Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1991

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1991 were Amanda for girls (188 babies) and Michael for boys (341). Amanda ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,805 babies born in Rhode Island in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1991

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, 10.5× the national rate
Jillian: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alison: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marissa: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bethany: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Emma: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Meghan: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alexandra: 71 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nicole: 111 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peter: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Louis: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Raymond: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kyle: 155 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeffrey: 69 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Colin: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 185 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dennis: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Derek: 45 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Amanda	188	↑2	4
2	Ashley	164	↓1	1
3	Jessica	157	↓1	2
4	Stephanie	137	↑2	7
5	Kayla	127	–	12
6	Jennifer	116	↑4	8
7	Samantha	112	↑2	5
8	Nicole	111	↓1	15
9	Sarah	111	↓1	6
10	Brittany	106	↓6	3
11	Elizabeth	97	–	9
12	Lauren	90	↑1	13
13	Emily	89	↓1	10
14	Chelsea	73	↑8	18
15	Alexandra	71	↓1	36
16	Courtney	67	↑8	19
17	Alyssa	62	–	30
18	Danielle	58	↓2	17
19	Rachel	54	↑15	14
20	Rebecca	54	↓2	21
21	Megan	53	↓2	11
22	Kelsey	52	↑13	26
23	Katherine	50	↓2	25
24	Melissa	50	↓9	20
25	Victoria	48	↓5	28
26	Amy	46	↓1	43
27	Laura	45	↑6	35
28	Christina	44	↓1	31
29	Michelle	44	↓1	22
30	Brianna	43	new	51
31	Erica	43	new	40
32	Erin	42	↓2	44
33	Kelly	42	↓2	42
34	Allison	40	↑10	50
35	Marissa	40	↑7	81
36	Heather	39	↓13	23
37	Kristen	38	↓11	48
38	Kimberly	37	↓6	34
39	Andrea	35	new	39
40	Kaitlyn	34	↑6	82
41	Tiffany	32	↓5	27
42	Amber	31	↓2	16
43	Caitlin	31	↓4	55
44	Hannah	31	new	29
45	Jillian	31	new	>100
46	Kathryn	31	↓8	57
47	Taylor	31	↓4	32
48	Alicia	30	↓19	63
49	Katelyn	30	new	75
50	Jenna	29	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	341	–	1
2	Matthew	268	↑1	3
3	Christopher	255	↓1	2
4	Nicholas	185	–	12
5	Joshua	170	–	4
6	Andrew	155	↑3	5
7	Kyle	155	↑7	21
8	Joseph	150	↓2	9
9	Ryan	150	↑3	11
10	David	145	↓3	8
11	Daniel	134	↓3	6
12	Robert	127	↓1	13
13	John	126	–	10
14	Kevin	114	↑4	23
15	Anthony	106	↑2	18
16	Justin	106	↓6	14
17	James	104	↓2	7
18	Jonathan	98	↓2	20
19	Zachary	97	↑6	22
20	Alexander	96	↓1	26
21	William	95	↓1	19
22	Thomas	92	↑4	28
23	Brian	88	↓2	30
24	Eric	85	↓1	25
25	Tyler	77	↑21	16
26	Benjamin	72	↓2	33
27	Steven	71	↓5	27
28	Jeffrey	69	↑2	45
29	Brandon	68	↑8	15
30	Sean	67	↓1	40
31	Patrick	66	↑2	35
32	Jacob	62	↑7	17
33	Stephen	59	↓6	41
34	Nathan	56	↑1	42
35	Timothy	56	↓3	32
36	Richard	54	↓2	34
37	Mark	48	↑5	47
38	Peter	47	–	77
39	Adam	46	↓11	36
40	Dylan	46	new	46
41	Derek	45	↑3	59
42	Aaron	44	↑7	31
43	Scott	44	↑2	57
44	Jordan	43	↓4	29
45	Jason	39	↓14	49
46	Paul	38	↑4	53
47	Gregory	37	↓11	55
48	Jesse	36	new	51
49	Jose	36	new	37
50	Samuel	36	↓9	39

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