State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,779 Wisconsin births in 1985 across 1,117 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#76Abbyoutside the national top 200
#93Kurtoutside the national top 200
#97Beth#199 nationally
#70Kari#166 nationally
#87Jamie#167 nationally
#100Kate#179 nationally
#73Ross#147 nationally
#66Tanya#139 nationally
#58Heidi#125 nationally
#99Grant#166 nationally
#58Lucas#122 nationally
#86Anne#146 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda1,082US #4
#2Ashley999US #2
#3Jennifer942US #3
#4Jessica906US #1
#5Nicole730US #7
#6Sarah659US #5
#7Megan586US #10
#8Melissa584US #11
#9Heather519US #8
#10Elizabeth485US #9
#11Stephanie485US #6
#12Amy442US #20
#13Laura405US #14
#14Rachel404US #13
#15Rebecca398US #25
#16Emily397US #24
#17Amber392US #16
#18Katie385US #39
#19Sara366US #30
#20Danielle355US #18
#21Kimberly335US #19
#22Erin334US #26
#23Angela324US #31
#24Michelle313US #22
#25Kelly298US #28
#26Jamie296US #27
#27Samantha287US #29
#28Brittany260US #17
#29Andrea256US #33
#30Jenna244US #50
#31Kristin233US #49
#32Lindsey221US #37
#33Katherine220US #32
#34Crystal217US #21
#35Lisa211US #36
#36Kathryn197US #48
#37Lindsay195US #40
#38Tiffany193US #23
#39Christina189US #12
#40Cassandra174US #62
#41Holly169US #56
#42Shannon166US #41
#43Anna152US #54
#44Allison150US #46
#45Stacy147US #67
#46Christine141US #44
#47Erica140US #34
#48Lauren140US #15
#49Mary136US #35
#50Leah129US #78
#51Courtney128US #43
#52Julie126US #55
#53Kristina125US #57
#54Alicia123US #45
#55Tara122US #51
#56Meghan115US #63
#57April112US #47
#58Heidi112US #125
#59Dana109US #82
#60Carrie99US #96
#61Kayla99US #109
#62Kristen98US #38
#63Krystal93US #53
#64Molly93US #119
#65Gina91US #113
#66Tanya91US #139
#67Vanessa91US #42
#68Katrina90US #93
#69Tracy90US #107
#70Kari89US #166
#71Natalie88US #58
#72Margaret84US #90
#73Bethany78US #94
#74Catherine78US #65
#75Alison76US #97
#76Abby73
#77Alyssa73US #130
#78Brooke72US #102
#79Kathleen72US #68
#80Nichole71US #95
#81Jacqueline70US #60
#82Monica70US #61
#83Renee69US #118
#84Victoria69US #59
#85Theresa68US #136
#86Anne67US #146
#87Susan67US #106
#88Caitlin66US #77
#89Chelsea66US #75
#90Tina66US #110
#91Valerie66US #71
#92Jill65US #143
#93Maria65US #52
#94Patricia63US #64
#95Julia62US #85
#96Stacey61US #89
#97Beth60US #199
#98Hannah60US #117
#99Sheena60US #91
#100Kate59US #179

Boys

#1Michael1,266US #1
#2Matthew1,193US #3
#3Andrew955US #11
#4Joshua933US #4
#5Ryan921US #12
#6Christopher893US #2
#7Daniel873US #5
#8Adam763US #22
#9Nicholas726US #19
#10Joseph690US #10
#11David659US #6
#12Eric601US #21
#13Justin593US #15
#14Brandon578US #13
#15James575US #7
#16Kyle570US #27
#17Jason555US #14
#18Jacob524US #35
#19Robert511US #8
#20Brian489US #18
#21Benjamin476US #31
#22John462US #9
#23Anthony461US #20
#24Steven435US #24
#25Tyler413US #43
#26Timothy400US #26
#27Nathan393US #40
#28Thomas383US #25
#29Aaron373US #33
#30Kevin371US #23
#31Jonathan346US #17
#32Dustin329US #41
#33Zachary317US #39
#34Jeffrey308US #29
#35Scott308US #44
#36William308US #16
#37Jeremy300US #30
#38Paul279US #42
#39Mark252US #32
#40Patrick249US #37
#41Travis242US #46
#42Chad233US #57
#43Bradley220US #53
#44Jesse206US #51
#45Peter200US #60
#46Derek197US #56
#47Richard196US #28
#48Alexander190US #50
#49Gregory184US #45
#50Jordan172US #62
#51Bryan171US #48
#52Sean169US #38
#53Cody167US #52
#54Charles159US #34
#55Shawn150US #55
#56Luke144US #106
#57Cory137US #81
#58Lucas135US #122
#59Craig132US #79
#60Jared132US #58
#61Stephen131US #36
#62Samuel130US #54
#63Kenneth129US #47
#64Casey125US #86
#65Shane125US #68
#66Erik119US #87
#67Joel115US #67
#68Brett113US #70
#69Corey113US #63
#70Keith107US #64
#71Nathaniel105US #77
#72Mitchell104US #115
#73Ross101US #147
#74Alex99US #80
#75Brent88US #89
#76Troy81US #123
#77Trevor79US #105
#78Ian78US #78
#79Douglas77US #76
#80Marcus74US #61
#81Phillip71US #69
#82Seth71US #104
#83Philip67US #84
#84Edward66US #59
#85Todd64US #99
#86Derrick62US #83
#87Jamie62US #167
#88Jonathon62US #139
#89Jeremiah61US #111
#90Mathew61US #148
#91Curtis60US #98
#92Alan56US #109
#93Kurt56
#94Austin55US #107
#95Drew55US #126
#96Lee55US #142
#97Evan54US #91
#98Gary54US #82
#99Grant54US #166
#100Donald53US #66

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑31Brittany#28
↑25Vanessa#67
↑23Krystal#63
↑23Bethany#73
↑19Kristina#53
↑16Trevor#77
↑15Alison#75
↑13Cody#53

Falling

↓23Stacey#96
↓21Donald#100
↓17Heidi#58
↓13Kathleen#79
↓13Monica#82
↓12Kari#70
↓12Nichole#80
↓11Brooke#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.