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Baby names in Rhode Island

What parents in Rhode Island actually named their children in 2025, and which names the state uses far more than the country does.

Top 20 girls' names in Rhode Island, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Charlotte 49
2 Olivia 41
3 Amelia 39
4 Sophia 35
5 Ava 34
6 Isabella 33
7 Isla 33
8 Aurora 31
9 Mia 31
10 Aria 28
11 Emma 28
12 Maeve 28
13 Nora 28
14 Luna 27
15 Ailany 26
16 Mila 26
17 Zoe 26
18 Eliana 25
19 Hazel 24
20 Scarlett 24

Top 20 boys' names in Rhode Island, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Noah 67
2 Liam 64
3 Oliver 56
4 Theodore 52
5 Luca 48
6 Benjamin 45
7 Lucas 45
8 Henry 44
9 John 40
10 Owen 38
11 James 36
12 Jack 35
13 Roman 34
14 Anthony 32
15 Levi 32
16 Julian 31
17 Mason 31
18 Michael 31
19 Ethan 26
20 Wesley 26

The most distinctive names in Rhode Island

These are the names Rhode Island uses most out of proportion to the rest of the country. The location quotient is the state's share of births going to a name divided by the national share, over 2016–2025. A quotient of 3.0 means the name is three times as common here as it is nationally.

NameBirths in Rhode IslandLocation quotient
Maeve 166 4.8×
Lorenzo 190 4.2×
Francesca 54 3.9×
Armani 85 3.8×
Juliana 102 3.7×
Milani 60 3.6×
Julianna 73 3.6×
Gabriella 198 3.5×
Alaia 101 3.4×
Julian 471 3.4×
Nico 75 3.4×
Callum 74 3.4×
Cole 167 3.3×
Julius 54 3.3×
Enzo 156 3.3×
Luca 329 3.2×
Cameron 317 3.1×
Brayden 178 3.0×
Norah 91 3.0×
Isla 236 3.0×

The number one name in Rhode Island, year by year

Twenty years of first-place names.
YearGirlsBirthsBoysBirths
2025 Charlotte 49 Noah 67
2024 Charlotte 48 Liam 74
2023 Charlotte 57 Noah 78
2022 Charlotte 54 Liam 69
2021 Olivia 58 Liam 77
2020 Olivia 62 Liam 79
2019 Charlotte 61 Noah 68
2018 Olivia 66 Liam 72
2017 Charlotte 69 Lucas 65
2016 Olivia 77 Noah 74
2015 Olivia 83 Noah 73
2014 Olivia 87 Mason 86
2013 Sophia 81 Mason 82
2012 Sophia 105 Mason 96
2011 Sophia 96 Mason 85
2010 Isabella 93 Logan 85
2009 Isabella 89 Anthony 81
2008 Ava 95 Michael 89
2007 Sophia 94 Michael 97
2006 Isabella 100 Ryan 102

State files start in 1910 and use the same five-birth reporting floor as the national data, applied per state, year and sex — so small states show fewer distinct names, not fewer names in use.