State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,308 Wisconsin births in 1983 across 1,055 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#80Abby#200 nationally
#83Kurtoutside the national top 200
#90Ross#186 nationally
#56Kari#145 nationally
#88Beth#169 nationally
#89Noah#169 nationally
#82Jonathon#160 nationally
#100Brad#175 nationally
#83Ann#157 nationally
#62Tanya#134 nationally
#85Abigail#151 nationally
#65Anne#130 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,174US #1
#2Jessica984US #2
#3Amanda880US #3
#4Sarah786US #5
#5Nicole731US #7
#6Melissa626US #6
#7Ashley572US #4
#8Rebecca536US #19
#9Stephanie522US #8
#10Amy506US #12
#11Elizabeth464US #10
#12Heather464US #9
#13Erin453US #18
#14Angela444US #22
#15Michelle425US #13
#16Sara395US #31
#17Megan392US #21
#18Emily380US #25
#19Amber379US #17
#20Rachel365US #20
#21Kelly353US #26
#22Jamie351US #28
#23Laura348US #23
#24Katie335US #45
#25Kimberly326US #15
#26Crystal296US #11
#27Lisa295US #27
#28Andrea284US #30
#29Kristin269US #42
#30Lindsay258US #36
#31Katherine250US #34
#32Tiffany214US #14
#33Danielle202US #29
#34Holly194US #48
#35Christina188US #16
#36Lindsey188US #35
#37Samantha182US #40
#38Shannon182US #38
#39Stacy178US #61
#40Kathryn175US #50
#41Mary172US #32
#42Julie167US #46
#43Heidi166US #95
#44Erica153US #33
#45Tara145US #51
#46Courtney139US #44
#47Kristen138US #37
#48Carrie136US #65
#49Anna130US #55
#50April128US #39
#51Cassandra128US #70
#52Christine118US #47
#53Lauren118US #24
#54Kayla114US #81
#55Kristina114US #63
#56Kari113US #145
#57Tracy113US #89
#58Alicia112US #41
#59Leah110US #82
#60Allison108US #59
#61Dana108US #72
#62Tanya106US #134
#63Stacey101US #76
#64Jill99US #98
#65Anne97US #130
#66Molly97US #129
#67Maria96US #43
#68Margaret92US #92
#69Jacqueline91US #53
#70Meghan91US #75
#71Karen89US #77
#72Nichole88US #93
#73Dawn87US #106
#74Brooke84US #96
#75Hannah83US #124
#76Catherine82US #66
#77Theresa81US #122
#78Natalie79US #52
#79Kathleen78US #73
#80Abby75US #200
#81Patricia74US #60
#82Victoria74US #58
#83Ann73US #157
#84Renee73US #97
#85Abigail71US #151
#86Jaclyn71US #126
#87Stefanie71US #105
#88Beth69US #169
#89Brittany68US #64
#90Monica68US #54
#91Bethany67US #99
#92Katrina67US #108
#93Valerie67US #74
#94Gina66US #121
#95Erika65US #80
#96Melanie65US #79
#97Natasha64US #71
#98Miranda63US #118
#99Wendy63US #125
#100Alison61US #116

Boys

#1Matthew1,367US #3
#2Michael1,337US #1
#3Christopher978US #2
#4Andrew927US #15
#5Joshua911US #5
#6Adam910US #18
#7Ryan900US #13
#8Daniel833US #8
#9Joseph771US #11
#10Jason770US #7
#11Nicholas722US #21
#12Justin707US #12
#13David672US #4
#14Brian621US #14
#15Eric609US #20
#16James563US #6
#17John517US #9
#18Robert516US #10
#19Benjamin495US #32
#20Jacob473US #36
#21Kyle460US #34
#22Steven438US #23
#23Aaron417US #29
#24Timothy398US #26
#25Nathan393US #40
#26Brandon392US #17
#27Thomas384US #24
#28Kevin379US #25
#29Anthony370US #22
#30Jonathan365US #19
#31Jeremy356US #30
#32Scott352US #38
#33Jeffrey345US #28
#34William332US #16
#35Paul311US #39
#36Travis310US #41
#37Mark294US #31
#38Chad289US #49
#39Dustin270US #43
#40Jesse249US #46
#41Patrick230US #37
#42Tyler224US #57
#43Bradley214US #52
#44Peter205US #59
#45Richard196US #27
#46Derek190US #51
#47Gregory182US #42
#48Bryan178US #47
#49Zachary178US #50
#50Charles165US #33
#51Shawn154US #53
#52Craig140US #70
#53Samuel136US #54
#54Cory135US #83
#55Erik134US #80
#56Jared133US #56
#57Sean122US #44
#58Joel120US #67
#59Luke119US #105
#60Kenneth115US #45
#61Lucas110US #117
#62Brett108US #73
#63Jordan104US #72
#64Douglas102US #69
#65Stephen102US #35
#66Casey99US #90
#67Alexander95US #63
#68Todd94US #87
#69Troy92US #113
#70Shane91US #84
#71Corey86US #74
#72Jeremiah81US #99
#73Keith81US #61
#74Nathaniel78US #79
#75Brent76US #94
#76Marcus76US #58
#77Philip75US #82
#78Seth75US #98
#79Phillip73US #66
#80Ian71US #77
#81Edward65US #55
#82Jonathon63US #160
#83Kurt63
#84Donald61US #60
#85Evan61US #93
#86Mitchell61US #143
#87Curtis60US #100
#88Lance60US #135
#89Noah59US #169
#90Ross59US #186
#91Alan58US #102
#92Trevor58US #130
#93Mathew54US #146
#94Shaun54US #111
#95Jeffery52US #91
#96Dennis51US #92
#97Gary51US #68
#98Derrick50US #78
#99Jamie49US #153
#100Brad48US #175

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑31Ashley#7
↑25Maria#67
↑21Holly#34
↑19Nichole#72
↑19Philip#77
↑18Karen#71
↑17Abby#80
↑17Kyle#21

Falling

↓23Renee#84
↓20Beth#88
↓19Alison#100
↓19Shaun#94
↓17Brad#100
↓15Brent#75
↓14Jamie#99
↓13Ann#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.