State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,218 Wisconsin births in 1974 across 985 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#83Mathewoutside the national top 200
#65Kurt#182 nationally
#81Wade#197 nationally
#42Kari#153 nationally
#72Becky#177 nationally
#79Dean#184 nationally
#43Kim#145 nationally
#77Lynn#163 nationally
#66Kristine#147 nationally
#82Lance#159 nationally
#99Neil#175 nationally
#70Tricia#143 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,700US #1
#2Amy953US #2
#3Michelle782US #3
#4Heather608US #4
#5Angela521US #5
#6Lisa513US #8
#7Rebecca504US #10
#8Nicole483US #11
#9Sarah477US #20
#10Melissa436US #7
#11Jessica384US #17
#12Julie364US #14
#13Kimberly355US #6
#14Kelly334US #15
#15Tammy314US #24
#16Tracy293US #23
#17Stephanie288US #9
#18Heidi287US #60
#19Dawn286US #22
#20Sara266US #61
#21Laura239US #21
#22Christine235US #19
#23Tina235US #25
#24Brenda230US #59
#25Shannon219US #18
#26Mary215US #13
#27Elizabeth213US #12
#28Lori213US #30
#29Stacy212US #38
#30Carrie210US #42
#31Jill193US #58
#32Susan193US #27
#33Rachel192US #36
#34Tanya192US #46
#35Kristin186US #72
#36Jodi178US #91
#37Wendy177US #32
#38Erin172US #47
#39Karen157US #26
#40Holly143US #56
#41Tara142US #39
#42Kari141US #153
#43Kim141US #145
#44Danielle139US #40
#45Andrea134US #35
#46Stacey132US #48
#47Ann126US #100
#48Christina125US #16
#49Denise125US #53
#50Renee120US #85
#51Kristen118US #45
#52Michele117US #50
#53Theresa115US #79
#54April112US #28
#55Katherine112US #62
#56Dana108US #55
#57Cynthia107US #33
#58Patricia104US #29
#59Anne103US #120
#60Tiffany102US #41
#61Kathleen101US #76
#62Robin99US #63
#63Pamela97US #54
#64Gina93US #84
#65Amanda91US #34
#66Kristine91US #147
#67Cheryl88US #88
#68Debra88US #94
#69Shelly88US #107
#70Tricia88US #143
#71Beth87US #117
#72Becky86US #177
#73Kathryn86US #98
#74Linda85US #75
#75Melanie83US #51
#76Teresa83US #52
#77Lynn81US #163
#78Jamie80US #97
#79Laurie80US #116
#80Maria80US #31
#81Deanna78US #115
#82Jody78US #154
#83Catherine72US #73
#84Sandra72US #44
#85Christy71US #57
#86Monica71US #43
#87Jenny70US #131
#88Tonya70US #37
#89Sherry69US #89
#90Joy68US #109
#91Rhonda68US #86
#92Sheila68US #121
#93Emily67US #69
#94Paula67US #96
#95Margaret66US #95
#96Tamara66US #64
#97Jacqueline65US #83
#98Barbara64US #77
#99Bridget64US #134
#100Erica64US #74

Boys

#1Jason1,625US #2
#2Michael1,346US #1
#3Christopher944US #3
#4Brian915US #8
#5Matthew828US #9
#6David793US #4
#7Daniel744US #11
#8Scott736US #18
#9James698US #5
#10John662US #6
#11Chad647US #26
#12Eric608US #13
#13Robert595US #7
#14Ryan537US #25
#15Jeffrey516US #15
#16Kevin507US #14
#17Mark504US #16
#18Timothy475US #22
#19Andrew470US #28
#20Steven462US #19
#21Jeremy454US #24
#22Joseph429US #12
#23William416US #10
#24Thomas390US #20
#25Paul368US #27
#26Aaron335US #32
#27Todd327US #39
#28Joshua310US #29
#29Anthony299US #21
#30Richard284US #17
#31Craig261US #57
#32Shawn256US #30
#33Gregory243US #31
#34Bradley236US #58
#35Benjamin232US #46
#36Peter230US #50
#37Nathan221US #52
#38Patrick214US #38
#39Troy207US #63
#40Jonathan202US #33
#41Adam199US #36
#42Travis183US #54
#43Shane181US #56
#44Jesse172US #67
#45Charles166US #23
#46Kenneth163US #34
#47Bryan157US #45
#48Jamie155US #68
#49Justin155US #43
#50Keith148US #44
#51Douglas139US #53
#52Joel134US #75
#53Sean126US #37
#54Stephen123US #35
#55Ronald118US #42
#56Donald117US #41
#57Brent113US #76
#58Erik112US #90
#59Cory106US #114
#60Edward104US #40
#61Brad102US #105
#62Gary102US #48
#63Dennis100US #59
#64Jeffery100US #66
#65Kurt100US #182
#66Nicholas98US #80
#67Brett97US #95
#68Corey95US #77
#69Kyle95US #97
#70Jon93US #94
#71Jay90US #111
#72Derek88US #74
#73Randy86US #79
#74Jacob85US #88
#75Brandon83US #51
#76Dale77US #145
#77Terry77US #69
#78Tony67US #81
#79Dean64US #184
#80Russell62US #84
#81Wade61US #197
#82Lance60US #159
#83Mathew60
#84Shannon58US #101
#85Alan56US #118
#86Curtis56US #98
#87Lee54US #124
#88Roger54US #93
#89Randall53US #123
#90Raymond53US #62
#91Samuel53US #60
#92Jerry51US #61
#93Rodney51US #72
#94Casey50US #144
#95Frank50US #65
#96Darren49US #127
#97George49US #49
#98Marc48US #85
#99Neil48US #175
#100Philip48US #86

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑37Erin#38
↑31Amanda#65
↑27Robin#62
↑23Cheryl#67
↑19Katherine#55
↑18Danielle#44
↑17April#54
↑17Deanna#81

Falling

↓39Paula#94
↓28Sandra#84
↓28Tamara#96
↓20Kristine#66
↓18Teresa#76
↓17Jacqueline#97
↓14Pamela#63
↓14Sheila#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.