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Most Popular Names in Rhode Island

The most common baby names registered in Rhode Island across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in Rhode Island account for 653,326 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 John 29,909
2 Robert 28,640
3 Michael 25,211
4 Joseph 20,881
5 David 19,594
6 William 19,395
7 James 18,943
8 Mary 16,545
9 Richard 15,840
10 Thomas 13,001
11 Paul 10,122
12 Christopher 9,962
13 Edward 9,635
14 Anthony 9,504
15 Raymond 8,737
16 Barbara 8,653
17 Patricia 8,615
18 Elizabeth 8,418
19 Matthew 8,390
20 Daniel 8,309
21 Charles 8,302
22 George 8,247
23 Susan 7,423
24 Steven 7,332
25 Stephen 7,331
26 Linda 7,135
27 Peter 6,678
28 Donald 6,634
29 Jennifer 6,533
30 Kevin 6,492
31 Kenneth 6,209
32 Brian 6,098
33 Donna 6,050
34 Mark 5,868
35 Andrew 5,784
36 Nicholas 5,680
37 Margaret 5,676
38 Nancy 5,666
39 Ronald 5,640
40 Dorothy 5,569
41 Lisa 5,516
42 Kathleen 5,428
43 Frank 5,428
44 Karen 5,396
45 Carol 5,149
46 Jason 4,879
47 Deborah 4,859
48 Jeffrey 4,647
49 Joshua 4,614
50 Helen 4,540
51 Ryan 4,526
52 Jessica 4,462
53 Christine 4,376
54 Anna 4,321
55 Arthur 4,287
56 Albert 4,163
57 Sandra 4,119
58 Sarah 4,072
59 Diane 4,062
60 Timothy 4,050
61 Joan 3,947
62 Melissa 3,906
63 Michelle 3,900
64 Scott 3,899
65 Ann 3,868
66 Catherine 3,747
67 Jonathan 3,746
68 Henry 3,739
69 Benjamin 3,702
70 Eric 3,652
71 Emily 3,605
72 Alexander 3,580
73 Marie 3,529
74 Cheryl 3,390
75 Kimberly 3,382
76 Dennis 3,376
77 Nicole 3,359
78 Louis 3,352
79 Stephanie 3,280
80 Walter 3,214
81 Amanda 3,186
82 Alice 3,138
83 Ashley 3,132
84 Jean 3,098
85 Justin 3,093
86 Judith 3,089
87 Francis 3,060
88 Ruth 3,042
89 Jacob 3,028
90 Gary 3,018
91 Rose 3,018
92 Rita 3,013
93 Debra 2,909
94 Doris 2,901
95 Patrick 2,892
96 Cynthia 2,874
97 Alfred 2,811
98 Theresa 2,802
99 Gregory 2,780
100 Kyle 2,724