Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1995

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1995 were Samantha for girls (111 babies) and Michael for boys (194). Samantha ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,168 babies born in Rhode Island in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1995

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: 20 babies, 41.2× the national rate
Gianna: 17 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Jillian: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Michaela: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ariana: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Isabella: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Meghan: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Molly: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marisa: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jenna: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Mathew: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Evan: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Scott: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brendan: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colin: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ronald: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Derek: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Henry: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nicholas: 185 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Samantha	111	↑6	4
2	Emily	106	↑3	3
3	Ashley	96	↓2	2
4	Amanda	95	↑2	9
5	Jessica	92	↓2	1
6	Victoria	89	↑2	20
7	Lauren	79	↑9	15
8	Sarah	76	↓4	5
9	Nicole	73	↓7	19
10	Kayla	67	–	11
11	Rachel	67	↑2	12
12	Elizabeth	66	↑3	10
13	Alexandra	64	↓4	26
14	Hannah	63	↑15	7
15	Brianna	61	↑4	21
16	Courtney	61	↑12	17
17	Taylor	59	↑1	6
18	Rebecca	58	↑2	28
19	Stephanie	57	↓8	16
20	Alexis	53	↑11	14
21	Alyssa	53	–	27
22	Brittany	52	↓5	8
23	Danielle	51	↓11	24
24	Katherine	49	↑3	30
25	Megan	47	↓1	13
26	Jennifer	46	↓12	18
27	Kelsey	42	↓5	33
28	Amber	40	new	22
29	Allison	39	↓4	34
30	Sara	39	↑9	48
31	Marissa	38	↓8	53
32	Briana	36	↑10	74
33	Julia	36	↑7	62
34	Olivia	36	↑1	39
35	Jenna	35	↑3	84
36	Laura	35	new	56
37	Michaela	35	↑9	>100
38	Erin	32	↓6	49
39	Kimberly	32	↑4	37
40	Abigail	30	↓14	36
41	Michelle	30	↓11	41
42	Molly	30	↑5	98
43	Shannon	30	↑5	73
44	Chelsea	29	new	47
45	Melissa	29	↓12	35
46	Emma	28	new	67
47	Lindsey	28	new	82
48	Alexandria	27	new	72
49	Haley	27	↓12	32
50	Katelyn	27	↓5	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Michael	194	–	1
2	Nicholas	185	↑1	7
3	Matthew	179	↓1	2
4	Christopher	161	↑1	3
5	Andrew	140	↑2	11
6	Ryan	134	↓2	15
7	Alexander	122	↑3	21
8	Zachary	121	↑1	14
9	Joshua	116	↓1	5
10	Daniel	110	↑4	9
11	David	110	↑4	16
12	John	109	↑5	13
13	Brandon	107	↑6	8
14	Kyle	107	↓2	24
15	Tyler	105	↓4	6
16	Joseph	104	↓10	12
17	Jacob	101	↓4	4
18	Robert	93	↓2	22
19	Justin	91	↑4	18
20	James	90	↑1	17
21	Jonathan	84	↑4	23
22	Benjamin	81	↑2	31
23	Austin	78	new	10
24	Anthony	74	↓6	19
25	Kevin	70	↓3	25
26	William	67	–	20
27	Steven	64	↑1	37
28	Thomas	63	↓8	27
29	Brian	56	↓2	36
30	Adam	55	↑6	38
31	Nathan	55	↑3	39
32	Sean	51	↓1	45
33	Dylan	49	↑5	34
34	Evan	49	↑9	60
35	Patrick	48	↑4	43
36	Alex	43	new	47
37	Eric	42	↓5	32
38	Aaron	38	↓9	30
39	Jason	38	↑8	41
40	Mark	37	new	52
41	Timothy	37	↓4	40
42	Richard	36	↓12	42
43	Charles	33	new	44
44	Christian	33	↓4	28
45	Jared	33	↑1	63
46	Jordan	33	↓13	29
47	Corey	32	↓5	74
48	Jose	32	new	35
49	Cameron	31	↓5	49
50	Connor	31	new	55

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