Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	384
2	Matthew	246
3	Christopher	239
4	David	178
5	Joshua	172
6	Andrew	169
7	Justin	167
8	Joseph	160
9	Daniel	150
9	John	150
11	Nicholas	149
12	Robert	137
13	Ryan	123
14	James	119
15	Jonathan	111
16	Kyle	105
17	Anthony	96
18	William	93
19	Jeffrey	92
19	Stephen	92
21	Steven	91
22	Eric	90
22	Kevin	90
24	Timothy	85
25	Alexander	81

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Brian	81
25	Thomas	81
28	Benjamin	75
29	Jason	74
30	Adam	72
30	Derek	72
32	Brandon	60
32	Sean	60
34	Gregory	58
34	Patrick	58
34	Paul	58
34	Zachary	58
38	Mark	56
39	Richard	50
40	Corey	48
40	Peter	48
42	Scott	46
43	Samuel	39
44	Charles	37
45	Jared	35
45	Jose	35
45	Tyler	35
48	Jacob	34
48	Nathan	34
50	Shane	32
51	Aaron	31
51	Kenneth	31
53	Cory	30
53	Jesse	30
53	Shawn	30
56	Alex	29
57	Brendan	28
57	Bryan	28
57	Edward	28
60	Evan	27
60	Jeremy	27
62	Keith	26
63	Raymond	23
64	Ronald	22
64	Vincent	22
66	Ian	20
66	Marc	20
68	Douglas	18
69	Craig	17
69	Dennis	17
69	Philip	17
72	Mathew	16
73	Antonio	14
73	Cameron	14
73	Carlos	14
73	Christian	14
73	George	14
73	Jordan	14
73	Louis	14
73	Luis	14
73	Seth	14
73	Shaun	14
83	Donald	13
83	Dylan	13
85	Jay	12
85	Juan	12
85	Nathaniel	12
85	Wayne	12
89	Chad	11
89	Erik	11
89	Henry	11
89	Joel	11
89	Johnathan	11
89	Victor	11
95	Alan	10
95	Brett	10
95	Carl	10
95	Devin	10
95	Francis	10
95	Glenn	10
95	Luke	10
95	Troy	10