Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1994

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1994 were Ashley for girls (134 babies) and Michael for boys (220). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,689 babies born in Rhode Island in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1994

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: 16 babies, 43.9× the national rate
Gianna: 15 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Ariana: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Alexa: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Michaela: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Casey: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Molly: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Victoria: 96 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alexandra: 76 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Caitlyn: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mathew: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Cory: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ian: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Corey: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ryan: 165 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kyle: 122 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Evan: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Edward: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 179 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	134	–	2
2	Nicole	116	↑5	11
3	Jessica	113	–	1
4	Sarah	110	–	5
5	Emily	107	↑1	3
6	Amanda	106	↑2	8
7	Samantha	100	↓5	4
8	Victoria	96	↑2	19
9	Alexandra	76	↑8	28
10	Kayla	76	↓1	12
11	Stephanie	70	↓6	15
12	Danielle	69	↑9	20
13	Rachel	69	↑12	13
14	Jennifer	65	↓2	17
15	Elizabeth	63	↓2	9
16	Lauren	62	↓2	14
17	Brittany	60	↓2	7
18	Taylor	59	↑1	6
19	Brianna	57	↑3	27
20	Rebecca	57	↑3	24
21	Alyssa	54	↓5	26
22	Kelsey	45	↓11	29
23	Marissa	44	↑12	53
24	Megan	44	↓6	10
25	Allison	42	↑20	34
26	Abigail	41	new	42
27	Katherine	41	↓7	30
28	Courtney	40	↓1	22
29	Hannah	40	↓1	16
30	Michelle	38	↓4	33
31	Alexis	37	new	18
32	Erin	35	↑14	45
33	Melissa	34	↑3	31
34	Christina	33	↓4	39
35	Olivia	33	new	50
36	Alexa	32	new	95
37	Haley	32	↑11	36
38	Jenna	32	↓7	80
39	Sara	32	↑10	43
40	Julia	31	↓11	72
41	Alicia	30	↑9	83
42	Briana	30	↑1	68
43	Kimberly	29	new	32
44	Cassandra	28	new	66
45	Katelyn	28	↑2	58
46	Michaela	28	↓9	>100
47	Molly	28	new	96
48	Shannon	28	↓7	60
49	Kelly	27	↓17	62
50	Vanessa	27	↓10	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	220	–	1
2	Matthew	181	↑1	3
3	Nicholas	179	↓1	9
4	Ryan	165	↑1	16
5	Christopher	156	↓1	2
6	Joseph	140	↑4	11
7	Andrew	137	↑6	10
8	Joshua	135	↓2	4
9	Zachary	133	↓2	12
10	Alexander	128	↓1	22
11	Tyler	123	↑5	5
12	Kyle	122	–	24
13	Jacob	118	↑11	7
14	Daniel	117	↓3	8
15	David	115	↓1	13
16	Robert	111	↓1	21
17	John	110	↓9	15
18	Anthony	102	↑5	18
19	Brandon	100	↑2	6
20	Thomas	94	↑13	27
21	James	90	↓3	14
22	Kevin	86	↓3	26
23	Justin	83	↓6	20
24	Benjamin	78	↑4	31
25	Jonathan	75	↓5	23
26	William	73	↑1	19
27	Brian	64	↓2	37
28	Steven	62	↓6	34
29	Aaron	58	↑7	28
30	Richard	57	↑9	41
31	Sean	54	↓1	44
32	Eric	53	↓6	30
33	Jordan	53	↑7	29
34	Nathan	53	↓3	40
35	Samuel	50	↑7	33
36	Adam	49	↑8	38
37	Timothy	49	↓3	39
38	Dylan	46	↓9	32
39	Patrick	46	↓7	42
40	Christian	43	↑6	35
41	Ian	41	new	74
42	Corey	39	↑7	73
43	Evan	39	↑5	62
44	Cameron	37	new	52
45	Brendan	35	new	>100
46	Jared	35	new	63
47	Jason	35	↓9	46
48	Stephen	35	↓5	49
49	Devin	34	new	61
50	Paul	34	new	64

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