State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,200 Wisconsin births in 1998 across 1,332 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#79Mckennaoutside the national top 200
#89Drew#188 nationally
#79Brady#163 nationally
#78Kendra#154 nationally
#56Riley#128 nationally
#63Brett#133 nationally
#34Mitchell#103 nationally
#87Lydia#153 nationally
#71Maxwell#136 nationally
#66Collin#130 nationally
#100Bailey#154 nationally
#88Carly#141 nationally

Girls

#1Emily563US #1
#2Hannah471US #2
#3Samantha467US #3
#4Alexis374US #6
#5Elizabeth373US #10
#6Megan367US #13
#7Ashley348US #5
#8Taylor347US #7
#9Sarah338US #4
#10Alyssa314US #11
#11Emma304US #22
#12Abigail290US #18
#13Rachel290US #15
#14Morgan286US #23
#15Kayla285US #12
#16Olivia271US #21
#17Jessica255US #8
#18Brianna238US #17
#19Amanda218US #19
#20Lauren213US #14
#21Nicole209US #24
#22Madeline203US #50
#23Anna196US #31
#24Sydney192US #28
#25Rebecca191US #30
#26Allison183US #38
#27Brittany170US #25
#28Haley168US #36
#29Brooke167US #46
#30Madison165US #9
#31Julia160US #32
#32Alexandra156US #27
#33Amber154US #37
#34Courtney152US #39
#35Natalie151US #40
#36Paige149US #63
#37Grace147US #53
#38Jenna145US #65
#39Danielle144US #41
#40Kaitlyn143US #35
#41Mariah142US #62
#42Victoria141US #16
#43Mackenzie140US #64
#44Jasmine138US #26
#45Cassandra133US #85
#46Sara131US #48
#47Gabrielle129US #47
#48Katherine127US #33
#49Jennifer126US #20
#50Erin123US #57
#51Hailey121US #70
#52Miranda120US #80
#53Stephanie118US #29
#54Bailey116US #60
#55Katelyn115US #58
#56Autumn114US #77
#57Savannah114US #45
#58Kelsey111US #56
#59Jordan109US #42
#60Mikayla108US #82
#61Claire106US #91
#62Sierra106US #51
#63Katie101US #88
#64Marissa99US #66
#65Leah97US #106
#66Destiny96US #34
#67Molly96US #108
#68Michaela95US #103
#69Maria94US #43
#70Mary89US #44
#71Makayla88US #71
#72Sophia87US #73
#73Alexandria86US #81
#74Breanna86US #76
#75Chloe78US #87
#76Lindsey78US #97
#77Kaylee76US #86
#78Kendra76US #154
#79Mckenna74
#80Andrea73US #61
#81Melissa73US #59
#82Shelby73US #49
#83Angela72US #100
#84Caitlin72US #78
#85Kathryn72US #89
#86Caitlyn71US #115
#87Lydia70US #153
#88Carly68US #141
#89Isabella68US #84
#90Meghan68US #121
#91Vanessa67US #52
#92Cheyenne66US #72
#93Kylie66US #117
#94Heather65US #99
#95Laura65US #74
#96Kaitlin64US #120
#97Cassidy62US #113
#98Jamie62US #112
#99Mckenzie62US #142
#100Michelle62US #55

Boys

#1Jacob936US #2
#2Michael559US #1
#3Austin549US #10
#4Tyler541US #8
#5Nicholas520US #6
#6Matthew505US #3
#7Zachary492US #16
#8Brandon483US #7
#9Joshua467US #4
#10Andrew432US #9
#11Joseph425US #11
#12Samuel409US #28
#13Benjamin408US #30
#14Alexander405US #22
#15Ryan397US #17
#16Kyle352US #24
#17Noah349US #29
#18Dylan331US #25
#19Jordan331US #27
#20Nathan329US #34
#21Anthony314US #19
#22Hunter312US #36
#23Daniel300US #12
#24Logan271US #44
#25Christopher264US #5
#26David262US #13
#27John256US #15
#28William242US #14
#29Justin233US #20
#30James232US #18
#31Thomas224US #31
#32Aaron219US #37
#33Cole219US #77
#34Mitchell210US #103
#35Adam208US #45
#36Alex204US #55
#37Cody201US #43
#38Ethan197US #38
#39Trevor197US #58
#40Jack185US #61
#41Jonathan182US #21
#42Connor180US #47
#43Jared179US #51
#44Caleb175US #42
#45Robert164US #23
#46Evan160US #63
#47Eric155US #39
#48Tanner154US #82
#49Dakota146US #72
#50Luke139US #75
#51Christian138US #26
#52Steven138US #46
#53Bryce136US #94
#54Nathaniel136US #60
#55Devin134US #62
#56Riley131US #128
#57Timothy130US #49
#58Cameron128US #35
#59Mason127US #83
#60Kevin125US #32
#61Isaac123US #65
#62Seth123US #86
#63Brett119US #133
#64Lucas119US #93
#65Travis119US #98
#66Collin118US #130
#67Chase116US #67
#68Ian115US #73
#69Isaiah114US #59
#70Charles111US #48
#71Maxwell111US #136
#72Sean106US #50
#73Blake105US #85
#74Derek102US #110
#75Alec100US #112
#76Jason99US #40
#77Spencer97US #84
#78Bradley96US #101
#79Brady95US #163
#80Dalton93US #88
#81Brian90US #41
#82Jesse90US #70
#83Antonio89US #79
#84Mark89US #64
#85Peter89US #111
#86Elijah88US #66
#87Jackson86US #100
#88Tristan85US #92
#89Drew84US #188
#90Patrick83US #57
#91Taylor83US #104
#92Jake82US #102
#93Paul82US #89
#94Colton80US #106
#95Colin79US #122
#96Dominic78US #120
#97Garrett77US #80
#98Gabriel75US #54
#99Marcus74US #96
#100Bailey72US #154

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑31Madison#30
↑24Seth#62
↑23Julia#31
↑20Grace#37
↑20Isaac#61
↑20Chase#67
↑19Mason#59
↑17Sydney#24

Falling

↓25Patrick#90
↓24Brett#63
↓20Laura#95
↓20Colton#94
↓19Jordan#59
↓19Cheyenne#92
↓19Brady#79
↓17Andrea#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.