State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,125 Wisconsin births in 1979 across 1,047 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#81Kurt#194 nationally
#97Beckyoutside the national top 200
#48Kari#151 nationally
#56Jodi#140 nationally
#83Trisha#159 nationally
#90Neil#165 nationally
#58Ann#126 nationally
#51Anne#115 nationally
#55Beth#118 nationally
#78Molly#139 nationally
#51Lucas#108 nationally
#57Luke#110 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,487US #1
#2Jessica889US #4
#3Melissa857US #2
#4Sarah856US #6
#5Nicole742US #9
#6Amanda730US #3
#7Angela641US #8
#8Amy622US #5
#9Heather564US #7
#10Michelle532US #10
#11Rebecca504US #17
#12Kelly495US #16
#13Lisa492US #13
#14Sara464US #30
#15Elizabeth408US #11
#16Erin386US #21
#17Jamie382US #19
#18Kimberly354US #12
#19Stephanie354US #15
#20Laura303US #20
#21Andrea270US #26
#22Rachel262US #27
#23Shannon243US #25
#24Megan233US #31
#25Katie231US #63
#26Emily229US #34
#27Christina228US #14
#28Julie222US #29
#29Amber218US #22
#30Katherine214US #36
#31Heidi208US #83
#32Carrie201US #41
#33Tracy197US #49
#34Kathryn195US #50
#35Crystal194US #18
#36Christine193US #35
#37Jill193US #52
#38Stacy191US #43
#39Mary178US #24
#40Kristin166US #73
#41April164US #23
#42Tiffany164US #28
#43Holly158US #48
#44Tara153US #38
#45Danielle150US #33
#46Erica136US #32
#47Tanya135US #93
#48Kari132US #151
#49Tina124US #58
#50Stacey123US #60
#51Anne121US #115
#52Kristy121US #56
#53Anna118US #59
#54Dawn118US #57
#55Beth117US #118
#56Jodi117US #140
#57Dana115US #54
#58Ann112US #126
#59Leah112US #98
#60Karen110US #46
#61Theresa107US #100
#62Nichole102US #103
#63Gina99US #96
#64Courtney98US #71
#65Lori95US #69
#66Melanie95US #53
#67Tammy94US #79
#68Kristina93US #74
#69Susan92US #51
#70Kathleen91US #84
#71Brenda89US #112
#72Kristen89US #62
#73Brooke88US #85
#74Mindy87US #81
#75Pamela87US #90
#76Wendy86US #64
#77Renee85US #101
#78Molly82US #139
#79Erika81US #91
#80Patricia79US #44
#81Maria78US #37
#82Monica77US #40
#83Trisha77US #159
#84Jenny76US #120
#85Kristi76US #109
#86Jaclyn75US #124
#87Alison74US #102
#88Jacqueline74US #80
#89Robin74US #95
#90Alicia73US #47
#91Lindsay73US #88
#92Samantha73US #66
#93Margaret71US #108
#94Natalie70US #68
#95Catherine68US #78
#96Krista68US #130
#97Becky67
#98Mandy66US #116
#99Meghan66US #121
#100Denise65US #92

Boys

#1Michael1,523US #1
#2Jason1,266US #3
#3Matthew1,146US #6
#4Ryan948US #14
#5Christopher916US #2
#6Nicholas916US #15
#7Joshua835US #9
#8David801US #4
#9Andrew792US #20
#10Daniel734US #12
#11Brian724US #10
#12Eric699US #17
#13Joseph672US #11
#14James616US #5
#15Adam602US #23
#16John601US #7
#17Jeremy584US #16
#18Timothy575US #18
#19Robert506US #8
#20Scott484US #29
#21Kevin482US #19
#22Benjamin476US #33
#23Aaron453US #32
#24Justin449US #22
#25Chad446US #38
#26Steven433US #27
#27Jeffrey426US #24
#28Nathan426US #37
#29Thomas387US #26
#30Mark384US #30
#31Anthony356US #21
#32Travis352US #36
#33William343US #13
#34Paul321US #34
#35Bradley283US #47
#36Jonathan281US #31
#37Jacob279US #45
#38Jesse269US #50
#39Richard264US #25
#40Patrick250US #39
#41Charles217US #28
#42Shawn215US #43
#43Gregory207US #42
#44Peter200US #53
#45Brandon175US #35
#46Todd174US #60
#47Craig169US #77
#48Kyle163US #56
#49Bryan156US #46
#50Cory154US #82
#51Lucas154US #108
#52Shane151US #67
#53Erik149US #66
#54Kenneth143US #41
#55Keith141US #52
#56Joel135US #71
#57Luke130US #110
#58Troy130US #99
#59Jeremiah120US #81
#60Douglas119US #58
#61Zachary116US #74
#62Brent114US #84
#63Samuel110US #55
#64Jamie108US #88
#65Derek103US #72
#66Jared103US #65
#67Corey102US #63
#68Donald102US #51
#69Sean100US #49
#70Brad99US #115
#71Dustin99US #62
#72Shaun93US #64
#73Stephen92US #40
#74Brett88US #98
#75Casey83US #93
#76Nathaniel78US #95
#77Jay75US #126
#78Jon75US #118
#79Philip75US #83
#80Curtis74US #91
#81Kurt74US #194
#82Phillip74US #68
#83Ronald72US #54
#84Edward71US #48
#85Tyler70US #131
#86Dennis66US #75
#87Gary66US #59
#88Seth61US #101
#89Lee60US #129
#90Neil59US #165
#91Russell58US #92
#92Alan57US #116
#93Jeffery56US #87
#94Marcus55US #76
#95Ian54US #107
#96Kristopher52US #114
#97Raymond51US #70
#98Alexander49US #94
#99Randy49US #86
#100Terry49US #96

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑29Leah#59
↑22Anne#51
↑18Amber#29
↑17Dana#57
↑17Philip#79
↑16Tiffany#42
↑16Anna#53
↑15Lucas#51

Falling

↓22Samantha#92
↓21Jenny#84
↓21Shaun#72
↓18Susan#69
↓18Catherine#95
↓17Dawn#54
↓16Stephen#73
↓14Terry#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.