State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,070 Rhode Island births in 2000 across 436 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.

#33Giannaoutside the national top 200
#41Alexia#165 nationally
#91Danteoutside the national top 200
#95Taliaoutside the national top 200
#36Meghan#134 nationally
#91Ava#180 nationally
#35Jillian#120 nationally
#78Sophie#160 nationally
#77Michaela#154 nationally
#86Raymond#162 nationally
#81Jamie#155 nationally
#67Liam#140 nationally

Girls

#1Emily122US #1
#2Hannah84US #2
#3Sarah80US #5
#4Madison75US #3
#5Victoria70US #20
#6Ashley67US #4
#7Olivia64US #16
#8Elizabeth61US #9
#9Samantha60US #7
#10Emma58US #17
#11Julia58US #29
#12Abigail56US #14
#13Grace56US #19
#14Brianna55US #15
#15Alexis52US #6
#16Alyssa51US #12
#17Lauren51US #11
#18Katherine45US #33
#19Kayla43US #13
#20Hailey38US #35
#21Rachel38US #21
#22Jessica37US #8
#23Mackenzie37US #43
#24Sophia37US #42
#25Taylor37US #10
#26Sydney36US #23
#27Isabella34US #45
#28Jenna32US #63
#29Nicole32US #31
#30Alexandra31US #36
#31Caroline31US #65
#32Megan30US #18
#33Gianna26
#34Jasmine25US #27
#35Jillian25US #120
#36Meghan25US #134
#37Anna24US #22
#38Gabriella24US #98
#39Rebecca24US #39
#40Sabrina24US #92
#41Alexia23US #165
#42Brooke23US #51
#43Erin23US #61
#44Marissa23US #78
#45Stephanie23US #40
#46Amanda22US #32
#47Danielle22US #48
#48Destiny22US #24
#49Jennifer22US #26
#50Kimberly22US #58
#51Melissa22US #71
#52Morgan22US #25
#53Allison21US #44
#54Gabrielle21US #49
#55Kaylee21US #72
#56Natalie21US #34
#57Sara21US #57
#58Haley20US #28
#59Arianna19US #128
#60Cassidy19US #107
#61Ariana18US #109
#62Chloe18US #38
#63Jordan18US #50
#64Kaitlyn18US #30
#65Kelsey18US #88
#66Amber17US #47
#67Kathryn17US #89
#68Mia17US #93
#69Vanessa17US #62
#70Courtney16US #59
#71Jacqueline16US #64
#72Katelyn16US #54
#73Lily16US #124
#74Madeline16US #56
#75Maria16US #41
#76Mary16US #46
#77Michaela16US #154
#78Sophie16US #160
#79Christina15US #73
#80Faith15US #66
#81Jamie15US #155
#82Leah15US #97
#83Molly15US #96
#84Paige15US #69
#85Briana14US #83
#86Crystal14US #132
#87Jada14US #84
#88Margaret14US #110
#89Sierra14US #53
#90Alexandria13US #91
#91Ava13US #180
#92Catherine13US #81
#93Savannah13US #37
#94Shannon13US #152
#95Talia13
#96Zoe13US #82
#97Angelina12US #157
#98Chelsea12US #140
#99Katie12US #95
#100Lillian12US #129

Boys

#1Matthew150US #3
#2Michael147US #2
#3Nicholas141US #6
#4Jacob119US #1
#5Ryan106US #13
#6Zachary106US #15
#7Tyler104US #10
#8Andrew103US #7
#9Christopher99US #5
#10John96US #14
#11Joseph91US #8
#12Alexander89US #20
#13Daniel86US #9
#14Kyle85US #37
#15Anthony81US #17
#16Benjamin80US #26
#17Dylan80US #24
#18Joshua77US #4
#19Thomas77US #33
#20Robert75US #29
#21Justin74US #19
#22Cameron69US #31
#23Brandon67US #12
#24Nathan66US #30
#25David65US #16
#26James63US #18
#27Noah63US #27
#28William63US #11
#29Ethan62US #25
#30Jonathan62US #21
#31Christian58US #22
#32Kevin57US #32
#33Jack52US #46
#34Samuel52US #28
#35Jason48US #39
#36Evan43US #55
#37Sean41US #57
#38Austin40US #23
#39Brian39US #43
#40Adam37US #45
#41Jordan37US #36
#42Aaron36US #41
#43Aidan36US #114
#44Jared36US #56
#45Jose36US #34
#46Patrick34US #68
#47Steven34US #54
#48Timothy34US #58
#49Luis33US #49
#50Richard33US #65
#51Connor31US #50
#52Eric30US #42
#53Elijah29US #52
#54Ian29US #73
#55Cole28US #71
#56Devin28US #69
#57Hunter28US #35
#58Colin26US #117
#59Lucas25US #83
#60Luke25US #59
#61Carlos24US #66
#62Isaiah24US #47
#63Jeremy24US #84
#64Angel23US #67
#65Brendan23US #101
#66Jake23US #96
#67Liam23US #140
#68Alex22US #62
#69Mason22US #64
#70Paul22US #100
#71Sebastian21US #81
#72Mark20US #79
#73Stephen20US #95
#74Caleb19US #38
#75Charles19US #51
#76Owen18US #145
#77Peter18US #125
#78Shawn18US #135
#79Gabriel17US #44
#80Jackson17US #72
#81Nathaniel17US #61
#82Seth17US #63
#83Xavier17US #103
#84Corey16US #149
#85Jeffrey16US #104
#86Raymond16US #162
#87Victor16US #97
#88Derek15US #121
#89Bryan14US #70
#90Collin14US #128
#91Dante14
#92George14US #130
#93Gregory14US #138
#94Henry14US #126
#95Logan14US #40
#96Maxwell14US #113
#97Mitchell14US #132
#98Shane14US #116
#99Adrian13US #78
#100Devon13US #133

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑45Anna#37
↑43Melissa#51
↑42Caroline#31
↑41Kimberly#50
↑40Hailey#20
↑36Alexia#41
↑35Kaylee#55
↑32Destiny#48

Falling

↓37Molly#83
↓36Maxwell#96
↓34Jeffrey#85
↓33Amanda#46
↓33Kaitlyn#64
↓30Haley#58
↓30Courtney#70
↓28Amber#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.