Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 1999

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 1999 were Emily for girls (105 babies) and Matthew for boys (163). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,273 babies born in Rhode Island in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 1999

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: 25 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Jillian: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Arianna: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Meghan: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ariana: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alexia: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Michaela: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Isabella: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Julia: 70 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Caitlyn: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Aidan: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Liam: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Corey: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sean: 51 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kyle: 93 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeffrey: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maxwell: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gregory: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nicholas: 161 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Zachary: 129 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	105	–	1
2	Samantha	92	–	5
3	Hannah	91	–	2
4	Sarah	91	↑2	4
5	Madison	81	–	7
6	Victoria	75	↓2	16
7	Ashley	70	↑1	6
8	Julia	70	↑10	30
9	Alexis	62	↓2	3
10	Elizabeth	62	↓1	10
11	Emma	59	↑2	17
12	Taylor	57	↑3	8
13	Amanda	56	↓2	22
14	Rachel	56	↑10	19
15	Abigail	53	↑6	18
16	Brianna	52	↓4	14
17	Lauren	52	↑2	12
18	Jessica	51	↓8	9
19	Alexandra	49	↓2	32
20	Olivia	48	↓6	20
21	Megan	47	↑1	15
22	Nicole	45	↓6	25
23	Alyssa	43	↓3	11
24	Isabella	43	new	60
25	Katherine	41	↑1	36
26	Sydney	41	↑17	23
27	Morgan	38	↑5	24
28	Haley	35	↓3	31
29	Grace	34	↑6	27
30	Sophia	34	–	53
31	Kaitlyn	31	↑14	33
32	Jennifer	30	↓9	21
33	Kayla	30	↓6	13
34	Mackenzie	30	new	52
35	Jenna	29	↓7	61
36	Jillian	29	new	>100
37	Rebecca	29	↑2	38
38	Amber	28	↓7	41
39	Gabrielle	28	↑2	46
40	Courtney	26	new	44
41	Meghan	26	new	>100
42	Ariana	25	new	>100
43	Gianna	25	new	>100
44	Jasmine	25	new	26
45	Kelsey	25	↓3	72
46	Molly	25	↓9	>100
47	Allison	24	↓3	40
48	Katelyn	24	↓2	55
49	Mariah	24	new	68
50	Sabrina	24	new	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Matthew	163	–	3
2	Nicholas	161	–	5
3	Michael	160	–	2
4	Jacob	132	–	1
5	Zachary	129	–	17
6	Ryan	117	–	12
7	Christopher	109	↑1	6
8	John	105	↑7	15
9	Joseph	100	↑7	8
10	Tyler	100	–	10
11	Joshua	97	↓2	4
12	Andrew	96	↓5	7
13	Kyle	93	↓2	28
14	Daniel	87	–	9
15	David	80	↑2	16
16	Anthony	78	↓3	18
17	Benjamin	77	↑11	29
18	Brandon	74	↑4	11
19	Alexander	73	↓7	21
20	Noah	71	↑10	24
21	Cameron	69	↑14	33
22	James	69	↓1	19
23	Nathan	69	↓4	32
24	Robert	63	↓6	26
25	Thomas	62	↑2	31
26	William	60	↓3	14
27	Jonathan	59	↓3	22
28	Austin	58	↓8	13
29	Justin	56	↓4	20
30	Kevin	56	↑2	34
31	Dylan	54	↓5	23
32	Sean	51	↑8	56
33	Samuel	46	↓4	27
34	Christian	45	↓1	25
35	Jason	45	↓4	40
36	Evan	42	↑3	57
37	Adam	40	↑9	44
38	Connor	40	↑7	48
39	Timothy	39	↑5	49
40	Brian	37	↓4	43
41	Ethan	37	↓3	37
42	Jared	37	↓8	54
43	Steven	37	↓2	47
44	Eric	35	↓2	39
45	Jordan	35	↓8	30
46	Devin	33	↑3	68
47	Aaron	31	↑1	38
48	Jack	30	new	52
49	Alex	28	↓6	58
50	Patrick	27	↓3	63

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