Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 2012

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 2012 were Sophia for girls (105 babies) and Mason for boys (96). Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,911 babies born in Rhode Island in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 2012

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

Juliana: 27 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Aria: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Natalia: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gianna: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ava: 94 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Liliana: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Riley: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gabriella: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Arianna: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nora: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Jake: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Harrison: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aidan: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Devin: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brady: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Declan: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elias: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kyle: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Owen: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cameron: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	105	–	1
2	Ava	94	↑3	5
3	Emma	90	↑1	2
4	Isabella	83	↓1	3
5	Olivia	78	↓3	4
6	Mia	51	↑1	8
7	Emily	45	↓1	6
8	Lily	38	↑1	16
9	Elizabeth	37	↑19	10
10	Abigail	36	↓2	7
11	Charlotte	36	↑2	19
12	Ella	35	↓2	12
13	Grace	35	↑1	21
14	Chloe	32	↑13	11
15	Madison	32	↓3	9
16	Gabriella	31	↑1	37
17	Samantha	30	↑21	26
18	Amelia	29	↑3	23
19	Avery	29	↓8	13
20	Riley	29	↑13	47
21	Aubrey	27	new	15
22	Juliana	27	↑20	>100
23	Victoria	27	↓8	28
24	Aria	25	new	92
25	Arianna	25	new	49
26	Gianna	25	↓8	73
27	Hailey	24	↓8	32
28	Natalie	24	↓3	17
29	Sofia	24	↓6	18
30	Addison	20	↑1	14
31	Hannah	20	↓7	22
32	Julia	20	↓16	65
33	Natalia	20	new	>100
34	Nevaeh	20	new	39
35	Aaliyah	19	–	36
36	Alexis	19	new	40
37	Bella	19	new	54
38	Madelyn	19	new	67
39	Sarah	19	new	42
40	Sophie	19	↑5	52
41	Audrey	18	new	41
42	Scarlett	18	↑2	61
43	Leah	17	↓23	33
44	Evelyn	16	↑5	27
45	Kaylee	16	new	35
46	Liliana	16	new	>100
47	Zoe	16	↓7	30
48	Alexandra	15	new	76
49	Anna	15	↓2	34
50	Brooke	15	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	96	–	2
2	Michael	73	–	7
3	Jacob	70	↑6	1
4	Ethan	66	↑4	3
5	Noah	65	↑10	4
6	Benjamin	63	↓3	16
7	Logan	63	↑3	22
8	Anthony	60	↑12	15
9	Joseph	59	↓3	19
10	Liam	58	↑1	6
11	William	58	↓7	5
12	Alexander	57	↓5	9
13	Gabriel	55	↑13	24
14	Jackson	54	↑9	21
15	Jayden	54	↓10	8
16	Samuel	48	–	25
17	James	46	↑5	14
18	Owen	46	↑15	38
19	Ryan	46	↑10	26
20	Andrew	45	↑15	18
21	Brayden	44	↑16	39
22	Lucas	44	↑6	27
23	Aiden	43	↓5	10
24	Christopher	42	–	23
25	Cameron	39	↑6	54
26	Nathan	39	↓7	29
27	Caleb	37	↑21	32
28	Nicholas	37	↓1	49
29	Daniel	36	↓16	11
30	John	36	↑2	28
31	Matthew	36	↓19	12
32	Connor	34	↓11	59
33	Elijah	34	↓8	13
34	Austin	33	new	58
35	Julian	33	↑15	53
36	Joshua	32	↓22	17
37	Zachary	32	↓7	67
38	Christian	30	↓4	33
39	Isaac	30	new	30
40	Robert	30	new	60
41	Dylan	29	↓24	31
42	Gavin	29	↓4	40
43	Jack	29	↓7	46
44	Angel	27	new	57
45	Blake	27	new	71
46	David	27	↓1	20
47	Jason	27	new	76
48	Charles	26	↓8	62
49	Tyler	26	↓5	50
50	Jordan	25	↓3	48

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