Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1980

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (228 babies) and Michael for boys (344). Social Security records list 10,044 babies born in Rhode Island in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1980

Names given at least 15 times in Rhode Island that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Michaela: 20 babies, 27.4× the national rate
Kerri: 39 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Lynn: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Bethany: 40 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Diane: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Christine: 72 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Meghan: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jillian: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kristen: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alicia: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Marc: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Peter: 59 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Raymond: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dennis: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brad: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Derek: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ian: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Paul: 74 babies, 2× the national rate
Edward: 42 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	228	–	1
2	Jessica	187	↑1	3
3	Melissa	166	↓1	4
4	Sarah	112	↑3	5
5	Amanda	105	↑8	2
6	Nicole	100	↓2	7
7	Stephanie	90	↓1	13
8	Elizabeth	86	↑2	9
9	Amy	85	↑2	8
10	Lisa	81	↓2	16
11	Michelle	81	↑5	10
12	Christine	72	↑5	41
13	Kelly	69	↑8	19
14	Rebecca	69	↓2	17
15	Heather	67	↓10	6
16	Erin	66	↓2	20
17	Kimberly	57	↓8	11
18	Danielle	56	↑1	33
19	Kristen	54	↓4	39
20	Andrea	48	↑21	28
21	Lauren	48	↑1	38
22	Julie	46	↓2	32
23	Christina	44	↓5	15
24	Sara	44	↑22	27
25	Alicia	43	↑10	47
26	Rachel	43	↑14	23
27	Bethany	40	↓4	>100
28	Crystal	40	–	18
29	Laura	40	↓2	21
30	Kerri	39	↓4	>100
31	Katie	38	new	44
32	Erica	37	↑1	34
33	Courtney	34	↑16	48
34	Shannon	34	↓3	29
35	Katherine	33	↓5	35
36	Melanie	33	↑3	60
37	Mary	32	–	25
38	Angela	30	↓6	12
39	Tara	30	↓15	43
40	Dawn	29	↑5	67
41	Tracy	29	↑3	56
42	Holly	28	↓4	52
43	Tiffany	28	new	14
44	Jamie	27	↓8	24
45	Meghan	27	new	>100
46	Stacey	26	↑1	74
47	Allison	25	↑1	59
48	Jill	25	↓19	66
49	Emily	24	↓24	31
50	Megan	24	↓16	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	344	–	1
2	Jason	226	–	3
3	David	207	–	4
4	Matthew	187	↑1	6
5	Christopher	182	↓1	2
6	John	174	–	8
7	Joseph	169	–	10
8	Robert	155	–	9
9	Brian	144	–	12
10	Daniel	142	↑1	11
11	Joshua	130	↑8	7
12	James	126	↓2	5
13	William	99	↑2	14
14	Eric	97	↑10	16
15	Nicholas	94	↓2	17
16	Thomas	92	↑2	25
17	Ryan	91	↑4	15
18	Jonathan	89	↑4	21
19	Kevin	89	↓3	23
20	Jeffrey	87	↓3	27
21	Justin	86	↑6	13
22	Andrew	81	↑6	19
23	Adam	79	↑3	22
24	Steven	76	↓12	28
25	Timothy	76	↓5	20
26	Paul	74	↑5	35
27	Richard	73	↓13	26
28	Mark	71	↑2	30
29	Anthony	68	↑4	24
30	Stephen	62	↓5	40
31	Peter	59	↓2	55
32	Gregory	57	↑2	42
33	Scott	57	↓10	33
34	Derek	50	↑10	50
35	Patrick	49	↓3	38
36	Benjamin	46	↑3	32
37	Sean	43	↑5	48
38	Edward	42	↑3	52
39	Raymond	41	↑7	66
40	Kenneth	40	↓3	41
41	Charles	38	↓3	29
42	Jeremy	37	↓7	18
43	Nathan	34	↑5	36
44	Marc	33	new	>100
45	Dennis	32	new	80
46	Bryan	29	new	49
47	Jacob	29	new	43
48	Ronald	29	new	58
49	Jesse	27	↓2	45
50	Keith	27	↓10	56

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