State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,037 Rhode Island births in 2001 across 454 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.

#57Gianna#185 nationally
#73Danteoutside the national top 200
#74Amelia#199 nationally
#60Michaela#178 nationally
#48Liam#131 nationally
#80Meghan#159 nationally
#43Jillian#120 nationally
#78Juliana#155 nationally
#72Alexia#143 nationally
#80Shawn#151 nationally
#63Peter#133 nationally
#91Max#159 nationally

Girls

#1Emily105US #1
#2Madison84US #2
#3Samantha80US #7
#4Hannah77US #3
#5Sarah77US #6
#6Isabella71US #28
#7Olivia70US #10
#8Ashley68US #4
#9Victoria65US #21
#10Abigail64US #8
#11Elizabeth61US #9
#12Emma60US #13
#13Julia60US #27
#14Alexis58US #5
#15Brianna53US #18
#16Grace50US #16
#17Alyssa48US #14
#18Jessica45US #11
#19Sydney45US #23
#20Alexandra44US #38
#21Lauren42US #15
#22Sophia40US #37
#23Nicole38US #36
#24Mackenzie37US #40
#25Morgan36US #29
#26Katherine35US #35
#27Megan35US #20
#28Amanda34US #39
#29Kayla33US #17
#30Amber32US #51
#31Destiny30US #22
#32Haley30US #34
#33Jenna28US #45
#34Taylor28US #12
#35Allison27US #44
#36Caroline27US #62
#37Savannah27US #42
#38Stephanie27US #43
#39Brooke25US #57
#40Jennifer25US #26
#41Arianna24US #108
#42Jasmine24US #25
#43Jillian24US #120
#44Molly24US #90
#45Rachel24US #24
#46Faith23US #53
#47Catherine22US #81
#48Erin22US #60
#49Gabrielle22US #50
#50Hailey22US #33
#51Jordan22US #47
#52Kaitlyn22US #31
#53Sara22US #58
#54Marissa21US #79
#55Rebecca21US #46
#56Ariana20US #92
#57Gianna20US #185
#58Kaylee20US #66
#59Lily20US #103
#60Michaela20US #178
#61Vanessa20US #64
#62Anna19US #19
#63Mia18US #76
#64Zoe18US #65
#65Danielle17US #63
#66Kelsey17US #100
#67Leah17US #87
#68Maria17US #41
#69Natalie17US #32
#70Paige17US #71
#71Sabrina17US #116
#72Alexia16US #143
#73Alicia16US #130
#74Amelia16US #199
#75Autumn16US #72
#76Caitlin16US #89
#77Chloe16US #30
#78Juliana16US #155
#79Madeline16US #56
#80Meghan16US #159
#81Angela15US #77
#82Courtney15US #73
#83Hope15US #150
#84Katelyn15US #52
#85Sofia15US #145
#86Adriana14US #131
#87Caitlyn14US #133
#88Isabel14US #88
#89Kelly14US #124
#90Laura14US #86
#91Sophie14US #151
#92Angelina13US #93
#93Erica13US #129
#94Isabelle13US #113
#95Jada13US #75
#96Melissa13US #74
#97Amy12US #114
#98Bailey12US #69
#99Briana12US #101
#100Christina12US #80

Boys

#1Michael140US #2
#2Matthew133US #3
#3Jacob122US #1
#4Nicholas118US #6
#5Ryan111US #15
#6Joshua95US #4
#7Zachary94US #16
#8John92US #14
#9Alexander91US #20
#10Joseph87US #8
#11Benjamin85US #27
#12Christopher82US #5
#13Tyler82US #13
#14David81US #12
#15Andrew80US #7
#16Anthony80US #11
#17Justin78US #22
#18Dylan73US #21
#19William68US #10
#20Cameron65US #35
#21Ethan63US #17
#22Brandon61US #18
#23Samuel61US #26
#24Noah58US #28
#25Nathan57US #31
#26Daniel55US #9
#27Christian54US #24
#28Thomas53US #33
#29James51US #19
#30Kevin51US #32
#31Kyle49US #40
#32Aidan48US #86
#33Jack46US #48
#34Jason45US #41
#35Robert44US #30
#36Austin42US #25
#37Jonathan41US #23
#38Connor39US #49
#39Sean38US #57
#40Evan37US #56
#41Brian35US #46
#42Jared34US #65
#43Luke34US #50
#44Aaron32US #42
#45Alex31US #62
#46Jake30US #100
#47Jordan30US #39
#48Liam30US #131
#49Eric29US #44
#50Isaiah29US #43
#51Steven29US #63
#52Gabriel28US #38
#53Adam27US #51
#54Mason27US #54
#55Nathaniel26US #61
#56Devin25US #71
#57Logan25US #29
#58Luis25US #52
#59Maxwell25US #124
#60Stephen25US #102
#61Angel24US #58
#62Ian24US #70
#63Peter24US #133
#64Timothy24US #67
#65Brendan23US #115
#66Hunter23US #36
#67Jose23US #34
#68Colin22US #125
#69Owen22US #130
#70Elijah21US #45
#71Paul21US #109
#72Colby20US #99
#73Dante20
#74Edward20US #113
#75Patrick20US #72
#76Antonio19US #85
#77Jeremy19US #89
#78Mark19US #84
#79Richard19US #73
#80Shawn19US #151
#81Kenneth18US #97
#82Xavier18US #94
#83Bryan17US #69
#84Lucas17US #83
#85Charles16US #55
#86Cody16US #64
#87Henry16US #120
#88Isaac16US #47
#89Jackson16US #60
#90Joel16US #126
#91Max16US #159
#92Cole15US #74
#93Jaden15US #114
#94Sebastian15US #81
#95Caleb14US #37
#96Devon14US #147
#97Seth14US #68
#98Gregory13US #157
#99Jayden13US #140
#100Jeffrey13US #119

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑56Savannah#37
↑45Catherine#47
↑39Molly#44
↑38Logan#57
↑37Maxwell#59
↑36Amber#30
↑34Faith#46
↑32Zoe#64

Falling

↓45Melissa#96
↓44Meghan#80
↓37Cole#92
↓31Sabrina#71
↓31Alexia#72
↓30Hailey#50
↓29Patrick#75
↓29Richard#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.