Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1970

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (1,254 babies) and Michael for boys (1,824). Social Security records list 70,442 babies born in Wisconsin in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1970

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: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kris: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darci: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Kari: 122 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jodi: 274 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tami: 103 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jolene: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kristine: 218 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sara: 185 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jane: 92 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Robb: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kurt: 160 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dean: 212 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cory: 109 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Curt: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kris: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rick: 60 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bart: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Chad: 334 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brad: 114 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,254	↑2	1
2	Lisa	1,024	↓1	2
3	Amy	907	↑1	5
4	Michelle	898	↓2	4
5	Julie	658	–	11
6	Tracy	578	↑5	10
7	Tammy	547	↑1	8
8	Dawn	539	↑1	16
9	Kimberly	512	↑5	3
10	Susan	459	↓4	15
11	Kelly	438	↓4	20
12	Christine	430	↑1	14
13	Mary	399	↓3	9
14	Melissa	399	↑2	7
15	Lori	394	↓3	23
16	Angela	389	↑3	6
17	Brenda	378	↑1	40
18	Laura	354	↓3	13
19	Heather	339	↑13	19
20	Karen	321	↓3	12
21	Wendy	318	–	28
22	Tina	312	↓2	21
23	Rebecca	304	↑6	29
24	Jill	296	↓1	52
25	Pamela	294	–	26
26	Nicole	287	new	30
27	Ann	279	↓1	62
28	Jodi	274	↑3	95
29	Kristin	262	↑12	63
30	Kim	249	↓6	78
31	Sarah	248	↑8	65
32	Stephanie	248	↑13	17
33	Elizabeth	243	↓6	18
34	Heidi	234	↓1	81
35	Kathleen	233	↓1	45
36	Michele	228	↓1	31
37	Shannon	228	new	22
38	Kristine	218	↓2	>100
39	Carrie	216	↑7	73
40	Patricia	207	↓12	24
41	Denise	204	↓1	36
42	Debra	201	↓20	47
43	Stacy	199	new	42
44	Renee	198	↑5	68
45	Linda	194	↓7	38
46	Sandra	194	↓9	27
47	Barbara	190	↓3	41
48	Cheryl	189	↓18	44
49	Cynthia	187	↓6	25
50	Deborah	187	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	1,824	–	1
2	David	1,390	–	3
3	James	1,182	↑1	2
4	Scott	1,135	↓1	12
5	John	1,074	–	4
6	Robert	1,010	–	5
7	Brian	1,009	–	8
8	Mark	904	–	9
9	Jeffrey	898	–	11
10	Daniel	869	–	19
11	Christopher	853	↑3	6
12	Steven	850	↓1	15
13	Jason	701	↑11	13
14	Kevin	678	↑4	14
15	Thomas	678	↓3	17
16	Todd	678	↓3	28
17	Timothy	658	↓2	20
18	Paul	652	↓2	23
19	William	588	–	7
20	Matthew	565	↑2	24
21	Eric	550	–	18
22	Richard	514	↓5	10
23	Joseph	508	↓3	16
24	Andrew	408	↑2	32
25	Craig	383	↑2	39
26	Gregory	353	↓1	26
27	Patrick	347	↓4	33
28	Chad	334	↑14	51
29	Troy	325	↑1	41
30	Anthony	322	↓2	22
31	Bradley	318	↑3	47
32	Charles	309	↑1	21
33	Kenneth	292	↓1	25
34	Douglas	289	↓5	36
35	Peter	269	↓4	44
36	Shawn	229	new	34
37	Donald	214	↓1	30
38	Dean	212	↓1	>100
39	Keith	203	↑1	38
40	Dennis	200	↓1	46
41	Gary	196	↓3	35
42	Ronald	187	↓7	29
43	Jon	183	↑3	68
44	Stephen	177	↑3	27
45	Joel	168	–	82
46	Edward	161	↑2	31
47	Kurt	160	↓3	>100
48	Randy	155	↓5	59
49	Jay	154	↑1	97
50	Jeffery	152	↓9	50

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