Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 2018

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 2018 were Amelia for girls (66 babies) and Liam for boys (72). Amelia ranked #8 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,308 babies born in Rhode Island in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 2018

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

Maeve: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Juliana: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Gabriella: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Adeline: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Isla: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Valentina: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Grace: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Julia: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Amelia: 66 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Madeline: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Lorenzo: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Luca: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brayden: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cole: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roman: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Julian: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gavin: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Austin: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Hunter: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nicholas: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Amelia	66	↑5	8
2	Olivia	66	↑1	2
3	Emma	63	↓1	1
4	Sophia	60	–	5
5	Isabella	56	–	4
6	Mia	56	↑2	7
7	Charlotte	50	↓6	6
8	Grace	40	↑3	24
9	Avery	38	↑3	16
10	Ava	37	↓3	3
11	Ella	34	↑2	15
12	Aria	32	↓3	19
13	Abigail	31	↓3	11
14	Emily	29	↑4	12
15	Gabriella	29	↑1	69
16	Scarlett	28	↑4	20
17	Mila	27	↑12	14
18	Camila	26	↓3	18
19	Elizabeth	26	↓5	13
20	Evelyn	26	↑3	10
21	Adeline	25	↑21	78
22	Layla	25	↑3	27
23	Madison	24	↑9	22
24	Riley	24	↓2	28
25	Luna	23	↑2	23
26	Nora	23	↓9	30
27	Victoria	23	↑3	21
28	Violet	23	↑5	43
29	Harper	22	↓5	9
30	Isla	22	new	82
31	Sofia	22	↓12	17
32	Valentina	21	↑4	81
33	Natalie	19	new	39
34	Stella	19	new	38
35	Julia	18	new	93
36	Juliana	18	new	>100
37	Addison	17	↑13	35
38	Everly	17	new	53
39	Penelope	17	↓18	26
40	Savannah	17	↑1	45
41	Eleanor	16	new	32
42	Gianna	16	↑2	80
43	Zoe	16	new	40
44	Chloe	15	↓10	25
45	Hannah	15	–	33
46	Hazel	15	↓11	42
47	Josephine	15	new	91
48	Leah	15	↓2	41
49	Lily	15	new	31
50	Lucy	15	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Liam	72	↑2	1
2	Noah	64	–	2
3	Benjamin	54	↑4	6
4	Alexander	53	↑15	11
5	Oliver	52	↑9	5
6	Julian	50	↓2	36
7	Logan	48	↑1	10
8	John	45	↑31	26
9	Michael	45	↓3	14
10	Ethan	42	↑13	12
11	Jack	42	↑10	28
12	Jacob	41	–	13
13	James	41	↑3	4
14	Lucas	41	↓13	8
15	William	40	↑2	3
16	Owen	39	↓5	25
17	Anthony	38	↑10	38
18	Gabriel	38	↑10	35
19	Elijah	37	↑3	7
20	Jackson	37	↓5	17
21	Mason	37	↓16	9
22	Hunter	34	↑25	56
23	Brayden	32	↑14	84
24	Dylan	32	↑17	31
25	Luca	32	new	>100
26	Luke	32	↑23	30
27	Jayden	30	↓9	29
28	Theodore	30	↑22	44
29	Andrew	29	↑2	43
30	Connor	29	↑12	58
31	Charles	28	new	53
32	Christian	28	new	54
33	Roman	28	new	86
34	Austin	27	new	81
35	Isaac	27	↑3	34
36	Joseph	27	↓26	23
37	Carter	26	↑8	24
38	Christopher	26	↑8	42
39	Elias	26	new	67
40	David	25	new	22
41	Grayson	25	↓9	32
42	Jonathan	25	↑1	63
43	Matthew	25	↓34	20
44	Nicholas	25	↓20	74
45	Thomas	25	↓15	49
46	Cameron	24	↓26	69
47	Jaxson	24	↓18	76
48	Adrian	23	↓15	62
49	Aiden	23	↓15	19
50	Evan	23	new	85

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