State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,767 Wisconsin births in 1997 across 1,327 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#60Brady#159 nationally
#94Abby#192 nationally
#91Drew#171 nationally
#39Brett#116 nationally
#95Casey#163 nationally
#70Riley#135 nationally
#89Kendra#153 nationally
#85Maxwell#148 nationally
#35Mitchell#96 nationally
#66Collin#122 nationally
#58Bryce#112 nationally
#85Carly#137 nationally

Girls

#1Emily604US #1
#2Hannah472US #5
#3Samantha444US #6
#4Megan387US #11
#5Elizabeth372US #9
#6Taylor370US #7
#7Sarah366US #4
#8Rachel344US #13
#9Ashley335US #3
#10Kayla330US #12
#11Alexis309US #8
#12Jessica308US #2
#13Morgan305US #22
#14Alyssa293US #15
#15Nicole273US #21
#16Amanda270US #16
#17Abigail243US #26
#18Brianna241US #17
#19Brittany230US #20
#20Lauren221US #14
#21Emma212US #36
#22Madeline212US #59
#23Olivia210US #27
#24Brooke200US #45
#25Rebecca197US #25
#26Courtney194US #28
#27Anna188US #33
#28Haley185US #31
#29Danielle176US #34
#30Amber171US #29
#31Allison163US #39
#32Cassandra154US #81
#33Jenna150US #76
#34Jennifer150US #18
#35Paige150US #64
#36Alexandra148US #30
#37Mackenzie146US #71
#38Erin145US #52
#39Hailey144US #80
#40Jordan143US #40
#41Sydney140US #35
#42Gabrielle132US #51
#43Katherine132US #32
#44Stephanie131US #23
#45Mariah127US #67
#46Sara126US #50
#47Bailey125US #65
#48Kaitlyn123US #41
#49Katelyn123US #63
#50Sierra120US #56
#51Victoria117US #19
#52Natalie115US #48
#53Miranda113US #70
#54Julia112US #37
#55Katie110US #87
#56Jasmine109US #24
#57Grace108US #69
#58Marissa107US #60
#59Savannah107US #47
#60Breanna103US #74
#61Madison103US #10
#62Mary100US #46
#63Andrea99US #58
#64Autumn99US #91
#65Molly99US #98
#66Maria96US #38
#67Claire95US #108
#68Mikayla95US #112
#69Alexandria94US #78
#70Melissa93US #44
#71Kelsey91US #57
#72Leah88US #104
#73Cheyenne81US #68
#74Kelly81US #83
#75Laura79US #66
#76Sophia79US #94
#77Caitlin78US #88
#78Margaret78US #110
#79Michaela78US #100
#80Shelby77US #43
#81Kathryn75US #86
#82Destiny73US #42
#83Kaitlin73US #119
#84Michelle73US #55
#85Carly72US #137
#86Kimberly72US #49
#87Shannon71US #85
#88Alicia70US #89
#89Kendra70US #153
#90Lindsey67US #95
#91Angela66US #93
#92Erica66US #84
#93Kaylee66US #107
#94Abby64US #192
#95Cassidy64US #105
#96Monica64US #79
#97Heather63US #90
#98Briana62US #72
#99Christina62US #62
#100Holly62US #152

Boys

#1Jacob888US #2
#2Austin585US #9
#3Michael573US #1
#4Tyler571US #10
#5Matthew566US #3
#6Nicholas545US #6
#7Zachary476US #13
#8Joshua457US #5
#9Alexander454US #22
#10Andrew451US #7
#11Brandon449US #8
#12Samuel426US #27
#13Ryan416US #16
#14Benjamin407US #29
#15Joseph404US #12
#16Kyle358US #24
#17Jordan348US #26
#18Daniel332US #11
#19Nathan328US #34
#20Christopher312US #4
#21Anthony307US #18
#22John292US #15
#23Dylan283US #30
#24James281US #17
#25David280US #14
#26Noah270US #38
#27Justin268US #20
#28Hunter261US #44
#29Adam255US #39
#30William243US #19
#31Aaron241US #33
#32Logan234US #42
#33Alex226US #55
#34Thomas220US #31
#35Mitchell218US #96
#36Cody211US #36
#37Jonathan202US #21
#38Robert202US #23
#39Brett201US #116
#40Connor177US #52
#41Eric173US #35
#42Ethan173US #46
#43Evan166US #61
#44Jared164US #56
#45Christian163US #25
#46Trevor162US #62
#47Cole158US #72
#48Dakota152US #66
#49Jack151US #76
#50Tanner150US #82
#51Kevin145US #28
#52Caleb137US #47
#53Steven135US #40
#54Timothy130US #43
#55Lucas129US #98
#56Travis129US #81
#57Nathaniel125US #65
#58Bryce121US #112
#59Charles119US #49
#60Brady118US #159
#61Ian118US #70
#62Derek116US #106
#63Isaiah116US #60
#64Luke115US #78
#65Patrick115US #50
#66Collin112US #122
#67Jason112US #41
#68Sean112US #48
#69Elijah110US #74
#70Riley107US #135
#71Devin106US #59
#72Brian105US #37
#73Cameron104US #45
#74Colton103US #108
#75Jesse100US #63
#76Spencer100US #104
#77Bradley99US #94
#78Mason98US #89
#79Peter98US #102
#80Taylor98US #87
#81Isaac97US #73
#82Blake96US #80
#83Colin91US #125
#84Alec87US #123
#85Maxwell86US #148
#86Seth86US #97
#87Chase85US #77
#88Antonio82US #75
#89Dustin82US #88
#90Mark82US #58
#91Drew80US #171
#92Grant80US #115
#93Richard80US #51
#94Dalton78US #90
#95Casey77US #163
#96Jake77US #101
#97Devon76US #119
#98Garrett75US #85
#99Jeremy72US #64
#100Gavin71US #136

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑23Grace#57
↑23Claire#67
↑22Brady#60
↑21Hailey#39
↑21Elijah#69
↑20Maria#66
↑19Spencer#76
↑18Cassandra#32

Falling

↓30Kelsey#71
↓24Melissa#70
↓22Heather#97
↓19Stephanie#44
↓19Taylor#80
↓19Dustin#89
↓18Mark#90
↓18Jeremy#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.