Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1990

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1990 were Ashley for girls (192 babies) and Michael for boys (358). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 12,187 babies born in Rhode Island in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1990

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: 28 babies, 11× the national rate
Ariana: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bethany: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alexandra: 78 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marissa: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Briana: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Kaitlin: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kayla: 144 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jillian: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alison: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 50 babies, 3× the national rate
Brendan: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Raymond: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Evan: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mathew: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marc: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nicholas: 199 babies, 2.2× the national rate
George: 30 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	192	↑1	2
2	Jessica	163	↑1	1
3	Amanda	160	↓2	4
4	Brittany	146	↑6	3
5	Kayla	144	↓1	14
6	Stephanie	144	↑3	7
7	Nicole	132	↓2	13
8	Sarah	125	↓1	6
9	Samantha	108	↓3	5
10	Jennifer	104	↓2	8
11	Elizabeth	93	–	9
12	Emily	93	↑3	12
13	Lauren	90	↓1	10
14	Alexandra	78	↑7	37
15	Melissa	73	↑5	20
16	Danielle	71	↓3	18
17	Alyssa	63	↑8	27
18	Rebecca	62	↑6	21
19	Megan	61	–	11
20	Victoria	60	↑14	33
21	Katherine	58	↓5	26
22	Chelsea	57	↑4	24
23	Heather	56	–	19
24	Courtney	54	↓10	17
25	Amy	53	↑17	38
26	Kristen	53	↑10	42
27	Christina	52	↓5	25
28	Michelle	47	↓10	22
29	Alicia	46	↓2	54
30	Erin	45	↓1	43
31	Kelly	45	↑17	41
32	Kimberly	44	↓1	31
33	Laura	43	↓16	29
34	Rachel	42	↑3	16
35	Kelsey	41	↓5	32
36	Tiffany	41	↓3	23
37	Cassandra	40	↑10	49
38	Kathryn	40	↑6	57
39	Caitlin	39	↓7	50
40	Amber	35	new	15
41	Jamie	34	new	55
42	Marissa	34	new	87
43	Taylor	34	new	46
44	Allison	31	↓16	48
45	Christine	31	↓2	62
46	Kaitlyn	31	new	78
47	Mary	31	new	35
48	Bethany	30	new	>100
49	Catherine	30	new	71
50	Kaitlin	29	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	358	–	1
2	Christopher	232	↑1	2
3	Matthew	229	↓1	3
4	Nicholas	199	↑1	14
5	Joshua	184	↑2	4
6	Joseph	165	↑4	10
7	David	159	↓1	6
8	Daniel	158	↑3	5
9	Andrew	156	↓5	7
10	Justin	155	↑5	9
11	Robert	155	↓3	13
12	Ryan	148	–	11
13	John	146	↓4	12
14	Kyle	137	↓1	18
15	James	129	↓1	8
16	Jonathan	126	–	17
17	Anthony	121	↑3	15
18	Kevin	113	↑1	23
19	Alexander	102	↑3	28
20	William	98	↓3	16
21	Brian	89	↑2	27
22	Steven	88	↓4	25
23	Eric	84	↑3	24
24	Benjamin	80	↑4	33
25	Zachary	80	↑2	22
26	Thomas	79	↓2	26
27	Stephen	70	↑9	39
28	Adam	66	↓3	32
29	Sean	66	↑4	37
30	Jeffrey	65	↓1	43
31	Jason	63	↑9	46
32	Timothy	62	↓11	30
33	Patrick	60	↓2	36
34	Richard	60	–	35
35	Nathan	55	↓5	44
36	Gregory	54	↓4	51
37	Brandon	53	–	19
38	Peter	50	↓3	74
39	Jacob	49	↑9	20
40	Jordan	49	new	29
41	Samuel	46	↑1	45
42	Mark	45	↑3	47
43	Corey	44	↓4	56
44	Derek	44	↓1	54
45	Scott	44	↑2	53
46	Tyler	44	↓5	21
47	Evan	43	new	71
48	Kenneth	40	new	52
49	Aaron	36	↑1	34
50	Paul	36	↓12	49

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