Top Baby Names For Rhode Island: 2017 List

PROVIDENCE, RI — Social Security has published the top baby names for children born in 2016. Rhode Island has some of the nation's most popular. But the order of popularity varies. Nationwide, Noah is the most popular boy's name. In Rhode Island, it was Liam by a whisker. One more boy (for a total of 73) was named Liam in 2016, compared to Noah (72). Olivia was the most popular of all, with 76 Rhode Island girls given that name.

Boys Names

Liam (73)
Noah (72)

Benjamin (71)

Michael (69)

Jacob (54)

Lucas (53)

Mason (53)

Oliver (53)

James (52)

Julian (52)

Girls Names
Olivia (76)
Isabella (66)
Charlotte (54)
Emma (51)
Ava (47)
Mia (43)
Sophia (43)
Amelia (42)

Avery (42)
Abigail (39)
Emily (39)

For the top 100 names in Rhode Island, click here.

Nationwide, Emma, Olivia, Ava, Sophia, Isabella, Mia, Charlotte, Abigail, Emily and Harper topped the girls' list. Noah, Liam, William, Mason, James, Benjamin, Jacob, Michael, Elijah and Ethan were the most popular boys' names.

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