State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,391 Wisconsin births in 1989 across 1,225 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#77Unnamedoutside the national top 200
#87Unnamedoutside the national top 200
#91Abbyoutside the national top 200
#100Karioutside the national top 200
#100Maxwelloutside the national top 200
#93Tanya#193 nationally
#95Heidi#181 nationally
#95Ross#168 nationally
#89Stacy#152 nationally
#57Lucas#114 nationally
#65Luke#121 nationally
#99Jake#153 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley900US #2
#2Amanda868US #4
#3Brittany724US #3
#4Jessica706US #1
#5Samantha678US #6
#6Sarah628US #5
#7Megan512US #11
#8Nicole502US #12
#9Stephanie490US #8
#10Kayla484US #20
#11Emily482US #13
#12Elizabeth444US #10
#13Jennifer436US #7
#14Amber378US #14
#15Danielle363US #17
#16Rachel347US #18
#17Melissa345US #19
#18Lauren304US #9
#19Heather293US #15
#20Rebecca293US #24
#21Katie291US #45
#22Michelle275US #22
#23Alyssa273US #33
#24Kelsey271US #31
#25Sara264US #29
#26Laura253US #25
#27Cassandra249US #54
#28Kelly237US #37
#29Courtney234US #21
#30Amy233US #35
#31Kimberly232US #28
#32Tiffany229US #16
#33Hannah216US #42
#34Katherine213US #26
#35Erin196US #40
#36Chelsea191US #27
#37Andrea185US #39
#38Anna172US #51
#39Allison166US #46
#40Jamie163US #52
#41Angela162US #47
#42Kathryn156US #58
#43Kristin155US #60
#44Alexandra152US #43
#45Alicia151US #53
#46Lisa149US #55
#47Christina146US #23
#48Lindsey146US #48
#49Caitlin137US #49
#50Crystal137US #32
#51Molly136US #93
#52Jenna135US #71
#53Lindsay131US #63
#54Mary129US #38
#55Leah126US #83
#56Brittney124US #41
#57Jasmine122US #30
#58Brooke113US #74
#59Erica113US #34
#60Brianna108US #77
#61Katelyn107US #76
#62Shannon102US #61
#63Kristen101US #36
#64Jacqueline98US #64
#65Holly96US #79
#66Margaret94US #97
#67Kristina92US #65
#68Kaitlyn87US #95
#69Natalie87US #62
#70Tara87US #70
#71Abigail86US #94
#72Christine86US #59
#73Victoria86US #44
#74Dana85US #105
#75Bethany83US #102
#76Julie82US #78
#77Unnamed79
#78Melanie77US #88
#79Miranda75US #130
#80Whitney75US #57
#81Meghan74US #80
#82Morgan74US #69
#83Vanessa74US #50
#84April72US #66
#85Kathleen72US #90
#86Maria72US #56
#87Natasha72US #87
#88Monica68US #68
#89Stacy68US #152
#90Kaitlin67US #100
#91Abby64
#92Julia62US #96
#93Tanya62US #193
#94Erika61US #73
#95Heidi61US #181
#96Kara61US #101
#97Krista61US #137
#98Marissa60US #81
#99Emma59US #149
#100Kari59

Boys

#1Michael1,149US #1
#2Matthew890US #3
#3Andrew845US #7
#4Joshua842US #4
#5Nicholas774US #14
#6Ryan768US #13
#7Christopher754US #2
#8Daniel701US #6
#9Jacob687US #26
#10Kyle668US #20
#11Joseph618US #11
#12Justin616US #8
#13David543US #5
#14Adam541US #27
#15Benjamin523US #29
#16Tyler517US #30
#17Brandon512US #18
#18Zachary471US #25
#19John439US #12
#20James433US #9
#21Eric425US #21
#22Anthony417US #16
#23Robert403US #10
#24Steven386US #22
#25Nathan368US #43
#26Alexander361US #32
#27Kevin354US #19
#28Aaron350US #31
#29Thomas331US #23
#30Timothy325US #28
#31Jordan317US #44
#32Brian316US #24
#33Cody313US #45
#34Jonathan312US #17
#35William295US #15
#36Travis294US #41
#37Samuel265US #47
#38Jason257US #35
#39Dustin246US #48
#40Alex232US #60
#41Jeremy225US #34
#42Jesse217US #50
#43Derek205US #54
#44Scott201US #51
#45Paul197US #49
#46Patrick191US #38
#47Bradley188US #58
#48Jared186US #57
#49Jeffrey186US #37
#50Mark180US #42
#51Sean164US #39
#52Cory159US #61
#53Charles153US #36
#54Gregory152US #52
#55Mitchell152US #93
#56Richard144US #33
#57Lucas142US #114
#58Stephen138US #40
#59Peter133US #66
#60Bryan124US #56
#61Corey122US #55
#62Austin118US #59
#63Evan118US #69
#64Trevor117US #83
#65Luke116US #121
#66Erik113US #95
#67Ethan113US #87
#68Casey112US #90
#69Shawn112US #65
#70Ian109US #68
#71Chad107US #74
#72Nathaniel107US #84
#73Kenneth103US #53
#74Taylor103US #72
#75Shane102US #71
#76Brett101US #81
#77Craig97US #105
#78Logan94US #104
#79Dylan93US #115
#80Troy93US #124
#81Marcus85US #67
#82Seth85US #94
#83Phillip82US #75
#84Cameron79US #64
#85Joel79US #88
#86Keith79US #70
#87Unnamed79
#88Brent76US #118
#89Caleb74US #91
#90Jonathon73US #128
#91Devin71US #96
#92Colin68US #126
#93Douglas67US #92
#94Garrett67US #102
#95Ross65US #168
#96Philip63US #101
#97Spencer63US #107
#98Edward60US #62
#99Jake58US #153
#100Maxwell58

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑28Alexandra#44
↑28Abigail#71
↑26Jacqueline#64
↑24Kelsey#24
↑22Melanie#78
↑14Dylan#79
↑13Margaret#66
↑13Evan#63

Falling

↓28Heidi#95
↓26Whitney#80
↓24Kaitlin#90
↓23Brett#76
↓20April#84
↓16Shane#75
↓16Brent#88
↓14Ross#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.