Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1969

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1969 were Lisa for girls (1,178 babies) and Michael for boys (1,913). Social Security records list 67,874 babies born in Wisconsin in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1969

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

Girls

Karrie: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Luann: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kay: 45 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kari: 117 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kris: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kristine: 226 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sara: 180 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jodi: 241 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Janel: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Therese: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Robb: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kurt: 172 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dean: 242 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Curt: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cory: 109 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jeffry: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Todd: 740 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dale: 154 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rick: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tyler: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	1,178	–	1
2	Michelle	912	–	2
3	Jennifer	892	–	3
4	Amy	806	–	6
5	Julie	678	–	12
6	Susan	506	–	11
7	Kelly	490	↑1	15
8	Tammy	490	↑2	9
9	Dawn	488	↑2	21
10	Mary	450	↓3	8
11	Tracy	442	↑11	17
12	Lori	435	–	20
13	Christine	427	↓4	14
14	Kimberly	417	–	4
15	Laura	411	↓2	10
16	Melissa	385	↑3	5
17	Karen	370	↓2	13
18	Brenda	340	↓2	38
19	Angela	338	↑5	7
20	Tina	329	↑5	22
21	Wendy	312	↓1	29
22	Debra	299	↑4	43
23	Jill	292	↓6	51
24	Kim	288	↓6	66
25	Pamela	280	↓4	24
26	Ann	274	↑1	57
27	Elizabeth	265	↑3	16
28	Patricia	259	↑3	18
29	Rebecca	254	↑6	28
30	Cheryl	242	↑6	41
31	Jodi	241	↑7	95
32	Heather	232	new	34
33	Heidi	231	↑12	80
34	Kathleen	230	↓2	42
35	Michele	227	↓6	30
36	Kristine	226	↓2	>100
37	Sandra	224	↓14	25
38	Linda	222	↓10	33
39	Sarah	214	↑10	72
40	Denise	213	↓3	35
41	Kristin	209	↓8	76
42	Paula	202	↑2	50
43	Cynthia	201	↓3	23
44	Barbara	200	↓3	39
45	Stephanie	195	new	19
46	Carrie	188	–	94
47	Theresa	188	↑1	49
48	Lynn	185	↓9	>100
49	Renee	182	↓2	67
50	Sara	180	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	1,913	–	1
2	David	1,418	–	2
3	Scott	1,139	↑2	12
4	James	1,063	–	3
5	John	1,047	↓2	4
6	Robert	1,043	–	5
7	Brian	996	↑1	9
8	Mark	974	↓1	8
9	Jeffrey	896	–	11
10	Daniel	872	–	18
11	Steven	840	–	14
12	Thomas	757	↑2	13
13	Todd	740	–	28
14	Christopher	739	↑2	7
15	Timothy	714	↓3	17
16	Paul	632	↓1	22
17	Richard	616	–	10
18	Kevin	600	–	16
19	William	541	–	6
20	Joseph	448	–	15
21	Eric	435	–	21
22	Matthew	426	↑1	24
23	Patrick	384	↓1	31
24	Jason	373	new	25
25	Gregory	361	↑2	26
26	Andrew	350	↓2	33
27	Craig	337	↑5	39
28	Anthony	321	↑1	20
29	Douglas	289	↓4	34
30	Troy	284	↑1	42
31	Peter	280	↓3	43
32	Kenneth	269	↓6	23
33	Charles	268	–	19
34	Bradley	252	↑14	53
35	Ronald	247	↓5	29
36	Donald	244	↓2	30
37	Dean	242	–	89
38	Gary	228	↓3	35
39	Dennis	224	↓1	44
40	Keith	210	↓4	36
41	Jeffery	180	–	48
42	Chad	175	new	69
43	Randy	175	↑3	55
44	Kurt	172	↓4	>100
45	Joel	171	new	80
46	Jon	169	↓7	68
47	Stephen	162	↓5	27
48	Edward	158	new	32
49	Dale	154	↓5	96
50	Jay	152	↓1	95

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