Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1988

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1988 were Amanda for girls (238 babies) and Michael for boys (384). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,502 babies born in Rhode Island in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1988

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: 29 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Justine: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Meghan: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bethany: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jillian: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katelyn: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alison: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kayla: 115 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alexandra: 56 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marc: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Derek: 72 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stephen: 92 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mathew: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeffrey: 92 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gregory: 58 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Amanda	238	↑1	3
2	Ashley	217	↓1	2
3	Jessica	190	–	1
4	Sarah	129	↑4	4
5	Nicole	125	↑2	9
6	Stephanie	124	–	7
7	Jennifer	123	↓3	5
8	Kayla	115	↓3	20
9	Samantha	107	↑4	8
10	Elizabeth	105	↑5	10
11	Lauren	100	↓1	11
12	Brittany	77	↑2	6
13	Danielle	70	↓4	17
14	Melissa	70	↓2	16
15	Emily	69	↑1	18
16	Tiffany	69	↑13	13
17	Amy	67	↑4	29
18	Laura	66	↑1	23
19	Heather	59	↓8	14
20	Alexandra	56	↑20	49
21	Katherine	53	↑17	27
22	Rebecca	53	↑3	26
23	Christina	52	↑3	22
24	Courtney	52	↓2	24
25	Kimberly	51	↓8	25
26	Megan	48	↓6	12
27	Caitlin	46	↑3	44
28	Alicia	45	↑3	50
29	Chelsea	45	↑21	33
30	Erica	43	↑13	31
31	Erin	42	↑1	37
32	Rachel	41	↑1	19
33	Kelly	39	↓10	32
34	Kristen	39	↓16	36
35	Alyssa	38	↑12	47
36	Meghan	37	↓12	81
37	Sara	37	↓3	30
38	Victoria	37	new	42
39	Crystal	35	↓12	28
40	Katie	35	new	40
41	Kaitlyn	34	new	>100
42	Andrea	33	–	35
43	Bethany	33	↓8	89
44	Katelyn	33	new	84
45	Vanessa	30	↓4	41
46	Hannah	29	new	61
47	Lindsey	29	new	48
48	Michaela	29	new	>100
49	Jillian	28	↓13	>100
50	Kelsey	28	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	384	–	1
2	Matthew	246	–	3
3	Christopher	239	–	2
4	David	178	↑1	6
5	Joshua	172	↑2	4
6	Andrew	169	↓2	5
7	Justin	167	↑6	7
8	Joseph	160	↑3	12
9	Daniel	150	–	8
10	John	150	↓4	11
11	Nicholas	149	↓3	14
12	Robert	137	–	10
13	Ryan	123	↓3	13
14	James	119	↑1	9
15	Jonathan	111	↑3	15
16	Kyle	105	↓2	21
17	Anthony	96	↑2	18
18	William	93	↑3	16
19	Jeffrey	92	↑3	36
20	Stephen	92	↑4	40
21	Steven	91	↑5	24
22	Eric	90	↑6	19
23	Kevin	90	↓7	20
24	Timothy	85	↑1	25
25	Alexander	81	↑8	34
26	Brian	81	↓9	22
27	Thomas	81	↓7	23
28	Benjamin	75	↑3	30
29	Jason	74	↓6	27
30	Adam	72	–	26
31	Derek	72	↑8	53
32	Brandon	60	↑3	17
33	Sean	60	↓4	38
34	Gregory	58	↑8	50
35	Patrick	58	↓1	42
36	Paul	58	–	46
37	Zachary	58	↑3	29
38	Mark	56	↓11	39
39	Richard	50	↓7	32
40	Corey	48	new	56
41	Peter	48	↓3	64
42	Scott	46	↑1	47
43	Samuel	39	new	45
44	Charles	37	new	37
45	Jared	35	new	60
46	Jose	35	new	49
47	Tyler	35	new	33
48	Jacob	34	new	28
49	Nathan	34	↓12	44
50	Shane	32	↓3	67

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