Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 2000

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 2000 were Emily for girls (122 babies) and Matthew for boys (150). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,071 babies born in Rhode Island in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 2000

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: 26 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Alexia: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Meghan: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jillian: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sophie: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Michaela: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gabriella: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Arianna: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sabrina: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jamie: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Aidan: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Liam: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Colin: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Kyle: 85 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Owen: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Raymond: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jack: 52 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Thomas: 77 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brendan: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shawn: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	122	–	1
2	Hannah	84	↑1	2
3	Sarah	80	↑1	5
4	Madison	75	↑1	3
5	Victoria	70	↑1	20
6	Ashley	67	↑1	4
7	Olivia	64	↑13	16
8	Elizabeth	61	↑2	9
9	Samantha	60	↓7	7
10	Emma	58	↑1	17
11	Julia	58	↓3	29
12	Abigail	56	↑3	14
13	Grace	56	↑16	19
14	Brianna	55	↑2	15
15	Alexis	52	↓6	6
16	Alyssa	51	↑7	12
17	Lauren	51	–	11
18	Katherine	45	↑7	33
19	Kayla	43	↑14	13
20	Hailey	38	new	35
21	Rachel	38	↓7	21
22	Jessica	37	↓4	8
23	Mackenzie	37	↑11	43
24	Sophia	37	↑6	42
25	Taylor	37	↓13	10
26	Sydney	36	–	23
27	Isabella	34	↓3	45
28	Jenna	32	↑7	63
29	Nicole	32	↓7	31
30	Alexandra	31	↓11	36
31	Caroline	31	new	65
32	Megan	30	↓11	18
33	Gianna	26	↑10	>100
34	Jasmine	25	↑10	27
35	Jillian	25	↑1	>100
36	Meghan	25	↑5	>100
37	Anna	24	new	22
38	Gabriella	24	new	98
39	Rebecca	24	↓2	39
40	Sabrina	24	↑10	92
41	Alexia	23	new	>100
42	Brooke	23	new	51
43	Erin	23	new	61
44	Marissa	23	new	78
45	Stephanie	23	new	40
46	Amanda	22	↓33	32
47	Danielle	22	new	48
48	Destiny	22	new	24
49	Jennifer	22	↓17	26
50	Kimberly	22	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Matthew	150	–	3
2	Michael	147	↑1	2
3	Nicholas	141	↓1	6
4	Jacob	119	–	1
5	Ryan	106	↑1	13
6	Zachary	106	↓1	15
7	Tyler	104	↑3	10
8	Andrew	103	↑4	7
9	Christopher	99	↓2	5
10	John	96	↓2	14
11	Joseph	91	↓2	8
12	Alexander	89	↑7	20
13	Daniel	86	↑1	9
14	Kyle	85	↓1	37
15	Anthony	81	↑1	17
16	Benjamin	80	↑1	26
17	Dylan	80	↑14	24
18	Joshua	77	↓7	4
19	Thomas	77	↑6	33
20	Robert	75	↑4	29
21	Justin	74	↑8	19
22	Cameron	69	↓1	31
23	Brandon	67	↓5	12
24	Nathan	66	↓1	30
25	David	65	↓10	16
26	James	63	↓4	18
27	Noah	63	↓7	27
28	William	63	↓2	11
29	Ethan	62	↑12	25
30	Jonathan	62	↓3	21
31	Christian	58	↑3	22
32	Kevin	57	↓2	32
33	Jack	52	↑15	46
34	Samuel	52	↓1	28
35	Jason	48	–	39
36	Evan	43	–	55
37	Sean	41	↓5	57
38	Austin	40	↓10	23
39	Brian	39	↑1	43
40	Adam	37	↓3	45
41	Jordan	37	↑4	36
42	Aaron	36	↑5	41
43	Aidan	36	new	>100
44	Jared	36	↓2	56
45	Jose	36	new	34
46	Patrick	34	↑4	68
47	Steven	34	↓4	54
48	Timothy	34	↓9	58
49	Luis	33	new	49
50	Richard	33	new	65

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