Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1966

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,407 babies) and Michael for boys (1,906). Social Security records list 73,862 babies born in Wisconsin in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1966

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

Girls

Kay: 95 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jayne: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kari: 78 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kristine: 247 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jodi: 216 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jody: 123 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Candice: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Luann: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Therese: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jodie: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 211 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cory: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Curt: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bart: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Kip: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Loren: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dale: 236 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeffry: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Todd: 786 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dean: 230 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,407	–	1
2	Mary	877	–	3
3	Julie	811	–	13
4	Susan	807	–	6
5	Michelle	794	↑10	4
6	Lori	635	–	21
7	Dawn	592	–	24
8	Karen	591	↓3	5
9	Amy	577	–	30
10	Christine	535	↓2	20
11	Kim	499	↓1	43
12	Jennifer	498	↑6	10
13	Tammy	497	↑1	8
14	Brenda	468	↓2	25
15	Kelly	433	↑5	26
16	Debra	420	–	35
17	Laura	416	–	19
18	Kimberly	409	↑10	2
19	Linda	397	↓8	18
20	Sandra	383	↑4	17
21	Pamela	374	↑2	15
22	Barbara	370	↑3	27
23	Patricia	367	↓10	7
24	Jill	363	↑6	49
25	Wendy	352	↓6	41
26	Kathleen	339	↓5	37
27	Elizabeth	331	↑5	16
28	Cheryl	325	↓1	34
29	Ann	322	↓7	61
30	Deborah	308	↑6	14
31	Tracy	300	↑12	31
32	Cynthia	291	↓3	11
33	Denise	278	–	32
34	Nancy	276	↓3	33
35	Michele	270	↑4	36
36	Diane	264	↓10	45
37	Tina	257	↑9	23
38	Donna	251	↓1	12
39	Kristine	247	↑6	>100
40	Angela	237	new	9
41	Lynn	235	↓7	81
42	Theresa	233	–	46
43	Sharon	226	↓5	28
44	Rebecca	224	↑5	40
45	Laurie	222	↓10	63
46	Jodi	216	new	>100
47	Heidi	213	new	87
48	Carol	206	↓7	48
49	Cindy	198	↓2	56
50	Paula	198	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	1,906	–	1
2	David	1,705	–	2
3	John	1,397	–	4
4	James	1,386	–	3
5	Robert	1,178	–	5
6	Scott	1,165	↑1	16
7	Mark	1,101	↓1	7
8	Jeffrey	1,051	–	9
9	Daniel	981	–	19
10	Timothy	971	↑3	11
11	Steven	970	–	13
12	Brian	952	–	14
13	Thomas	897	↓3	10
14	Paul	843	–	18
15	Todd	786	–	29
16	Kevin	736	–	17
17	Richard	684	–	8
18	William	618	–	6
19	Christopher	586	↑1	12
20	Joseph	570	↓1	15
21	Patrick	428	–	31
22	Gregory	394	↑1	23
23	Peter	372	↑1	39
24	Kenneth	371	↓2	21
25	Gary	361	↑2	28
26	Eric	352	↑3	25
27	Ronald	332	↓1	24
28	Andrew	327	↑4	36
29	Douglas	314	↓4	33
30	Anthony	295	↑5	22
31	Craig	294	↓1	46
32	Donald	280	↓4	27
33	Randy	260	–	45
34	Charles	258	↓3	20
35	Keith	240	↑5	32
36	Dale	236	↑2	85
37	Dean	230	↓1	84
38	Dennis	230	↓4	44
39	Bradley	224	↑7	68
40	Matthew	224	↑2	34
41	Jeffery	219	↓2	42
42	Kurt	211	↓5	>100
43	Troy	203	new	48
44	Jon	194	↓1	76
45	Edward	188	↓1	30
46	Randall	176	↑4	70
47	Rodney	172	–	35
48	Terry	169	↓3	40
49	Jay	161	new	91
50	Joel	160	new	>100

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