Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1987

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1987 were Ashley for girls (247 babies) and Michael for boys (315). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,443 babies born in Rhode Island in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1987

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, 14.3× the national rate
Justine: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kayla: 142 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jillian: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Marissa: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Meghan: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bethany: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Katelyn: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Renee: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Marc: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Mathew: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brendan: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Evan: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stephen: 88 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Colin: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shane: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Craig: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nicholas: 158 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	247	–	2
2	Amanda	229	↑1	3
3	Jessica	210	↓1	1
4	Jennifer	160	↑1	4
5	Kayla	142	↑29	27
6	Stephanie	134	↑1	6
7	Nicole	125	↓3	8
8	Sarah	125	↓2	5
9	Danielle	91	↑1	14
10	Lauren	84	↓1	16
11	Heather	79	↑5	9
12	Melissa	78	↓4	13
13	Samantha	75	↑6	11
14	Brittany	74	↑7	7
15	Elizabeth	73	↓3	10
16	Emily	70	↑8	19
17	Kimberly	66	↓2	23
18	Kristen	66	↓1	42
19	Laura	58	↓6	22
20	Megan	57	↑11	12
21	Amy	51	↓7	24
22	Courtney	49	↑1	33
23	Kelly	48	↑4	30
24	Meghan	47	↑4	78
25	Rebecca	47	↓7	25
26	Christina	46	↓15	20
27	Crystal	46	↓2	26
28	Michelle	46	↑4	21
29	Tiffany	45	↑6	18
30	Caitlin	44	–	63
31	Alicia	43	↑5	46
32	Erin	43	↓12	34
33	Rachel	43	–	17
34	Sara	43	↑8	29
35	Bethany	40	new	87
36	Jillian	37	new	99
37	Christine	36	↓15	48
38	Katherine	35	↓12	28
39	Shannon	34	↓10	45
40	Alexandra	33	↑4	59
41	Vanessa	33	↑2	43
42	Andrea	32	↑8	36
43	Erica	32	↓6	31
44	Marissa	32	↑5	>100
45	Allison	31	↓6	44
46	Kathryn	31	new	51
47	Alyssa	30	new	60
48	Lindsay	30	↓7	49
49	Lisa	30	↓4	40
50	Chelsea	29	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	315	–	1
2	Matthew	240	↑1	3
3	Christopher	238	↓1	2
4	Andrew	201	↑6	6
5	David	189	↓1	5
6	John	181	↑2	11
7	Joshua	160	↑6	4
8	Nicholas	158	↑1	16
9	Daniel	156	↓3	7
10	Ryan	153	↑1	13
11	Joseph	139	↓6	12
12	Robert	139	↓5	10
13	Justin	136	↑6	9
14	Kyle	122	↑6	22
15	James	117	↓3	8
16	Kevin	105	↓1	19
17	Brian	102	↓3	20
18	Jonathan	101	↓2	18
19	Anthony	100	↑3	17
20	Thomas	94	↓2	24
21	William	92	–	15
22	Jeffrey	91	↑7	32
23	Jason	89	↓6	23
24	Stephen	88	↑10	38
25	Timothy	85	↑5	26
26	Steven	84	↓1	25
27	Mark	79	↑14	36
28	Eric	78	↓2	21
29	Sean	75	↓5	40
30	Adam	71	↓7	27
31	Benjamin	70	↑2	28
32	Richard	68	↓5	30
33	Alexander	65	↑2	37
34	Patrick	62	↓2	41
35	Brandon	61	↓4	14
36	Paul	50	↑4	46
37	Nathan	49	↑8	45
38	Peter	49	↓10	64
39	Derek	46	↓1	54
40	Zachary	45	↑2	33
41	Aaron	41	new	34
42	Gregory	40	↓6	47
43	Scott	40	↓4	43
44	Kenneth	39	–	53
45	Edward	38	↑4	61
46	Evan	38	↑2	83
47	Shane	37	new	65
48	Jeremy	35	↓11	29
49	Bryan	34	↓6	51
50	Shawn	34	new	59

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