Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1992

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1992 were Ashley for girls (151 babies) and Michael for boys (304). Social Security records list 11,631 babies born in Rhode Island in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1992

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

Tayla: 19 babies, 43.8× the national rate
Gianna: 16 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Michaela: 25 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Ariana: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jillian: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Colleen: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marissa: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Casey: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alexandra: 79 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jenna: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Marc: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Peter: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brent: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nicholas: 201 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Philip: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brendan: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Corey: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ryan: 182 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Alexander: 132 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jared: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	151	↑1	1
2	Jessica	150	↑1	2
3	Amanda	147	↓2	3
4	Sarah	130	↑5	5
5	Samantha	115	↑2	6
6	Kayla	114	↓1	13
7	Emily	108	↑6	7
8	Stephanie	108	↓4	8
9	Nicole	97	↓1	14
10	Jennifer	89	↓4	11
11	Brittany	84	↓1	4
12	Elizabeth	81	↓1	9
13	Alexandra	79	↑2	29
14	Victoria	74	↑11	22
15	Lauren	73	↓3	12
16	Danielle	70	↑2	18
17	Chelsea	69	↓3	15
18	Kelsey	66	↑4	23
19	Megan	66	↑2	10
20	Alyssa	65	↓3	30
21	Rebecca	62	↓1	20
22	Katherine	60	↑1	27
23	Rachel	56	↓4	16
24	Courtney	50	↓8	21
25	Brianna	48	↑5	43
26	Taylor	45	↑21	17
27	Allison	44	↑7	48
28	Cassandra	43	new	52
29	Melissa	43	↓5	24
30	Marissa	42	↑5	72
31	Kimberly	40	↑7	35
32	Michelle	38	↓3	25
33	Erin	37	↓1	46
34	Jenna	37	↑16	67
35	Kaitlyn	37	↑5	42
36	Hannah	36	↑8	26
37	Katelyn	36	↑12	65
38	Kathryn	36	↑8	60
39	Laura	33	↓12	38
40	Amber	32	↑2	19
41	Kelly	32	↓8	47
42	Catherine	30	new	78
43	Julia	30	new	70
44	Amy	29	↓18	51
45	Briana	29	new	79
46	Christina	29	↓18	33
47	Mary	29	new	36
48	Alexandria	28	new	73
49	Alicia	28	↓1	71
50	Kristen	28	↓13	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Michael	304	–	1
2	Christopher	218	↑1	2
3	Matthew	215	↓1	3
4	Nicholas	201	–	12
5	Ryan	182	↑4	13
6	David	155	↑4	10
7	Andrew	149	↓1	5
8	Joshua	146	↓3	4
9	Joseph	144	↓1	11
10	John	136	↑3	14
11	Alexander	132	↑9	23
12	Daniel	125	↓1	7
13	Zachary	123	↑6	16
14	Robert	117	↓2	17
15	Kyle	116	↓8	22
16	Kevin	111	↓2	25
17	Brandon	110	↑12	6
18	James	106	↓1	9
19	Jonathan	104	↓1	21
20	Anthony	96	↓5	19
21	Justin	92	↓5	18
22	Tyler	90	↑3	8
23	Benjamin	85	↑3	33
24	Steven	85	↑3	29
25	Eric	74	↓1	26
26	Brian	73	↓3	31
27	William	70	↓6	20
28	Jacob	65	↑4	15
29	Nathan	63	↑5	44
30	Thomas	62	↓8	27
31	Dylan	58	↑9	28
32	Patrick	58	↓1	39
33	Richard	57	↑3	41
34	Sean	56	↓4	42
35	Timothy	56	–	34
36	Adam	53	↑3	36
37	Stephen	53	↓4	45
38	Jeffrey	48	↓10	51
39	Samuel	48	↑11	40
40	Corey	44	new	65
41	Jordan	43	↑3	32
42	Aaron	42	–	30
43	Alex	40	new	54
44	Christian	40	new	35
45	Jason	40	–	46
46	Jared	39	new	67
47	Evan	38	new	66
48	Derek	35	↓7	62
49	Peter	35	↓11	81
50	Mark	34	↓13	49

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