Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	184
2	Nicholas	178
3	Matthew	173
4	Christopher	138
5	Tyler	116
6	Andrew	113
7	Kyle	108
8	Ryan	106
9	Jacob	102
9	Joseph	102
11	Joshua	100
12	John	96
13	Zachary	93
14	Alexander	90
14	David	90
16	Brandon	87
17	Justin	85
18	Austin	84
19	Anthony	82
20	Jonathan	81
21	Daniel	76
22	James	74
23	Benjamin	71
23	William	71
25	Kevin	70

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Robert	70
27	Thomas	61
28	Samuel	60
29	Christian	52
29	Patrick	52
31	Nathan	50
32	Cameron	49
32	Dylan	49
34	Jordan	48
35	Aaron	47
36	Adam	45
37	Evan	42
37	Steven	42
39	Jason	40
40	Jake	39
40	Sean	39
42	Richard	38
43	Brian	37
43	Jared	37
45	Luis	36
46	Devin	35
47	Connor	34
47	Timothy	34
49	Peter	31
49	Stephen	31
51	Derek	30
52	Eric	29
53	Alex	28
53	Ethan	28
53	Ian	28
53	Liam	28
57	Corey	26
57	Mark	26
57	Noah	26
60	Jeffrey	25
61	Cody	24
61	Edward	24
63	Jack	23
63	Jeremy	23
63	Jose	23
63	Nathaniel	23
67	Brendan	22
67	Isaiah	22
69	Jesse	21
70	Bryan	20
70	Shawn	20
72	Colin	19
72	Luke	19
72	Paul	19
75	Antonio	18
75	Mitchell	18
75	Seth	18
78	Devon	17
78	Shane	17
80	Carlos	16
80	Elijah	16
82	Dante	15
82	Garrett	15
82	Logan	15
85	Gabriel	14
85	Kenneth	14
85	Lucas	14
88	Brett	13
88	Miguel	13
88	Scott	13
88	Trevor	13
92	Angel	12
92	Bradley	12
92	Caleb	12
92	Charles	12
96	Alec	11
96	Drew	11
98	Aidan	10
98	Alexis	10
98	Andy	10
98	Collin	10
98	Cory	10
98	George	10
98	Hunter	10
98	Juan	10
98	Mason	10
98	Mathew	10
98	Maxwell	10
98	Ronald	10
98	Travis	10
98	Victor	10