State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,754 Wisconsin births in 1980 across 1,096 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#76Kurt#192 nationally
#56Kari#158 nationally
#96Kate#197 nationally
#94Mathew#183 nationally
#74Trisha#161 nationally
#100Neil#181 nationally
#98Jonathon#171 nationally
#61Molly#133 nationally
#97Jodi#167 nationally
#75Ann#136 nationally
#53Anne#112 nationally
#52Beth#106 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,512US #1
#2Jessica985US #3
#3Amanda863US #2
#4Melissa852US #4
#5Sarah848US #5
#6Nicole727US #7
#7Amy593US #8
#8Rebecca574US #17
#9Angela568US #12
#10Heather526US #6
#11Sara521US #27
#12Michelle479US #10
#13Elizabeth466US #9
#14Lisa440US #16
#15Kelly425US #19
#16Erin415US #20
#17Stephanie384US #13
#18Kimberly382US #11
#19Jamie330US #24
#20Andrea313US #28
#21Laura307US #21
#22Katie305US #44
#23Rachel302US #23
#24Kristin285US #37
#25Amber263US #22
#26Megan263US #30
#27Julie250US #32
#28Tiffany245US #14
#29Heidi243US #79
#30Emily239US #31
#31Katherine239US #35
#32Crystal216US #18
#33Christina213US #15
#34Shannon213US #29
#35Carrie204US #46
#36Mary195US #25
#37Kathryn190US #50
#38Stacy185US #53
#39April181US #26
#40Tracy174US #56
#41Danielle167US #33
#42Brooke161US #57
#43Tara147US #43
#44Jill144US #66
#45Christine142US #41
#46Dana142US #68
#47Erica141US #34
#48Holly141US #52
#49Tanya137US #88
#50Dawn135US #67
#51Leah123US #84
#52Beth117US #106
#53Anne116US #112
#54Anna115US #55
#55Lindsay115US #71
#56Kari114US #158
#57Susan114US #62
#58Kristen112US #39
#59Stacey112US #74
#60Kristina111US #73
#61Molly108US #133
#62Tina108US #72
#63Lori106US #76
#64Theresa106US #104
#65Samantha104US #58
#66Allison101US #59
#67Karen100US #54
#68Nichole100US #102
#69Gina95US #100
#70Renee94US #107
#71Kristy93US #78
#72Courtney92US #48
#73Lindsey91US #91
#74Trisha89US #161
#75Ann88US #136
#76Catherine86US #77
#77Tammy86US #96
#78Alicia83US #47
#79Wendy82US #75
#80Maria79US #36
#81Pamela79US #86
#82Brenda77US #115
#83Kathleen77US #82
#84Erika75US #87
#85Ashley74US #40
#86Melanie73US #60
#87Melinda73US #92
#88Krista72US #121
#89Patricia72US #51
#90Valerie72US #85
#91Margaret71US #105
#92Jenny69US #117
#93Lauren69US #38
#94Natalie69US #65
#95Jacqueline67US #81
#96Kate67US #197
#97Jodi66US #167
#98Katrina66US #90
#99Kristi66US #122
#100Meghan66US #114

Boys

#1Michael1,436US #1
#2Matthew1,161US #6
#3Jason1,154US #3
#4Joshua1,014US #7
#5Ryan937US #15
#6Nicholas842US #17
#7Christopher839US #2
#8David805US #4
#9Andrew804US #19
#10Daniel741US #11
#11Eric733US #16
#12Adam719US #22
#13Joseph697US #10
#14Brian691US #12
#15Justin673US #13
#16James601US #5
#17John582US #8
#18Robert570US #9
#19Timothy524US #20
#20Jeremy523US #18
#21Benjamin511US #32
#22Nathan467US #36
#23Scott455US #33
#24Chad440US #39
#25Kevin425US #23
#26Thomas404US #25
#27Aaron396US #34
#28Steven391US #28
#29Jeffrey389US #27
#30Anthony357US #24
#31Jonathan351US #21
#32William346US #14
#33Travis334US #37
#34Jesse333US #45
#35Paul331US #35
#36Mark305US #30
#37Jacob274US #43
#38Bradley266US #51
#39Brandon242US #31
#40Peter228US #55
#41Richard223US #26
#42Patrick220US #38
#43Shawn212US #47
#44Derek202US #50
#45Kyle201US #57
#46Gregory199US #42
#47Lucas187US #98
#48Dustin183US #44
#49Luke180US #97
#50Charles179US #29
#51Craig175US #73
#52Erik172US #64
#53Bryan154US #49
#54Kenneth148US #41
#55Todd142US #75
#56Joel137US #67
#57Jeremiah135US #76
#58Shane133US #69
#59Keith130US #56
#60Cory129US #83
#61Corey119US #68
#62Stephen116US #40
#63Jared112US #61
#64Zachary111US #72
#65Brent109US #84
#66Douglas107US #62
#67Troy104US #106
#68Tyler104US #114
#69Jamie103US #105
#70Sean101US #48
#71Samuel97US #54
#72Nathaniel92US #86
#73Donald91US #53
#74Shaun87US #79
#75Casey86US #93
#76Kurt85US #192
#77Seth84US #99
#78Curtis78US #89
#79Brad74US #116
#80Edward74US #52
#81Philip73US #82
#82Brett72US #96
#83Phillip71US #65
#84Raymond70US #66
#85Lee68US #125
#86Randy68US #87
#87Alan67US #112
#88Jeffery66US #90
#89Dennis64US #80
#90Jay64US #141
#91Jon64US #127
#92Ronald63US #58
#93Gary61US #63
#94Mathew56US #183
#95Derrick55US #74
#96Frank55US #81
#97Carl52US #103
#98Jonathon51US #171
#99Kristopher50US #138
#100Neil49US #181

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑36Lindsay#55
↑31Brooke#42
↑27Samantha#65
↑23Dustin#48
↑21Derek#44
↑19Catherine#76
↑17Molly#61
↑17Tyler#68

Falling

↓41Jodi#97
↓20Melanie#86
↓19Kristy#71
↓17Ann#75
↓14Kristi#99
↓13Tina#62
↓13Kathleen#83
↓13Jay#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.