Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 2002

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 2002 were Madison for girls (110 babies) and Nicholas for boys (138). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Nicholas ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,095 babies born in Rhode Island in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 2002

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: 31 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jillian: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sabrina: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Alexia: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sophie: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Meghan: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Juliana: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Catherine: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ava: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cassidy: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dante: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Liam: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Aidan: 66 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colby: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Raymond: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Scott: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jake: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shawn: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kyle: 66 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	110	↑1	2
2	Emily	93	↓1	1
3	Emma	92	↑9	4
4	Isabella	75	↑2	14
5	Ashley	74	↑3	6
6	Hannah	74	↓2	3
7	Sarah	69	↓2	8
8	Olivia	68	↓1	10
9	Samantha	66	↓6	9
10	Abigail	65	–	7
11	Victoria	61	↓2	21
12	Alexis	51	↑2	5
13	Sophia	50	↑9	27
14	Julia	49	↓1	33
15	Lauren	46	↑6	13
16	Hailey	43	↑34	31
17	Elizabeth	42	↓6	11
18	Grace	42	↓2	15
19	Jessica	42	↓1	16
20	Alyssa	41	↓3	12
21	Nicole	41	↑2	37
22	Megan	39	↑5	22
23	Alexandra	38	↓3	38
24	Jenna	36	↑9	47
25	Brianna	34	↓10	17
26	Anna	33	new	20
27	Rachel	33	↑18	24
28	Gianna	31	new	>100
29	Jillian	31	↑14	>100
30	Amanda	30	↓2	46
31	Kaitlyn	30	new	32
32	Kayla	28	↓3	19
33	Ava	27	new	82
34	Katherine	27	↓8	36
35	Allison	26	–	44
36	Caroline	26	–	67
37	Chloe	26	new	25
38	Jasmine	26	↑4	26
39	Mackenzie	26	↓15	42
40	Paige	26	new	51
41	Sydney	26	↓22	23
42	Catherine	25	↑5	>100
43	Taylor	25	↓9	18
44	Jennifer	24	↓4	28
45	Jordan	24	new	45
46	Lily	24	new	79
47	Alexia	23	new	>100
48	Kylie	23	new	61
49	Zoe	23	new	60
50	Erin	22	↓2	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Nicholas	138	↑3	9
2	Michael	124	↓1	2
3	Matthew	123	↓1	4
4	Jacob	117	↓1	1
5	Ethan	103	↑16	5
6	Joshua	102	–	3
7	Joseph	101	↑3	7
8	Ryan	95	↓3	16
9	Anthony	91	↑7	12
10	Andrew	90	↑5	6
11	Christopher	87	↑1	8
12	Alexander	86	↓3	15
13	Zachary	80	↓6	19
14	Daniel	76	↑12	10
15	William	75	↑4	11
16	Benjamin	74	↓5	27
17	Nathan	74	↑8	28
18	Samuel	74	↑5	25
19	Tyler	73	↓6	14
20	John	72	↓12	17
21	David	71	↓7	13
22	Dylan	70	↓4	23
23	Aidan	66	↑9	60
24	Kyle	66	↑7	40
25	Christian	59	↑2	24
26	James	59	↑3	18
27	Jack	56	↑6	44
28	Justin	56	↓11	22
29	Brandon	54	↓7	20
30	Cameron	54	↓10	39
31	Robert	54	↑4	34
32	Jonathan	51	↑5	21
33	Noah	51	↓9	31
34	Thomas	46	↓6	36
35	Kevin	45	↓5	33
36	Jason	44	↓2	42
37	Jordan	43	↑10	37
38	Adam	42	new	55
39	Evan	42	↑1	56
40	Brian	40	↑1	51
41	Elijah	40	new	41
42	Austin	37	↓6	26
43	Isaiah	35	↑7	45
44	Liam	33	↑4	>100
45	Luke	33	↓2	46
46	Sean	33	↓7	59
47	Jose	32	new	30
48	Logan	32	new	29
49	Lucas	31	new	75
50	Steven	31	new	68

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