Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1964

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1964 were Lisa for girls (1,327 babies) and Michael for boys (1,963). Social Security records list 82,134 babies born in Wisconsin in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in Wisconsin that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Jayne: 56 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kay: 107 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luann: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kristine: 183 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kari: 81 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jean: 282 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sue: 151 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jodi: 188 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jenifer: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jane: 285 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dean: 292 babies, 3× the national rate
Kurt: 201 babies, 3× the national rate
Corey: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Randal: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Todd: 868 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeffry: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Curt: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lyle: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jay: 222 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rick: 142 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	1,327	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,310	↓1	2
3	Susan	1,044	–	3
4	Julie	922	↑1	17
5	Lori	746	↓1	15
6	Karen	721	↑1	4
7	Dawn	593	↑4	33
8	Linda	576	↓2	8
9	Patricia	558	↑5	5
10	Christine	527	–	28
11	Debra	506	↓2	24
12	Brenda	503	↑3	18
13	Tammy	493	↑4	10
14	Pamela	482	↓2	11
15	Laura	481	↑4	14
16	Kathleen	450	–	30
17	Kim	446	↑5	42
18	Michelle	442	↑12	23
19	Sandra	439	↓11	13
20	Diane	438	↓2	32
21	Ann	421	↑3	60
22	Barbara	411	↓9	19
23	Cheryl	404	–	29
24	Amy	401	↑5	44
25	Kelly	401	↑6	35
26	Nancy	373	↓5	26
27	Jennifer	347	↑17	31
28	Lynn	341	↓2	72
29	Jill	339	↑7	61
30	Denise	327	↑9	25
31	Cynthia	326	↓4	9
32	Laurie	317	↓12	59
33	Donna	315	↓5	7
34	Wendy	312	↑6	55
35	Kimberly	305	↑11	6
36	Deborah	297	↓2	12
37	Carol	296	↓5	36
38	Jane	285	↓5	93
39	Jean	282	↓2	100
40	Elizabeth	267	↓5	16
41	Beth	263	↑2	65
42	Sharon	261	↓17	20
43	Theresa	260	↓5	38
44	Cindy	253	↓3	47
45	Kathy	239	↓3	39
46	Teresa	236	new	21
47	Margaret	226	new	49
48	Jacqueline	220	new	37
49	Renee	217	–	71
50	Robin	209	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	1,963	–	1
2	David	1,921	–	3
3	John	1,893	–	2
4	James	1,628	–	4
5	Robert	1,465	↑1	5
6	Mark	1,395	↓1	6
7	Scott	1,249	–	14
8	Thomas	1,131	↑1	9
9	Steven	1,120	↑2	12
10	Daniel	1,072	–	19
11	Jeffrey	1,060	↓3	10
12	Timothy	997	↑2	15
13	Brian	952	–	20
14	Paul	886	↑1	16
15	Todd	868	↑2	28
16	Richard	833	–	8
17	Kevin	802	↓5	13
18	William	747	–	7
19	Joseph	630	–	11
20	Patrick	515	↑1	30
21	Gregory	473	↓1	22
22	Kenneth	430	↑3	18
23	Gary	398	–	26
24	Peter	396	↑3	39
25	Douglas	384	↑1	31
26	Ronald	381	↓2	24
27	Christopher	377	↑1	23
28	Donald	365	↓6	25
29	Charles	329	–	17
30	Randy	320	–	38
31	Andrew	309	↑4	37
32	Keith	305	↑4	34
33	Dean	292	↓1	85
34	Eric	289	–	32
35	Dennis	286	↓4	42
36	Anthony	251	↑2	21
37	Jeffery	251	↑8	45
38	Dale	245	↑1	72
39	Bruce	242	↓6	46
40	Craig	241	↑2	48
41	Jon	228	↑3	79
42	Jay	222	new	84
43	Randall	214	↓6	66
44	Terry	210	↓4	35
45	Edward	206	new	27
46	Kurt	201	↓3	>100
47	Matthew	200	↑2	43
48	Stephen	191	new	29
49	Alan	188	↓1	53
50	Jeff	186	↓9	52

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