Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1998

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1998 were Emily for girls (122 babies) and Matthew for boys (201). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,533 babies born in Rhode Island in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1998

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, 8× the national rate
Jillian: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Natasha: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kendra: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Isabelle: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Molly: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Meghan: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sophia: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jenna: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shannon: 23 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Aidan: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Dante: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Peter: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Max: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jared: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Evan: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nathan: 77 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Edward: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gregory: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Matthew: 201 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	122	–	1
2	Samantha	104	–	3
3	Hannah	75	↑5	2
4	Victoria	71	↑3	16
5	Madison	68	↑12	9
6	Sarah	68	↓3	4
7	Alexis	63	↑12	6
8	Ashley	63	↓2	5
9	Elizabeth	60	↑7	10
10	Jessica	59	↓6	8
11	Amanda	56	↑4	19
12	Brianna	56	↑9	17
13	Emma	56	↑17	22
14	Olivia	55	↓5	21
15	Taylor	55	↓5	7
16	Nicole	52	↓11	24
17	Alexandra	51	↓6	27
18	Julia	51	↑4	32
19	Lauren	51	↓6	14
20	Alyssa	50	↓6	11
21	Abigail	46	↑4	18
22	Megan	45	↑1	13
23	Jennifer	42	↑5	20
24	Rachel	39	↓12	15
25	Haley	37	↑7	36
26	Katherine	37	↓8	33
27	Kayla	37	↓7	12
28	Jenna	36	↓2	65
29	Stephanie	34	↑5	29
30	Sophia	33	new	73
31	Amber	31	–	37
32	Morgan	31	↑18	23
33	Danielle	30	↑5	41
34	Paige	30	new	63
35	Grace	29	new	53
36	Madeline	29	new	50
37	Molly	29	new	>100
38	Marissa	27	↓5	66
39	Rebecca	27	↓10	30
40	Caroline	26	↓3	75
41	Gabrielle	26	↓2	47
42	Kelsey	26	new	56
43	Sydney	26	↑5	28
44	Allison	25	↑3	38
45	Kaitlyn	25	↓5	35
46	Katelyn	25	new	58
47	Briana	24	↓6	79
48	Brittany	24	↓21	25
49	Destiny	24	new	34
50	Brooke	23	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Matthew	201	↑2	3
2	Nicholas	154	–	6
3	Michael	146	↓2	1
4	Jacob	142	↑5	2
5	Zachary	116	↑8	16
6	Ryan	114	↑2	17
7	Andrew	113	↓1	9
8	Christopher	109	↓4	5
9	Joshua	109	↑2	4
10	Tyler	97	↓5	8
11	Kyle	95	↓4	24
12	Alexander	91	↑2	22
13	Anthony	89	↑6	19
14	Daniel	87	↑7	12
15	John	87	↓3	15
16	Joseph	83	↓6	11
17	David	80	↓2	13
18	Robert	79	↑8	23
19	Nathan	77	↑12	34
20	Austin	75	↓2	10
21	James	74	↑1	18
22	Brandon	72	↓6	7
23	William	72	↑1	14
24	Jonathan	71	↓4	21
25	Justin	69	↓8	20
26	Dylan	65	↑7	25
27	Thomas	65	–	31
28	Benjamin	62	↓5	30
29	Samuel	60	↓1	28
30	Noah	59	new	29
31	Jason	55	↑8	40
32	Kevin	53	↓7	32
33	Christian	52	↓4	26
34	Jared	52	↑10	51
35	Cameron	51	↓3	35
36	Brian	50	↑7	41
37	Jordan	50	↓3	27
38	Ethan	44	new	38
39	Evan	43	↓2	63
40	Sean	41	↑1	50
41	Steven	39	↓3	46
42	Eric	38	new	39
43	Alex	37	new	55
44	Timothy	37	↑4	49
45	Connor	36	↑2	47
46	Adam	35	↓10	45
47	Patrick	32	↓17	57
48	Aaron	30	↓13	37
49	Devin	30	↓3	62
50	Jose	30	new	33

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