Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1997

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1997 were Emily for girls (108 babies) and Michael for boys (184). Social Security records list 9,413 babies born in Rhode Island in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1997

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, 11.9× the national rate
Jillian: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Arianna: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alison: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jenna: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Catherine: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Casey: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Isabella: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Meghan: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kendra: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Liam: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jake: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dante: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Derek: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Corey: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patrick: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Evan: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nicholas: 178 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kyle: 108 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	108	–	1
2	Samantha	92	–	6
3	Sarah	83	–	4
4	Jessica	79	↑1	2
5	Nicole	71	↑5	21
6	Ashley	70	↓2	3
7	Victoria	70	↑1	19
8	Hannah	69	↑8	5
9	Olivia	64	↑10	27
10	Taylor	63	↑13	7
11	Alexandra	61	↓4	30
12	Rachel	60	↓3	13
13	Lauren	59	↑7	14
14	Alyssa	58	↑15	15
15	Amanda	55	↓9	16
16	Elizabeth	55	↓5	9
17	Madison	55	↑8	10
18	Katherine	53	↑4	32
19	Alexis	50	↓6	8
20	Kayla	50	↓8	12
21	Brianna	48	↓4	17
22	Julia	48	↓4	37
23	Megan	46	↓2	11
24	Sabrina	42	↑13	53
25	Abigail	41	↑3	26
26	Jenna	39	↑18	76
27	Brittany	38	–	20
28	Jennifer	38	↑4	18
29	Rebecca	37	↓15	25
30	Emma	36	↑1	36
31	Amber	34	↑4	29
32	Haley	34	↓8	31
33	Marissa	33	↑17	60
34	Stephanie	33	↓19	23
35	Catherine	31	↑7	96
36	Laura	31	new	66
37	Caroline	30	new	75
38	Danielle	30	↓8	34
39	Gabrielle	30	new	51
40	Kaitlyn	30	↓7	41
41	Briana	29	new	72
42	Mackenzie	29	↑4	71
43	Vanessa	29	new	54
44	Michelle	28	new	55
45	Courtney	27	↓19	28
46	Shannon	27	new	85
47	Allison	26	↓13	39
48	Sydney	26	new	35
49	Christina	25	↓11	62
50	Morgan	25	↓14	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	184	↑1	1
2	Nicholas	178	↓1	6
3	Matthew	173	–	3
4	Christopher	138	–	4
5	Tyler	116	↑3	10
6	Andrew	113	–	7
7	Kyle	108	↑10	24
8	Ryan	106	↓3	16
9	Jacob	102	↑5	2
10	Joseph	102	↓3	12
11	Joshua	100	↓1	5
12	John	96	–	15
13	Zachary	93	↓4	13
14	Alexander	90	↓1	22
15	David	90	↓4	14
16	Brandon	87	↓1	8
17	Justin	85	↑6	20
18	Austin	84	↑4	9
19	Anthony	82	↑2	18
20	Jonathan	81	↓2	21
21	Daniel	76	↓5	11
22	James	74	↓2	17
23	Benjamin	71	↓4	29
24	William	71	–	19
25	Kevin	70	↑2	28
26	Robert	70	↓1	23
27	Thomas	61	↑1	31
28	Samuel	60	↑5	27
29	Christian	52	↑2	25
30	Patrick	52	↑4	50
31	Nathan	50	↓1	34
32	Cameron	49	↑6	45
33	Dylan	49	↑3	30
34	Jordan	48	↑3	26
35	Aaron	47	↑13	33
36	Adam	45	↓1	39
37	Evan	42	↑2	61
38	Steven	42	↓6	40
39	Jason	40	↓13	41
40	Jake	39	↑10	>100
41	Sean	39	new	48
42	Richard	38	↑4	51
43	Brian	37	↓14	37
44	Jared	37	↓1	56
45	Luis	36	new	53
46	Devin	35	↓1	59
47	Connor	34	↑2	52
48	Timothy	34	↓8	43
49	Peter	31	new	>100
50	Stephen	31	↓9	68

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