Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1971

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (1,608 babies) and Michael for boys (1,589). Social Security records list 64,822 babies born in Wisconsin in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1971

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

Girls

Kris: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kay: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kari: 130 babies, 4× the national rate
Kristine: 209 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sara: 206 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jodi: 240 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynn: 151 babies, 3× the national rate
Becky: 108 babies, 3× the national rate
Jolene: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Heidi: 245 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Kraig: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kurt: 147 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cory: 124 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Curt: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dean: 133 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bart: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Scot: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dale: 126 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jay: 139 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rick: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,608	–	1
2	Michelle	877	↑2	2
3	Lisa	871	↓1	3
4	Amy	866	↓1	5
5	Julie	565	–	10
6	Tracy	478	–	13
7	Tammy	477	–	8
8	Angela	471	↑8	6
9	Dawn	450	↓1	14
10	Kimberly	435	↓1	4
11	Kelly	393	–	22
12	Melissa	390	↑2	7
13	Heather	378	↑6	12
14	Christine	359	↓2	18
15	Susan	346	↓5	17
16	Tina	341	↑6	20
17	Lori	338	↓2	25
18	Rebecca	337	↑5	23
19	Mary	334	↓6	9
20	Laura	314	↓2	16
21	Brenda	313	↓4	43
22	Wendy	274	↓1	29
23	Karen	263	↓3	15
24	Nicole	262	↑2	27
25	Sarah	250	↑6	58
26	Heidi	245	↑8	77
27	Jill	240	↓3	59
28	Jodi	240	–	94
29	Carrie	230	↑10	55
30	Stacy	224	↑13	32
31	Kristin	222	↓2	71
32	Pamela	220	↓7	28
33	Elizabeth	212	–	19
34	Kristine	209	↑4	>100
35	Ann	206	↓8	78
36	Sara	206	new	>100
37	Kim	194	↓7	>100
38	Shannon	194	↓1	21
39	Debra	190	↑3	57
40	Denise	190	↑1	36
41	Stephanie	185	↓9	11
42	Sandra	183	↑4	31
43	Cynthia	181	↑6	24
44	Cheryl	175	↑4	50
45	Kathleen	166	↓10	53
46	Patricia	166	↓6	26
47	Renee	166	↓3	73
48	Linda	160	↓3	42
49	Michele	160	↓13	39
50	Andrea	156	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	1,589	–	1
2	Scott	1,251	↑2	10
3	David	1,129	↓1	3
4	James	963	↓1	2
5	Christopher	902	↑6	6
6	Jason	894	↑7	8
7	John	887	↓2	4
8	Brian	880	↓1	9
9	Robert	827	↓3	5
10	Jeffrey	819	↓1	12
11	Daniel	814	↓1	20
12	Steven	736	–	16
13	Mark	694	↓5	13
14	Timothy	616	↑3	21
15	Kevin	614	↓1	14
16	Thomas	566	↓1	17
17	Matthew	564	↑3	19
18	Eric	540	↑3	18
19	Chad	539	↑9	29
20	William	534	↓1	7
21	Todd	530	↓5	30
22	Paul	518	↓4	24
23	Joseph	468	–	15
24	Richard	420	↓2	11
25	Andrew	413	↓1	33
26	Gregory	335	–	26
27	Troy	322	↑2	46
28	Craig	309	↓3	43
29	Patrick	292	↓2	35
30	Shawn	284	↑6	28
31	Anthony	280	↓1	23
32	Peter	272	↑3	47
33	Bradley	250	↓2	58
34	Charles	240	↓2	22
35	Douglas	234	↓1	39
36	Kenneth	226	↓3	25
37	Keith	216	↑2	37
38	Donald	204	↓1	34
39	Aaron	198	new	41
40	Ronald	192	↑2	31
41	Jeremy	183	new	45
42	Ryan	178	new	51
43	Jonathan	175	new	40
44	Shane	170	new	60
45	Sean	166	new	36
46	Gary	165	↓5	38
47	Jon	158	↓4	78
48	Dennis	154	↓8	49
49	Kurt	147	↓2	>100
50	Jeffery	145	–	53

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