Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Rhode Island, 1982

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	234
2	Jennifer	230
3	Melissa	130
4	Amanda	123
4	Sarah	123
6	Nicole	115
7	Stephanie	104
8	Elizabeth	94
9	Rebecca	87
10	Amy	80
11	Erin	77
12	Michelle	74
13	Kristen	71
14	Heather	68
15	Crystal	64
16	Lauren	62
17	Danielle	61
17	Kimberly	61
19	Kelly	57
20	Lisa	50
21	Christine	49
22	Tara	48
23	Katherine	47
24	Kristin	45
24	Rachel	45
26	Ashley	43
27	Bethany	42
28	Emily	40
28	Erica	40
28	Kerri	40
28	Laura	40
28	Tiffany	40
33	Sara	38
34	Shannon	37
35	Allison	35
35	Andrea	35
35	Christina	35
35	Courtney	35
35	Katie	35
35	Lindsay	35
41	Megan	33
42	Jamie	32
43	Alicia	31
44	Julie	30
45	Melanie	29
46	Holly	28
46	Jillian	28
46	Meghan	28
49	Angela	27
49	Catherine	27

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	362
2	Christopher	246
3	Matthew	226
4	Jason	191
5	David	182
6	Joseph	176
7	John	150
8	Joshua	144
9	James	141
10	Brian	129
11	Ryan	128
12	Robert	123
13	Daniel	120
14	Kevin	112
15	Justin	103
16	Jonathan	99
17	Andrew	93
18	Richard	88
19	Eric	87
20	Thomas	85
21	Adam	82
22	Anthony	81
23	William	79
24	Jeffrey	78
25	Nicholas	70
26	Steven	67
26	Timothy	67
28	Stephen	63
29	Gregory	60
30	Scott	58
31	Mark	57
31	Paul	57
31	Peter	57
34	Derek	55
35	Patrick	49
36	Kyle	44
36	Nathan	44
38	Benjamin	42
39	Aaron	38
40	Sean	37
41	Raymond	36
42	Jared	34
42	Jeremy	34
42	Kenneth	34
45	Jesse	33
46	Edward	29
47	Marc	28
48	Ian	27
48	Keith	27
50	Shawn	26