State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,622 Wisconsin births in 1990 across 1,244 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#82Ross#190 nationally
#96Heidi#200 nationally
#95Maxwell#189 nationally
#95Carly#163 nationally
#61Lucas#112 nationally
#78Brent#127 nationally
#83Alison#132 nationally
#45Mitchell#93 nationally
#92Jake#140 nationally
#92Gina#139 nationally
#74Luke#118 nationally
#41Jenna#81 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley900US #2
#2Amanda791US #4
#3Samantha700US #5
#4Jessica695US #1
#5Brittany671US #3
#6Emily592US #12
#7Sarah541US #6
#8Stephanie534US #7
#9Kayla509US #14
#10Megan495US #11
#11Nicole488US #13
#12Elizabeth456US #9
#13Jennifer393US #8
#14Danielle376US #18
#15Rebecca374US #21
#16Amber344US #15
#17Rachel344US #16
#18Alyssa311US #27
#19Melissa303US #20
#20Courtney288US #17
#21Lauren280US #10
#22Heather275US #19
#23Hannah262US #30
#24Sara245US #34
#25Cassandra241US #49
#26Kelsey236US #32
#27Katie234US #53
#28Michelle229US #22
#29Chelsea222US #24
#30Laura216US #29
#31Anna198US #45
#32Kelly198US #41
#33Katherine195US #26
#34Andrea189US #40
#35Amy187US #38
#36Tiffany187US #23
#37Erin176US #43
#38Kimberly176US #31
#39Angela171US #52
#40Allison168US #48
#41Jenna159US #81
#42Jamie150US #55
#43Alexandra149US #37
#44Jasmine149US #28
#45Lindsey149US #51
#46Kathryn146US #57
#47Brianna144US #61
#48Caitlin144US #50
#49Taylor141US #46
#50Mary131US #35
#51Erica129US #36
#52Alicia125US #54
#53Christina125US #25
#54Kristin125US #65
#55Brittney121US #44
#56Brooke121US #70
#57Molly121US #80
#58Leah118US #82
#59Crystal113US #39
#60Jordan109US #59
#61Lindsay109US #69
#62Abigail107US #90
#63Morgan107US #58
#64April102US #73
#65Lisa99US #64
#66Natalie98US #63
#67Katelyn97US #75
#68Kaitlyn96US #78
#69Kristen92US #42
#70Christine90US #62
#71Holly90US #89
#72Shannon86US #68
#73Kaitlin85US #101
#74Alexandria83US #95
#75Margaret83US #102
#76Kristina81US #77
#77Whitney81US #60
#78Paige80US #79
#79Dana79US #114
#80Victoria79US #33
#81Maria74US #47
#82Erika73US #74
#83Alison72US #132
#84Breanna72US #113
#85Meghan72US #91
#86Miranda72US #112
#87Kendra71US #117
#88Marissa69US #87
#89Olivia69US #72
#90Chelsey67US #128
#91Haley67US #108
#92Gina65US #139
#93Melanie64US #86
#94Bethany63US #107
#95Carly63US #163
#96Heidi63US #200
#97Alexis62US #66
#98Rachael62US #111
#99Vanessa62US #56
#100Julie60US #93

Boys

#1Michael1,149US #1
#2Matthew936US #3
#3Andrew901US #7
#4Jacob847US #20
#5Joshua784US #4
#6Kyle716US #18
#7Ryan702US #11
#8Nicholas669US #14
#9Christopher651US #2
#10Tyler638US #21
#11Daniel599US #5
#12Joseph588US #10
#13Justin586US #9
#14Zachary544US #22
#15David515US #6
#16Benjamin486US #33
#17Adam480US #32
#18Brandon473US #19
#19Jordan465US #29
#20Eric446US #24
#21Anthony426US #15
#22Cody425US #31
#23James415US #8
#24Alexander400US #28
#25Robert378US #13
#26John376US #12
#27Nathan366US #44
#28Steven353US #25
#29Thomas349US #26
#30Aaron339US #34
#31Kevin324US #23
#32Timothy304US #30
#33William295US #16
#34Samuel291US #45
#35Brian281US #27
#36Jonathan267US #17
#37Travis265US #42
#38Alex250US #59
#39Derek216US #54
#40Patrick213US #36
#41Bradley210US #65
#42Jesse204US #48
#43Dustin203US #50
#44Jason199US #46
#45Mitchell198US #93
#46Ethan197US #58
#47Scott194US #53
#48Jeremy193US #40
#49Paul182US #49
#50Mark179US #47
#51Taylor176US #64
#52Jared175US #63
#53Sean158US #37
#54Trevor155US #76
#55Jeffrey151US #43
#56Austin150US #55
#57Charles148US #38
#58Richard146US #35
#59Cory143US #67
#60Gregory140US #51
#61Lucas138US #112
#62Peter137US #74
#63Shane134US #73
#64Bryan128US #57
#65Brett126US #84
#66Dylan125US #83
#67Casey124US #89
#68Stephen120US #39
#69Corey118US #56
#70Evan117US #71
#71Shawn114US #69
#72Erik110US #96
#73Ian110US #70
#74Luke103US #118
#75Logan100US #104
#76Nathaniel95US #86
#77Caleb91US #88
#78Brent90US #127
#79Kenneth86US #52
#80Cameron83US #62
#81Craig82US #117
#82Ross78US #190
#83Keith76US #80
#84Jonathon75US #124
#85Seth74US #102
#86Joel73US #95
#87Chad72US #85
#88Spencer72US #105
#89Troy72US #128
#90Colin68US #122
#91Garrett68US #99
#92Jake67US #140
#93Phillip67US #81
#94Marcus65US #72
#95Maxwell65US #189
#96Devin63US #98
#97Douglas62US #103
#98Curtis56US #121
#99Derrick55US #106
#100Chase53US #110

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑23Taylor#51
↑21Ethan#46
↑20April#64
↑19Morgan#63
↑17Kaitlin#73
↑13Jasmine#44
↑13Brianna#47
↑13Dylan#66

Falling

↓24Julie#100
↓19Lisa#65
↓19Bethany#94
↓16Vanessa#99
↓16Chad#87
↓15Melanie#93
↓13Marcus#94
↓11Kristin#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.