State roster

Top names in Rhode Island

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Rhode Island birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,748 Rhode Island births in 2008 across 460 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.

#80Danteoutside the national top 200
#85Cadenceoutside the national top 200
#44Juliana#157 nationally
#63Jillian#174 nationally
#92Jeffrey#198 nationally
#95Alexiaoutside the national top 200
#81Sabrina#185 nationally
#98Brendanoutside the national top 200
#99Jacobyoutside the national top 200
#82Sienna#179 nationally
#74Alana#166 nationally
#84Adrianna#173 nationally

Girls

#1Ava95US #5
#2Emma86US #1
#3Olivia80US #4
#4Sophia76US #7
#5Isabella75US #2
#6Madison64US #6
#7Abigail53US #8
#8Grace52US #21
#9Mia48US #14
#10Emily41US #3
#11Elizabeth40US #9
#12Ella40US #19
#13Gianna38US #88
#14Alexis37US #15
#15Hannah34US #17
#16Addison33US #12
#17Hailey33US #25
#18Julia33US #41
#19Lily32US #24
#20Sarah32US #20
#21Chloe31US #10
#22Charlotte30US #86
#23Samantha30US #11
#24Angelina28US #69
#25Arianna27US #66
#26Gabriella27US #35
#27Leah27US #40
#28Mackenzie27US #65
#29Riley27US #39
#30Ashley25US #18
#31Victoria25US #27
#32Avery24US #38
#33Kaylee23US #31
#34Sofia23US #36
#35Brooke22US #52
#36Alexandra21US #61
#37Lauren21US #30
#38Madelyn21US #64
#39Maya21US #71
#40Morgan21US #46
#41Brianna20US #23
#42Natalie20US #13
#43Alexa19US #50
#44Juliana19US #157
#45Kylie19US #51
#46Molly19US #104
#47Zoe19US #58
#48Sophie18US #75
#49Taylor18US #22
#50Katherine17US #45
#51Layla17US #55
#52Lillian17US #29
#53Mya17US #103
#54Paige17US #89
#55Adriana16US #124
#56Amelia16US #68
#57Katelyn16US #80
#58Madeline16US #56
#59Allison15US #32
#60Alyssa15US #16
#61Aubrey15US #42
#62Haley15US #102
#63Jillian15US #174
#64Anna14US #26
#65Jasmine14US #43
#66Natalia14US #107
#67Sydney14US #49
#68Faith13US #90
#69Isabelle13US #93
#70Nevaeh13US #34
#71Sadie13US #109
#72Sara13US #92
#73Savannah13US #33
#74Alana12US #166
#75Audrey12US #44
#76Caroline12US #94
#77Catherine12US #148
#78Hayden12US #127
#79Jenna12US #108
#80Ruby12US #113
#81Sabrina12US #185
#82Sienna12US #179
#83Aaliyah11US #76
#84Adrianna11US #173
#85Cadence11
#86Evelyn11US #54
#87Gabriela11US #131
#88Genesis11US #95
#89Isabel11US #97
#90Kaitlyn11US #53
#91Kayla11US #28
#92Liliana11US #150
#93Mariah11US #77
#94Rachel11US #74
#95Alexia10
#96Ariana10US #81
#97Destiny10US #47
#98Erin10US #164
#99Gabrielle10US #79
#100Jocelyn10US #67

Boys

#1Michael89US #2
#2Jacob84US #1
#3Jayden83US #11
#4Ethan82US #3
#5Anthony80US #7
#6Matthew72US #10
#7Ryan72US #18
#8Andrew67US #12
#9Noah67US #15
#10Jack66US #39
#11Benjamin62US #25
#12Christopher62US #9
#13Alexander61US #6
#14Joseph59US #13
#15Logan59US #19
#16William59US #8
#17Nathan58US #21
#18Nicholas55US #29
#19Aiden53US #16
#20Joshua53US #4
#21Samuel53US #27
#22John52US #20
#23Tyler52US #28
#24James51US #17
#25Gabriel50US #24
#26Aidan47US #59
#27Daniel44US #5
#28Dylan43US #31
#29Jonathan43US #26
#30Gavin41US #30
#31Lucas41US #46
#32Christian40US #23
#33Evan39US #38
#34Cameron38US #53
#35Zachary38US #47
#36Brady35US #94
#37David35US #14
#38Liam35US #75
#39Xavier35US #71
#40Brayden34US #51
#41Connor34US #57
#42Jordan34US #48
#43Mason33US #35
#44Charles32US #63
#45Jackson32US #32
#46Jason32US #60
#47Luke32US #43
#48Justin30US #44
#49Kevin30US #41
#50Brody29US #70
#51Cole29US #85
#52Caleb28US #34
#53Kyle27US #97
#54Thomas27US #52
#55Elijah26US #22
#56Isaac26US #37
#57Nathaniel26US #77
#58Owen26US #58
#59Sean26US #83
#60Angel25US #36
#61Julian25US #61
#62Aaron24US #50
#63Adam24US #72
#64Austin24US #55
#65Brandon24US #33
#66Devin22US #109
#67Colin21US #114
#68Jose21US #40
#69Antonio20US #102
#70Chase20US #67
#71Jake20US #111
#72Landon20US #45
#73Patrick20US #127
#74Robert20US #49
#75Isaiah19US #42
#76Adrian18US #56
#77Alex18US #84
#78Carlos18US #73
#79Collin18US #141
#80Dante18
#81Joel18US #113
#82Luis18US #64
#83Dominic17US #93
#84Henry17US #78
#85Hunter17US #54
#86Maxwell17US #134
#87Richard17US #108
#88Elias16US #157
#89Ian16US #80
#90Brian15US #87
#91Caden15US #96
#92Jeffrey15US #198
#93Nolan15US #131
#94Peter15US #181
#95Vincent15US #119
#96Blake14US #90
#97Juan14US #66
#98Brendan13
#99Jacoby13
#100Jeremiah13US #68

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑53Gabriella#26
↑40Gavin#30
↑38Taylor#49
↑37Riley#29
↑36Charlotte#22
↑33Jillian#63
↑32Adam#63
↑31Mya#53

Falling

↓52Ariana#96
↓40Aaliyah#83
↓39Jasmine#65
↓37Alyssa#60
↓37Nevaeh#70
↓36Destiny#97
↓34Robert#74
↓31Faith#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.