Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 2008

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 2008 were Ava for girls (95 babies) and Michael for boys (89). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,749 babies born in Rhode Island in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 2008

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: 38 babies, 6× the national rate
Juliana: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Charlotte: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jillian: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angelina: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Arianna: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mackenzie: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Grace: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Julia: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Adriana: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dante: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jeffrey: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brady: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jack: 66 babies, 3× the national rate
Elias: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Aidan: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Collin: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Liam: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patrick: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ava	95	↑1	5
2	Emma	86	↑5	1
3	Olivia	80	↑2	4
4	Sophia	76	↓3	7
5	Isabella	75	↓2	2
6	Madison	64	↓2	6
7	Abigail	53	↑1	8
8	Grace	52	↑3	21
9	Mia	48	↑3	14
10	Emily	41	↓4	3
11	Elizabeth	40	↑7	9
12	Ella	40	↑2	19
13	Gianna	38	↓3	88
14	Alexis	37	↑2	15
15	Hannah	34	↓6	17
16	Addison	33	↑13	12
17	Hailey	33	↑28	25
18	Julia	33	↓5	41
19	Lily	32	↓4	24
20	Sarah	32	↓1	20
21	Chloe	31	↑7	10
22	Charlotte	30	new	86
23	Samantha	30	↓2	11
24	Angelina	28	↑12	69
25	Arianna	27	↓5	66
26	Gabriella	27	new	35
27	Leah	27	↑13	40
28	Mackenzie	27	↑21	65
29	Riley	27	new	39
30	Ashley	25	↓13	18
31	Victoria	25	↓9	27
32	Avery	24	↓8	38
33	Kaylee	23	↑13	31
34	Sofia	23	↓7	36
35	Brooke	22	↓5	52
36	Alexandra	21	new	61
37	Lauren	21	↑2	30
38	Madelyn	21	new	64
39	Maya	21	new	71
40	Morgan	21	↑2	46
41	Brianna	20	↓16	23
42	Natalie	20	new	13
43	Alexa	19	↓8	50
44	Juliana	19	new	>100
45	Kylie	19	↑3	51
46	Molly	19	new	>100
47	Zoe	19	↓16	58
48	Sophie	18	new	75
49	Taylor	18	new	22
50	Katherine	17	↓12	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Michael	89	–	2
2	Jacob	84	↑1	1
3	Jayden	83	↑7	11
4	Ethan	82	↑1	3
5	Anthony	80	↓3	7
6	Matthew	72	–	10
7	Ryan	72	↑8	18
8	Andrew	67	↑8	12
9	Noah	67	↑27	15
10	Jack	66	↑13	39
11	Benjamin	62	↑1	25
12	Christopher	62	↓3	9
13	Alexander	61	↓6	6
14	Joseph	59	↓1	13
15	Logan	59	↑4	19
16	William	59	↑9	8
17	Nathan	58	↓6	21
18	Nicholas	55	↓14	29
19	Aiden	53	↑5	16
20	Joshua	53	↓6	4
21	Samuel	53	↑5	27
22	John	52	↓4	20
23	Tyler	52	↓6	28
24	James	51	↑7	17
25	Gabriel	50	↑2	24
26	Aidan	47	↑3	59
27	Daniel	44	↓6	5
28	Dylan	43	↓6	31
29	Jonathan	43	↓9	26
30	Gavin	41	new	30
31	Lucas	41	↑14	46
32	Christian	40	↑2	23
33	Evan	39	↓3	38
34	Cameron	38	↓2	53
35	Zachary	38	↓7	47
36	Brady	35	↑1	94
37	David	35	↓29	14
38	Liam	35	new	75
39	Xavier	35	↑11	71
40	Brayden	34	↑6	51
41	Connor	34	↓3	57
42	Jordan	34	↓7	48
43	Mason	33	↓4	35
44	Charles	32	new	63
45	Jackson	32	↓12	32
46	Jason	32	↑3	60
47	Luke	32	↑1	43
48	Justin	30	new	44
49	Kevin	30	new	41
50	Brody	29	new	70

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