Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1968

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1968 were Lisa for girls (1,299 babies) and Michael for boys (1,858). Social Security records list 68,022 babies born in Wisconsin in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1968

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

Girls

Luann: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kay: 56 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Karrie: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jayne: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kari: 109 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kristine: 239 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jodi: 220 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jodie: 53 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sara: 147 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristin: 239 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 184 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Curt: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dean: 225 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rick: 78 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Todd: 785 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dale: 174 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tom: 72 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bart: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jody: 63 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cory: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	1,299	–	1
2	Michelle	905	–	2
3	Jennifer	730	↑8	4
4	Amy	687	↑1	13
5	Julie	623	↑1	16
6	Susan	596	↓2	10
7	Mary	571	↓4	6
8	Kelly	532	↑5	12
9	Christine	512	–	14
10	Tammy	510	–	8
11	Dawn	501	↓3	21
12	Lori	459	↓5	22
13	Laura	458	↑2	11
14	Kimberly	429	↑3	3
15	Karen	397	↓3	9
16	Brenda	377	↓2	34
17	Jill	343	↑8	46
18	Kim	335	–	57
19	Melissa	334	↑25	5
20	Wendy	332	↓4	31
21	Pamela	311	↓2	20
22	Tracy	310	↑9	25
23	Sandra	309	↓3	26
24	Angela	299	↑10	7
25	Tina	287	↓1	18
26	Debra	283	↓4	38
27	Ann	282	↑3	54
28	Linda	274	↓7	28
29	Michele	272	–	29
30	Elizabeth	260	↓7	17
31	Patricia	253	↓4	15
32	Kathleen	247	–	40
33	Kristin	239	↑13	84
34	Kristine	239	↓1	>100
35	Rebecca	236	↑10	33
36	Cheryl	226	↓10	37
37	Denise	225	↓2	35
38	Jodi	220	↑9	97
39	Lynn	219	↓2	85
40	Cynthia	218	↓4	19
41	Barbara	217	↓13	36
42	Diane	215	↓4	51
43	Deborah	214	↓3	27
44	Paula	209	↓2	45
45	Heidi	207	↓2	89
46	Carrie	204	new	86
47	Renee	203	↑1	65
48	Theresa	197	↓9	47
49	Sarah	195	new	78
50	Nancy	190	↓9	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	1,858	–	1
2	David	1,484	–	2
3	John	1,221	–	3
4	James	1,198	–	4
5	Scott	1,094	–	14
6	Robert	1,086	–	5
7	Mark	1,031	–	7
8	Brian	1,008	–	10
9	Jeffrey	973	↑3	11
10	Daniel	932	–	18
11	Steven	859	↓2	15
12	Timothy	819	↓1	13
13	Todd	785	↑2	28
14	Thomas	769	↓1	12
15	Paul	747	↓1	19
16	Christopher	670	↑3	9
17	Richard	634	↓1	8
18	Kevin	628	↓1	17
19	William	534	↓1	6
20	Joseph	475	–	16
21	Eric	414	↑1	22
22	Patrick	410	↓1	30
23	Matthew	401	↑2	24
24	Andrew	345	↑6	34
25	Douglas	323	↑1	33
26	Kenneth	316	↓2	23
27	Gregory	313	↓4	26
28	Peter	307	↓1	39
29	Anthony	297	↑2	21
30	Ronald	280	↓2	25
31	Troy	280	↑4	40
32	Craig	270	↑1	41
33	Charles	269	↑4	20
34	Donald	246	↓5	29
35	Gary	242	↓3	32
36	Keith	237	↓2	35
37	Dean	225	↓1	78
38	Dennis	207	–	45
39	Jon	196	↑2	65
40	Kurt	184	–	>100
41	Jeffery	183	↑1	46
42	Stephen	181	↑5	27
43	Terry	178	↑5	48
44	Dale	174	↓1	91
45	Shawn	172	new	43
46	Randy	168	↓7	54
47	Sean	165	new	37
48	Bradley	157	↓2	57
49	Jay	153	↓5	88
50	Randall	139	new	79

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