State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 2009 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,195 Wisconsin births in 2009 across 1,796 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#68Sawyeroutside the national top 200
#69Nora#198 nationally
#79Josephineoutside the national top 200
#91Brynnoutside the national top 200
#97Braden#185 nationally
#36Lydia#117 nationally
#43Nolan#122 nationally
#100Alivia#178 nationally
#59Stella#126 nationally
#67Maxwell#132 nationally
#34Paige#98 nationally
#48Brady#110 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia364US #3
#2Isabella360US #1
#3Emma350US #2
#4Ava338US #5
#5Sophia311US #4
#6Addison296US #12
#7Ella259US #15
#8Abigail253US #8
#9Elizabeth253US #11
#10Grace224US #17
#11Emily218US #6
#12Chloe192US #9
#13Madison190US #7
#14Natalie187US #16
#15Lillian181US #27
#16Alexis178US #13
#17Lily176US #18
#18Evelyn161US #40
#19Hailey160US #25
#20Samantha155US #14
#21Taylor149US #22
#22Lauren147US #46
#23Anna143US #28
#24Kaylee143US #26
#25Madelyn143US #59
#26Brooklyn140US #37
#27Claire138US #53
#28Hannah138US #23
#29Nevaeh124US #34
#30Aubrey116US #41
#31Amelia115US #55
#32Autumn115US #81
#33Madeline115US #64
#34Paige115US #98
#35Sydney115US #48
#36Lydia113US #117
#37Mia112US #10
#38Leah111US #29
#39Morgan110US #57
#40Brooke107US #54
#41Kylie106US #62
#42Brianna103US #24
#43Avery102US #32
#44Allison101US #30
#45Peyton99US #42
#46Arianna98US #52
#47Isabelle97US #100
#48Lucy94US #101
#49Alyssa90US #19
#50Mackenzie89US #77
#51Savannah88US #39
#52Molly86US #92
#53Layla85US #45
#54Maya85US #61
#55Megan85US #105
#56Riley85US #38
#57Gabriella83US #33
#58Payton83US #84
#59Stella83US #126
#60Julia82US #50
#61Ashley81US #20
#62Mya81US #97
#63Sophie77US #65
#64Kaitlyn75US #67
#65Kayla75US #35
#66Aaliyah74US #63
#67Bella74US #58
#68Audrey73US #49
#69Nora72US #198
#70Sarah72US #21
#71Charlotte71US #68
#72Jocelyn71US #71
#73Lilly71US #116
#74Alexa70US #43
#75Eva70US #99
#76Makayla70US #44
#77Ruby70US #108
#78Zoe69US #47
#79Josephine67
#80Katelyn67US #90
#81Sofia67US #36
#82Zoey67US #75
#83Victoria65US #31
#84Trinity64US #74
#85Isabel63US #109
#86Naomi63US #107
#87Ellie62US #145
#88Jasmine62US #51
#89Rachel62US #89
#90Violet62US #140
#91Brynn61
#92Faith61US #79
#93Gracie60US #114
#94Mariah60US #88
#95Serenity60US #93
#96Ariana58US #82
#97Ashlyn57US #146
#98Kendall57US #133
#99Kennedy57US #115
#100Alivia56US #178

Boys

#1Ethan371US #2
#2Jacob370US #1
#3Noah364US #9
#4Logan363US #17
#5Mason349US #34
#6Alexander320US #4
#7Aiden309US #12
#8Owen305US #51
#9Jackson296US #27
#10Carter294US #50
#11William293US #5
#12Benjamin273US #19
#13Gavin271US #33
#14Samuel267US #24
#15Evan262US #35
#16Andrew254US #16
#17Elijah252US #21
#18Jack241US #42
#19Caleb239US #31
#20Michael236US #3
#21Landon233US #36
#22Tyler228US #28
#23Liam227US #49
#24Ryan222US #20
#25Joshua213US #6
#26Lucas211US #39
#27Joseph208US #15
#28Isaac200US #40
#29James198US #18
#30Jayden197US #8
#31Matthew197US #13
#32Connor196US #52
#33Nathan196US #25
#34Daniel192US #7
#35Brayden189US #48
#36Wyatt189US #60
#37Hunter179US #56
#38Anthony178US #11
#39Dylan178US #30
#40Gabriel177US #22
#41Austin170US #63
#42Chase169US #61
#43Nolan169US #122
#44Henry167US #71
#45David165US #14
#46Blake160US #89
#47Christopher158US #10
#48Brady157US #110
#49Isaiah157US #41
#50Cole150US #82
#51Eli150US #90
#52Oliver150US #98
#53Zachary147US #53
#54John145US #26
#55Charles144US #64
#56Nicholas143US #32
#57Cameron142US #58
#58Thomas140US #57
#59Carson137US #88
#60Parker136US #96
#61Jordan134US #45
#62Aaron128US #54
#63Brody127US #77
#64Jonathan127US #29
#65Colton118US #93
#66Cooper118US #84
#67Maxwell118US #132
#68Sawyer117
#69Levi116US #85
#70Xavier113US #68
#71Dominic112US #81
#72Luke110US #47
#73Alex107US #83
#74Brandon106US #38
#75Riley105US #107
#76Christian104US #23
#77Jeremiah103US #65
#78Aidan102US #72
#79Ian99US #73
#80Adam98US #74
#81Max97US #104
#82Caden96US #103
#83Tristan96US #80
#84Robert95US #55
#85Jose90US #43
#86Bryce89US #111
#87Ayden88US #87
#88Preston88US #120
#89Colin87US #113
#90Collin87US #134
#91Grant85US #145
#92Jason84US #66
#93Justin82US #46
#94Kevin81US #44
#95Angel80US #37
#96Adrian79US #59
#97Braden79US #185
#98Kyle79US #99
#99Hayden78US #91
#100Jonah77US #147

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑42Liam#23
↑29Payton#58
↑27Levi#69
↑26Jocelyn#72
↑23Peyton#45
↑23Caleb#19
↑21Evelyn#18
↑20Eli#51

Falling

↓30Audrey#68
↓27Sarah#70
↓24Zachary#53
↓22Kennedy#99
↓20Brady#48
↓19Zoe#78
↓18Kaitlyn#64
↓18Jasmine#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.