Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1965

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,440 babies) and Michael for boys (1,983). Social Security records list 76,470 babies born in Wisconsin in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1965

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

Girls

Maryjo: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jayne: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kari: 78 babies, 4× the national rate
Luann: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kristine: 233 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kay: 77 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Therese: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mari: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jolene: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jean: 219 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 242 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dean: 252 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Todd: 848 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kris: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lyle: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Luke: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dale: 233 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tom: 135 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rick: 121 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Randal: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,440	–	1
2	Mary	1,064	–	2
3	Julie	861	↑1	14
4	Susan	782	↓1	5
5	Karen	698	↑1	3
6	Lori	659	↓1	19
7	Dawn	612	–	26
8	Christine	525	↑2	21
9	Amy	512	↑15	35
10	Kim	501	↑7	43
11	Linda	490	↓3	8
12	Brenda	481	–	23
13	Patricia	475	↓4	6
14	Tammy	439	↓1	11
15	Michelle	437	↑3	18
16	Debra	430	↓5	27
17	Laura	425	↓2	17
18	Jennifer	415	↑9	20
19	Wendy	408	↑15	39
20	Kelly	405	↑5	30
21	Kathleen	399	↓5	34
22	Ann	397	↓1	59
23	Pamela	396	↓9	12
24	Sandra	382	↓5	15
25	Barbara	367	↓3	25
26	Diane	347	↓6	40
27	Cheryl	340	↓4	31
28	Kimberly	333	↑7	4
29	Cynthia	326	↑2	9
30	Jill	325	↓1	51
31	Nancy	302	↓5	32
32	Elizabeth	297	↑8	16
33	Denise	290	↓3	28
34	Lynn	264	↓6	80
35	Laurie	263	↓3	60
36	Deborah	261	–	13
37	Donna	254	↓4	7
38	Sharon	251	↑4	22
39	Michele	248	new	48
40	Jane	247	↓2	95
41	Carol	241	↓4	42
42	Theresa	240	↑1	45
43	Tracy	240	new	36
44	Beth	238	↓3	66
45	Kristine	233	new	>100
46	Tina	227	new	29
47	Cindy	223	↓3	53
48	Jean	219	↓9	>100
49	Rebecca	216	new	41
50	Renee	213	↓1	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	1,983	–	1
2	David	1,714	–	3
3	John	1,506	–	2
4	James	1,444	–	4
5	Robert	1,262	–	5
6	Mark	1,227	–	7
7	Scott	1,125	–	15
8	Jeffrey	1,086	↑3	10
9	Daniel	1,075	↑1	17
10	Thomas	999	↓2	9
11	Steven	978	↓2	14
12	Brian	931	↑1	19
13	Timothy	896	↓1	12
14	Paul	858	–	16
15	Todd	848	–	30
16	Kevin	761	↑1	13
17	Richard	759	↓1	8
18	William	637	–	6
19	Joseph	608	–	11
20	Christopher	528	↑7	18
21	Patrick	493	↓1	31
22	Kenneth	439	–	21
23	Gregory	438	↓2	23
24	Peter	402	–	39
25	Douglas	349	–	32
26	Ronald	349	–	24
27	Gary	344	↓4	27
28	Donald	332	–	26
29	Eric	329	↑5	25
30	Craig	304	↑10	46
31	Charles	288	↓2	20
32	Andrew	286	↓1	37
33	Randy	273	↓3	42
34	Dennis	271	↑1	44
35	Anthony	266	↑1	22
36	Dean	252	↓3	88
37	Kurt	242	↑9	>100
38	Dale	233	–	83
39	Jeffery	231	↓2	47
40	Keith	224	↓8	35
41	Bruce	216	↓2	50
42	Matthew	208	↑5	36
43	Jon	205	↓2	78
44	Edward	195	↑1	29
45	Terry	188	↓1	40
46	Bradley	186	new	72
47	Rodney	186	new	33
48	Stephen	179	–	28
49	Jeff	172	↑1	62
50	Randall	172	↓7	73

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