Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1989

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1989 were Amanda for girls (237 babies) and Michael for boys (328). Amanda ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,907 babies born in Rhode Island in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1989

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: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Caitlyn: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Katelyn: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kayla: 140 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bethany: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Meghan: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jillian: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alexandra: 58 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brianna: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marissa: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Peter: 61 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mathew: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Russell: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gregory: 65 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Edward: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dennis: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeffrey: 79 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Amanda	237	–	4
2	Ashley	187	–	2
3	Jessica	161	–	1
4	Kayla	140	↑4	20
5	Nicole	135	–	12
6	Samantha	129	↑3	6
7	Sarah	129	↓3	5
8	Jennifer	124	↓1	7
9	Stephanie	110	↓3	8
10	Brittany	106	↑2	3
11	Elizabeth	93	↓1	10
12	Lauren	85	↓1	9
13	Danielle	84	–	17
14	Courtney	78	↑10	21
15	Emily	71	–	13
16	Katherine	69	↑5	26
17	Laura	69	↑1	25
18	Michelle	69	new	22
19	Megan	63	↑7	11
20	Melissa	63	↓6	19
21	Alexandra	58	↓1	43
22	Christina	58	↑1	23
23	Heather	58	↓4	15
24	Rebecca	55	↓2	24
25	Alyssa	54	↑10	33
26	Chelsea	51	↑3	27
27	Alicia	47	↑1	53
28	Allison	47	new	46
29	Erin	47	↑2	40
30	Kelsey	47	↑20	31
31	Kimberly	47	↓6	28
32	Caitlin	45	↓5	49
33	Tiffany	42	↓17	16
34	Victoria	42	↑4	44
35	Katie	41	↑5	45
36	Kristen	40	↓2	36
37	Rachel	40	↓5	18
38	Katelyn	39	↑6	76
39	Erica	38	↓9	34
40	Lisa	37	new	55
41	Sara	36	↓4	29
42	Amy	35	↓25	35
43	Christine	35	new	59
44	Kathryn	35	new	58
45	Shannon	35	new	61
46	Lindsay	32	new	63
47	Cassandra	31	new	54
48	Kelly	31	↓15	37
49	Meghan	31	↓13	80
50	Brianna	30	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	328	–	1
2	Matthew	271	–	3
3	Christopher	249	–	2
4	Andrew	187	↑2	7
5	Nicholas	180	↑6	14
6	David	177	↓2	5
7	Joshua	173	↓2	4
8	Robert	149	↑4	10
9	John	143	↑1	12
10	Joseph	141	↓2	11
11	Daniel	139	↓2	6
12	Ryan	137	↑1	13
13	Kyle	134	↑3	20
14	James	124	–	9
15	Justin	123	↓8	8
16	Jonathan	109	↓1	17
17	William	108	↑1	15
18	Steven	104	↑3	22
19	Kevin	99	↑4	19
20	Anthony	95	↓3	16
21	Timothy	90	↑3	28
22	Alexander	88	↑3	32
23	Brian	86	↑3	24
24	Thomas	86	↑3	23
25	Adam	83	↑5	27
26	Eric	82	↓4	21
27	Zachary	82	↑10	25
28	Benjamin	81	–	29
29	Jeffrey	79	↓10	37
30	Nathan	71	↑19	43
31	Patrick	67	↑4	38
32	Gregory	65	↑2	52
33	Sean	65	–	39
34	Richard	62	↑5	33
35	Peter	61	↑6	66
36	Stephen	61	↓16	40
37	Brandon	52	↓5	18
38	Paul	50	↓2	49
39	Corey	49	↑1	55
40	Jason	49	↓11	35
41	Tyler	49	↑6	30
42	Samuel	47	↑1	47
43	Derek	45	↓12	54
44	Edward	45	new	62
45	Mark	40	↓7	42
46	Cory	38	new	61
47	Scott	37	↓5	51
48	Jacob	35	–	26
49	Shawn	33	new	65
50	Aaron	32	new	31

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