State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,870 Wisconsin births in 1966 across 927 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Wisconsin more than they say America.

#90Kayoutside the national top 200
#77Jody#186 nationally
#76Rick#162 nationally
#81Sara#167 nationally
#92Kent#172 nationally
#94Dan#174 nationally
#100Sally#179 nationally
#67Duane#140 nationally
#46Jodi#118 nationally
#42Kurt#110 nationally
#79Jerome#147 nationally
#83Brad#150 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,407US #1
#2Mary877US #3
#3Julie811US #13
#4Susan807US #6
#5Michelle794US #4
#6Lori635US #21
#7Dawn592US #24
#8Karen591US #5
#9Amy577US #30
#10Christine535US #20
#11Kim499US #43
#12Jennifer498US #10
#13Tammy497US #8
#14Brenda468US #25
#15Kelly433US #26
#16Debra420US #35
#17Laura416US #19
#18Kimberly409US #2
#19Linda397US #18
#20Sandra383US #17
#21Pamela374US #15
#22Barbara370US #27
#23Patricia367US #7
#24Jill363US #49
#25Wendy352US #41
#26Kathleen339US #37
#27Elizabeth331US #16
#28Cheryl325US #34
#29Ann322US #61
#30Deborah308US #14
#31Tracy300US #31
#32Cynthia291US #11
#33Denise279US #32
#34Nancy276US #33
#35Michele269US #36
#36Diane264US #45
#37Tina257US #23
#38Donna251US #12
#39Kristine247US #104
#40Angela237US #9
#41Lynn235US #81
#42Theresa233US #46
#43Sharon226US #28
#44Rebecca224US #40
#45Laurie222US #63
#46Jodi216US #118
#47Heidi213US #87
#48Carol206US #48
#49Cindy198US #56
#50Paula198US #50
#51Renee198US #66
#52Rhonda196US #39
#53Jane192US #111
#54Beth187US #65
#55Jacqueline178US #47
#56Melissa175US #22
#57Connie173US #70
#58Teresa169US #29
#59Catherine166US #54
#60Kathy164US #59
#61Sheila158US #51
#62Colleen157US #93
#63Margaret153US #55
#64Sarah152US #85
#65Janet151US #57
#66Anne149US #83
#67Jean149US #123
#68Kathryn149US #86
#69Kristin146US #107
#70Suzanne146US #62
#71Robin137US #42
#72Gina132US #58
#73Stephanie131US #38
#74Terri129US #72
#75Vicki126US #115
#76Sherry125US #53
#77Jody123US #186
#78Shelly122US #89
#79Joan115US #133
#80Peggy112US #139
#81Sara108US #167
#82Katherine105US #78
#83Carolyn102US #60
#84Bonnie101US #90
#85Annette99US #79
#86Tracey98US #69
#87Diana97US #64
#88Maria97US #44
#89Andrea96US #52
#90Kay95
#91Carrie92US #142
#92Monica89US #75
#93Judith87US #110
#94Becky86US #153
#95Dana86US #68
#96Penny83US #112
#97Debbie82US #73
#98Holly82US #101
#99Judy82US #97
#100Sally80US #179

Boys

#1Michael1,906US #1
#2David1,705US #2
#3John1,397US #4
#4James1,386US #3
#5Robert1,178US #5
#6Scott1,165US #16
#7Mark1,101US #7
#8Jeffrey1,051US #9
#9Daniel981US #19
#10Timothy971US #11
#11Steven970US #13
#12Brian952US #14
#13Thomas897US #10
#14Paul843US #18
#15Todd786US #29
#16Kevin736US #17
#17Richard684US #8
#18William618US #6
#19Christopher586US #12
#20Joseph570US #15
#21Patrick429US #31
#22Gregory394US #23
#23Peter372US #39
#24Kenneth371US #21
#25Gary361US #28
#26Eric352US #25
#27Ronald332US #24
#28Andrew327US #36
#29Douglas314US #33
#30Anthony295US #22
#31Craig294US #46
#32Donald280US #27
#33Randy260US #45
#34Charles258US #20
#35Keith240US #32
#36Dale236US #85
#37Dean230US #84
#38Dennis230US #44
#39Bradley224US #68
#40Matthew224US #34
#41Jeffery219US #42
#42Kurt211US #110
#43Troy203US #48
#44Jon194US #76
#45Edward188US #30
#46Randall176US #70
#47Rodney172US #35
#48Terry169US #40
#49Jay161US #91
#50Joel160US #102
#51Alan158US #57
#52Bruce156US #53
#53Jeff156US #72
#54Stephen155US #26
#55Tim149US #103
#56Gerald145US #60
#57Chris141US #55
#58Roger140US #51
#59Shawn130US #54
#60Wayne129US #59
#61Russell127US #61
#62Bryan123US #52
#63Mike122US #69
#64Larry118US #38
#65Steve110US #67
#66Jerry106US #41
#67Duane100US #140
#68Curtis98US #75
#69Frank96US #43
#70Lee96US #106
#71Raymond96US #47
#72Ricky96US #64
#73Sean93US #50
#74Darren92US #63
#75Martin92US #78
#76Rick90US #162
#77George89US #37
#78Allen85US #97
#79Jerome85US #147
#80Chad84US #135
#81Carl79US #56
#82Greg79US #126
#83Brad78US #150
#84Tony78US #49
#85Lawrence77US #66
#86Brent76US #114
#87Jason76US #89
#88Philip75US #86
#89Jonathan74US #65
#90Kelly74US #111
#91Glenn72US #90
#92Kent72US #172
#93Tom72US #153
#94Dan70US #174
#95Danny70US #62
#96Darin66US #134
#97Brett64US #118
#98Jim63US #136
#99Phillip63US #71
#100Karl61US #158

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑25Sean#73
↑23Jody#77
↑22Gina#72
↑21Troy#43
↑18Melissa#56
↑17Shawn#59
↑16Darren#74
↑15Jodi#46

Falling

↓33Tom#93
↓19Jean#67
↓19Jim#98
↓17Judy#99
↓13Jane#53
↓13Bonnie#84
↓13Debbie#97
↓12Terri#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.