Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	362
2	Christopher	246
3	Matthew	226
4	Jason	191
5	David	182
6	Joseph	176
7	John	150
8	Joshua	144
9	James	141
10	Brian	129
11	Ryan	128
12	Robert	123
13	Daniel	120
14	Kevin	112
15	Justin	103
16	Jonathan	99
17	Andrew	93
18	Richard	88
19	Eric	87
20	Thomas	85
21	Adam	82
22	Anthony	81
23	William	79
24	Jeffrey	78
25	Nicholas	70

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	67
26	Timothy	67
28	Stephen	63
29	Gregory	60
30	Scott	58
31	Mark	57
31	Paul	57
31	Peter	57
34	Derek	55
35	Patrick	49
36	Kyle	44
36	Nathan	44
38	Benjamin	42
39	Aaron	38
40	Sean	37
41	Raymond	36
42	Jared	34
42	Jeremy	34
42	Kenneth	34
45	Jesse	33
46	Edward	29
47	Marc	28
48	Ian	27
48	Keith	27
50	Shawn	26
51	Brandon	24
51	Charles	24
53	Brendan	23
53	Bryan	23
55	Alexander	22
55	Carl	22
55	Corey	22
55	Ronald	22
59	George	21
60	Evan	20
61	Craig	18
62	Alan	17
62	Lee	17
64	Carlos	16
64	Douglas	16
64	Geoffrey	16
67	Dennis	15
67	Jacob	15
69	Antonio	14
69	Brad	14
69	Erik	14
69	Frank	14
69	Nathaniel	14
69	Nelson	14
69	Phillip	14
69	Samuel	14
69	Zachary	14
78	Donald	13
78	Gary	13
78	Philip	13
78	Russell	13
82	Colin	12
82	Juan	12
82	Luke	12
82	Mathew	12
82	Shaun	12
82	Todd	12
88	Brent	11
88	Chad	11
88	Cory	11
88	Jose	11
88	Louis	11
88	Randy	11
88	Seth	11
88	Vincent	11
88	Wayne	11
97	Arthur	10
97	Christian	10
97	Henry	10
97	Joel	10
97	Mario	10
97	Shane	10
97	Tyler	10