Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 2001

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 2001 were Emily for girls (105 babies) and Michael for boys (140). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,037 babies born in Rhode Island in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 2001

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: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Michaela: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Amelia: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jillian: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Isabella: 71 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Arianna: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Meghan: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Juliana: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Molly: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alexia: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Dante: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Aidan: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Liam: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jake: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Maxwell: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Owen: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shawn: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Colin: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stephen: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	105	–	1
2	Madison	84	↑2	2
3	Samantha	80	↑6	7
4	Hannah	77	↓2	3
5	Sarah	77	↓2	6
6	Isabella	71	↑21	28
7	Olivia	70	–	10
8	Ashley	68	↓2	4
9	Victoria	65	↓4	21
10	Abigail	64	↑2	8
11	Elizabeth	61	↓3	9
12	Emma	60	↓2	13
13	Julia	60	↓2	27
14	Alexis	58	↑1	5
15	Brianna	53	↓1	18
16	Grace	50	↓3	16
17	Alyssa	48	↓1	14
18	Jessica	45	↑4	11
19	Sydney	45	↑7	23
20	Alexandra	44	↑10	38
21	Lauren	42	↓4	15
22	Sophia	40	↑2	37
23	Nicole	38	↑6	36
24	Mackenzie	37	↓1	40
25	Morgan	36	new	29
26	Katherine	35	↓8	35
27	Megan	35	↑5	20
28	Amanda	34	↑18	39
29	Kayla	33	↓10	17
30	Amber	32	new	51
31	Destiny	30	↑17	22
32	Haley	30	new	34
33	Jenna	28	↓5	45
34	Taylor	28	↓9	12
35	Allison	27	new	44
36	Caroline	27	↓5	62
37	Savannah	27	new	42
38	Stephanie	27	↑7	43
39	Brooke	25	↑3	57
40	Jennifer	25	↑9	26
41	Arianna	24	new	>100
42	Jasmine	24	↓8	25
43	Jillian	24	↓8	>100
44	Molly	24	new	90
45	Rachel	24	↓24	24
46	Faith	23	new	53
47	Catherine	22	new	81
48	Erin	22	↓5	60
49	Gabrielle	22	new	50
50	Hailey	22	↓30	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Michael	140	↑1	2
2	Matthew	133	↓1	3
3	Jacob	122	↑1	1
4	Nicholas	118	↓1	6
5	Ryan	111	–	15
6	Joshua	95	↑12	4
7	Zachary	94	↓1	16
8	John	92	↑2	14
9	Alexander	91	↑3	20
10	Joseph	87	↑1	8
11	Benjamin	85	↑5	27
12	Christopher	82	↓3	5
13	Tyler	82	↓6	13
14	David	81	↑11	12
15	Andrew	80	↓7	7
16	Anthony	80	↓1	11
17	Justin	78	↑4	22
18	Dylan	73	↓1	21
19	William	68	↑9	10
20	Cameron	65	↑2	35
21	Ethan	63	↑8	17
22	Brandon	61	↑1	18
23	Samuel	61	↑11	26
24	Noah	58	↑3	28
25	Nathan	57	↓1	31
26	Daniel	55	↓13	9
27	Christian	54	↑4	24
28	Thomas	53	↓9	33
29	James	51	↓3	19
30	Kevin	51	↑2	32
31	Kyle	49	↓17	40
32	Aidan	48	↑11	86
33	Jack	46	–	48
34	Jason	45	↑1	41
35	Robert	44	↓15	30
36	Austin	42	↑2	25
37	Jonathan	41	↓7	23
38	Connor	39	new	49
39	Sean	38	↓2	57
40	Evan	37	↓4	56
41	Brian	35	↓2	46
42	Jared	34	↑2	65
43	Luke	34	new	50
44	Aaron	32	↓2	42
45	Alex	31	new	62
46	Jake	30	new	100
47	Jordan	30	↓6	39
48	Liam	30	new	>100
49	Eric	29	new	44
50	Isaiah	29	new	43

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