State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,017 Wisconsin births in 1968 across 945 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#79Karioutside the national top 200
#78Rick#182 nationally
#83Tom#185 nationally
#92Jody#190 nationally
#100Dan#191 nationally
#71Jean#158 nationally
#75Becky#161 nationally
#40Kurt#123 nationally
#86Jody#169 nationally
#88Corey#171 nationally
#67Duane#146 nationally
#56Sara#130 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,299US #1
#2Michelle905US #2
#3Jennifer730US #4
#4Amy687US #13
#5Julie623US #16
#6Susan596US #10
#7Mary571US #6
#8Kelly532US #12
#9Christine511US #14
#10Tammy510US #8
#11Dawn501US #21
#12Lori459US #22
#13Laura458US #11
#14Kimberly429US #3
#15Karen397US #9
#16Brenda377US #34
#17Jill343US #46
#18Kim335US #57
#19Melissa334US #5
#20Wendy332US #31
#21Pamela311US #20
#22Tracy310US #25
#23Sandra309US #26
#24Angela299US #7
#25Tina287US #18
#26Debra283US #38
#27Ann282US #54
#28Linda274US #28
#29Michele272US #29
#30Elizabeth260US #17
#31Patricia253US #15
#32Kathleen247US #40
#33Kristin239US #84
#34Kristine239US #105
#35Rebecca236US #33
#36Cheryl226US #37
#37Denise225US #35
#38Jodi220US #97
#39Lynn219US #85
#40Cynthia218US #19
#41Barbara217US #36
#42Diane215US #51
#43Deborah214US #27
#44Paula209US #45
#45Heidi207US #89
#46Carrie204US #86
#47Renee203US #65
#48Theresa197US #47
#49Sarah195US #78
#50Nancy190US #39
#51Stephanie181US #23
#52Carol176US #49
#53Beth162US #74
#54Cindy154US #67
#55Donna153US #24
#56Sara147US #130
#57Sharon144US #32
#58Catherine141US #56
#59Teresa139US #30
#60Sheila138US #59
#61Rhonda136US #42
#62Kathryn135US #100
#63Laurie131US #79
#64Robin128US #43
#65Connie127US #87
#66Anne126US #88
#67Jacqueline125US #50
#68Stacy125US #64
#69Margaret124US #63
#70Andrea121US #48
#71Jean118US #158
#72Vicki118US #114
#73Heather116US #62
#74Suzanne116US #69
#75Becky111US #161
#76Gina111US #58
#77Jane111US #146
#78Janet110US #73
#79Kari109
#80Shelly108US #98
#81Terri108US #83
#82Sherry107US #52
#83Kathy103US #76
#84Carolyn101US #61
#85Holly101US #103
#86Jody100US #169
#87Tamara99US #80
#88Colleen97US #101
#89Shannon95US #53
#90Katherine94US #75
#91Tracey94US #72
#92Christina93US #44
#93Stacey93US #55
#94Bonnie90US #116
#95Peggy90US #155
#96Dana88US #70
#97Monica88US #68
#98Rachel87US #92
#99Victoria86US #82
#100Annette84US #102

Boys

#1Michael1,858US #1
#2David1,484US #2
#3John1,221US #3
#4James1,198US #4
#5Scott1,094US #14
#6Robert1,086US #5
#7Mark1,031US #7
#8Brian1,009US #10
#9Jeffrey973US #11
#10Daniel932US #18
#11Steven859US #15
#12Timothy819US #13
#13Todd784US #28
#14Thomas769US #12
#15Paul747US #19
#16Christopher670US #9
#17Richard634US #8
#18Kevin628US #17
#19William534US #6
#20Joseph475US #16
#21Eric414US #22
#22Patrick410US #30
#23Matthew401US #24
#24Andrew345US #34
#25Douglas323US #33
#26Kenneth316US #23
#27Gregory313US #26
#28Peter307US #39
#29Anthony296US #21
#30Ronald280US #25
#31Troy280US #40
#32Craig270US #41
#33Charles269US #20
#34Donald246US #29
#35Gary242US #32
#36Keith237US #35
#37Dean225US #78
#38Dennis207US #45
#39Jon196US #65
#40Kurt184US #123
#41Jeffery183US #46
#42Stephen181US #27
#43Terry178US #48
#44Dale173US #91
#45Shawn172US #43
#46Randy168US #54
#47Sean165US #37
#48Bradley157US #57
#49Jay153US #88
#50Randall139US #79
#51Chad137US #104
#52Bruce134US #61
#53Joel132US #80
#54Edward130US #31
#55Jason124US #47
#56Rodney124US #42
#57Wayne121US #63
#58Bryan114US #51
#59Roger107US #55
#60Alan105US #74
#61Jerry101US #44
#62Gerald96US #62
#63Larry94US #38
#64Jonathan93US #53
#65Russell91US #56
#66Chris88US #64
#67Duane88US #146
#68Ricky87US #70
#69Lee85US #106
#70Curtis84US #75
#71Raymond83US #50
#72Tim83US #139
#73Tony82US #52
#74Jeff81US #90
#75Kelly81US #97
#76Brent79US #102
#77Frank79US #49
#78Rick78US #182
#79Brett76US #105
#80George74US #36
#81Darren72US #60
#82Lawrence72US #67
#83Tom72US #185
#84Allen70US #100
#85Marc70US #84
#86Steve69US #89
#87Martin67US #68
#88Corey66US #171
#89Ryan66US #131
#90Brad65US #158
#91Mike64US #93
#92Jody63US #190
#93Shane63US #120
#94Nicholas61US #118
#95Danny60US #72
#96Carl58US #59
#97Greg58US #142
#98Philip58US #82
#99Tracy58US #111
#100Dan57US #191

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑25Melissa#19
↑25Jason#55
↑23Sara#56
↑21Sarah#49
↑21Duane#67
↑19Carrie#46
↑18Heather#73
↑18Sean#47

Falling

↓25Colleen#88
↓21Jane#77
↓21Mike#91
↓20Carl#96
↓18Annette#100
↓16George#80
↓15Tim#72
↓15Dan#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.