Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	346
2	Christopher	264
3	Matthew	251
4	Joseph	186
5	David	170
6	Ryan	159
7	Robert	153
8	Andrew	148
9	Nicholas	147
10	Joshua	142
11	James	139
12	Daniel	138
13	John	136
14	Jason	122
15	Eric	112
16	Brian	108
17	Jonathan	101
18	Justin	99
19	William	98
20	Anthony	91
21	Kevin	87
22	Adam	84
22	Kyle	84
22	Richard	84
25	Thomas	82

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	79
27	Jeffrey	75
28	Stephen	64
29	Sean	62
30	Derek	60
30	Paul	60
32	Patrick	57
33	Brandon	56
33	Mark	56
33	Timothy	56
36	Benjamin	54
36	Gregory	54
38	Alexander	46
38	Peter	46
40	Nathan	43
41	Keith	42
41	Zachary	42
43	Bryan	38
44	Edward	37
45	Scott	36
46	Raymond	33
47	Marc	30
48	Aaron	29
48	Shane	29
50	Corey	28
50	Donald	28
50	Jeremy	28
50	Kenneth	28
54	Jared	25
55	Charles	24
55	Evan	24
55	Jacob	24
58	Craig	23
58	Frank	23
60	Tyler	22
61	Dennis	21
62	Brendan	20
62	Jesse	20
62	Joel	20
65	Ronald	19
65	Shawn	19
67	Douglas	18
67	Jose	18
67	Samuel	18
70	Alan	17
70	Gary	17
72	Ian	16
72	Philip	16
74	Brett	14
74	Dustin	14
74	Erik	14
74	George	14
78	Nathaniel	13
78	Russell	13
78	Travis	13
78	Vincent	13
82	Antonio	12
82	Chad	12
82	Luis	12
82	Neil	12
82	Seth	12
82	Victor	12
88	Arthur	11
88	Louis	11
88	Mathew	11
88	Wayne	11
92	Cory	10
92	Derrick	10
92	Gabriel	10
92	Hector	10
92	Henry	10
92	Johnathan	10
92	Jordan	10
99	Alex	9
99	Colin	9
99	Marcus	9