Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1981

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1981 were Jessica for girls (239 babies) and Michael for boys (374). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,158 babies born in Rhode Island in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1981

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

Kerri: 56 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Bethany: 45 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Marissa: 24 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Meghan: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Aimee: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jillian: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristen: 71 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Courtney: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kathleen: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Renee: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Marc: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 55 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vincent: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Paul: 81 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Keith: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Philip: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jessica	239	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	229	↓1	1
3	Melissa	137	–	5
4	Nicole	119	↑2	7
5	Sarah	113	↓1	4
6	Stephanie	110	↑1	8
7	Elizabeth	103	↑1	9
8	Amanda	97	↓3	3
9	Erin	80	↑7	19
10	Rebecca	77	↑4	12
11	Amy	76	↓2	6
12	Kristen	71	↑7	38
13	Heather	69	↑2	10
14	Kimberly	64	↑3	13
15	Lisa	63	↓5	18
16	Kelly	61	↓3	23
17	Michelle	58	↓6	11
18	Laura	57	↑11	21
19	Kerri	56	↑11	>100
20	Lauren	56	↑1	35
21	Crystal	55	↑7	16
22	Danielle	51	↓4	30
23	Courtney	47	↑10	43
24	Bethany	45	↑3	>100
25	Christina	44	↓2	17
26	Sara	44	↓2	26
27	Emily	43	↑22	29
28	Shannon	42	↑6	32
29	Christine	41	↓17	42
30	Julie	41	↓8	37
31	Andrea	40	↓11	24
32	Ashley	40	new	34
33	Erica	39	↓1	36
34	Alicia	37	↓9	46
35	Tara	37	↑4	45
36	Kathryn	36	new	48
37	Jamie	34	↑7	28
38	Lindsay	34	new	47
39	Megan	34	↑11	33
40	Meghan	34	↑5	>100
41	Tiffany	33	↑2	14
42	Rachel	29	↓16	22
43	Allison	28	↑4	57
44	Kathleen	27	new	82
45	Katie	27	↓14	44
46	Mary	27	↓9	27
47	Katherine	26	↓12	39
48	Kristin	26	new	31
49	Melanie	25	↓13	66
50	Marissa	24	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	374	–	1
2	Christopher	261	↑3	2
3	Matthew	237	↑1	3
4	David	186	↓1	5
5	Jason	181	↓3	4
6	Robert	165	↑2	9
7	John	162	↓1	8
8	Daniel	160	↑2	10
9	Joshua	149	↑2	6
10	Ryan	138	↑7	13
11	Joseph	133	↓4	11
12	James	129	–	7
13	Brian	120	↓4	14
14	Jonathan	111	↑4	16
15	Justin	109	↑6	12
16	Adam	107	↑7	20
17	Eric	96	↓3	17
18	William	93	↓5	15
19	Kevin	90	–	25
20	Nicholas	89	↓5	21
21	Thomas	84	↓5	26
22	Richard	82	↑5	27
23	Paul	81	↑3	35
24	Steven	80	–	28
25	Jeffrey	78	↓5	29
26	Timothy	77	↓1	24
27	Andrew	75	↓5	18
28	Mark	67	–	33
29	Jeremy	60	↑13	22
30	Anthony	59	↓1	23
31	Scott	58	↑2	34
32	Benjamin	57	↑4	32
33	Peter	55	↓2	55
34	Stephen	54	↓4	39
35	Patrick	44	–	38
36	Nathan	42	↑7	36
37	Charles	41	↑4	31
38	Jesse	41	↑11	37
39	Sean	40	↓2	44
40	Derek	39	↓6	53
41	Gregory	39	↓9	46
42	Keith	38	↑8	58
43	Kenneth	37	↓3	41
44	Jared	35	new	57
45	Kyle	35	new	52
46	Brandon	34	new	19
47	Edward	30	↓9	51
48	Shawn	29	new	49
49	Philip	24	new	84
50	Raymond	24	↓11	68

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