Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 2016

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 2016 were Olivia for girls (77 babies) and Noah for boys (74). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,767 babies born in Rhode Island in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 2016

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

Gia: 16 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Juliana: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Angelina: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Isla: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Violet: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gianna: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mila: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nora: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brianna: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Savannah: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Jameson: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Finn: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Luca: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julian: 52 babies, 3× the national rate
Brayden: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Nicholas: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Zachary: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
John: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jaxson: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kayden: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Olivia	77	–	2
2	Isabella	66	↑3	5
3	Charlotte	54	↑3	7
4	Emma	52	↓2	1
5	Ava	47	↓1	3
6	Sophia	44	↓3	4
7	Mia	43	–	6
8	Amelia	42	–	10
9	Avery	42	–	16
10	Abigail	39	↑2	8
11	Emily	39	↓1	9
12	Grace	38	↓1	19
13	Aria	36	↑3	23
14	Evelyn	34	↑10	12
15	Violet	32	↑16	47
16	Nora	31	↓3	36
17	Riley	30	↑10	22
18	Mila	29	new	48
19	Savannah	29	new	38
20	Ella	28	↓3	17
21	Scarlett	27	new	18
22	Harper	26	↑7	11
23	Madison	25	↓8	15
24	Brooklyn	24	↑19	34
25	Chloe	24	↓11	20
26	Aubrey	23	↓7	25
27	Victoria	23	↑3	21
28	Gabriella	22	↓8	61
29	Lily	22	↓11	24
30	Addison	20	new	29
31	Elizabeth	20	↑4	13
32	Gianna	20	↑1	92
33	Juliana	20	↑13	>100
34	Natalie	20	↑5	31
35	Caroline	19	↓3	56
36	Hannah	19	↓11	33
37	Madelyn	19	↑1	62
38	Angelina	18	new	>100
39	Claire	18	↑9	40
40	Layla	18	↑10	30
41	Brianna	17	new	97
42	Isla	17	new	>100
43	Julia	17	↓7	88
44	Maya	17	new	64
45	Quinn	17	↓3	79
46	Zoe	17	↓6	35
47	Ariana	16	new	54
48	Aubree	16	new	84
49	Bella	16	↓8	78
50	Gia	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Noah	74	–	1
2	Liam	73	–	2
3	Benjamin	71	↑4	6
4	Michael	69	↑2	8
5	Jacob	55	↑4	7
6	James	55	↑11	5
7	John	53	↑12	28
8	Lucas	53	–	14
9	Mason	53	↓6	4
10	Oliver	53	↑13	12
11	Julian	52	↑10	39
12	William	52	↑3	3
13	Owen	51	↑27	24
14	Matthew	50	↑8	15
15	Logan	46	↓11	18
16	Joseph	44	↓5	20
17	Alexander	40	↓12	11
18	Elijah	40	↑10	9
19	Gabriel	39	↑15	25
20	Christopher	38	↑30	36
21	Jack	38	↓5	38
22	Caleb	36	↑10	44
23	Cameron	36	↑24	57
24	Dylan	36	↓6	32
25	Luke	36	↑17	29
26	Brayden	35	new	64
27	Ethan	35	↓13	10
28	Nicholas	35	new	63
29	Daniel	34	↓9	13
30	Jackson	34	↓6	17
31	Anthony	33	↓21	30
32	Jayden	32	↓7	27
33	Henry	31	↓4	22
34	Ryan	31	↓4	40
35	Andrew	30	↓4	34
36	Sebastian	30	↑8	23
37	Adrian	28	↑1	60
38	Aiden	28	↓26	16
39	Hunter	28	–	45
40	Robert	28	↑6	62
41	Christian	27	↑8	46
42	Isaac	27	new	31
43	Joshua	27	↓8	35
44	Josiah	27	new	55
45	Zachary	27	new	89
46	Jaxson	26	new	82
47	Jameson	25	new	>100
48	Nathan	25	↓5	43
49	Landon	24	↓13	53
50	Thomas	24	↓23	48

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