State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,876 Wisconsin births in 1969 across 956 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#77Karioutside the national top 200
#91Rick#200 nationally
#59Cory#160 nationally
#44Kurt#132 nationally
#95Tim#181 nationally
#72Duane#156 nationally
#95Jane#170 nationally
#36Kristine#110 nationally
#50Sara#124 nationally
#93Jean#167 nationally
#73Brad#145 nationally
#96Jody#165 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,178US #1
#2Michelle912US #2
#3Jennifer892US #3
#4Amy806US #6
#5Julie678US #12
#6Susan506US #11
#7Kelly490US #15
#8Tammy490US #9
#9Dawn488US #21
#10Mary450US #8
#11Tracy442US #17
#12Lori435US #20
#13Christine427US #14
#14Kimberly417US #4
#15Laura411US #10
#16Melissa385US #5
#17Karen370US #13
#18Brenda340US #38
#19Angela338US #7
#20Tina329US #22
#21Wendy312US #29
#22Debra299US #43
#23Jill292US #51
#24Kim288US #66
#25Pamela280US #24
#26Ann274US #57
#27Elizabeth264US #16
#28Patricia259US #18
#29Rebecca254US #28
#30Cheryl242US #41
#31Jodi241US #95
#32Heather232US #34
#33Heidi231US #80
#34Kathleen230US #42
#35Michele227US #30
#36Kristine226US #110
#37Sandra224US #25
#38Linda222US #33
#39Sarah214US #72
#40Denise213US #35
#41Kristin209US #76
#42Paula202US #50
#43Cynthia201US #23
#44Barbara200US #39
#45Stephanie195US #19
#46Carrie188US #94
#47Theresa188US #49
#48Lynn185US #103
#49Renee182US #67
#50Sara180US #124
#51Deborah176US #27
#52Nancy164US #45
#53Beth163US #82
#54Diane161US #61
#55Nicole161US #47
#56Catherine155US #58
#57Teresa151US #32
#58Rhonda150US #44
#59Laurie144US #79
#60Shannon143US #31
#61Jacqueline138US #62
#62Donna135US #26
#63Shelly135US #102
#64Stacy134US #53
#65Stacey129US #52
#66Katherine125US #70
#67Sheila125US #68
#68Kathryn124US #104
#69Cindy122US #74
#70Sharon122US #36
#71Tricia122US #119
#72Anne121US #101
#73Robin121US #46
#74Tamara120US #78
#75Holly118US #87
#76Gina117US #63
#77Kari117
#78Colleen113US #109
#79Deanna112US #88
#80Andrea111US #48
#81Carol111US #56
#82Vicki111US #125
#83Connie109US #105
#84Tracey107US #65
#85Sherry105US #55
#86Terri103US #93
#87Becky101US #155
#88Kathy101US #77
#89Rachel99US #69
#90Christina98US #37
#91Kristen97US #96
#92Carolyn96US #71
#93Jean96US #167
#94Suzanne95US #75
#95Jane90US #170
#96Jody88US #165
#97Leslie88US #64
#98Dana87US #60
#99Janet83US #84
#100Victoria81US #83

Boys

#1Michael1,913US #1
#2David1,419US #2
#3Scott1,139US #12
#4James1,063US #3
#5John1,047US #4
#6Robert1,044US #5
#7Brian996US #9
#8Mark974US #8
#9Jeffrey896US #11
#10Daniel872US #18
#11Steven840US #14
#12Thomas757US #13
#13Todd742US #28
#14Christopher739US #7
#15Timothy714US #17
#16Paul632US #22
#17Richard616US #10
#18Kevin600US #16
#19William541US #6
#20Joseph448US #15
#21Eric435US #21
#22Matthew426US #24
#23Patrick384US #31
#24Jason373US #25
#25Gregory361US #26
#26Andrew350US #33
#27Craig337US #39
#28Anthony322US #20
#29Douglas289US #34
#30Troy284US #42
#31Peter280US #43
#32Kenneth269US #23
#33Charles268US #19
#34Bradley252US #53
#35Ronald247US #29
#36Donald244US #30
#37Dean242US #89
#38Gary228US #35
#39Dennis224US #44
#40Keith210US #36
#41Jeffery180US #48
#42Chad175US #69
#43Randy175US #55
#44Kurt172US #132
#45Joel171US #80
#46Jon169US #68
#47Stephen162US #27
#48Edward158US #32
#49Dale155US #96
#50Jay152US #95
#51Shawn151US #41
#52Corey144US #58
#53Jonathan141US #46
#54Terry133US #52
#55Wayne129US #75
#56Sean124US #37
#57Alan122US #76
#58Shane118US #87
#59Cory109US #160
#60Russell107US #57
#61Gerald105US #65
#62Bruce101US #72
#63Randall100US #85
#64Brett99US #94
#65Bryan99US #51
#66Brent98US #92
#67Rodney97US #49
#68Roger92US #59
#69Chris91US #66
#70Jeff91US #106
#71Jerry91US #45
#72Duane88US #156
#73Brad87US #145
#74Tony87US #54
#75Larry84US #40
#76Steve84US #98
#77Carl83US #62
#78Raymond83US #50
#79Aaron82US #61
#80Frank82US #47
#81Darren80US #60
#82Allen79US #111
#83Curtis79US #81
#84Lance79US #103
#85Marc79US #63
#86Martin75US #78
#87George74US #38
#88Erik73US #119
#89Lee73US #118
#90Travis67US #113
#91Rick63US #200
#92Adam62US #114
#93Nicholas62US #123
#94Ryan62US #135
#95Tim62US #181
#96Kelly61US #115
#97Philip61US #86
#98Kyle60US #143
#99Phillip58US #74
#100Ricky58US #90

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑41Heather#32
↑36Corey#52
↑35Shane#58
↑31Jason#24
↑29Shannon#60
↑28Stacey#65
↑24Katherine#66
↑19Carl#77

Falling

↓32Ricky#100
↓29Carol#81
↓23Tim#95
↓22Jean#93
↓21Janet#99
↓21Kelly#96
↓20Suzanne#94
↓20Lee#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.