Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	374
2	Christopher	261
3	Matthew	237
4	David	186
5	Jason	181
6	Robert	165
7	John	162
8	Daniel	160
9	Joshua	149
10	Ryan	138
11	Joseph	133
12	James	129
13	Brian	120
14	Jonathan	111
15	Justin	109
16	Adam	107
17	Eric	96
18	William	93
19	Kevin	90
20	Nicholas	89
21	Thomas	84
22	Richard	82
23	Paul	81
24	Steven	80
25	Jeffrey	78

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	77
27	Andrew	75
28	Mark	67
29	Jeremy	60
30	Anthony	59
31	Scott	58
32	Benjamin	57
33	Peter	55
34	Stephen	54
35	Patrick	44
36	Nathan	42
37	Charles	41
37	Jesse	41
39	Sean	40
40	Derek	39
40	Gregory	39
42	Keith	38
43	Kenneth	37
44	Jared	35
44	Kyle	35
46	Brandon	34
47	Edward	30
48	Shawn	29
49	Philip	24
49	Raymond	24
51	Aaron	23
51	Alexander	23
51	George	23
51	Marc	23
51	Ronald	23
56	Dennis	22
56	Donald	22
58	Douglas	20
58	Vincent	20
60	Brendan	18
60	Corey	18
60	Luke	18
60	Seth	18
64	Chad	17
64	Erik	17
64	Samuel	17
67	Craig	16
67	Frank	16
69	Bryan	15
69	Joel	15
71	Gary	14
71	Jacob	14
71	Jose	14
74	Frederick	13
74	Mathew	13
74	Shane	13
77	Alan	12
77	Christian	12
77	Ian	12
77	Randy	12
81	Cory	11
81	Dustin	11
81	Louis	11
81	Mario	11
81	Zachary	11
86	Antonio	10
86	Bradford	10
86	Gerald	10
86	Lawrence	10
86	Nathaniel	10
86	Neil	10
86	Russell	10
86	Wayne	10
94	Brad	9
94	Karl	9
94	Nelson	9
94	Steve	9
94	Trevor	9
99	Bradley	8
99	Carlos	8
99	Colin	8
99	Curtis	8
99	Ernest	8
99	Evan	8
99	Gabriel	8
99	Jeffery	8
99	Jeremiah	8
99	Johnathan	8
99	Shaun	8
99	Tony	8
99	Walter	8
99	Wesley	8