The most common names of people born in Rhode Island

Social Security has recorded about 1.2 million births in Rhode Island since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 820,000 of those people are alive today, and their average age is 47. The most common names among them are Jennifer for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Rhode Island, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Rhode Island from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Rhode Island

Most common names of living women born in Rhode Island
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Jennifer	6,200	47
2	Mary	6,200	67
3	Susan	5,800	67
4	Patricia	5,700	70
5	Elizabeth	5,500	51
6	Linda	5,300	70
7	Lisa	4,900	58
8	Donna	4,800	68
9	Karen	4,400	65
10	Jessica	4,300	40
11	Kathleen	4,000	66
12	Barbara	3,900	75
13	Deborah	3,900	68
14	Melissa	3,700	48
15	Christine	3,600	59
16	Sarah	3,600	38
17	Michelle	3,600	52
18	Nancy	3,600	71
19	Nicole	3,200	40
20	Carol	3,200	74
21	Emily	3,100	30
22	Kimberly	3,100	50
23	Diane	3,100	69
24	Stephanie	3,100	44
25	Amanda	3,100	38
26	Ashley	3,100	33
27	Sandra	2,900	69
28	Cheryl	2,800	66
29	Debra	2,400	66
30	Rebecca	2,400	46

Men and boys born in Rhode Island

Most common names of living men born in Rhode Island
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	20,000	51
2	Robert	15,000	61
3	John	15,000	58
4	David	14,000	56
5	James	11,000	55
6	Joseph	11,000	52
7	William	9,700	56
8	Christopher	9,000	43
9	Richard	8,600	63
10	Thomas	7,800	55
11	Matthew	7,600	37
12	Daniel	6,500	45
13	Paul	6,100	62
14	Steven	5,800	55
15	Anthony	5,700	46
16	Kevin	5,500	50
17	Brian	5,200	50
18	Stephen	5,100	59
19	Nicholas	4,900	34
20	Andrew	4,900	38
21	Mark	4,700	56
22	Jason	4,500	42
23	Joshua	4,400	33
24	Ryan	4,300	32
25	Peter	4,200	57
26	Edward	4,000	61
27	Jeffrey	3,800	52
28	Charles	3,800	56
29	Kenneth	3,800	60
30	Jonathan	3,500	37

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Rhode Island, not the national average.

Names more common in Rhode Island than nationally

Among living people born in Rhode Island, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Kerri is 8.6× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Rhode Island than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Kerri	8.6×	900	50
2	Doreen	5.1×	530	67
3	Michaela	4.7×	740	37
4	Pauline	4.3×	640	78
5	Maureen	4.2×	1,300	71
6	Roland	3.9×	520	72
7	Peter	3.6×	4,200	57
8	Jeanne	3.6×	920	73
9	Gail	3.5×	1,500	72
10	Marc	3.5×	1,200	54
11	Raymond	3.3×	3,500	63
12	Joanne	3.2×	1,300	69
13	Bethany	3.2×	930	45
14	Elaine	3.0×	1,300	75
15	Lorraine	3.0×	800	77

The newest Rhode Island babies

The most popular names for babies born in Rhode Island in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Rhode Island
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	49	30
2	Olivia	41	18
3	Amelia	39	16
4	Sophia	35	16
5	Ava	34	14
6	Isabella	33	15
7	Isla	33	7
8	Aurora	31	14
9	Mia	31	15
10	Aria	28	9

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Rhode Island
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Noah	67	16
2	Liam	64	11
3	Oliver	56	13
4	Theodore	52	29
5	Luca	48	8
6	Benjamin	45	30
7	Lucas	45	18
8	Henry	44	34
9	John	40	55
10	Owen	38	16

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Rhode Island with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this