State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,050 Wisconsin births in 1988 across 1,139 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#87Abbyoutside the national top 200
#67Heidi#162 nationally
#94Kari#187 nationally
#87Jake#166 nationally
#81Ross#158 nationally
#66Luke#119 nationally
#62Lucas#112 nationally
#79Jonathon#125 nationally
#90Jeremiah#136 nationally
#96Gina#142 nationally
#80Stacy#125 nationally
#86Colin#131 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,062US #2
#2Amanda976US #3
#3Jessica829US #1
#4Sarah634US #4
#5Nicole579US #9
#6Samantha565US #8
#7Jennifer521US #5
#8Megan489US #12
#9Stephanie477US #7
#10Elizabeth469US #10
#11Emily469US #18
#12Brittany455US #6
#13Melissa423US #16
#14Kayla418US #20
#15Danielle398US #17
#16Amber376US #15
#17Heather354US #14
#18Rachel339US #19
#19Rebecca311US #26
#20Katie282US #40
#21Michelle279US #21
#22Tiffany275US #13
#23Amy269US #29
#24Sara259US #30
#25Laura258US #23
#26Lauren257US #11
#27Kelly240US #32
#28Alyssa228US #47
#29Andrea228US #35
#30Kimberly225US #25
#31Courtney220US #24
#32Angela216US #38
#33Katherine210US #27
#34Cassandra206US #59
#35Erin204US #37
#36Jamie185US #45
#37Kristin175US #58
#38Lisa170US #43
#39Kathryn167US #55
#40Hannah165US #61
#41Lindsey165US #48
#42Anna162US #54
#43Allison158US #46
#44Caitlin155US #44
#45Chelsea148US #33
#46Alicia147US #50
#47Jenna145US #66
#48Kelsey142US #64
#49Erica138US #31
#50Crystal136US #28
#51Lindsay126US #57
#52Christina125US #22
#53Molly123US #86
#54Whitney119US #39
#55Leah117US #82
#56Mary115US #34
#57Shannon111US #56
#58Holly103US #72
#59Brittney100US #52
#60Kristen100US #36
#61Dana97US #90
#62Jasmine97US #53
#63Natalie95US #63
#64April93US #65
#65Brianna91US #96
#66Kaitlin91US #98
#67Heidi89US #162
#68Brooke88US #87
#69Katelyn88US #84
#70Vanessa88US #41
#71Victoria88US #42
#72Alexandra85US #49
#73Christine85US #51
#74Maria84US #60
#75Tara82US #67
#76Bethany77US #89
#77Kristina75US #68
#78Meghan75US #81
#79Margaret73US #93
#80Stacy72US #125
#81Alison69US #113
#82Julia68US #88
#83Katrina68US #110
#84Krista68US #112
#85Natasha68US #73
#86Julie67US #71
#87Abby66
#88Monica65US #70
#89Erika62US #76
#90Jacqueline62US #62
#91Kathleen62US #75
#92Kendra62US #80
#93Nichole62US #115
#94Kari61US #187
#95Catherine60US #69
#96Gina59US #142
#97Rachael59US #100
#98Kara58US #95
#99Abigail55US #118
#100Melanie55US #99

Boys

#1Michael1,113US #1
#2Matthew1,043US #3
#3Andrew1,016US #5
#4Joshua872US #4
#5Justin783US #7
#6Ryan732US #13
#7Nicholas730US #14
#8Daniel720US #8
#9Christopher704US #2
#10Kyle683US #21
#11Jacob634US #28
#12Benjamin582US #30
#13Adam564US #26
#14Joseph549US #12
#15David516US #6
#16Eric479US #19
#17Tyler478US #33
#18James438US #9
#19Robert437US #10
#20Brandon436US #17
#21John416US #11
#22Anthony397US #18
#23Zachary372US #29
#24Brian368US #22
#25Jonathan364US #15
#26Aaron357US #31
#27Kevin354US #20
#28Jason348US #27
#29Alexander343US #34
#30Cody326US #43
#31Timothy325US #25
#32Steven323US #24
#33Travis323US #41
#34Thomas322US #23
#35Nathan309US #44
#36Samuel301US #45
#37William270US #16
#38Jeremy252US #35
#39Scott240US #47
#40Bradley235US #57
#41Jordan231US #52
#42Paul225US #46
#43Derek224US #53
#44Alex223US #58
#45Dustin221US #48
#46Mark205US #39
#47Jeffrey194US #36
#48Jesse192US #55
#49Patrick188US #42
#50Peter167US #64
#51Charles165US #37
#52Richard147US #32
#53Brett145US #73
#54Gregory144US #50
#55Corey141US #56
#56Bryan140US #54
#57Jared140US #60
#58Chad137US #65
#59Shane134US #67
#60Sean133US #38
#61Cory132US #59
#62Lucas132US #112
#63Stephen128US #40
#64Shawn127US #61
#65Mitchell119US #95
#66Luke116US #119
#67Craig109US #96
#68Trevor108US #87
#69Austin104US #63
#70Casey98US #83
#71Nathaniel98US #81
#72Brent97US #107
#73Erik97US #92
#74Kenneth96US #51
#75Joel84US #85
#76Evan83US #74
#77Logan82US #109
#78Ian78US #77
#79Jonathon77US #125
#80Phillip73US #71
#81Ross73US #158
#82Seth71US #90
#83Taylor69US #91
#84Marcus68US #66
#85Keith65US #70
#86Colin64US #131
#87Jake62US #166
#88Troy62US #124
#89Donald61US #76
#90Jeremiah61US #136
#91Douglas59US #88
#92Curtis56US #105
#93Dylan56US #137
#94Derrick55US #97
#95Philip55US #94
#96Cameron54US #69
#97Mathew53US #142
#98Vincent53US #82
#99Edward52US #62
#100Caleb48US #108

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑29Brittney#59
↑28Katelyn#69
↑23Brooke#68
↑22Brianna#65
↑20Caitlin#44
↑19Courtney#31
↑16Brett#53
↑16Austin#69

Falling

↓28Jacqueline#90
↓25Julie#86
↓20Kari#94
↓15Dylan#93
↓13Bethany#76
↓13Abigail#99
↓12Heidi#67
↓12Stacy#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.