State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,026 Wisconsin births in 2000 across 1,462 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#70Mckenna#188 nationally
#77Brady#189 nationally
#94Cadeoutside the national top 200
#95Kendra#187 nationally
#95Nolan#182 nationally
#48Mitchell#132 nationally
#64Lydia#147 nationally
#81Brett#163 nationally
#76Carter#152 nationally
#92Payton#163 nationally
#98Dawson#168 nationally
#61Madelyn#126 nationally

Girls

#1Emily560US #1
#2Hannah459US #2
#3Samantha373US #7
#4Elizabeth359US #9
#5Alexis315US #6
#6Emma313US #17
#7Grace306US #19
#8Ashley305US #4
#9Megan302US #18
#10Taylor293US #10
#11Olivia287US #16
#12Lauren284US #11
#13Abigail279US #14
#14Anna276US #22
#15Alyssa267US #12
#16Sarah262US #5
#17Morgan260US #25
#18Kayla253US #13
#19Brianna233US #15
#20Sydney228US #23
#21Rachel227US #21
#22Madison210US #3
#23Kaitlyn201US #30
#24Mackenzie196US #43
#25Hailey194US #35
#26Jessica188US #8
#27Madeline181US #56
#28Brooke171US #51
#29Nicole165US #31
#30Jenna159US #63
#31Paige153US #69
#32Allison150US #44
#33Amanda149US #32
#34Haley146US #28
#35Savannah143US #37
#36Natalie141US #34
#37Julia137US #29
#38Rebecca137US #39
#39Chloe135US #38
#40Autumn132US #77
#41Katherine124US #33
#42Sophia121US #42
#43Amber120US #47
#44Victoria120US #20
#45Jasmine119US #27
#46Katelyn119US #54
#47Sierra118US #53
#48Molly117US #96
#49Gabrielle115US #49
#50Cassandra112US #100
#51Isabella111US #45
#52Destiny109US #24
#53Erin108US #61
#54Jennifer107US #26
#55Courtney106US #59
#56Claire105US #86
#57Mariah104US #75
#58Danielle103US #48
#59Faith103US #66
#60Alexandra102US #36
#61Madelyn102US #126
#62Kaylee97US #72
#63Stephanie96US #40
#64Lydia93US #147
#65Makayla93US #67
#66Brittany91US #60
#67Bailey89US #68
#68Alexandria88US #91
#69Katie86US #95
#70Mckenna86US #188
#71Caitlin85US #76
#72Jordan85US #50
#73Breanna83US #80
#74Marissa83US #78
#75Leah82US #97
#76Maria82US #41
#77Kathryn78US #89
#78Mikayla77US #108
#79Sara77US #57
#80Melissa76US #71
#81Mary75US #46
#82Zoe75US #82
#83Miranda74US #112
#84Margaret73US #110
#85Cassidy69US #107
#86Kylie69US #104
#87Angela68US #79
#88Isabelle68US #144
#89Mckenzie67US #133
#90Andrea65US #55
#91Meghan65US #134
#92Payton64US #163
#93Arianna63US #128
#94Kelsey63US #88
#95Kendra63US #187
#96Christina62US #73
#97Jade62US #116
#98Isabel60US #94
#99Laura60US #85
#100Riley60US #131

Boys

#1Jacob740US #1
#2Nicholas510US #6
#3Tyler497US #10
#4Michael463US #2
#5Andrew449US #7
#6Joshua446US #4
#7Matthew445US #3
#8Ryan441US #13
#9Benjamin437US #26
#10Samuel431US #28
#11Zachary426US #15
#12Alexander408US #20
#13Noah386US #27
#14Joseph378US #8
#15Austin367US #23
#16Hunter348US #35
#17Nathan332US #30
#18Brandon329US #12
#19Dylan322US #24
#20Logan300US #40
#21Daniel299US #9
#22Ethan290US #25
#23Anthony278US #17
#24Kyle274US #37
#25Jordan260US #36
#26Jack259US #46
#27William258US #11
#28John248US #14
#29David226US #16
#30Justin225US #19
#31Christopher224US #5
#32Adam221US #45
#33James216US #18
#34Thomas214US #33
#35Connor206US #50
#36Alex204US #62
#37Aaron192US #41
#38Robert192US #29
#39Cole191US #71
#40Evan191US #55
#41Mason191US #64
#42Trevor191US #75
#43Cody188US #60
#44Caleb187US #38
#45Jared185US #56
#46Jonathan178US #21
#47Seth170US #63
#48Mitchell167US #132
#49Cameron166US #31
#50Isaac162US #53
#51Maxwell153US #113
#52Ian148US #73
#53Dakota147US #88
#54Isaiah143US #47
#55Elijah142US #52
#56Eric142US #42
#57Luke142US #59
#58Bryce141US #92
#59Tanner139US #93
#60Christian138US #22
#61Nathaniel138US #61
#62Lucas133US #83
#63Gavin127US #85
#64Riley124US #109
#65Kevin123US #32
#66Sean123US #57
#67Gabriel119US #44
#68Jackson113US #72
#69Jason112US #39
#70Devin109US #69
#71Charles108US #51
#72Timothy107US #58
#73Chase100US #77
#74Dalton100US #91
#75Garrett100US #74
#76Carter99US #152
#77Brady98US #189
#78Collin98US #128
#79Blake97US #80
#80Patrick97US #68
#81Brett93US #163
#82Colton93US #111
#83Wyatt93US #110
#84Spencer92US #98
#85Jake90US #96
#86Grant89US #123
#87Derek87US #121
#88Travis86US #115
#89Owen83US #145
#90Steven83US #54
#91Colin80US #117
#92Antonio77US #82
#93Alec76US #156
#94Cade75
#95Nolan75US #182
#96Taylor75US #136
#97Parker73US #127
#98Dawson71US #168
#99Peter71US #125
#100Carson70US #119

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑33Chloe#39
↑29Caitlin#71
↑26Mckenna#70
↑25Garrett#75
↑22Faith#59
↑21Jackson#68
↑20Savannah#35
↑20Lydia#64

Falling

↓33Kelsey#94
↓23Alexandra#60
↓22Brittany#66
↓20Sara#79
↓19Maria#76
↓19Travis#88
↓18Steven#90
↓17Danielle#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.