State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,129 Wisconsin births in 1977 across 1,018 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#68Kurtoutside the national top 200
#81Triciaoutside the national top 200
#79Luke#190 nationally
#76Jody#184 nationally
#67Kristine#174 nationally
#95Lucasoutside the national top 200
#100Kimoutside the national top 200
#49Kari#130 nationally
#64Molly#141 nationally
#44Katie#115 nationally
#94Tyler#165 nationally
#82Colleen#145 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,571US #1
#2Jessica872US #4
#3Amy828US #3
#4Sarah785US #11
#5Heather612US #5
#6Melissa611US #2
#7Angela588US #6
#8Kelly586US #10
#9Nicole575US #15
#10Michelle532US #7
#11Rebecca526US #17
#12Sara446US #27
#13Lisa436US #12
#14Jamie376US #18
#15Amanda334US #9
#16Erin333US #23
#17Kimberly332US #8
#18Elizabeth331US #13
#19Carrie328US #28
#20Julie314US #22
#21Stephanie304US #14
#22Laura292US #20
#23Shannon291US #19
#24Andrea255US #24
#25Jill246US #41
#26Rachel226US #26
#27Tracy225US #50
#28Stacy224US #42
#29Heidi215US #81
#30Christina205US #16
#31Christine193US #30
#32Tammy191US #55
#33Dawn187US #43
#34Mary183US #21
#35Katherine177US #44
#36Tara166US #35
#37Tina166US #58
#38Danielle161US #31
#39Karen155US #32
#40Jaime152US #46
#41Tanya151US #67
#42Emily147US #37
#43Kristin144US #82
#44Katie143US #115
#45Megan140US #54
#46Erica138US #38
#47Wendy138US #49
#48Kathryn136US #70
#49Kari135US #130
#50Brenda132US #91
#51Amber128US #33
#52Susan126US #45
#53Stacey124US #56
#54Lori122US #57
#55Holly121US #52
#56Jodi119US #105
#57Ann113US #118
#58Tiffany110US #34
#59Melanie107US #53
#60Beth103US #97
#61Renee102US #87
#62Dana99US #62
#63Theresa97US #98
#64Molly96US #141
#65April95US #29
#66Crystal95US #25
#67Kristine93US #174
#68Jenny92US #108
#69Anne90US #123
#70Kristy87US #68
#71Kathleen86US #80
#72Erika85US #103
#73Monica83US #39
#74Gina81US #88
#75Robin81US #84
#76Jody74US #184
#77Kristina74US #83
#78Patricia74US #47
#79Catherine73US #75
#80Leah71US #112
#81Tricia70
#82Colleen69US #145
#83Mandy69US #94
#84Tonya69US #64
#85Nichole68US #142
#86Maria67US #36
#87Sandra67US #61
#88Brooke66US #150
#89Denise66US #78
#90Michele66US #77
#91Anna65US #74
#92Courtney65US #76
#93Cynthia65US #48
#94Teresa65US #79
#95Samantha64US #85
#96Laurie63US #153
#97Allison62US #66
#98Jacqueline62US #92
#99Kara62US #120
#100Kim61

Boys

#1Jason1,461US #2
#2Michael1,424US #1
#3Matthew961US #9
#4Christopher891US #3
#5Ryan845US #16
#6Brian824US #8
#7David766US #4
#8Andrew696US #24
#9Daniel674US #11
#10Jeremy660US #15
#11Eric649US #17
#12Joshua642US #14
#13James639US #5
#14Joseph628US #10
#15John611US #7
#16Robert584US #6
#17Kevin529US #13
#18Chad518US #34
#19Timothy495US #18
#20Jeffrey483US #19
#21Scott475US #27
#22Adam427US #33
#23Benjamin422US #29
#24Steven422US #23
#25Mark386US #25
#26Nathan383US #36
#27Thomas377US #22
#28Aaron373US #32
#29William366US #12
#30Paul326US #31
#31Anthony323US #21
#32Justin280US #30
#33Shawn250US #37
#34Richard249US #20
#35Nicholas246US #51
#36Jonathan242US #28
#37Jesse238US #54
#38Travis232US #44
#39Gregory228US #35
#40Bradley225US #49
#41Todd219US #50
#42Peter210US #55
#43Patrick207US #40
#44Craig198US #64
#45Cory182US #67
#46Jacob178US #56
#47Corey169US #52
#48Bryan157US #42
#49Keith152US #48
#50Shane152US #61
#51Charles146US #26
#52Troy141US #88
#53Douglas133US #59
#54Kyle133US #79
#55Kenneth132US #39
#56Joel127US #73
#57Brandon126US #41
#58Jamie119US #82
#59Jeremiah116US #69
#60Erik112US #94
#61Sean109US #43
#62Stephen107US #38
#63Donald103US #46
#64Brent102US #85
#65Brad97US #106
#66Samuel94US #60
#67Derek91US #84
#68Kurt85
#69Jared84US #76
#70Dennis83US #68
#71Edward79US #47
#72Brett78US #109
#73Jon78US #117
#74Gary76US #58
#75Jeffery74US #78
#76Casey68US #102
#77Tony68US #92
#78Ronald67US #53
#79Luke65US #190
#80Randy65US #86
#81Seth64US #118
#82Shannon62US #120
#83Jay61US #130
#84Wesley61US #66
#85Curtis60US #100
#86Kristopher60US #113
#87Russell60US #89
#88Nathaniel59US #107
#89Zachary58US #95
#90Raymond57US #65
#91Phillip56US #70
#92Philip55US #90
#93Shaun55US #103
#94Tyler55US #165
#95Lucas54
#96Carl53US #99
#97Larry52US #62
#98Lee52US #133
#99Dustin49US #81
#100Frank49US #71

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑35Katie#44
↑27Monica#73
↑22Erica#46
↑22Nicholas#35
↑20Kristine#67
↑19Kyle#54
↑17Megan#45
↑16Ronald#78

Falling

↓29Michele#90
↓29Courtney#92
↓27Kim#100
↓26Cynthia#93
↓19Shannon#82
↓19Zachary#89
↓18Jody#76
↓16Lori#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.