State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,298 Wisconsin births in 1973 across 934 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#52Kari#172 nationally
#70Kurt#186 nationally
#66Becky#170 nationally
#73Dean#168 nationally
#69Jody#163 nationally
#89Greg#181 nationally
#46Kristine#133 nationally
#45Kim#129 nationally
#70Lynn#145 nationally
#55Cory#128 nationally
#23Sara#89 nationally
#72Brad#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,649US #1
#2Amy846US #2
#3Michelle780US #3
#4Lisa583US #5
#5Nicole511US #11
#6Heather487US #8
#7Rebecca460US #10
#8Julie446US #12
#9Melissa410US #6
#10Angela392US #7
#11Kimberly369US #4
#12Tracy369US #20
#13Sarah364US #35
#14Tammy360US #15
#15Dawn325US #21
#16Kelly308US #18
#17Tina282US #24
#18Christine271US #17
#19Jessica260US #34
#20Laura253US #19
#21Brenda248US #53
#22Stephanie248US #9
#23Sara242US #89
#24Heidi238US #65
#25Elizabeth230US #13
#26Lori228US #28
#27Susan226US #25
#28Stacy224US #32
#29Mary212US #14
#30Shannon204US #22
#31Wendy190US #29
#32Tanya188US #50
#33Carrie187US #46
#34Jill174US #62
#35Andrea168US #30
#36Jodi167US #100
#37Kristin164US #78
#38Christina162US #16
#39Tara162US #37
#40Karen160US #23
#41Ann145US #93
#42Denise145US #38
#43Renee143US #80
#44Rachel139US #42
#45Kim137US #129
#46Kristine136US #133
#47Cynthia132US #26
#48Theresa130US #69
#49Pamela129US #47
#50Michele127US #44
#51Holly123US #54
#52Kari111US #172
#53Kathleen111US #68
#54Patricia111US #27
#55Paula110US #87
#56Sandra109US #39
#57Stacey109US #41
#58Teresa109US #45
#59Tricia105US #123
#60Debra102US #84
#61Kathryn102US #107
#62Danielle101US #49
#63Tiffany101US #52
#64Kristen99US #58
#65Melanie98US #43
#66Becky96US #170
#67Anne95US #122
#68Tamara95US #66
#69Jody94US #163
#70Lynn94US #145
#71April93US #33
#72Dana92US #59
#73Laurie90US #106
#74Katherine89US #64
#75Erin88US #79
#76Beth87US #117
#77Gina87US #83
#78Sheila87US #101
#79Tonya87US #36
#80Jacqueline85US #88
#81Linda85US #61
#82Catherine84US #67
#83Shelly79US #104
#84Deborah78US #56
#85Jamie78US #103
#86Barbara76US #63
#87Cindy76US #92
#88Rhonda76US #70
#89Robin76US #60
#90Cheryl75US #74
#91Crystal71US #48
#92Bridget68US #112
#93Kristina66US #97
#94Maria66US #31
#95Victoria66US #95
#96Amanda65US #51
#97Margaret65US #94
#98Deanna64US #111
#99Donna64US #55
#100Diana63US #85

Boys

#1Jason1,415US #3
#2Michael1,392US #1
#3Christopher955US #2
#4Brian950US #8
#5Scott808US #18
#6David792US #5
#7Daniel745US #11
#8Matthew689US #10
#9Chad664US #25
#10John655US #6
#11Robert655US #7
#12James651US #4
#13Mark556US #15
#14Jeffrey555US #17
#15Eric541US #13
#16Kevin521US #14
#17Steven468US #20
#18Timothy437US #22
#19Andrew436US #29
#20Thomas423US #19
#21Joseph395US #12
#22Todd378US #35
#23Paul377US #24
#24William375US #9
#25Ryan342US #30
#26Richard311US #16
#27Jeremy296US #33
#28Craig278US #48
#29Shawn263US #27
#30Aaron256US #34
#31Peter228US #52
#32Anthony227US #21
#33Gregory227US #26
#34Troy211US #59
#35Joshua210US #42
#36Patrick206US #37
#37Jonathan199US #31
#38Travis193US #53
#39Bradley190US #62
#40Shane169US #54
#41Charles168US #23
#42Kenneth168US #28
#43Adam164US #45
#44Jamie162US #70
#45Keith162US #41
#46Douglas156US #47
#47Donald142US #38
#48Benjamin141US #55
#49Joel138US #73
#50Nathan138US #63
#51Ronald127US #40
#52Jesse124US #75
#53Bryan119US #43
#54Sean118US #36
#55Cory116US #128
#56Stephen109US #32
#57Dennis107US #56
#58Corey106US #89
#59Erik106US #86
#60Brett103US #88
#61Justin103US #51
#62Brent101US #80
#63Edward101US #39
#64Jeffery100US #64
#65Jon99US #94
#66Nicholas98US #85
#67Terry96US #65
#68Gary94US #44
#69Derek84US #69
#70Kurt84US #186
#71Randy83US #79
#72Brad79US #137
#73Dean75US #168
#74Jay71US #118
#75Russell64US #77
#76Tony63US #78
#77Gerald62US #102
#78Dale61US #141
#79Larry61US #50
#80Brandon60US #58
#81Alan58US #115
#82Jacob58US #122
#83Jerry58US #57
#84Kyle58US #110
#85Raymond58US #60
#86George57US #46
#87Lee57US #123
#88Curtis56US #98
#89Greg56US #181
#90Shannon56US #100
#91Roger54US #84
#92Randall53US #121
#93Wayne53US #107
#94Samuel50US #66
#95Frank49US #61
#96Marc49US #81
#97Philip48US #91
#98Rodney48US #68
#99Martin47US #108
#100Tracy47US #126

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑37Danielle#62
↑24Tamara#68
↑23Kristen#64
↑22Joshua#35
↑20Benjamin#48
↑19Becky#66
↑18Tanya#32
↑18April#71

Falling

↓43Cheryl#90
↓23Linda#81
↓23Kurt#70
↓19Shelly#83
↓19Cindy#87
↓17Barbara#86
↓17Jon#65
↓16Gary#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.