Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1996

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1996 were Emily for girls (112 babies) and Nicholas for boys (200). Nicholas ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,803 babies born in Rhode Island in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1996

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

Gianna: 22 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Arianna: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jillian: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kendra: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Ariana: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Michaela: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Isabella: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Julia: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Catherine: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alexandra: 74 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Harrison: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Liam: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jake: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brendan: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ronald: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Corey: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Devon: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alec: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nicholas: 200 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jason: 62 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	112	↑1	1
2	Samantha	97	↓1	5
3	Sarah	92	↑5	4
4	Ashley	85	↓1	3
5	Jessica	84	–	2
6	Amanda	75	↓2	13
7	Alexandra	74	↑6	26
8	Victoria	72	↓2	18
9	Rachel	67	↑2	9
10	Nicole	65	↓1	22
11	Elizabeth	64	↑1	10
12	Kayla	61	↓2	11
13	Alexis	60	↑7	8
14	Rebecca	59	↑4	24
15	Stephanie	57	↑4	20
16	Hannah	53	↓2	7
17	Brianna	52	↓2	17
18	Julia	52	↑15	48
19	Olivia	52	↑15	34
20	Lauren	50	↓13	16
21	Megan	50	↑4	12
22	Katherine	49	↑2	31
23	Taylor	47	↓6	6
24	Haley	46	↑25	30
25	Madison	45	new	15
26	Courtney	43	↓10	21
27	Brittany	41	↓5	14
28	Abigail	40	↑12	32
29	Alyssa	40	↓8	23
30	Danielle	39	↓7	29
31	Emma	38	↑15	53
32	Jennifer	35	↓6	19
33	Kaitlyn	34	new	40
34	Allison	33	↓5	38
35	Amber	33	↓7	27
36	Morgan	33	new	25
37	Sabrina	32	new	58
38	Christina	31	new	57
39	Chelsea	30	↑5	55
40	Kelsey	30	↓13	36
41	Brooke	29	new	45
42	Catherine	28	new	95
43	Michaela	28	↓6	>100
44	Jenna	27	↓9	83
45	Kimberly	26	↓6	41
46	Mackenzie	26	new	75
47	Sara	26	↓17	50
48	Katelyn	25	↑2	64
49	Kathryn	25	new	87
50	Marissa	25	↓19	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Nicholas	200	↑1	6
2	Michael	184	↓1	1
3	Matthew	169	–	2
4	Christopher	156	–	4
5	Ryan	141	↑1	16
6	Andrew	125	↓1	10
7	Joseph	123	↑9	12
8	Tyler	119	↑7	7
9	Zachary	113	↓1	14
10	Joshua	108	↓1	5
11	David	106	–	13
12	John	105	–	15
13	Alexander	104	↓6	22
14	Jacob	101	↑3	3
15	Brandon	98	↓2	8
16	Daniel	98	↓6	11
17	Kyle	91	↓3	25
18	Jonathan	86	↑3	21
19	Benjamin	83	↑3	29
20	James	83	–	17
21	Anthony	79	↑3	19
22	Austin	70	↑1	9
23	Justin	70	↓4	20
24	William	68	↑2	18
25	Robert	66	↓7	23
26	Jason	62	↑13	41
27	Kevin	60	↓2	26
28	Thomas	60	–	28
29	Brian	58	–	36
30	Nathan	58	↑1	37
31	Christian	56	↑13	24
32	Steven	56	↓5	38
33	Samuel	54	new	30
34	Patrick	49	↑1	44
35	Adam	45	↓5	39
36	Dylan	44	↓3	33
37	Jordan	41	↑9	27
38	Cameron	40	↑11	49
39	Evan	39	↓5	65
40	Timothy	39	↑1	40
41	Stephen	38	new	59
42	Eric	36	↓5	35
43	Jared	36	↑2	64
44	Jeffrey	36	new	72
45	Devin	35	new	60
46	Richard	33	↓4	45
47	Corey	32	–	94
48	Aaron	31	↓10	34
49	Connor	31	↑1	54
50	Jake	31	new	>100

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