Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	357
2	Matthew	238
3	Christopher	231
4	David	169
5	John	161
6	Daniel	160
7	Joseph	149
8	Jason	145
9	Joshua	142
10	Ryan	138
11	Robert	133
12	Kevin	132
13	Nicholas	125
14	James	119
15	Andrew	116
16	Brian	113
17	Jonathan	110
18	Adam	105
19	Justin	103
20	Eric	102
21	William	96
22	Thomas	94
23	Timothy	90
24	Stephen	84
25	Jeffrey	83

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	76
27	Kyle	73
28	Richard	72
29	Anthony	71
30	Patrick	68
31	Mark	58
32	Gregory	56
33	Derek	52
33	Sean	52
35	Peter	50
36	Brandon	48
37	Paul	47
37	Scott	47
39	Benjamin	45
40	Nathan	42
41	Alexander	39
42	Edward	38
43	Kenneth	37
44	Charles	33
45	Aaron	32
46	Bryan	29
46	Raymond	29
48	Jeremy	28
49	Jared	27
49	Shawn	27
51	Brendan	25
51	Keith	25
53	Joel	24
54	Craig	23
54	George	23
54	Jesse	23
54	Marc	23
58	Nathaniel	22
58	Zachary	22
60	Samuel	21
61	Evan	20
62	Cory	19
62	Gary	19
62	Ian	19
62	Jacob	19
66	Douglas	18
67	Ronald	17
67	Vincent	17
69	Albert	16
69	Seth	16
71	Erik	15
71	Frank	15
71	Philip	15
74	Brett	14
74	Mathew	14
74	Travis	14
74	Tyler	14
78	Alan	13
78	Corey	13
78	Jordan	13
78	Jose	13
78	Shane	13
78	Todd	13
84	Bradford	12
84	Colin	12
84	Dennis	12
84	Louis	12
88	Bruce	11
88	Carlos	11
88	Christian	11
88	Victor	11
92	Allen	10
92	Chad	10
92	Derrick	10
92	Donald	10
92	Johnathan	10
92	Mario	10
92	Phillip	10
92	Roger	10
92	Ross	10
92	Russell	10
92	Shaun	10