Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1983

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (227 babies) and Michael for boys (363). Social Security records list 10,440 babies born in Rhode Island in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1983

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: 20 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Caitlin: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Meghan: 54 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bethany: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Renee: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Linda: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Kayla: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kristen: 66 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lauren: 97 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tara: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Jarrod: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brendan: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Peter: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Walter: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Derek: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Raymond: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Stephen: 76 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jared: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Evan: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Seth: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	227	↑1	1
2	Jessica	202	↓1	2
3	Nicole	152	↑3	7
4	Melissa	128	↓1	6
5	Amanda	121	↓1	3
6	Elizabeth	115	↑2	10
7	Stephanie	115	–	8
8	Sarah	108	↓3	5
9	Ashley	97	↑17	4
10	Lauren	97	↑6	24
11	Amy	82	↓1	12
12	Crystal	79	↑3	11
13	Heather	74	↑1	9
14	Danielle	69	↑3	29
15	Erin	69	↓4	18
16	Kristen	66	↓3	37
17	Kimberly	63	↑1	15
18	Michelle	57	↓6	13
19	Rebecca	56	↓10	19
20	Meghan	54	↑28	75
21	Emily	53	↑7	25
22	Kelly	52	↓3	26
23	Laura	51	↑8	23
24	Christina	50	↑13	16
25	Katherine	50	↓2	34
26	Rachel	49	↓1	20
27	Sara	49	↑6	31
28	Alicia	48	↑15	41
29	Jamie	48	↑13	28
30	Lindsay	45	↑10	36
31	Christine	44	↓10	47
32	Tara	44	↓10	51
33	Courtney	39	↑5	44
34	Holly	38	↑12	48
35	Tiffany	38	↓3	14
36	Lisa	37	↓16	27
37	Megan	37	↑4	21
38	Caitlin	36	new	>100
39	Erica	35	↓10	33
40	Allison	34	↓5	59
41	Andrea	34	↓5	30
42	Katie	34	↓3	45
43	Kathryn	32	new	50
44	Lindsey	32	new	35
45	Mary	31	new	32
46	Jacqueline	30	new	53
47	Shannon	30	↓13	38
48	Stacy	30	new	61
49	Kayla	29	new	81
50	Angela	28	↓1	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	363	–	1
2	Matthew	260	↑1	3
3	Christopher	250	↓1	2
4	David	181	↑1	4
5	Jason	174	↓1	7
6	Joseph	161	–	11
7	John	159	–	9
8	Daniel	152	↑5	8
9	James	149	–	6
10	Robert	147	↑2	10
11	Joshua	137	↓3	5
12	Brian	130	↓2	14
13	Justin	119	↑2	12
14	Andrew	107	↑3	15
15	Nicholas	102	↑10	21
16	Eric	99	↑3	20
17	Adam	97	↑4	18
18	Jonathan	96	↓2	19
19	Ryan	94	↓8	13
20	Steven	89	↑6	23
21	Thomas	84	↓1	24
22	William	82	↑1	16
23	Richard	77	↓5	27
24	Stephen	76	↑4	35
25	Anthony	75	↓3	22
26	Kevin	74	↓12	25
27	Kyle	71	↑9	34
28	Jeffrey	68	↓4	28
29	Timothy	68	↓2	26
30	Mark	60	↑1	31
31	Brandon	56	new	17
32	Paul	54	–	39
33	Peter	54	–	59
34	Benjamin	53	↑4	32
35	Gregory	52	↓6	42
36	Derek	50	↓2	51
37	Scott	50	↓7	38
38	Patrick	49	↓3	37
39	Sean	49	↑1	44
40	Charles	44	new	33
41	Nathan	40	↓4	40
42	Jared	39	–	56
43	Aaron	36	↓4	29
44	Keith	32	↑5	61
45	Kenneth	31	↓1	45
46	Raymond	28	↓5	71
47	Edward	27	↓1	55
48	Donald	26	new	60
49	Shawn	26	↑1	53
50	Bryan	25	new	47

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