Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1993

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1993 were Ashley for girls (134 babies) and Michael for boys (264). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,109 babies born in Rhode Island in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1993

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: 35 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ariana: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jillian: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Julia: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alison: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Natasha: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Jenna: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Melanie: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Meghan: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Hayley: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Louis: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Colin: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nicholas: 216 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dennis: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeffrey: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gregory: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cory: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Vincent: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	134	–	2
2	Samantha	132	↑3	4
3	Jessica	129	↓1	1
4	Sarah	121	–	3
5	Stephanie	113	↑3	10
6	Emily	103	↑1	5
7	Nicole	97	↑2	13
8	Amanda	95	↓5	8
9	Kayla	95	↓3	16
10	Victoria	88	↑4	19
11	Kelsey	79	↑7	24
12	Jennifer	77	↓2	15
13	Elizabeth	72	↓1	9
14	Lauren	72	↑1	12
15	Brittany	69	↓4	6
16	Alyssa	65	↑4	26
17	Alexandra	64	↓4	28
18	Megan	61	↑1	11
19	Taylor	61	↑7	7
20	Katherine	59	↑2	29
21	Danielle	56	↓5	18
22	Brianna	54	↑3	32
23	Rebecca	54	↓2	22
24	Chelsea	52	↓7	25
25	Rachel	45	↓2	14
26	Michelle	43	↑6	31
27	Courtney	42	↓3	20
28	Hannah	42	↑8	21
29	Julia	41	↑14	72
30	Christina	39	↑16	35
31	Jenna	39	↑3	70
32	Kelly	39	↑9	51
33	Caitlin	37	new	64
34	Laura	37	↑5	43
35	Marissa	36	↓5	59
36	Melissa	36	↓7	30
37	Michaela	35	new	>100
38	Jasmine	33	new	23
39	Kaitlyn	33	↓4	46
40	Vanessa	33	new	55
41	Shannon	32	new	53
42	Amber	31	↓2	17
43	Briana	31	↑2	71
44	Tiffany	31	new	33
45	Allison	30	↓18	41
46	Erin	30	↓13	48
47	Katelyn	30	↓10	54
48	Haley	29	new	42
49	Sara	29	new	40
50	Alicia	28	↓1	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	264	–	1
2	Nicholas	216	↑2	8
3	Matthew	200	–	3
4	Christopher	177	↓2	2
5	Ryan	163	–	13
6	Joshua	142	↑2	4
7	Zachary	137	↑6	15
8	John	136	↑2	16
9	Alexander	125	↑2	21
10	Joseph	121	↓1	12
11	Daniel	120	↑1	7
12	Kyle	118	↑3	23
13	Andrew	117	↓6	10
14	David	108	↓8	11
15	Robert	107	↓1	17
16	Tyler	101	↑6	5
17	Justin	100	↑4	20
18	James	99	–	14
19	Kevin	90	↓3	25
20	Jonathan	84	↓1	22
21	Brandon	75	↓4	6
22	Steven	75	↑2	31
23	Anthony	73	↓3	19
24	Jacob	73	↑4	9
25	Brian	69	↑1	34
26	Eric	68	↓1	29
27	William	68	–	18
28	Benjamin	67	↓5	32
29	Dylan	63	↑2	33
30	Sean	61	↑4	42
31	Nathan	60	↓2	41
32	Patrick	60	–	43
33	Thomas	58	↓3	27
34	Timothy	57	↑1	38
35	Jeffrey	55	↑3	53
36	Aaron	50	↑6	30
37	Cody	50	new	24
38	Jason	50	↑7	45
39	Richard	49	↓6	40
40	Jordan	48	↑1	28
41	Peter	46	↑8	82
42	Samuel	45	↓3	37
43	Stephen	44	↓6	47
44	Adam	43	↓8	39
45	Mark	43	↑5	49
46	Christian	42	↓2	35
47	Gregory	41	new	65
48	Evan	39	↓1	62
49	Corey	38	↓9	68
50	Austin	36	new	26

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