Popular baby names in Rhode Island, 2021

The most popular baby names in Rhode Island in 2021 were Olivia for girls (58 babies) and Liam for boys (77). Social Security records list 6,127 babies born in Rhode Island in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Rhode Island in 2021

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

Lucia: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alaia: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maeve: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Liliana: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Melody: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gabriella: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vivian: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nora: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Grace: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Madison: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Nico: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Julian: 57 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Harrison: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jeremiah: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Giovanni: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Greyson: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cameron: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brayden: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Theo: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Rhode Island, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	58	–	1
2	Sophia	53	↑6	6
3	Charlotte	52	↓1	3
4	Amelia	51	↑1	4
5	Emma	50	↓2	2
6	Ava	43	–	5
7	Isabella	39	↓3	7
8	Mia	36	↓1	8
9	Luna	33	↑8	11
10	Nora	33	↑8	27
11	Ella	32	–	16
12	Avery	31	↓3	19
13	Grace	29	↑3	33
14	Madison	29	↑14	29
15	Mila	27	↓5	26
16	Penelope	27	↓4	23
17	Aurora	26	↑20	35
18	Scarlett	24	↑1	20
19	Sofia	24	↑10	18
20	Layla	23	↑16	24
21	Lily	22	↑1	31
22	Aria	21	↓7	22
23	Eleanor	21	↑12	15
24	Gianna	21	–	13
25	Hazel	21	↑14	28
26	Zoe	21	new	42
27	Camila	20	↑3	12
28	Elena	20	↑18	53
29	Eliana	20	↓15	47
30	Emily	20	↓10	21
31	Violet	20	new	36
32	Hannah	19	new	44
33	Evelyn	18	↓12	9
34	Gabriella	18	↑13	83
35	Abigail	17	↓22	17
36	Chloe	17	new	25
37	Isla	17	↓11	34
38	Liliana	17	new	>100
39	Riley	17	↓16	37
40	Zoey	17	↓6	38
41	Addison	16	new	45
42	Aubrey	16	new	64
43	Everly	16	↓1	50
44	Kennedy	16	new	70
45	Leah	16	new	46
46	Willow	16	↑3	39
47	Alaia	15	new	>100
48	Elizabeth	15	↓10	14
49	Lillian	15	↓5	51
50	Lucia	15	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Liam	77	–	1
2	Noah	70	–	2
3	Julian	57	↑2	33
4	Henry	51	↑17	9
5	Oliver	51	↑1	3
6	Benjamin	47	↓2	7
7	Lucas	45	↑1	8
8	Logan	41	↑5	21
9	Luca	40	↑23	42
10	John	38	↑13	27
11	Owen	38	↑3	22
12	Gabriel	37	↑28	38
13	Jack	37	↓2	11
14	Michael	37	↑11	17
15	Mason	34	↓6	18
16	Cameron	32	↑12	62
17	Levi	32	↑21	12
18	Daniel	31	↑31	16
19	James	31	↓9	5
20	Theodore	31	↓5	10
21	Elijah	30	↓14	4
22	Jackson	30	↓6	14
23	Jayden	30	↑19	41
24	Jeremiah	28	new	82
25	Samuel	28	↓8	23
26	Greyson	27	↑21	84
27	Jacob	27	↓24	24
28	Joseph	27	↓9	28
29	Alexander	26	↓11	13
30	Anthony	26	↓8	43
31	Caleb	26	new	51
32	Josiah	26	new	49
33	Ethan	25	↑1	20
34	Grayson	25	↑1	35
35	Miles	25	new	55
36	Charles	24	↑1	50
37	Christopher	24	↓8	52
38	Isaac	24	↓7	40
39	Joshua	24	↑5	58
40	Leo	24	new	31
41	Matthew	24	↓17	36
42	Thomas	24	↓16	46
43	Wyatt	23	new	29
44	Harrison	22	new	>100
45	Ryan	22	↑3	66
46	Carter	21	↓7	39
47	Elias	21	new	48
48	Jameson	21	new	80
49	Jaxon	21	new	54
50	Lincoln	21	new	45

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