State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,088 Wisconsin births in 1982 across 1,061 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#80Kurtoutside the national top 200
#97Abbyoutside the national top 200
#79Ross#179 nationally
#88Jodi#176 nationally
#100Trisha#186 nationally
#70Ann#155 nationally
#53Kari#136 nationally
#68Beth#148 nationally
#83Brad#163 nationally
#64Molly#131 nationally
#55Luke#119 nationally
#100Jay#164 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,297US #1
#2Jessica1,164US #2
#3Amanda924US #3
#4Sarah916US #4
#5Nicole819US #6
#6Melissa642US #5
#7Amy559US #10
#8Rebecca549US #15
#9Elizabeth519US #8
#10Angela514US #16
#11Stephanie495US #7
#12Sara457US #28
#13Michelle453US #11
#14Heather415US #12
#15Erin403US #20
#16Rachel390US #21
#17Kelly368US #25
#18Amber367US #18
#19Emily366US #24
#20Laura357US #22
#21Andrea348US #27
#22Lisa333US #23
#23Katie331US #45
#24Jamie321US #29
#25Kristin308US #37
#26Kimberly305US #14
#27Megan294US #34
#28Crystal291US #9
#29Tiffany252US #13
#30Katherine246US #36
#31Kathryn210US #48
#32Julie208US #41
#33Lindsey202US #40
#34Heidi195US #86
#35Shannon193US #38
#36Lindsay192US #39
#37Danielle184US #31
#38Ashley173US #17
#39April171US #32
#40Christina167US #19
#41Carrie166US #57
#42Erica161US #35
#43Stacy156US #72
#44Mary150US #30
#45Samantha145US #44
#46Tara145US #47
#47Courtney143US #43
#48Anna142US #56
#49Kristen142US #33
#50Dana140US #67
#51Cassandra139US #62
#52Leah134US #79
#53Kari128US #136
#54Tracy127US #88
#55Holly125US #61
#56Tanya123US #114
#57Christine121US #46
#58Allison112US #58
#59Lauren112US #26
#60Jill111US #89
#61Renee109US #101
#62Jacqueline105US #54
#63Anne101US #122
#64Molly98US #131
#65Brooke96US #92
#66Dawn93US #95
#67Alicia92US #53
#68Beth92US #148
#69Natalie88US #51
#70Ann86US #155
#71Kristina85US #70
#72Stacey85US #85
#73Tina84US #90
#74Kathleen82US #77
#75Margaret81US #97
#76Theresa80US #109
#77Pamela79US #82
#78Catherine78US #73
#79Julia78US #84
#80Susan78US #76
#81Alison77US #111
#82Valerie73US #75
#83Bethany72US #112
#84Melanie72US #65
#85Colleen71US #139
#86Katrina71US #87
#87Patricia71US #59
#88Jodi70US #176
#89Karen70US #68
#90Monica70US #52
#91Nichole70US #99
#92Maria69US #42
#93Leslie67US #60
#94Natasha67US #71
#95Brenda66US #118
#96Bridget66US #147
#97Abby65
#98Abigail65US #157
#99Tammy65US #134
#100Trisha65US #186

Boys

#1Michael1,429US #1
#2Matthew1,304US #3
#3Joshua993US #7
#4Christopher967US #2
#5Jason928US #4
#6Ryan914US #13
#7Andrew888US #17
#8Daniel797US #10
#9Adam791US #19
#10David738US #5
#11Justin735US #12
#12Joseph728US #11
#13Nicholas722US #22
#14Brian658US #14
#15Eric607US #20
#16Robert588US #9
#17James573US #6
#18John569US #8
#19Benjamin521US #33
#20Aaron464US #30
#21Timothy453US #24
#22Jeremy445US #28
#23Steven439US #26
#24Scott413US #34
#25Jonathan402US #16
#26Nathan397US #36
#27Kevin396US #25
#28Thomas386US #23
#29Jeffrey380US #29
#30Jacob371US #41
#31Brandon369US #18
#32Anthony362US #21
#33William330US #15
#34Jesse320US #43
#35Travis320US #39
#36Paul315US #35
#37Mark309US #32
#38Kyle287US #47
#39Chad276US #48
#40Bradley262US #51
#41Patrick236US #37
#42Richard234US #27
#43Dustin224US #42
#44Peter223US #57
#45Gregory214US #40
#46Zachary194US #55
#47Derek193US #50
#48Charles169US #31
#49Bryan155US #49
#50Craig145US #73
#51Jared144US #54
#52Tyler144US #66
#53Shawn140US #52
#54Lucas139US #106
#55Luke128US #119
#56Joel127US #69
#57Cory125US #93
#58Casey122US #86
#59Kenneth121US #45
#60Brent112US #91
#61Erik111US #80
#62Sean111US #44
#63Samuel108US #56
#64Keith107US #59
#65Brett105US #72
#66Shane102US #84
#67Corey99US #74
#68Nathaniel97US #75
#69Jeremiah95US #89
#70Troy90US #115
#71Douglas87US #68
#72Jordan87US #85
#73Todd87US #82
#74Donald84US #58
#75Shaun82US #96
#76Alexander81US #65
#77Stephen81US #38
#78Phillip77US #67
#79Ross76US #179
#80Kurt75
#81Lee74US #123
#82Mitchell74US #135
#83Brad73US #163
#84Edward73US #53
#85Jamie72US #131
#86Jeffery70US #92
#87Seth70US #102
#88Alan69US #107
#89Randy69US #94
#90Curtis68US #101
#91Jonathon67US #153
#92Marcus67US #63
#93Dennis65US #87
#94Noah63US #154
#95Ian61US #83
#96Philip60US #79
#97Kristopher56US #125
#98Lance56US #142
#99Gary55US #64
#100Jay55US #164

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑42Ashley#38
↑34Lauren#59
↑30Cassandra#51
↑22Lindsay#36
↑21Lindsey#33
↑17Margaret#75
↑15Valerie#82
↑14Samantha#45

Falling

↓32Brenda#95
↓26Brooke#65
↓23Karen#89
↓21Gary#99
↓18Jill#60
↓18Beth#68
↓17Nichole#91
↓17Stephen#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.