Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	364
2	Christopher	258
3	Matthew	256
4	David	165
5	Joseph	163
6	Daniel	155
7	Robert	152
8	John	148
9	Nicholas	146
10	Andrew	145
11	Ryan	142
12	James	139
13	Joshua	128
14	Brian	110
14	Kevin	110
16	Jonathan	109
17	Jason	99
18	Thomas	94
19	Justin	93
20	Kyle	90
21	William	88
22	Anthony	85
23	Adam	83
23	Sean	83
25	Steven	81

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	78
26	Richard	78
28	Peter	75
29	Jeffrey	74
30	Timothy	71
31	Brandon	70
32	Patrick	64
33	Benjamin	62
34	Stephen	60
35	Alexander	58
36	Gregory	55
37	Jeremy	53
38	Derek	50
38	Scott	50
40	Paul	49
41	Mark	48
42	Zachary	44
43	Bryan	41
44	Kenneth	40
44	Nathan	40
46	Jesse	39
47	Raymond	32
48	Evan	31
49	Edward	30
50	Keith	29
51	Charles	27
51	Craig	27
53	Aaron	26
53	Cory	26
53	Tyler	26
56	Corey	25
56	Marc	25
56	Samuel	25
59	Jared	24
59	Shane	24
61	Alex	22
61	Ian	22
61	Shawn	22
64	Frank	21
64	Jacob	21
66	Brett	19
67	Brendan	18
67	Vincent	18
69	Douglas	16
69	Erik	16
69	Jose	16
69	Louis	16
69	Luis	16
69	Nathaniel	16
75	Dennis	14
75	Donald	14
75	Gary	14
75	Philip	14
79	Alan	13
79	Chad	13
79	Dylan	13
79	Jordan	13
79	Juan	13
79	Ronald	13
79	Seth	13
86	Joel	12
86	Mathew	12
88	Bradley	11
88	Curtis	11
88	Russell	11
91	Albert	10
91	Carl	10
91	Carlos	10
91	Geoffrey	10
91	George	10
91	Lee	10
91	Shaun	10
98	Christian	9
98	Henry	9
98	Kristopher	9
98	Neil	9
98	Travis	9
98	Wayne	9