State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,822 Wisconsin births in 1971 across 992 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#62Kari#179 nationally
#49Kurt#155 nationally
#58Cory#150 nationally
#71Becky#163 nationally
#34Kristine#120 nationally
#56Dean#137 nationally
#36Sara#114 nationally
#53Lynn#128 nationally
#88Jody#162 nationally
#66Brad#139 nationally
#100Jean#173 nationally
#57Dale#125 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,608US #1
#2Michelle877US #2
#3Lisa871US #3
#4Amy866US #5
#5Julie565US #10
#6Tracy478US #13
#7Tammy477US #8
#8Angela471US #6
#9Dawn450US #14
#10Kimberly435US #4
#11Kelly393US #22
#12Melissa390US #7
#13Heather378US #12
#14Christine359US #18
#15Susan346US #17
#16Tina341US #20
#17Lori338US #25
#18Rebecca337US #23
#19Mary334US #9
#20Laura314US #16
#21Brenda313US #43
#22Wendy274US #29
#23Karen263US #15
#24Nicole262US #27
#25Sarah250US #58
#26Heidi245US #77
#27Jill240US #59
#28Jodi240US #94
#29Carrie230US #55
#30Stacy224US #32
#31Kristin222US #71
#32Pamela220US #28
#33Elizabeth212US #19
#34Kristine209US #120
#35Ann206US #78
#36Sara206US #114
#37Kim194US #101
#38Shannon194US #21
#39Debra190US #57
#40Denise190US #36
#41Stephanie185US #11
#42Sandra183US #31
#43Cynthia181US #24
#44Cheryl175US #50
#45Kathleen166US #53
#46Patricia166US #26
#47Renee166US #73
#48Linda160US #42
#49Michele160US #39
#50Andrea156US #35
#51Jessica154US #64
#52Deborah151US #33
#53Lynn151US #128
#54Tricia150US #109
#55Cindy147US #70
#56Rachel141US #54
#57Theresa136US #61
#58Barbara135US #47
#59Christina135US #30
#60Stacey134US #41
#61Paula131US #63
#62Kari130US #179
#63Holly125US #76
#64Teresa125US #34
#65Dana124US #44
#66Beth119US #100
#67Laurie115US #96
#68Nancy114US #52
#69Tanya113US #72
#70Shelly111US #103
#71Becky108US #163
#72Kathryn108US #111
#73Sheila108US #81
#74Diane104US #83
#75Gina103US #69
#76Colleen102US #121
#77Rhonda101US #46
#78Robin101US #51
#79Katherine100US #67
#80Tamara100US #80
#81Sherry96US #60
#82Tiffany96US #62
#83Deanna93US #95
#84Traci93US #116
#85Jacqueline92US #75
#86Tara92US #49
#87Donna91US #38
#88Jody89US #162
#89Tracey89US #74
#90Catherine88US #65
#91Anne86US #122
#92Erin85US #93
#93Vicki85US #156
#94Kristen84US #87
#95Melanie84US #66
#96Sharon84US #40
#97Connie83US #125
#98Kerry83US #145
#99Victoria83US #97
#100Jean81US #173

Boys

#1Michael1,589US #1
#2Scott1,251US #10
#3David1,129US #3
#4James964US #2
#5Christopher902US #6
#6Jason894US #8
#7John887US #4
#8Brian880US #9
#9Robert827US #5
#10Jeffrey819US #12
#11Daniel814US #20
#12Steven736US #16
#13Mark694US #13
#14Timothy616US #21
#15Kevin614US #14
#16Thomas566US #17
#17Matthew564US #19
#18Eric540US #18
#19Chad539US #29
#20William534US #7
#21Todd530US #30
#22Paul518US #24
#23Joseph467US #15
#24Richard420US #11
#25Andrew413US #33
#26Gregory335US #26
#27Troy322US #46
#28Craig309US #43
#29Patrick292US #35
#30Shawn284US #28
#31Anthony281US #23
#32Peter272US #47
#33Bradley250US #58
#34Charles240US #22
#35Douglas234US #39
#36Kenneth226US #25
#37Keith216US #37
#38Donald204US #34
#39Aaron198US #41
#40Ronald192US #31
#41Jeremy183US #45
#42Ryan178US #51
#43Jonathan175US #40
#44Shane170US #60
#45Gary165US #38
#46Sean165US #36
#47Jon158US #78
#48Dennis154US #49
#49Kurt147US #155
#50Jeffery145US #53
#51Stephen144US #27
#52Joel142US #86
#53Corey141US #77
#54Adam140US #57
#55Jay139US #114
#56Dean133US #137
#57Dale126US #125
#58Cory124US #150
#59Jamie124US #96
#60Edward123US #32
#61Terry123US #56
#62Travis120US #61
#63Randy119US #67
#64Bryan112US #48
#65Brent102US #73
#66Brad95US #139
#67Brett95US #90
#68Erik91US #97
#69Nathan90US #104
#70Larry87US #44
#71Lance86US #98
#72Alan83US #99
#73Chris82US #68
#74Benjamin81US #69
#75Randall81US #102
#76Raymond81US #52
#77Russell81US #64
#78George79US #42
#79Jesse79US #107
#80Tony79US #62
#81Derek76US #63
#82Gerald74US #83
#83Jerry74US #50
#84Wayne74US #92
#85Curtis72US #89
#86Joshua72US #80
#87Kyle72US #116
#88Bruce71US #108
#89Lee71US #128
#90Carl66US #72
#91Nicholas64US #123
#92Roger64US #71
#93Marc63US #70
#94Shannon63US #106
#95Frank62US #54
#96Kelly62US #136
#97Kirk58US #159
#98Lawrence58US #85
#99Greg57US #163
#100Philip57US #94

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑38Tricia#54
↑30Christina#59
↑26Jessica#51
↑25Tanya#69
↑25Jeremy#41
↑24Becky#71
↑24Adam#54
↑21Raymond#76

Falling

↓20Kyle#87
↓18Jacqueline#85
↓18Catherine#90
↓18Dean#56
↓17Gina#75
↓17Roger#92
↓15Diane#74
↓15Randy#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.