Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1980

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	344
2	Jason	226
3	David	207
4	Matthew	187
5	Christopher	182
6	John	174
7	Joseph	169
8	Robert	155
9	Brian	144
10	Daniel	142
11	Joshua	130
12	James	126
13	William	99
14	Eric	97
15	Nicholas	94
16	Thomas	92
17	Ryan	91
18	Jonathan	89
18	Kevin	89
20	Jeffrey	87
21	Justin	86
22	Andrew	81
23	Adam	79
24	Steven	76
24	Timothy	76

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	74
27	Richard	73
28	Mark	71
29	Anthony	68
30	Stephen	62
31	Peter	59
32	Gregory	57
32	Scott	57
34	Derek	50
35	Patrick	49
36	Benjamin	46
37	Sean	43
38	Edward	42
39	Raymond	41
40	Kenneth	40
41	Charles	38
42	Jeremy	37
43	Nathan	34
44	Marc	33
45	Dennis	32
46	Bryan	29
46	Jacob	29
46	Ronald	29
49	Jesse	27
49	Keith	27
51	Jared	25
52	Donald	24
53	George	22
54	Corey	21
54	Erik	21
54	Kyle	21
57	Aaron	20
57	Ian	20
59	Philip	19
60	Brad	18
61	Douglas	17
61	Jamie	17
61	Samuel	17
64	Gary	16
64	Joel	16
64	Vincent	16
67	Brandon	15
67	Carlos	15
67	Craig	15
67	Shaun	15
67	Shawn	15
72	Alexander	14
72	Geoffrey	14
72	Victor	14
75	Antonio	13
75	Bradford	13
75	Mathew	13
75	Nathaniel	13
75	Seth	13
80	Arthur	12
80	Frederick	12
80	Roger	12
83	Chad	11
83	Evan	11
83	Russell	11
83	Todd	11
83	Travis	11
88	Alan	10
88	Colin	10
88	Frank	10
88	Luke	10
88	Wayne	10
93	Brendan	9
93	Carl	9
93	Christian	9
93	Cory	9
93	Curtis	9
93	Jay	9
93	Louis	9
93	Shane	9
93	Tyler	9