State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,175 Wisconsin births in 1976 across 962 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#72Kurtoutside the national top 200
#74Beckyoutside the national top 200
#73Kim#195 nationally
#88Deanoutside the national top 200
#92Lukeoutside the national top 200
#72Tricia#179 nationally
#58Jody#164 nationally
#99Lynnoutside the national top 200
#87Kristine#187 nationally
#99Mathew#192 nationally
#75Dale#161 nationally
#79Katie#162 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,642US #1
#2Amy925US #2
#3Jessica678US #8
#4Sarah639US #15
#5Heather596US #4
#6Angela579US #5
#7Melissa565US #3
#8Rebecca519US #12
#9Nicole505US #13
#10Michelle487US #6
#11Lisa472US #9
#12Sara435US #27
#13Jamie385US #18
#14Kelly362US #19
#15Kimberly357US #7
#16Julie332US #21
#17Shannon327US #17
#18Stephanie299US #11
#19Carrie291US #28
#20Elizabeth281US #16
#21Laura281US #20
#22Erin279US #24
#23Amanda234US #10
#24Heidi231US #70
#25Tracy230US #37
#26Jaime216US #29
#27Rachel211US #23
#28Dawn210US #35
#29Stacy206US #38
#30Christine203US #26
#31Andrea201US #25
#32Tammy199US #41
#33Jill189US #52
#34Christina186US #14
#35Mary172US #22
#36Wendy163US #39
#37Tina155US #48
#38Lori154US #47
#39Karen151US #31
#40Brenda149US #77
#41Tanya147US #61
#42Holly145US #56
#43Kristin143US #74
#44Tara141US #42
#45Jodi138US #102
#46Kari132US #127
#47Emily130US #50
#48Danielle126US #33
#49Kathryn126US #88
#50Katherine122US #57
#51Susan122US #40
#52Amber116US #49
#53Renee116US #86
#54Tiffany114US #32
#55Ann110US #108
#56Stacey103US #51
#57Dana100US #64
#58Jody96US #164
#59Anne94US #124
#60April93US #30
#61Michele93US #63
#62Megan92US #62
#63Courtney91US #76
#64Beth89US #114
#65Jenny86US #109
#66Patricia85US #43
#67Cynthia82US #44
#68Erica82US #54
#69Kathleen79US #82
#70Melanie79US #53
#71Theresa79US #89
#72Tricia79US #179
#73Kim78US #195
#74Becky77
#75Molly77US #150
#76Catherine76US #72
#77Denise76US #69
#78Maria76US #34
#79Katie74US #162
#80Crystal73US #36
#81Margaret73US #103
#82Tamara73US #91
#83Kristina72US #97
#84Robin72US #75
#85Anna71US #78
#86Gina70US #94
#87Kristine69US #187
#88Leah68US #119
#89Pamela68US #84
#90Mandy67US #100
#91Jacqueline66US #99
#92Sandra66US #59
#93Laurie64US #137
#94Kristen63US #73
#95Leslie62US #65
#96Paula62US #121
#97Tonya62US #58
#98Deanna60US #128
#99Lynn59
#100Monica59US #45

Boys

#1Jason1,510US #2
#2Michael1,297US #1
#3Matthew988US #9
#4Brian892US #8
#5Christopher847US #3
#6David754US #4
#7Daniel725US #10
#8Ryan707US #16
#9Eric633US #13
#10James602US #5
#11Jeremy586US #14
#12John576US #6
#13Chad574US #29
#14Robert557US #7
#15Scott554US #24
#16Andrew533US #27
#17Joseph524US #12
#18Timothy477US #21
#19Kevin476US #15
#20Joshua474US #18
#21Jeffrey471US #17
#22Steven446US #20
#23Mark438US #25
#24Benjamin394US #32
#25Aaron390US #30
#26Thomas376US #23
#27Adam371US #36
#28William328US #11
#29Paul324US #28
#30Anthony317US #22
#31Nathan300US #39
#32Richard261US #19
#33Bradley246US #51
#34Shawn239US #34
#35Justin238US #33
#36Todd237US #50
#37Travis220US #46
#38Jesse219US #55
#39Jonathan217US #31
#40Craig207US #61
#41Gregory207US #35
#42Peter206US #54
#43Patrick189US #41
#44Charles174US #26
#45Shane161US #57
#46Joel160US #72
#47Cory157US #83
#48Troy157US #73
#49Jamie153US #62
#50Bryan151US #43
#51Corey139US #64
#52Douglas133US #56
#53Kenneth133US #38
#54Keith132US #48
#55Sean118US #42
#56Donald115US #47
#57Nicholas114US #77
#58Brad113US #108
#59Jacob112US #63
#60Brandon108US #40
#61Stephen106US #37
#62Brett98US #109
#63Shannon98US #98
#64Gary97US #52
#65Erik95US #94
#66Jeremiah93US #93
#67Brent91US #78
#68Jeffery91US #76
#69Jon90US #111
#70Zachary89US #97
#71Edward83US #45
#72Kurt80
#73Kyle79US #80
#74Derek77US #84
#75Dale74US #161
#76Samuel72US #59
#77Jay69US #126
#78Jared65US #90
#79Dennis63US #66
#80Philip63US #89
#81Nathaniel62US #114
#82Randy61US #79
#83Russell60US #87
#84Casey57US #123
#85Phillip57US #69
#86Lee56US #138
#87Tony56US #86
#88Dean54
#89Lance54US #144
#90Seth54US #128
#91Dustin53US #82
#92Luke53
#93Terry53US #75
#94Ronald52US #49
#95Allen49US #134
#96Raymond48US #65
#97George47US #53
#98Gerald47US #120
#99Mathew46US #192
#100Bruce45US #148

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑42Jamie#13
↑38Jody#58
↑25Jeremiah#66
↑22Molly#75
↑21Amber#52
↑19Shannon#63
↑18Jenny#65
↑17Shannon#17

Falling

↓33Kristen#94
↓30Tonya#97
↓27Ronald#94
↓24Paula#96
↓23Sandra#92
↓21Theresa#71
↓20Terry#93
↓16Raymond#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.