State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,873 Wisconsin births in 1986 across 1,108 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#82Kari#170 nationally
#74Tanya#160 nationally
#90Jake#171 nationally
#79Jill#159 nationally
#52Heidi#131 nationally
#75Ross#152 nationally
#86Colin#158 nationally
#83Anne#151 nationally
#81Abigail#143 nationally
#67Lucas#126 nationally
#91Lee#145 nationally
#98Dylan#149 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda1,085US #3
#2Ashley1,029US #2
#3Jessica881US #1
#4Jennifer730US #4
#5Sarah706US #5
#6Nicole649US #7
#7Stephanie541US #6
#8Megan526US #11
#9Melissa490US #12
#10Heather443US #9
#11Emily438US #24
#12Elizabeth424US #10
#13Amber405US #13
#14Amy375US #22
#15Laura375US #20
#16Samantha373US #21
#17Rebecca362US #26
#18Brittany361US #8
#19Danielle354US #16
#20Rachel354US #15
#21Katie353US #38
#22Kimberly332US #18
#23Sara324US #27
#24Michelle320US #23
#25Kelly298US #29
#26Angela287US #33
#27Erin271US #30
#28Jamie238US #34
#29Andrea232US #36
#30Katherine229US #28
#31Cassandra208US #60
#32Crystal208US #25
#33Tiffany208US #17
#34Lisa204US #40
#35Lindsey200US #39
#36Jenna195US #55
#37Kristin192US #50
#38Kayla181US #64
#39Lindsay180US #46
#40Christina173US #19
#41Courtney168US #35
#42Allison166US #42
#43Lauren164US #14
#44Kathryn159US #48
#45Shannon158US #44
#46Alicia156US #45
#47Anna155US #51
#48Holly145US #63
#49Erica144US #31
#50Mary136US #37
#51Whitney136US #32
#52Heidi119US #131
#53Christine118US #47
#54Kristen117US #41
#55Leah115US #78
#56Julie106US #58
#57Tara104US #56
#58Natalie103US #52
#59Alyssa102US #85
#60Kristina102US #62
#61Stacy101US #87
#62Vanessa98US #43
#63Meghan96US #71
#64Molly92US #110
#65Dana91US #92
#66Caitlin88US #69
#67Krista86US #93
#68Krystal85US #61
#69Margaret84US #90
#70Hannah83US #82
#71Tracy83US #117
#72April82US #53
#73Kathleen80US #68
#74Tanya79US #160
#75Alison78US #96
#76Maria77US #49
#77Katrina76US #99
#78Jacqueline75US #57
#79Jill75US #159
#80Nichole75US #105
#81Abigail74US #143
#82Kari74US #170
#83Anne73US #151
#84Kelsey73US #112
#85Bethany72US #91
#86Casey72US #80
#87Chelsea72US #73
#88Gina71US #119
#89Julia70US #88
#90Carrie69US #109
#91Victoria69US #54
#92Catherine68US #67
#93Mallory68US #83
#94Alexandra65US #72
#95Brooke65US #104
#96Valerie65US #76
#97Erika64US #74
#98Monica64US #59
#99Natasha64US #70
#100Brittney63US #65

Boys

#1Michael1,208US #1
#2Matthew1,126US #3
#3Andrew1,001US #8
#4Ryan866US #11
#5Joshua852US #4
#6Christopher824US #2
#7Daniel732US #6
#8Nicholas722US #17
#9Adam712US #24
#10Kyle695US #23
#11Joseph643US #12
#12David614US #5
#13Jacob594US #31
#14Brandon590US #13
#15Justin581US #14
#16Eric554US #22
#17Benjamin516US #30
#18James506US #7
#19Robert488US #9
#20Jason486US #18
#21Tyler477US #40
#22Brian449US #20
#23John444US #10
#24Anthony398US #19
#25Kevin385US #21
#26Nathan381US #43
#27Thomas381US #26
#28Steven367US #25
#29Jeremy365US #28
#30Timothy356US #27
#31William300US #15
#32Zachary299US #38
#33Aaron298US #33
#34Jonathan297US #16
#35Dustin273US #42
#36Jeffrey272US #32
#37Alexander264US #41
#38Mark262US #35
#39Jordan246US #53
#40Paul241US #45
#41Travis240US #49
#42Scott238US #44
#43Patrick220US #39
#44Bradley214US #54
#45Jesse210US #48
#46Derek204US #57
#47Peter189US #60
#48Richard189US #29
#49Chad186US #59
#50Samuel184US #52
#51Gregory173US #46
#52Sean172US #37
#53Alex156US #64
#54Charles153US #34
#55Shawn150US #55
#56Cody149US #56
#57Bryan148US #47
#58Craig133US #80
#59Jared131US #58
#60Cory125US #68
#61Mitchell125US #105
#62Nathaniel125US #78
#63Luke124US #106
#64Stephen124US #36
#65Kenneth122US #50
#66Shane121US #67
#67Lucas119US #126
#68Brett115US #69
#69Casey107US #83
#70Erik100US #92
#71Joel97US #72
#72Evan95US #81
#73Corey92US #62
#74Ian86US #85
#75Ross86US #152
#76Phillip81US #70
#77Brent78US #94
#78Troy76US #123
#79Edward74US #61
#80Keith72US #66
#81Jonathon70US #129
#82Jeremiah69US #118
#83Trevor69US #98
#84Donald68US #71
#85Seth65US #97
#86Colin63US #158
#87Garrett63US #117
#88Marcus63US #63
#89Philip62US #86
#90Jake58US #171
#91Lee57US #145
#92Douglas56US #82
#93Drew55US #138
#94Mathew54US #141
#95Devin53US #113
#96Todd53US #110
#97Curtis52US #100
#98Dylan52US #149
#99Tony52US #120
#100Lance51US #134

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑28Hannah#70
↑25Evan#72
↑23Kayla#38
↑22Caitlin#66
↑21Alex#53
↑18Alyssa#59
↑17Maria#76
↑16Donald#84

Falling

↓30Carrie#90
↓23Gina#88
↓18Catherine#92
↓17Brooke#95
↓16Stacy#61
↓16Monica#98
↓15April#72
↓13Douglas#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.