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Baby names in Rhode Island, 1990s

1990–1999 · 105,611 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Rhode Island across the 1990s, with 2,355 births in the decade. The state recorded 105,611 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Rhode Island in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Tayla12623×
Domenic6412×
Gian22
Gianna169
Giana30
Talia84
Meaghan79
Macayla15

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael2,355
#2Matthew1,978
#3Nicholas1,858
#4Christopher1,711
#5Ryan1,420
#6Joshua1,307
#7Andrew1,301
#8Joseph1,232
#9Ashley1,159
#10John1,156
#11David1,148
#12Kyle1,142
#12Zachary1,142
#14Daniel1,112
#15Jessica1,077
#16Alexander1,063
#16Samantha1,063
#18Emily1,053
#19Amanda1,033
#20Sarah1,007
#21Robert988
#22Tyler972
#23Jacob945
#24James918
#25Justin907

Other decades in Rhode Island

All Rhode Island names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org