Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	315
2	Matthew	240
3	Christopher	238
4	Andrew	201
5	David	189
6	John	181
7	Joshua	160
8	Nicholas	158
9	Daniel	156
10	Ryan	153
11	Joseph	139
11	Robert	139
13	Justin	136
14	Kyle	122
15	James	117
16	Kevin	105
17	Brian	102
18	Jonathan	101
19	Anthony	100
20	Thomas	94
21	William	92
22	Jeffrey	91
23	Jason	89
24	Stephen	88
25	Timothy	85

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	84
27	Mark	79
28	Eric	78
29	Sean	75
30	Adam	71
31	Benjamin	70
32	Richard	68
33	Alexander	65
34	Patrick	62
35	Brandon	61
36	Paul	50
37	Nathan	49
37	Peter	49
39	Derek	46
40	Zachary	45
41	Aaron	41
42	Gregory	40
42	Scott	40
44	Kenneth	39
45	Edward	38
45	Evan	38
47	Shane	37
48	Jeremy	35
49	Bryan	34
49	Shawn	34
51	Corey	31
52	Cory	29
53	Jared	28
53	Jesse	28
53	Tyler	28
56	Charles	27
56	Samuel	27
58	Jordan	26
58	Marc	26
60	Keith	24
61	Craig	23
62	Raymond	22
62	Ronald	22
64	Alex	21
64	Mathew	21
64	Philip	21
67	Jacob	20
68	Donald	19
68	Jose	19
70	Brendan	18
70	Gary	18
70	Ian	18
70	Juan	18
74	Brett	17
74	Christian	17
74	Luis	17
74	Nathaniel	17
78	Antonio	16
78	Chad	16
78	Colin	16
78	Erik	16
78	George	16
83	Carl	15
83	Douglas	15
85	Travis	14
85	Vincent	14
87	Alan	13
87	Bradford	13
87	Dennis	13
87	Phillip	13
91	Dylan	12
91	Luke	12
93	Albert	11
93	Emmanuel	11
93	Frank	11
96	Carlos	10
96	Derrick	10
96	Garrett	10
96	Jamie	10
96	Seth	10