Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Nicholas	200
2	Michael	184
3	Matthew	169
4	Christopher	156
5	Ryan	141
6	Andrew	125
7	Joseph	123
8	Tyler	119
9	Zachary	113
10	Joshua	108
11	David	106
12	John	105
13	Alexander	104
14	Jacob	101
15	Brandon	98
15	Daniel	98
17	Kyle	91
18	Jonathan	86
19	Benjamin	83
19	James	83
21	Anthony	79
22	Austin	70
22	Justin	70
24	William	68
25	Robert	66

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jason	62
27	Kevin	60
27	Thomas	60
29	Brian	58
29	Nathan	58
31	Christian	56
31	Steven	56
33	Samuel	54
34	Patrick	49
35	Adam	45
36	Dylan	44
37	Jordan	41
38	Cameron	40
39	Evan	39
39	Timothy	39
41	Stephen	38
42	Eric	36
42	Jared	36
42	Jeffrey	36
45	Devin	35
46	Richard	33
47	Corey	32
48	Aaron	31
48	Connor	31
48	Jake	31
48	Sean	31
52	Paul	30
53	Alex	29
54	Jeremy	27
55	Alec	25
56	Brendan	24
56	Bryan	24
56	Cody	24
56	Gregory	24
56	Ian	24
56	Jose	24
56	Scott	24
63	Devon	23
63	Peter	23
65	Edward	21
65	Isaiah	21
65	Jack	21
65	Kenneth	21
69	Luis	20
69	Raymond	20
69	Shane	20
72	Charles	19
72	Derek	19
72	Mark	19
72	Noah	19
72	Shawn	19
77	Lucas	18
77	Ronald	18
79	Ethan	17
79	George	17
79	Liam	17
79	Nathaniel	17
83	Antonio	16
83	Caleb	16
83	Collin	16
83	Elijah	16
83	Joel	16
88	Cory	15
88	Harrison	15
88	Jesse	15
91	Carlos	14
91	Max	14
93	Angel	13
93	Branden	13
93	Colin	13
93	Henry	13
93	Mitchell	13
93	Nicolas	13
93	Spencer	13
93	Travis	13
93	Victor	13