State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,199 Wisconsin births in 1991 across 1,252 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#96Abbyoutside the national top 200
#92Maxwell#188 nationally
#81Cole#162 nationally
#93Madeline#151 nationally
#40Mitchell#96 nationally
#93Brent#146 nationally
#56Lucas#107 nationally
#44Abigail#92 nationally
#89Carly#137 nationally
#66Luke#113 nationally
#84Dana#131 nationally
#94Colin#139 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley827US #1
#2Amanda719US #4
#3Samantha691US #5
#4Jessica616US #2
#5Brittany556US #3
#6Emily523US #10
#7Kayla499US #12
#8Stephanie494US #7
#9Sarah486US #6
#10Elizabeth465US #9
#11Megan464US #11
#12Nicole398US #15
#13Jennifer379US #8
#14Rachel376US #14
#15Rebecca338US #21
#16Alyssa331US #30
#17Danielle319US #17
#18Lauren311US #13
#19Amber287US #16
#20Melissa287US #20
#21Hannah281US #29
#22Kelsey279US #26
#23Courtney257US #19
#24Cassandra243US #54
#25Katie230US #53
#26Katherine225US #25
#27Taylor220US #32
#28Chelsea208US #18
#29Heather207US #23
#30Sara205US #37
#31Laura192US #35
#32Anna191US #46
#33Kelly191US #42
#34Michelle179US #22
#35Andrea172US #39
#36Amy169US #43
#37Allison166US #50
#38Brianna160US #51
#39Jamie159US #60
#40Kimberly157US #34
#41Erin156US #44
#42Molly152US #74
#43Alexandra150US #36
#44Abigail145US #92
#45Morgan145US #49
#46Tiffany145US #27
#47Jenna141US #80
#48Jasmine138US #24
#49Mary137US #38
#50Leah133US #91
#51Angela129US #59
#52Kathryn129US #57
#53Alicia126US #63
#54Brooke125US #65
#55Kaitlyn121US #82
#56Lindsey116US #52
#57Caitlin115US #55
#58Shelby113US #33
#59Crystal112US #41
#60Kristin112US #86
#61Lindsay110US #77
#62Katelyn108US #75
#63Victoria107US #28
#64Marissa105US #81
#65Shannon103US #71
#66Mariah102US #69
#67Brittney101US #58
#68Erica101US #40
#69Jordan98US #62
#70Olivia98US #61
#71Paige97US #76
#72Christina95US #31
#73Alexandria93US #78
#74Ariel91US #66
#75Natalie89US #64
#76Miranda88US #90
#77Holly86US #105
#78Kaitlin86US #99
#79Kristen82US #48
#80April81US #88
#81Haley81US #79
#82Maria81US #45
#83Margaret80US #108
#84Dana79US #131
#85Meghan79US #94
#86Chelsey78US #129
#87Lisa78US #83
#88Alexis76US #47
#89Carly76US #137
#90Emma75US #123
#91Julia71US #67
#92Breanna70US #107
#93Madeline70US #151
#94Erika69US #84
#95Rachael68US #114
#96Abby67
#97Christine67US #73
#98Vanessa61US #56
#99Bethany60US #109
#100Julie59US #98

Boys

#1Michael1,065US #1
#2Jacob862US #17
#3Matthew860US #3
#4Tyler799US #16
#5Andrew781US #5
#6Joshua735US #4
#7Nicholas702US #12
#8Ryan652US #11
#9Joseph620US #9
#10Kyle616US #21
#11Christopher590US #2
#12Brandon571US #15
#13Cody543US #24
#14Justin524US #14
#15Zachary505US #22
#16Daniel503US #6
#17Benjamin489US #33
#18Alexander456US #26
#19Jordan438US #29
#20David437US #8
#21Anthony404US #18
#22James403US #7
#23Eric383US #25
#24Adam362US #36
#25John358US #10
#26Nathan357US #42
#27Steven346US #27
#28Robert337US #13
#29Samuel328US #39
#30Kevin325US #23
#31Aaron319US #31
#32Dylan291US #46
#33Thomas277US #28
#34William269US #19
#35Travis258US #44
#36Timothy251US #32
#37Jonathan245US #20
#38Alex220US #63
#39Brian219US #30
#40Mitchell209US #96
#41Derek197US #59
#42Austin193US #50
#43Ethan186US #65
#44Taylor186US #52
#45Jesse184US #51
#46Scott177US #57
#47Paul174US #53
#48Patrick172US #35
#49Bradley170US #67
#50Jeremy166US #43
#51Jason162US #49
#52Sean159US #40
#53Jared155US #64
#54Trevor155US #69
#55Dustin151US #56
#56Lucas149US #107
#57Mark143US #47
#58Richard141US #34
#59Cory137US #74
#60Jeffrey136US #45
#61Casey135US #90
#62Evan130US #70
#63Charles128US #38
#64Peter125US #77
#65Gregory122US #55
#66Luke120US #113
#67Ian118US #73
#68Brett117US #88
#69Shane116US #75
#70Corey109US #58
#71Erik105US #95
#72Shawn104US #71
#73Logan101US #94
#74Nathaniel101US #84
#75Stephen101US #41
#76Bryan96US #61
#77Devin96US #83
#78Marcus95US #76
#79Cameron93US #62
#80Jake93US #119
#81Cole89US #162
#82Kenneth89US #54
#83Dillon88US #103
#84Christian86US #48
#85Spencer86US #105
#86Caleb82US #78
#87Jonathon82US #125
#88Seth81US #99
#89Vincent81US #81
#90Garrett78US #91
#91Chad75US #104
#92Maxwell75US #188
#93Brent72US #146
#94Colin66US #139
#95Troy66US #137
#96Blake62US #86
#97Phillip61US #98
#98Dakota60US #121
#99Antonio59US #79
#100Edward59US #68

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑34Dylan#32
↑24Marissa#64
↑22Taylor#27
↑19Olivia#70
↑19Devin#77
↑18Abigail#44
↑18Morgan#45
↑17Victoria#63

Falling

↓27Christine#97
↓22Lisa#87
↓19Christina#72
↓17Erica#68
↓16April#80
↓15Brent#93
↓12Angela#51
↓12Brittney#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.