State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,897 Wisconsin births in 1972 across 942 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#63Kari#186 nationally
#47Kurt#164 nationally
#58Dean#156 nationally
#81Jody#172 nationally
#37Kim#118 nationally
#85Becky#165 nationally
#48Kristine#127 nationally
#59Lynn#135 nationally
#62Cory#136 nationally
#31Sara#101 nationally
#30Jodi#97 nationally
#86Brad#149 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,688US #1
#2Amy837US #5
#3Michelle777US #2
#4Lisa688US #3
#5Nicole493US #10
#6Julie460US #12
#7Angela451US #6
#8Melissa405US #7
#9Heather401US #9
#10Rebecca395US #14
#11Kimberly392US #4
#12Tammy388US #11
#13Tracy384US #19
#14Dawn369US #20
#15Kelly309US #23
#16Tina294US #18
#17Laura280US #17
#18Mary277US #13
#19Sarah277US #49
#20Brenda275US #44
#21Christine263US #16
#22Lori248US #28
#23Stephanie247US #8
#24Susan236US #24
#25Heidi228US #64
#26Stacy222US #33
#27Wendy212US #29
#28Karen211US #21
#29Carrie200US #53
#30Jodi197US #97
#31Sara197US #101
#32Jill194US #62
#33Elizabeth192US #15
#34Jessica190US #46
#35Shannon177US #22
#36Kristin170US #67
#37Kim167US #118
#38Andrea162US #30
#39Michele162US #36
#40Christina161US #26
#41Pamela161US #34
#42Tara155US #38
#43Kathleen150US #57
#44Denise145US #35
#45Theresa141US #68
#46Cynthia140US #25
#47Cheryl137US #56
#48Kristine135US #127
#49Patricia135US #27
#50Tanya134US #54
#51Debra130US #66
#52Ann128US #91
#53Paula128US #72
#54Rachel128US #40
#55Sandra128US #31
#56Stacey126US #41
#57Renee124US #77
#58Linda116US #51
#59Lynn111US #135
#60Tricia111US #120
#61Holly109US #71
#62Laurie103US #98
#63Kari101US #186
#64Shelly101US #94
#65Sheila99US #90
#66Teresa99US #39
#67Catherine98US #65
#68Cindy98US #80
#69Barbara96US #58
#70Katherine93US #69
#71Dana90US #52
#72Melanie90US #42
#73Kathryn89US #103
#74Beth88US #113
#75Gina88US #78
#76Jacqueline87US #79
#77Erin86US #93
#78Tiffany86US #61
#79Colleen85US #123
#80Jenny85US #119
#81Jody85US #172
#82Rhonda83US #60
#83Nancy81US #63
#84Deborah80US #43
#85Becky78US #165
#86Tonya78US #37
#87Kristen77US #85
#88Deanna76US #107
#89April75US #48
#90Traci75US #121
#91Kristina74US #112
#92Tamara72US #84
#93Tracey72US #88
#94Maria71US #32
#95Sherry71US #70
#96Connie70US #130
#97Sharon70US #50
#98Robin69US #55
#99Danielle67US #73
#100Victoria67US #99

Boys

#1Michael1,389US #1
#2Jason995US #7
#3Christopher964US #2
#4Brian953US #8
#5Scott935US #11
#6David891US #4
#7James782US #3
#8John737US #5
#9Robert737US #6
#10Daniel714US #15
#11Matthew675US #10
#12Mark640US #18
#13Chad638US #25
#14Jeffrey624US #17
#15Kevin551US #13
#16Eric550US #16
#17Steven545US #19
#18Timothy527US #21
#19Todd455US #31
#20William444US #9
#21Thomas441US #20
#22Paul413US #24
#23Andrew410US #30
#24Joseph408US #12
#25Richard319US #14
#26Gregory294US #26
#27Craig285US #46
#28Ryan283US #39
#29Anthony277US #22
#30Troy268US #49
#31Patrick254US #35
#32Shawn241US #28
#33Peter237US #48
#34Kenneth212US #27
#35Bradley204US #61
#36Douglas193US #43
#37Keith190US #38
#38Aaron188US #40
#39Charles183US #23
#40Jeremy180US #42
#41Jonathan169US #37
#42Shane164US #55
#43Joel161US #78
#44Donald143US #36
#45Sean134US #33
#46Travis134US #57
#47Kurt132US #164
#48Jon130US #89
#49Jamie129US #72
#50Jeffery125US #58
#51Brett123US #80
#52Gary123US #41
#53Adam122US #51
#54Ronald122US #32
#55Bryan120US #45
#56Dennis119US #52
#57Joshua118US #59
#58Dean114US #156
#59Stephen112US #29
#60Edward110US #34
#61Jay107US #115
#62Cory104US #136
#63Erik104US #86
#64Jesse104US #88
#65Corey103US #95
#66Brent100US #77
#67Nathan100US #79
#68Benjamin98US #64
#69Nicholas97US #99
#70Randy97US #70
#71Dale93US #131
#72Kyle89US #113
#73Justin80US #60
#74Terry80US #62
#75Derek76US #67
#76Tony71US #68
#77Lee69US #125
#78Allen68US #123
#79Wayne68US #103
#80Curtis67US #92
#81Randall66US #120
#82Brandon65US #63
#83Frank65US #56
#84Lance65US #126
#85Raymond65US #54
#86Brad64US #149
#87Gerald64US #102
#88Russell64US #69
#89Shannon64US #94
#90Chris61US #82
#91Larry61US #47
#92Roger58US #76
#93Alan57US #110
#94Bruce54US #121
#95Jerry53US #53
#96Kelly53US #140
#97Rodney52US #65
#98George51US #44
#99Marc48US #83
#100Darren47US #106

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑44Tara#42
↑29Joshua#57
↑23Catherine#67
↑23Melanie#72
↑22Nicholas#69
↑19Nicole#5
↑19Christina#40
↑19Tanya#50

Falling

↓32Deborah#84
↓21Larry#91
↓21Alan#93
↓20Robin#98
↓20Brad#86
↓20George#98
↓17Ann#52
↓17Chris#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.