brian37US #43
#41Ethan37US #37
#42Jared37US #54
#43Steven37US #47
#44Eric35US #39
#45Jordan35US #30
#46Devin33US #68
#47Aaron31US #38
#48Jack30US #52
#49Alex28US #58
#50Patrick27US #63
#51Jeffrey25US #100
#52Paul25US #94
#53Stephen25US #85
#54Charles24US #50
#55Seth24US #65
#56Elijah23US #60
#57Richard23US #61
#58Gabriel22US #53
#59Liam22US #141
#60Maxwell22US #106
#61Corey21US #135
#62Hunter21US #36
#63Ian21US #72
#64Kenneth21US #89
#65Peter21US #105
#66Aidan20US #166
#67Brendan20US #96
#68Gregory20US #122
#69Nathaniel20US #62
#70Edward19US #103
#71Jake19US #97
#72Jose19US #35
#73Luis18US #55
#74Antonio17US #80
#75Carlos17US #59
#76Colin17US #119
#77Henry17US #129
#78Isaiah17US #51
#79Mason17US #71
#80Mitchell17US #112
#81Caleb16US #41
#82Cody16US #45
#83Derek16US #113
#84Devon16US #125
#85Luke16US #67
#86Angel15US #73
#87Bryan15US #74
#88Lucas15US #90
#89Collin14US #130
#90Dante14
#91Jeremy14US #81
#92Logan14US #42
#93Marcus14US #98
#94Raymond14US #144
#95Spencer14US #92
#96Isaac13US #64
#97Joel13US #115
#98Scott13US #140
#99Troy13
#100Damien12

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑51Mackenzie#34
↑44Seth#55
↑41Paul#52
↑35Laura#61
↑33Ariana#42
↑32Isabella#24
↑28Vanessa#51
↑26Caitlyn#55

Falling

↓47Paige#81
↓36Jeremy#91
↓34Shannon#87
↓34Kimberly#91
↓33Danielle#66
↓33Caroline#73
↓31Briana#78
↓31Destiny#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.