Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1985

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1985 were Amanda for girls (199 babies) and Michael for boys (346). Amanda ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,761 babies born in Rhode Island in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1985

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: 23 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Kerri: 25 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Justine: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kaitlin: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Meghan: 59 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Katelyn: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alyssa: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Marissa: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Bethany: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kayla: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marc: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Derek: 60 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Keith: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Raymond: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Evan: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dennis: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Frank: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 147 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Amanda	199	↑3	4
2	Jessica	192	–	1
3	Ashley	183	↑4	2
4	Jennifer	175	↓3	3
5	Nicole	135	↓2	7
6	Stephanie	128	↓1	6
7	Sarah	106	↓1	5
8	Melissa	88	–	11
9	Heather	83	↑3	8
10	Lauren	82	–	15
11	Danielle	77	–	18
12	Elizabeth	72	↓3	9
13	Laura	67	↑1	14
14	Christina	66	↑19	12
15	Megan	64	↑6	10
16	Kelly	61	↑15	28
17	Meghan	59	↑7	63
18	Michelle	57	↑1	22
19	Erin	56	↓3	26
20	Kimberly	56	↓2	19
21	Crystal	55	↑1	21
22	Rachel	54	↑1	13
23	Amy	51	↓6	20
24	Christine	50	↑2	44
25	Emily	50	↓5	24
26	Kristen	49	↓13	38
27	Katherine	48	↑7	32
28	Rebecca	47	↓13	25
29	Jenna	46	↑13	50
30	Brittany	45	new	17
31	Allison	44	↑10	46
32	Erica	40	–	34
33	Sara	39	↑13	30
34	Courtney	38	↑2	43
35	Samantha	38	new	29
36	Tara	38	↓6	51
37	Jamie	36	↑1	27
38	Lindsay	36	↑5	40
39	Lisa	36	↓11	36
40	Vanessa	36	new	42
41	Tiffany	35	↓4	23
42	Alicia	34	↓13	45
43	Andrea	34	↓8	33
44	Shannon	34	↓19	41
45	Caitlin	33	↓1	77
46	Katie	33	new	39
47	Bethany	31	↓20	94
48	Kathryn	31	↓8	48
49	Angela	30	–	31
50	Kristin	30	↓2	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	346	–	1
2	Christopher	264	↑1	2
3	Matthew	251	↓1	3
4	Joseph	186	↑3	10
5	David	170	↓1	6
6	Ryan	159	↑4	12
7	Robert	153	↑4	8
8	Andrew	148	↑7	11
9	Nicholas	147	↑4	19
10	Joshua	142	↓1	4
11	James	139	↑3	7
12	Daniel	138	↓6	5
13	John	136	↓8	9
14	Jason	122	↓6	14
15	Eric	112	↑5	21
16	Brian	108	–	18
17	Jonathan	101	–	17
18	Justin	99	↑1	15
19	William	98	↑2	16
20	Anthony	91	↑9	20
21	Kevin	87	↓9	23
22	Adam	84	↓4	22
23	Kyle	84	↑4	27
24	Richard	84	↑4	28
25	Thomas	82	↓3	25
26	Steven	79	–	24
27	Jeffrey	75	↓2	29
28	Stephen	64	↓4	36
29	Sean	62	↑5	38
30	Derek	60	↑3	56
31	Paul	60	↑6	42
32	Patrick	57	↓2	37
33	Brandon	56	↑3	13
34	Mark	56	↓3	32
35	Timothy	56	↓12	26
36	Benjamin	54	↑3	31
37	Gregory	54	↓5	45
38	Alexander	46	↑3	50
39	Peter	46	↓4	60
40	Nathan	43	–	40
41	Keith	42	new	64
42	Zachary	42	new	39
43	Bryan	38	↑3	48
44	Edward	37	↓2	59
45	Scott	36	↓7	44
46	Raymond	33	↑1	75
47	Marc	30	new	>100
48	Aaron	29	↓3	33
49	Shane	29	new	68
50	Corey	28	new	63

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