State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,821 Wisconsin births in 1981 across 1,065 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#88Kurtoutside the national top 200
#100Beckyoutside the national top 200
#47Kari#145 nationally
#87Jodi#173 nationally
#98Noah#180 nationally
#50Beth#125 nationally
#60Ann#133 nationally
#94Mathew#165 nationally
#92Jonathon#162 nationally
#94Trisha#164 nationally
#90Abigail#156 nationally
#78Molly#135 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,410US #1
#2Jessica1,114US #2
#3Sarah971US #4
#4Amanda887US #3
#5Nicole761US #7
#6Melissa727US #5
#7Amy627US #6
#8Rebecca530US #12
#9Angela512US #15
#10Sara477US #26
#11Elizabeth468US #9
#12Michelle449US #11
#13Stephanie443US #8
#14Kelly437US #23
#15Erin404US #19
#16Heather400US #10
#17Katie383US #44
#18Lisa383US #18
#19Laura352US #21
#20Rachel352US #22
#21Kimberly340US #13
#22Kristin331US #31
#23Andrea315US #24
#24Jamie305US #28
#25Emily300US #29
#26Amber285US #20
#27Megan262US #33
#28Tiffany250US #14
#29Crystal244US #16
#30Julie236US #37
#31Katherine229US #39
#32Heidi219US #84
#33April209US #25
#34Shannon201US #32
#35Kathryn192US #48
#36Mary186US #27
#37Christina185US #17
#38Danielle176US #30
#39Brooke165US #52
#40Stacy165US #65
#41Carrie162US #55
#42Jill153US #78
#43Tracy144US #77
#44Tanya143US #92
#45Erica142US #36
#46Tara141US #45
#47Kari132US #145
#48Christine131US #42
#49Kristen131US #38
#50Beth128US #125
#51Leah128US #81
#52Dana123US #70
#53Courtney121US #43
#54Lindsey119US #58
#55Holly118US #63
#56Anna115US #54
#57Anne114US #105
#58Lindsay111US #47
#59Samantha111US #51
#60Ann99US #133
#61Renee98US #98
#62Theresa98US #100
#63Brenda95US #112
#64Susan92US #71
#65Dawn91US #79
#66Karen91US #64
#67Alicia90US #46
#68Kristina89US #72
#69Pamela89US #76
#70Allison88US #57
#71Natalie88US #60
#72Patricia87US #53
#73Wendy87US #90
#74Nichole86US #109
#75Stacey86US #83
#76Kristy85US #94
#77Maria85US #40
#78Molly85US #135
#79Tina84US #80
#80Ashley83US #34
#81Cassandra82US #104
#82Melanie82US #66
#83Gina80US #106
#84Tammy80US #117
#85Monica79US #49
#86Kathleen77US #82
#87Jodi76US #173
#88Catherine75US #73
#89Julia74US #88
#90Abigail73US #156
#91Lori72US #91
#92Margaret71US #107
#93Lauren70US #35
#94Trisha69US #164
#95Bridget68US #150
#96Victoria68US #87
#97Valerie67US #89
#98Katrina65US #95
#99Leslie65US #56
#100Becky64

Boys

#1Michael1,429US #1
#2Matthew1,274US #3
#3Joshua1,013US #6
#4Jason970US #4
#5Ryan964US #13
#6Christopher878US #2
#7Andrew830US #18
#8Adam766US #20
#9Daniel750US #10
#10David738US #5
#11Joseph705US #11
#12Nicholas704US #21
#13Justin686US #12
#14Eric640US #17
#15Benjamin615US #32
#16Brian596US #14
#17John581US #8
#18Robert565US #9
#19James564US #7
#20Jeremy530US #22
#21Timothy497US #24
#22Aaron458US #30
#23Scott458US #34
#24Nathan456US #36
#25Jonathan418US #16
#26Anthony391US #23
#27Jeffrey387US #29
#28Kevin381US #25
#29Chad376US #47
#30Thomas374US #26
#31Steven370US #28
#32Jesse358US #37
#33Brandon348US #19
#34Jacob342US #43
#35Paul341US #35
#36Mark321US #33
#37Travis304US #40
#38William302US #15
#39Bradley266US #50
#40Kyle253US #52
#41Peter230US #55
#42Richard230US #27
#43Dustin220US #42
#44Patrick216US #38
#45Gregory202US #46
#46Lucas196US #89
#47Derek194US #53
#48Luke187US #100
#49Craig167US #72
#50Shawn160US #49
#51Bryan152US #48
#52Charles149US #31
#53Cory147US #90
#54Erik141US #76
#55Brett130US #79
#56Kenneth130US #41
#57Zachary126US #63
#58Todd122US #74
#59Joel120US #65
#60Stephen114US #39
#61Jared113US #57
#62Sean112US #44
#63Keith111US #58
#64Samuel109US #54
#65Tyler108US #96
#66Douglas107US #64
#67Troy107US #114
#68Nathaniel106US #80
#69Shane104US #81
#70Corey99US #69
#71Casey98US #85
#72Jeremiah98US #77
#73Brent97US #88
#74Curtis92US #94
#75Jordan90US #102
#76Phillip90US #66
#77Donald88US #56
#78Gary79US #62
#79Dennis75US #83
#80Shaun75US #86
#81Jamie73US #118
#82Jeffery73US #93
#83Edward72US #51
#84Alexander70US #70
#85Lee69US #123
#86Brad68US #143
#87Seth68US #95
#88Kurt65
#89Jon64US #132
#90Philip61US #84
#91Alan60US #112
#92Jonathon59US #162
#93Mitchell59US #140
#94Mathew57US #165
#95Randy56US #91
#96Ian55US #101
#97Ronald53US #59
#98Noah52US #180
#99Derrick51US #78
#100George51US #61

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑27Brett#55
↑23Natalie#71
↑19Courtney#53
↑19Lindsey#54
↑19Brenda#63
↑17Patricia#72
↑15Ann#60
↑15Gary#78

Falling

↓28Lori#91
↓20Trisha#94
↓17Molly#78
↓17Tina#79
↓16Stacey#75
↓15Dawn#65
↓15Jeremiah#72
↓14Gina#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.