Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1972

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (1,688 babies) and Michael for boys (1,390). Social Security records list 57,896 babies born in Wisconsin in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1972

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: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kay: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jolene: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Kari: 101 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sara: 197 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kim: 167 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jodi: 197 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kristine: 135 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kate: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bobbi: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 132 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dean: 114 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rick: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Curt: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cory: 104 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tim: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Scot: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Chad: 638 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bart: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Todd: 455 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,688	–	1
2	Amy	837	↑2	5
3	Michelle	777	↓1	2
4	Lisa	688	↓1	3
5	Nicole	493	↑19	10
6	Julie	460	↓1	12
7	Angela	451	↑1	6
8	Melissa	405	↑4	7
9	Heather	401	↑4	9
10	Rebecca	395	↑8	14
11	Kimberly	392	↓1	4
12	Tammy	388	↓5	11
13	Tracy	384	↓7	19
14	Dawn	369	↓5	20
15	Kelly	309	↓4	23
16	Tina	294	–	18
17	Laura	280	↑3	17
18	Mary	277	↑1	13
19	Sarah	277	↑6	49
20	Brenda	275	↑1	44
21	Christine	263	↓7	16
22	Lori	248	↓5	28
23	Stephanie	247	↑18	8
24	Susan	236	↓9	24
25	Heidi	228	↑1	64
26	Stacy	222	↑4	33
27	Wendy	212	↓5	29
28	Karen	211	↓5	21
29	Carrie	200	–	53
30	Jodi	197	↓2	97
31	Sara	197	↑5	>100
32	Jill	194	↓5	62
33	Elizabeth	191	–	15
34	Jessica	190	new	46
35	Shannon	177	↑3	22
36	Kristin	170	↓5	67
37	Kim	167	–	>100
38	Andrea	162	↑12	30
39	Michele	162	↑10	36
40	Christina	161	new	26
41	Pamela	161	↓9	34
42	Tara	155	new	38
43	Kathleen	150	↑2	57
44	Denise	145	↓4	35
45	Theresa	141	new	68
46	Cynthia	140	↓3	25
47	Cheryl	137	↓3	56
48	Kristine	135	↓14	>100
49	Patricia	135	↓3	27
50	Tanya	134	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	1,390	–	1
2	Jason	995	↑4	7
3	Christopher	964	↑2	2
4	Brian	953	↑4	8
5	Scott	935	↓3	11
6	David	891	↓3	4
7	James	782	↓3	3
8	Robert	738	↑1	6
9	John	737	↓2	5
10	Daniel	714	↑1	15
11	Matthew	675	↑6	10
12	Mark	640	↑1	18
13	Chad	638	↑6	25
14	Jeffrey	624	↓4	17
15	Kevin	551	–	13
16	Eric	550	↑2	16
17	Steven	545	↓5	19
18	Timothy	527	↓4	21
19	Todd	455	↑2	31
20	William	444	–	9
21	Thomas	441	↓5	20
22	Paul	413	–	24
23	Andrew	410	↑2	30
24	Joseph	407	↓1	12
25	Richard	319	↓1	14
26	Gregory	294	–	26
27	Craig	285	↑1	46
28	Ryan	282	↑14	39
29	Anthony	277	↑2	22
30	Troy	268	↓3	49
31	Patrick	254	↓2	35
32	Shawn	241	↓2	28
33	Peter	237	↓1	48
34	Kenneth	212	↑2	27
35	Bradley	204	↓2	61
36	Douglas	193	↓1	43
37	Keith	190	–	38
38	Aaron	188	↑1	40
39	Charles	183	↓5	23
40	Jeremy	180	↑1	42
41	Jonathan	169	↑2	37
42	Shane	164	↑2	55
43	Joel	161	new	78
44	Donald	143	↓6	36
45	Sean	134	–	33
46	Travis	134	new	57
47	Kurt	132	↑2	>100
48	Jon	130	↓1	89
49	Jamie	129	new	72
50	Jeffery	125	–	58

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