Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1984

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (225 babies) and Michael for boys (357). Social Security records list 10,469 babies born in Rhode Island in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1984

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: 18 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Kerri: 23 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Kaitlin: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Bethany: 45 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Keri: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Caitlin: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Meghan: 49 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marissa: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kristen: 74 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alexandra: 23 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Marc: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Albert: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kevin: 132 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Derek: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Raymond: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stephen: 84 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Evan: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	225	–	1
2	Jessica	178	–	2
3	Nicole	157	–	7
4	Amanda	128	↑1	4
5	Stephanie	122	↑2	6
6	Sarah	121	↑2	5
7	Ashley	114	↑2	3
8	Melissa	110	↓4	8
9	Elizabeth	85	↓3	10
10	Lauren	81	–	21
11	Danielle	75	↑3	16
12	Heather	75	↑1	9
13	Kristen	74	↑3	38
14	Laura	74	↑9	19
15	Rebecca	71	↑4	23
16	Erin	64	↓1	25
17	Amy	63	↓6	13
18	Kimberly	59	↓1	22
19	Michelle	59	↓1	17
20	Emily	58	↑1	24
21	Megan	54	↑16	11
22	Crystal	53	↓10	12
23	Rachel	52	↑3	15
24	Meghan	49	↓4	65
25	Shannon	48	↑22	37
26	Christine	46	↑5	43
27	Bethany	45	new	93
28	Lisa	45	↑8	29
29	Alicia	44	↓1	40
30	Tara	44	↑2	49
31	Kelly	43	↓9	27
32	Erica	42	↑7	34
33	Christina	40	↓9	20
34	Katherine	39	↓9	30
35	Andrea	38	↑6	28
36	Courtney	38	↓3	46
37	Tiffany	37	↓2	14
38	Jamie	36	↓9	31
39	Lindsey	35	↑5	35
40	Kathryn	34	↑3	48
41	Allison	33	↓1	51
42	Jenna	33	new	54
43	Lindsay	33	↓13	36
44	Caitlin	30	↓6	>100
45	Mary	30	–	33
46	Sara	28	↓19	32
47	Catherine	26	new	69
48	Kristin	26	new	47
49	Angela	24	↑1	26
50	Leah	24	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	357	–	1
2	Matthew	238	–	3
3	Christopher	231	–	2
4	David	169	–	5
5	John	161	↑2	8
6	Daniel	160	↑2	6
7	Joseph	149	↓1	10
8	Jason	145	↓3	11
9	Joshua	142	↑2	4
10	Ryan	138	↑9	12
11	Robert	133	↓1	9
12	Kevin	132	↑14	24
13	Nicholas	125	↑2	20
14	James	119	↓5	7
15	Andrew	116	↓1	14
16	Brian	113	↓4	17
17	Jonathan	110	↑1	19
18	Adam	105	↓1	18
19	Justin	103	↓6	13
20	Eric	102	↓4	22
21	William	96	↑1	16
22	Thomas	94	↓1	25
23	Timothy	90	↑6	26
24	Stephen	84	–	35
25	Jeffrey	83	↑3	28
26	Steven	76	↓6	23
27	Kyle	73	–	34
28	Richard	72	↓5	27
29	Anthony	71	↓4	21
30	Patrick	68	↑8	36
31	Mark	58	↓1	32
32	Gregory	56	↑3	44
33	Derek	52	↑3	52
34	Sean	52	↑5	43
35	Peter	50	↓2	60
36	Brandon	48	↓5	15
37	Paul	47	↓5	40
38	Scott	47	↓1	39
39	Benjamin	45	↓5	30
40	Nathan	42	↑1	38
41	Alexander	39	new	54
42	Edward	38	↑5	58
43	Kenneth	37	↑2	46
44	Charles	33	↓4	33
45	Aaron	32	↓2	29
46	Bryan	29	↑4	48
47	Raymond	29	↓1	73
48	Jeremy	28	new	31
49	Jared	27	↓7	59
50	Shawn	27	↓1	56

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