State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,650 Wisconsin births in 1984 across 1,079 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#77Abbyoutside the national top 200
#95Kurtoutside the national top 200
#99Jodioutside the national top 200
#58Kari#156 nationally
#88Beth#168 nationally
#76Ross#155 nationally
#62Tanya#140 nationally
#55Lucas#130 nationally
#64Molly#131 nationally
#94Ann#160 nationally
#92Jamie#154 nationally
#41Heidi#101 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,100US #1
#2Amanda951US #4
#3Jessica889US #2
#4Ashley787US #3
#5Nicole780US #7
#6Sarah725US #5
#7Melissa583US #8
#8Elizabeth521US #10
#9Heather519US #9
#10Stephanie512US #6
#11Amy508US #13
#12Megan455US #11
#13Emily417US #24
#14Rachel414US #15
#15Michelle395US #17
#16Laura390US #19
#17Rebecca390US #23
#18Katie377US #44
#19Kelly370US #27
#20Angela368US #26
#21Sara350US #32
#22Amber343US #18
#23Erin331US #25
#24Kimberly327US #22
#25Danielle316US #16
#26Jamie281US #31
#27Andrea265US #28
#28Crystal254US #12
#29Lindsey249US #35
#30Lisa248US #29
#31Kristin238US #47
#32Tiffany237US #14
#33Katherine230US #30
#34Lindsay220US #36
#35Samantha212US #39
#36Jenna202US #54
#37Holly188US #53
#38Kathryn183US #48
#39Christina176US #20
#40Shannon172US #37
#41Heidi169US #101
#42Stacy162US #67
#43Anna158US #57
#44Cassandra157US #63
#45Alicia155US #40
#46Erica151US #34
#47Lauren147US #21
#48Christine145US #43
#49Mary141US #33
#50Julie139US #52
#51April134US #42
#52Courtney131US #46
#53Allison130US #51
#54Dana130US #73
#55Carrie124US #78
#56Kristen123US #38
#57Leah122US #83
#58Kari120US #156
#59Brittany114US #41
#60Tara111US #49
#61Meghan107US #65
#62Tanya102US #140
#63Kayla100US #100
#64Molly94US #131
#65Tracy93US #91
#66Kathleen92US #71
#67Brooke91US #99
#68Nichole90US #97
#69Monica85US #58
#70Gina83US #109
#71Margaret83US #92
#72Kristina82US #68
#73Stacey80US #79
#74Catherine79US #69
#75Anne78US #127
#76Katrina78US #105
#77Abby76
#78Natalie76US #55
#79Theresa76US #121
#80Krista75US #133
#81Jacqueline74US #56
#82Valerie74US #76
#83Renee73US #108
#84Jill72US #120
#85Patricia72US #66
#86Krystal71US #74
#87Maria71US #50
#88Beth70US #168
#89Sheena69US #80
#90Alison68US #110
#91Chelsea67US #84
#92Vanessa67US #45
#93Victoria67US #59
#94Ann64US #160
#95Natasha62US #77
#96Bethany61US #93
#97Julia61US #87
#98Rachael61US #103
#99Jodi60
#100Karen60US #82

Boys

#1Michael1,383US #1
#2Matthew1,252US #3
#3Joshua975US #4
#4Adam952US #18
#5Ryan937US #12
#6Christopher907US #2
#7Andrew890US #14
#8Daniel866US #6
#9Joseph720US #10
#10Nicholas708US #20
#11David691US #5
#12Jason681US #11
#13Eric648US #22
#14Justin624US #13
#15Brian529US #17
#16Benjamin503US #30
#17Brandon501US #15
#18John497US #8
#19Robert489US #9
#20James478US #7
#21Jacob469US #37
#22Timothy451US #26
#23Anthony424US #21
#24Kyle424US #34
#25Steven410US #23
#26Kevin405US #24
#27Aaron393US #29
#28Jonathan385US #19
#29Nathan384US #38
#30Thomas359US #25
#31Tyler350US #47
#32Jeremy334US #31
#33Scott328US #39
#34William318US #16
#35Jeffrey303US #28
#36Travis298US #42
#37Mark289US #32
#38Dustin285US #41
#39Zachary260US #45
#40Paul252US #40
#41Bradley247US #53
#42Chad231US #51
#43Jesse231US #50
#44Patrick230US #36
#45Derek203US #52
#46Gregory201US #44
#47Peter200US #60
#48Richard191US #27
#49Charles168US #33
#50Stephen160US #35
#51Craig154US #75
#52Sean144US #43
#53Alexander137US #54
#54Kenneth137US #46
#55Lucas135US #130
#56Joel132US #66
#57Bryan131US #48
#58Jordan129US #65
#59Luke128US #110
#60Shawn125US #56
#61Jared124US #59
#62Samuel120US #55
#63Erik118US #84
#64Cory116US #83
#65Brett114US #72
#66Cody110US #62
#67Corey110US #69
#68Casey108US #82
#69Nathaniel96US #80
#70Shane92US #85
#71Keith86US #61
#72Mitchell86US #125
#73Brent83US #89
#74Troy82US #114
#75Douglas78US #71
#76Ross76US #155
#77Seth76US #99
#78Alex73US #93
#79Donald73US #63
#80Curtis72US #96
#81Phillip72US #70
#82Ian71US #78
#83Carl69US #108
#84Mathew69US #139
#85Todd69US #92
#86Jeremiah68US #102
#87Marcus67US #57
#88Jonathon64US #142
#89Lee64US #124
#90Philip62US #81
#91Edward60US #58
#92Jamie60US #154
#93Trevor60US #115
#94Evan59US #98
#95Kurt59
#96Alan58US #105
#97Derrick58US #79
#98Gary56US #76
#99Lance56US #127
#100Randy55US #100

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑30Brittany#59
↑24Gina#70
↑21Monica#69
↑16Katrina#76
↑15Stephen#50
↑14Alexander#53
↑14Mitchell#72
↑14Ross#76

Falling

↓29Karen#100
↓20Jill#84
↓20Maria#87
↓17Kristina#72
↓17Todd#85
↓15Tara#60
↓14Jeremiah#86
↓13Philip#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.