Name Legacy

Baby names in Rhode Island, 2000s

2000–2009 · 85,684 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Rhode Island across the 2000s, with 1,133 births in the decade. The state recorded 85,684 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Rhode Island in the 2000s

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
Domenic8115×
Giada25
Gianna312
Gianni57
Skyla60
Dante141
Giana44
Talia95

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael1,133
#2Matthew1,057
#3Jacob1,013
#4Nicholas957
#5Ryan896
#6Emily872
#7Joshua815
#8Madison812
#9Joseph811
#10Olivia796
#11Anthony794
#12Ethan792
#13Alexander784
#14Andrew778
#14Christopher778
#16Isabella772
#17Benjamin752
#18Emma751
#19John721
#20Tyler717
#21Zachary686
#22Nathan671
#23Sophia653
#24William651
#25Abigail639

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