State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,668 Wisconsin births in 1996 across 1,292 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#82Brady#176 nationally
#88Maxwell#177 nationally
#43Bryce#120 nationally
#97Lydia#173 nationally
#38Brett#110 nationally
#74Riley#146 nationally
#81Mikayla#143 nationally
#77Kendra#136 nationally
#30Mitchell#88 nationally
#65Collin#115 nationally
#92Casey#142 nationally
#51Molly#99 nationally

Girls

#1Emily568US #1
#2Samantha486US #5
#3Hannah468US #7
#4Ashley422US #3
#5Megan393US #12
#6Taylor391US #6
#7Rachel383US #9
#8Elizabeth379US #10
#9Jessica347US #2
#10Kayla346US #11
#11Sarah326US #4
#12Alyssa298US #23
#13Morgan284US #25
#14Nicole277US #22
#15Brianna270US #17
#16Alexis269US #8
#17Amanda256US #13
#18Abigail248US #32
#19Courtney243US #21
#20Brittany239US #14
#21Rebecca221US #24
#22Anna216US #33
#23Alexandra206US #26
#24Lauren203US #16
#25Stephanie202US #20
#26Danielle198US #29
#27Allison191US #38
#28Emma190US #53
#29Madeline185US #67
#30Olivia185US #34
#31Haley183US #30
#32Amber176US #27
#33Jennifer171US #19
#34Paige170US #65
#35Brooke162US #45
#36Jenna160US #83
#37Erin155US #51
#38Kaitlyn148US #40
#39Mackenzie147US #75
#40Mariah142US #63
#41Kelsey140US #36
#42Sydney138US #39
#43Katherine136US #31
#44Marissa133US #59
#45Katelyn126US #64
#46Melissa126US #42
#47Natalie124US #46
#48Jordan122US #49
#49Miranda122US #76
#50Cassandra119US #89
#51Molly119US #99
#52Gabrielle118US #54
#53Sara117US #50
#54Katie116US #81
#55Alexandria111US #77
#56Victoria111US #18
#57Mary106US #44
#58Madison104US #15
#59Sierra104US #62
#60Hailey103US #93
#61Bailey102US #85
#62Margaret100US #105
#63Savannah100US #43
#64Kelly99US #73
#65Andrea98US #61
#66Julia98US #48
#67Kathryn98US #87
#68Autumn97US #104
#69Sabrina94US #58
#70Jasmine93US #28
#71Leah93US #98
#72Cheyenne91US #68
#73Laura91US #66
#74Lindsey90US #86
#75Heather89US #71
#76Breanna88US #74
#77Kendra88US #136
#78Tiffany84US #52
#79Caitlin83US #84
#80Grace83US #94
#81Mikayla82US #143
#82Carly81US #126
#83Michaela81US #102
#84Angela80US #90
#85Kaitlin80US #103
#86Maria79US #37
#87Shannon78US #80
#88Michelle75US #47
#89Shelby74US #35
#90Claire73US #116
#91Alicia71US #91
#92Kimberly71US #41
#93Erica70US #79
#94Jamie70US #96
#95Monica70US #82
#96Chelsea67US #55
#97Lydia66US #173
#98Amy64US #88
#99Holly64US #130
#100Destiny62US #56

Boys

#1Jacob936US #3
#2Nicholas603US #6
#3Tyler601US #7
#4Michael600US #1
#5Austin598US #9
#6Matthew595US #2
#7Zachary550US #14
#8Brandon506US #8
#9Joseph484US #12
#10Joshua472US #5
#11Andrew463US #10
#12Alexander443US #22
#13Benjamin425US #29
#14Ryan422US #16
#15Samuel405US #30
#16Kyle384US #25
#17Daniel356US #11
#18Jordan353US #27
#19David341US #13
#20Christopher337US #4
#21Anthony318US #19
#22Cody317US #31
#23John313US #15
#24Justin298US #20
#25Aaron294US #34
#26Logan273US #42
#27Dylan268US #33
#28James266US #17
#29Nathan265US #37
#30Mitchell264US #88
#31Adam251US #39
#32Alex229US #53
#33William229US #18
#34Thomas221US #28
#35Noah215US #50
#36Robert215US #23
#37Jonathan210US #21
#38Brett208US #110
#39Eric204US #35
#40Hunter190US #47
#41Trevor172US #63
#42Christian158US #24
#43Bryce155US #120
#44Tanner153US #90
#45Dakota148US #58
#46Jared148US #64
#47Caleb147US #48
#48Lucas147US #93
#49Connor145US #54
#50Luke144US #75
#51Kevin141US #26
#52Steven139US #38
#53Ethan138US #62
#54Evan136US #65
#55Timothy134US #40
#56Patrick131US #44
#57Brian128US #36
#58Cole127US #106
#59Charles126US #43
#60Sean126US #46
#61Taylor126US #82
#62Travis126US #73
#63Jason124US #41
#64Nathaniel124US #69
#65Collin122US #115
#66Devin118US #60
#67Jack118US #89
#68Peter114US #95
#69Jesse113US #51
#70Dustin112US #79
#71Bradley109US #83
#72Mark105US #55
#73Ian104US #70
#74Riley104US #146
#75Alec103US #117
#76Isaiah102US #71
#77Richard102US #45
#78Colton99US #105
#79Derek99US #101
#80Paul99US #78
#81Jeremy97US #56
#82Brady96US #176
#83Mason95US #104
#84Isaac92US #86
#85Cameron89US #49
#86Colin86US #126
#87Tristan86US #68
#88Maxwell83US #177
#89Chase80US #76
#90Elijah79US #81
#91Seth79US #103
#92Casey78US #142
#93Marcus77US #87
#94Dalton76US #99
#95Spencer74US #109
#96Blake73US #84
#97Scott73US #108
#98Jake72US #114
#99Jeffrey72US #72
#100Gregory69US #98

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑37Savannah#63
↑36Noah#35
↑30Christian#42
↑25Bailey#61
↑24Alexandria#55
↑24Sabrina#69
↑23Autumn#68
↑20Kendra#77

Falling

↓32Michelle#88
↓30Claire#90
↓27Chelsea#96
↓24Jesse#69
↓24Derek#79
↓22Dustin#70
↓20Alicia#91
↓19Kimberly#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.