State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,324 Wisconsin births in 1975 across 981 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#76Kurtoutside the national top 200
#77Deanoutside the national top 200
#59Kim#178 nationally
#88Becky#193 nationally
#92Katie#194 nationally
#100Lucasoutside the national top 200
#85Lynn#182 nationally
#40Kari#129 nationally
#78Dale#159 nationally
#93Kristine#169 nationally
#97Molly#170 nationally
#82Tricia#148 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,575US #1
#2Amy947US #2
#3Angela632US #5
#4Heather626US #3
#5Michelle609US #6
#6Nicole545US #10
#7Rebecca519US #11
#8Lisa518US #8
#9Sarah502US #17
#10Jessica497US #13
#11Melissa490US #4
#12Kelly377US #16
#13Kimberly335US #7
#14Julie331US #18
#15Sara309US #54
#16Stephanie303US #9
#17Tracy279US #24
#18Carrie263US #29
#19Dawn263US #23
#20Heidi255US #66
#21Laura255US #20
#22Stacy247US #34
#23Elizabeth239US #15
#24Tammy229US #31
#25Rachel219US #26
#26Christine216US #22
#27Erin214US #38
#28Tina207US #35
#29Amanda204US #14
#30Jill203US #46
#31Brenda198US #67
#32Andrea189US #28
#33Tanya188US #50
#34Shannon182US #21
#35Christina177US #12
#36Wendy175US #33
#37Jodi174US #94
#38Mary174US #19
#39Lori166US #39
#40Kari156US #129
#41Kristin152US #74
#42Karen148US #27
#43Danielle144US #42
#44Katherine143US #58
#45Holly138US #55
#46Ann135US #104
#47Tara135US #41
#48Renee131US #87
#49Susan122US #32
#50Theresa120US #78
#51April117US #25
#52Patricia116US #36
#53Megan112US #69
#54Kathryn110US #99
#55Jamie109US #68
#56Michele109US #56
#57Tiffany107US #37
#58Stacey106US #44
#59Kim102US #178
#60Dana99US #62
#61Kristen97US #60
#62Anne90US #124
#63Emily90US #48
#64Kathleen89US #80
#65Denise88US #64
#66Beth87US #120
#67Tonya87US #45
#68Melanie86US #52
#69Sandra86US #51
#70Catherine85US #73
#71Gina85US #84
#72Paula84US #108
#73Amber82US #59
#74Shelly82US #113
#75Robin80US #65
#76Teresa79US #61
#77Pamela78US #70
#78Cynthia77US #40
#79Barbara76US #83
#80Crystal74US #43
#81Jacqueline74US #90
#82Tricia74US #148
#83Jenny73US #135
#84Erica72US #63
#85Lynn71US #182
#86Deanna70US #126
#87Rhonda70US #93
#88Becky69US #193
#89Kristina67US #103
#90Margaret67US #98
#91Tamara67US #77
#92Katie66US #194
#93Kristine66US #169
#94Monica65US #49
#95Sheila65US #134
#96Jody64US #162
#97Molly64US #170
#98Anna63US #79
#99Leah62US #132
#100Cheryl60US #97

Boys

#1Jason1,570US #2
#2Michael1,372US #1
#3Matthew900US #9
#4Christopher875US #3
#5Brian845US #8
#6David753US #5
#7Daniel713US #11
#8John653US #7
#9Scott647US #17
#10Ryan644US #23
#11James642US #4
#12Chad615US #27
#13Robert575US #6
#14Eric569US #13
#15Jeffrey523US #14
#16Andrew522US #28
#17Mark513US #19
#18Jeremy477US #24
#19Kevin464US #15
#20Joseph449US #12
#21Timothy446US #22
#22Steven445US #18
#23Joshua432US #26
#24William406US #10
#25Thomas384US #20
#26Paul371US #29
#27Aaron359US #32
#28Benjamin343US #36
#29Todd295US #43
#30Anthony282US #21
#31Shawn280US #31
#32Richard279US #16
#33Craig259US #58
#34Nathan250US #45
#35Jonathan242US #30
#36Adam240US #38
#37Gregory236US #33
#38Bradley235US #52
#39Peter213US #54
#40Travis209US #51
#41Patrick200US #39
#42Troy198US #69
#43Jesse196US #64
#44Justin180US #37
#45Jamie176US #62
#46Shane173US #57
#47Charles164US #25
#48Joel148US #74
#49Douglas146US #55
#50Nicholas139US #81
#51Kenneth138US #35
#52Sean136US #40
#53Keith133US #49
#54Cory128US #99
#55Donald127US #42
#56Bryan121US #47
#57Corey120US #71
#58Brad115US #98
#59Brent113US #79
#60Brandon112US #44
#61Erik104US #87
#62Jon104US #102
#63Jacob102US #75
#64Edward98US #41
#65Brett95US #92
#66Dennis95US #59
#67Ronald93US #46
#68Stephen92US #34
#69Jeffery91US #70
#70Gary90US #50
#71Kyle86US #88
#72Samuel82US #61
#73Terry79US #67
#74Derek76US #83
#75Tony73US #80
#76Kurt71
#77Dean70
#78Dale69US #159
#79Jay64US #117
#80Raymond62US #63
#81Randy61US #78
#82Shannon59US #101
#83Jared55US #100
#84Casey54US #130
#85Nathaniel54US #131
#86Lee53US #137
#87Russell53US #82
#88Alan50US #115
#89Curtis50US #113
#90Dustin50US #96
#91Jeremiah50US #149
#92Phillip50US #72
#93Jerry49US #65
#94Allen47US #127
#95Frank47US #66
#96Gerald47US #108
#97George45US #53
#98Martin45US #119
#99Darren43US #126
#100Lucas43

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑36Amanda#29
↑30Emily#63
↑23Jamie#55
↑22Paula#72
↑21Tonya#67
↑19Kathryn#54
↑19Barbara#79
↑19Samuel#72

Falling

↓33Cheryl#100
↓27Kristine#93
↓21Cynthia#78
↓17Susan#49
↓16Kim#59
↓16Denise#65
↓16Becky#88
↓14Pamela#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.