Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1998

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	201
2	Nicholas	154
3	Michael	146
4	Jacob	142
5	Zachary	116
6	Ryan	114
7	Andrew	113
8	Christopher	109
8	Joshua	109
10	Tyler	97
11	Kyle	95
12	Alexander	91
13	Anthony	89
14	Daniel	87
14	John	87
16	Joseph	83
17	David	80
18	Robert	79
19	Nathan	77
20	Austin	75
21	James	74
22	Brandon	72
22	William	72
24	Jonathan	71
25	Justin	69

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dylan	65
26	Thomas	65
28	Benjamin	62
29	Samuel	60
30	Noah	59
31	Jason	55
32	Kevin	53
33	Christian	52
33	Jared	52
35	Cameron	51
36	Brian	50
36	Jordan	50
38	Ethan	44
39	Evan	43
40	Sean	41
41	Steven	39
42	Eric	38
43	Alex	37
43	Timothy	37
45	Connor	36
46	Adam	35
47	Patrick	32
48	Aaron	30
48	Devin	30
48	Jose	30
48	Stephen	30
52	Jack	28
52	Nathaniel	28
54	Gabriel	27
54	Jeremy	27
56	Hunter	26
57	Peter	25
57	Richard	25
59	Aidan	24
59	Edward	24
59	Jake	24
62	Bryan	23
62	Gregory	23
62	Ian	23
65	Dante	22
66	Corey	21
67	Logan	20
67	Mark	20
69	Charles	19
69	Isaiah	19
71	Brendan	18
71	Colin	18
71	Derek	18
71	Jeffrey	18
71	Kenneth	18
71	Luis	18
77	Caleb	17
77	Cody	17
77	Elijah	17
77	Maxwell	17
77	Mitchell	17
82	Devon	16
82	Luke	16
82	Marcus	16
82	Mason	16
82	Max	16
82	Miguel	16
82	Trevor	16
89	Angel	15
89	Johnathan	15
91	Alec	14
91	Antonio	14
91	Paul	14
94	Carlos	13
94	Isaac	13
94	Lucas	13
94	Owen	13
94	Scott	13
94	Seth	13
94	Shawn	13