State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,349 Wisconsin births in 1987 across 1,118 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#74Kari#167 nationally
#55Heidi#144 nationally
#82Ross#162 nationally
#85Tanya#156 nationally
#95Jake#166 nationally
#78Dylan#141 nationally
#92Lee#154 nationally
#62Lucas#121 nationally
#86Abigail#138 nationally
#86Colin#134 nationally
#99Anne#147 nationally
#88Jonathon#132 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,176US #2
#2Amanda1,076US #3
#3Jessica896US #1
#4Jennifer656US #4
#5Sarah644US #5
#6Nicole597US #8
#7Samantha530US #11
#8Megan476US #12
#9Melissa433US #13
#10Stephanie425US #6
#11Elizabeth421US #10
#12Emily419US #19
#13Danielle415US #14
#14Amber405US #15
#15Rachel391US #17
#16Heather386US #9
#17Amy368US #24
#18Katie357US #38
#19Kayla354US #27
#20Brittany351US #7
#21Laura349US #22
#22Rebecca326US #25
#23Kimberly299US #23
#24Michelle289US #21
#25Sara285US #29
#26Kelly273US #30
#27Angela244US #35
#28Katherine237US #28
#29Jamie231US #39
#30Erin228US #34
#31Andrea208US #36
#32Lindsey196US #41
#33Lisa194US #40
#34Tiffany186US #18
#35Anna185US #52
#36Lauren184US #16
#37Alyssa175US #60
#38Jenna174US #57
#39Kathryn166US #51
#40Cassandra159US #68
#41Crystal158US #26
#42Allison156US #44
#43Kristin153US #55
#44Kelsey146US #67
#45Christina144US #20
#46Shannon142US #45
#47Erica140US #31
#48Lindsay137US #49
#49Alicia130US #46
#50Courtney130US #33
#51Chelsea125US #47
#52Leah124US #82
#53Whitney123US #32
#54Hannah114US #66
#55Heidi114US #144
#56Mary111US #37
#57Molly109US #97
#58April108US #58
#59Holly103US #71
#60Natalie103US #56
#61Julie102US #65
#62Jacqueline98US #54
#63Bethany97US #87
#64Caitlin97US #63
#65Dana95US #83
#66Tara95US #69
#67Kristina93US #62
#68Stacy91US #101
#69Christine90US #48
#70Vanessa87US #43
#71Kristen84US #42
#72Alexandra82US #59
#73Maria82US #53
#74Kari81US #167
#75Victoria81US #50
#76Alison79US #100
#77Margaret79US #90
#78Casey77US #81
#79Kathleen76US #72
#80Mallory74US #91
#81Katrina73US #105
#82Meghan73US #78
#83Natasha70US #73
#84Krystal69US #70
#85Tanya69US #156
#86Abigail68US #138
#87Brianna68US #122
#88Brittney68US #61
#89Carrie68US #119
#90Krista68US #108
#91Brooke67US #94
#92Rachael66US #98
#93Catherine65US #74
#94Erika65US #75
#95Kendra63US #77
#96Julia61US #86
#97Katelyn60US #127
#98Monica59US #64
#99Anne58US #147
#100Renee58US #134

Boys

#1Michael1,194US #1
#2Andrew1,070US #6
#3Matthew1,043US #3
#4Joshua828US #4
#5Ryan811US #13
#6Nicholas746US #16
#7Daniel724US #7
#8Christopher720US #2
#9Kyle711US #22
#10Justin669US #9
#11Adam615US #27
#12David580US #5
#13Jacob571US #31
#14Benjamin562US #28
#15Joseph549US #12
#16Eric482US #21
#17Brandon469US #14
#18James461US #8
#19Tyler446US #39
#20Robert434US #10
#21John425US #11
#22Brian396US #20
#23Jason383US #23
#24Anthony381US #17
#25Steven372US #25
#26Kevin366US #19
#27Timothy346US #26
#28Thomas338US #24
#29Nathan335US #45
#30Zachary334US #33
#31Jonathan328US #18
#32Aaron313US #34
#33William310US #15
#34Travis293US #42
#35Alexander283US #37
#36Scott280US #43
#37Dustin270US #44
#38Jeremy267US #29
#39Jeffrey256US #32
#40Jordan254US #52
#41Cody249US #49
#42Paul224US #46
#43Mark220US #36
#44Derek219US #54
#45Alex218US #60
#46Patrick208US #41
#47Samuel198US #50
#48Jesse197US #55
#49Bradley193US #56
#50Peter177US #64
#51Gregory167US #47
#52Charles163US #35
#53Cory162US #62
#54Richard161US #30
#55Chad155US #63
#56Sean152US #40
#57Bryan138US #51
#58Shane138US #65
#59Jared135US #58
#60Mitchell129US #101
#61Shawn124US #59
#62Lucas122US #121
#63Kenneth110US #53
#64Corey107US #57
#65Stephen107US #38
#66Trevor106US #93
#67Erik104US #94
#68Luke103US #111
#69Brett100US #71
#70Nathaniel96US #78
#71Casey92US #80
#72Ian88US #81
#73Craig87US #88
#74Keith87US #69
#75Joel86US #75
#76Brent83US #103
#77Phillip82US #68
#78Dylan81US #141
#79Evan77US #83
#80Donald76US #70
#81Seth75US #89
#82Ross74US #162
#83Marcus70US #67
#84Philip69US #84
#85Austin68US #76
#86Colin68US #134
#87Douglas67US #85
#88Jonathon67US #132
#89Curtis63US #100
#90Troy63US #122
#91Edward60US #61
#92Lee60US #154
#93Caleb59US #115
#94Derrick57US #86
#95Jake56US #166
#96Todd55US #120
#97Alan51US #112
#98Jeremiah51US #130
#99Allen50US #128
#100Devin50US #99

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑40Kelsey#44
↑36Chelsea#51
↑22Alyssa#37
↑22Bethany#63
↑22Alexandra#72
↑20Dylan#78
↑19Kayla#19
↑17Trevor#66

Falling

↓23Krista#90
↓19Meghan#82
↓17Kristen#71
↓16Christine#69
↓16Krystal#84
↓16Anne#99
↓16Jeremiah#98
↓15Craig#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.