Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1986

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1986 were Ashley for girls (212 babies) and Michael for boys (364). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,035 babies born in Rhode Island in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1986

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: 31 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Meaghan: 21 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Kayleigh: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kerri: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Justine: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Meghan: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Caitlin: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Marissa: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kaitlin: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jillian: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 75 babies, 4× the national rate
Brendan: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Marc: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Louis: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Evan: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Raymond: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sean: 83 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Derek: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Craig: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Frank: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	212	↑2	2
2	Jessica	206	–	1
3	Amanda	203	↓2	3
4	Nicole	164	↑1	7
5	Jennifer	152	↓1	4
6	Sarah	130	↑1	5
7	Stephanie	115	↓1	6
8	Melissa	94	–	12
9	Lauren	81	↑1	14
10	Danielle	75	↑1	16
11	Christina	74	↑3	19
12	Elizabeth	74	–	10
13	Laura	69	–	20
14	Amy	67	↑9	22
15	Kimberly	66	↑5	18
16	Heather	64	↓7	9
17	Kristen	64	↑9	41
18	Rebecca	64	↑10	26
19	Samantha	61	↑16	21
20	Erin	60	↓1	30
21	Brittany	54	↑9	8
22	Christine	52	↑2	47
23	Courtney	52	↑11	35
24	Emily	51	↑1	24
25	Crystal	50	↓4	25
26	Katherine	47	↑1	28
27	Kelly	47	↓11	29
28	Meghan	47	↓11	71
29	Shannon	47	↑15	44
30	Caitlin	46	↑15	69
31	Megan	46	↓16	11
32	Michelle	45	↓14	23
33	Rachel	45	↓11	15
34	Kayla	44	new	64
35	Tiffany	44	↑6	17
36	Alicia	41	↑6	45
37	Erica	41	↓5	31
38	Katie	40	↑8	38
39	Allison	39	↓8	42
40	Jamie	35	↓3	34
41	Lindsay	35	↓3	46
42	Sara	34	↓9	27
43	Vanessa	33	↓3	43
44	Alexandra	31	new	72
45	Lisa	31	↓6	40
46	Michaela	31	new	>100
47	Lindsey	29	new	39
48	Tara	29	↓12	56
49	Marissa	28	new	>100
50	Andrea	27	↓7	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	364	–	1
2	Christopher	258	–	2
3	Matthew	256	–	3
4	David	165	↑1	5
5	Joseph	163	↓1	12
6	Daniel	155	↑6	6
7	Robert	152	–	9
8	John	148	↑5	10
9	Nicholas	146	–	17
10	Andrew	145	↓2	8
11	Ryan	142	↓5	11
12	James	139	↓1	7
13	Joshua	128	↓3	4
14	Brian	110	↑2	20
15	Kevin	110	↑6	21
16	Jonathan	109	↑1	16
17	Jason	99	↓3	18
18	Thomas	94	↑7	26
19	Justin	93	↓1	14
20	Kyle	90	↑3	23
21	William	88	↓2	15
22	Anthony	85	↓2	19
23	Adam	83	↓1	24
24	Sean	83	↑5	37
25	Steven	81	↑1	25
26	Eric	78	↓11	22
27	Richard	78	↓3	29
28	Peter	75	↑11	60
29	Jeffrey	74	↓2	32
30	Timothy	71	↑5	27
31	Brandon	70	↑2	13
32	Patrick	64	–	39
33	Benjamin	62	↑3	30
34	Stephen	60	↓6	36
35	Alexander	58	↑3	41
36	Gregory	55	↑1	46
37	Jeremy	53	new	28
38	Derek	50	↓8	57
39	Scott	50	↑6	44
40	Paul	49	↓9	45
41	Mark	48	↓7	35
42	Zachary	44	–	38
43	Bryan	41	–	47
44	Kenneth	40	new	50
45	Nathan	40	↓5	43
46	Jesse	39	new	48
47	Raymond	32	↓1	77
48	Evan	31	new	81
49	Edward	30	↓5	61
50	Keith	29	↓9	66

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