Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1989

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	328
2	Matthew	271
3	Christopher	249
4	Andrew	187
5	Nicholas	180
6	David	177
7	Joshua	173
8	Robert	149
9	John	143
10	Joseph	141
11	Daniel	139
12	Ryan	137
13	Kyle	134
14	James	124
15	Justin	123
16	Jonathan	109
17	William	108
18	Steven	104
19	Kevin	99
20	Anthony	95
21	Timothy	90
22	Alexander	88
23	Brian	86
23	Thomas	86
25	Adam	83

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	82
26	Zachary	82
28	Benjamin	81
29	Jeffrey	79
30	Nathan	71
31	Patrick	67
32	Gregory	65
32	Sean	65
34	Richard	62
35	Peter	61
35	Stephen	61
37	Brandon	52
38	Paul	50
39	Corey	49
39	Jason	49
39	Tyler	49
42	Samuel	47
43	Derek	45
43	Edward	45
45	Mark	40
46	Cory	38
47	Scott	37
48	Jacob	35
49	Shawn	33
50	Aaron	32
50	Bryan	32
50	Jared	32
50	Jeremy	32
50	Jesse	32
55	Brendan	31
55	Charles	31
55	Kenneth	31
58	Evan	29
59	Jordan	28
60	Shane	27
61	Jose	25
61	Raymond	25
63	Ian	22
64	Mathew	21
65	Dennis	20
66	Craig	19
66	Gary	19
66	Keith	19
69	Antonio	18
69	Douglas	18
69	George	18
69	Russell	18
69	Seth	18
74	Alex	17
74	Luis	17
74	Travis	17
77	Brett	16
77	Devin	16
77	Ronald	16
80	Christian	15
80	Juan	15
80	Phillip	15
83	Alan	14
83	Cameron	14
83	Colin	14
83	Vincent	14
87	Donald	13
87	Dylan	13
87	Henry	13
87	Randy	13
91	Frank	12
91	Louis	12
91	Philip	12
91	Trevor	12
95	Angel	11
95	Carlos	11
95	Erik	11
95	Marc	11
95	Maxwell	11
95	Mitchell	11
95	Taylor	11