Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1983
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 363 |
| 2 | Matthew | 260 |
| 3 | Christopher | 250 |
| 4 | David | 181 |
| 5 | Jason | 174 |
| 6 | Joseph | 161 |
| 7 | John | 159 |
| 8 | Daniel | 152 |
| 9 | James | 149 |
| 10 | Robert | 147 |
| 11 | Joshua | 137 |
| 12 | Brian | 130 |
| 13 | Justin | 119 |
| 14 | Andrew | 107 |
| 15 | Nicholas | 102 |
| 16 | Eric | 99 |
| 17 | Adam | 97 |
| 18 | Jonathan | 96 |
| 19 | Ryan | 94 |
| 20 | Steven | 89 |
| 21 | Thomas | 84 |
| 22 | William | 82 |
| 23 | Richard | 77 |
| 24 | Stephen | 76 |
| 25 | Anthony | 75 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Kevin | 74 |
| 27 | Kyle | 71 |
| 28 | Jeffrey | 68 |
| 28 | Timothy | 68 |
| 30 | Mark | 60 |
| 31 | Brandon | 56 |
| 32 | Paul | 54 |
| 32 | Peter | 54 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 53 |
| 35 | Gregory | 52 |
| 36 | Derek | 50 |
| 36 | Scott | 50 |
| 38 | Patrick | 49 |
| 38 | Sean | 49 |
| 40 | Charles | 44 |
| 41 | Nathan | 40 |
| 42 | Jared | 39 |
| 43 | Aaron | 36 |
| 44 | Keith | 32 |
| 45 | Kenneth | 31 |
| 46 | Raymond | 28 |
| 47 | Edward | 27 |
| 48 | Donald | 26 |
| 48 | Shawn | 26 |
| 50 | Bryan | 25 |
| 51 | Alexander | 23 |
| 51 | Jeremy | 23 |
| 53 | Jesse | 22 |
| 54 | Jacob | 21 |
| 55 | Evan | 20 |
| 55 | Ronald | 20 |
| 57 | Craig | 19 |
| 57 | George | 19 |
| 57 | Seth | 19 |
| 57 | Zachary | 19 |
| 61 | Antonio | 18 |
| 61 | Douglas | 18 |
| 61 | Frank | 18 |
| 61 | Ian | 18 |
| 65 | Brendan | 17 |
| 65 | Dennis | 17 |
| 65 | Vincent | 17 |
| 68 | Christian | 16 |
| 68 | Corey | 16 |
| 68 | Samuel | 16 |
| 71 | Erik | 15 |
| 71 | Gary | 15 |
| 71 | Jarrod | 15 |
| 71 | Walter | 15 |
| 75 | Brad | 14 |
| 75 | Jose | 14 |
| 75 | Marc | 14 |
| 75 | Shane | 14 |
| 75 | Travis | 14 |
| 80 | Alan | 13 |
| 81 | Brent | 12 |
| 81 | Luis | 12 |
| 81 | Marcus | 12 |
| 81 | Nathaniel | 12 |
| 85 | Albert | 11 |
| 85 | Chad | 11 |
| 85 | Derrick | 11 |
| 85 | Geoffrey | 11 |
| 85 | Philip | 11 |
| 85 | Phillip | 11 |
| 85 | Shaun | 11 |
| 92 | Cory | 10 |
| 92 | Jordan | 10 |
| 92 | Mathew | 10 |
| 92 | Roger | 10 |
| 92 | Tyler | 10 |
| 97 | Alex | 9 |
| 97 | Allen | 9 |
| 97 | Carlos | 9 |
| 97 | Gabriel | 9 |
| 97 | Joel | 9 |
| 97 | Juan | 9 |
| 97 | Manuel | 9 |
| 97 | Nelson | 9 |
| 97 | Noah | 9 |
| 97 | Russell | 9 |