Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1982

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1982 were Jessica for girls (234 babies) and Michael for boys (362). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,304 babies born in Rhode Island in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1982

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: 19 babies, 24× the national rate
Kerri: 40 babies, 14× the national rate
Caitlin: 26 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Bethany: 42 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kate: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Aimee: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marissa: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Meghan: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jillian: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alison: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Marc: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Geoffrey: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Peter: 57 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Raymond: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Derek: 55 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carl: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lee: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ian: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Evan: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jessica	234	–	2
2	Jennifer	230	–	1
3	Melissa	130	–	5
4	Amanda	123	↑4	3
5	Sarah	123	–	4
6	Nicole	115	↓2	6
7	Stephanie	104	↓1	7
8	Elizabeth	94	↓1	8
9	Rebecca	87	↑1	15
10	Amy	80	↑1	10
11	Erin	77	↓2	20
12	Michelle	74	↑5	11
13	Kristen	71	↓1	33
14	Heather	68	↓1	12
15	Crystal	64	↑6	9
16	Lauren	62	↑4	26
17	Danielle	61	↑5	31
18	Kimberly	61	↓4	14
19	Kelly	57	↓3	25
20	Lisa	50	↓5	23
21	Christine	49	↑8	46
22	Tara	48	↑13	47
23	Katherine	47	↑24	36
24	Kristin	45	↑24	37
25	Rachel	45	↑17	21
26	Ashley	43	↑6	17
27	Bethany	42	↓3	>100
28	Emily	40	↓1	24
29	Erica	40	↑4	35
30	Kerri	40	↓11	>100
31	Laura	40	↓13	22
32	Tiffany	40	↑9	13
33	Sara	38	↓7	28
34	Shannon	37	↓6	38
35	Allison	35	↑8	58
36	Andrea	35	↓5	27
37	Christina	35	↓12	19
38	Courtney	35	↓15	43
39	Katie	35	↑6	45
40	Lindsay	35	↓2	39
41	Megan	33	↓2	34
42	Jamie	32	↓5	29
43	Alicia	31	↓9	53
44	Julie	30	↓14	41
45	Melanie	29	↑4	65
46	Holly	28	new	61
47	Jillian	28	new	96
48	Meghan	28	↓8	>100
49	Angela	27	new	16
50	Catherine	27	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	362	–	1
2	Christopher	246	–	2
3	Matthew	226	–	3
4	Jason	191	↑1	4
5	David	182	↓1	5
6	Joseph	176	↑5	11
7	John	150	–	8
8	Joshua	144	↑1	7
9	James	141	↑3	6
10	Brian	129	↑3	14
11	Ryan	128	↓1	13
12	Robert	123	↓6	9
13	Daniel	120	↓5	10
14	Kevin	112	↑5	25
15	Justin	103	–	12
16	Jonathan	99	↓2	16
17	Andrew	93	↑10	17
18	Richard	88	↑4	27
19	Eric	87	↓2	20
20	Thomas	85	↑1	23
21	Adam	82	↓5	19
22	Anthony	81	↑8	21
23	William	79	↓5	15
24	Jeffrey	78	↑1	29
25	Nicholas	70	↓5	22
26	Steven	67	↓2	26
27	Timothy	67	↓1	24
28	Stephen	63	↑6	38
29	Gregory	60	↑12	40
30	Scott	58	↑1	34
31	Mark	57	↓3	32
32	Paul	57	↓9	35
33	Peter	57	–	57
34	Derek	55	↑6	50
35	Patrick	49	–	37
36	Kyle	44	↑9	47
37	Nathan	44	↓1	36
38	Benjamin	42	↓6	33
39	Aaron	38	new	30
40	Sean	37	↓1	44
41	Raymond	36	↑9	70
42	Jared	34	↑2	54
43	Jeremy	34	↓14	28
44	Kenneth	34	↓1	45
45	Jesse	33	↓7	43
46	Edward	29	↑1	53
47	Marc	28	new	>100
48	Ian	27	new	83
49	Keith	27	↓7	59
50	Shawn	26	↓2	52

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