Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1974

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,700 babies) and Jason for boys (1,625). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,218 babies born in Wisconsin in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1974

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

Girls

Kari: 141 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kim: 141 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kay: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Karie: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 286 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bobbi: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jolene: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sara: 266 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Becky: 86 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gwen: 16 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 100 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Curt: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tim: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wade: 61 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mathew: 60 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lucas: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dean: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Chad: 647 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Craig: 261 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Luke: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,700	–	1
2	Amy	954	–	2
3	Michelle	782	–	3
4	Heather	608	↑2	4
5	Angela	521	↑5	5
6	Lisa	513	↓2	8
7	Rebecca	504	–	10
8	Nicole	483	↓3	11
9	Sarah	477	↑4	20
10	Melissa	436	↓1	7
11	Jessica	384	↑8	17
12	Julie	364	↓4	14
13	Kimberly	355	↓2	6
14	Kelly	334	↑2	15
15	Tammy	314	↓1	24
16	Tracy	293	↓4	23
17	Stephanie	288	↑5	9
18	Dawn	286	↓3	22
19	Heidi	286	↑5	60
20	Sara	266	↑3	61
21	Laura	239	↓1	21
22	Christine	235	↓4	19
23	Tina	235	↓6	25
24	Brenda	230	↓3	59
25	Shannon	219	↑5	18
26	Mary	215	↑3	13
27	Elizabeth	213	↓2	12
28	Lori	213	↓2	30
29	Stacy	212	↓1	38
30	Carrie	210	↑3	42
31	Jill	193	↑3	58
32	Susan	193	↓5	27
33	Rachel	192	↑11	36
34	Tanya	192	↓2	46
35	Kristin	186	↑2	72
36	Jodi	178	–	91
37	Wendy	177	↓6	32
38	Erin	172	new	47
39	Karen	157	↑1	26
40	Holly	143	new	56
41	Tara	142	↓2	39
42	Kari	141	new	>100
43	Kim	141	↑2	>100
44	Danielle	139	new	40
45	Andrea	134	↓10	35
46	Stacey	132	new	48
47	Ann	126	↓6	100
48	Christina	125	↓10	16
49	Denise	125	↓7	53
50	Renee	120	↓7	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	1,625	–	2
2	Michael	1,346	–	1
3	Christopher	944	–	3
4	Brian	915	–	8
5	Matthew	829	↑3	9
6	David	793	–	4
7	Daniel	744	–	11
8	Scott	736	↓3	18
9	James	698	↑3	5
10	John	662	–	6
11	Chad	647	↓2	26
12	Eric	609	↑3	13
13	Robert	595	↓2	7
14	Ryan	537	↑11	25
15	Jeffrey	516	↓1	15
16	Kevin	507	–	14
17	Mark	504	↓4	16
18	Timothy	475	–	22
19	Andrew	470	–	28
20	Steven	462	↓3	19
21	Jeremy	454	↑6	24
22	Joseph	429	↓1	12
23	William	416	↑1	10
24	Thomas	390	↓4	20
25	Paul	368	↓2	27
26	Aaron	335	↑4	32
27	Todd	327	↓5	39
28	Joshua	310	↑7	29
29	Anthony	299	↑4	21
30	Richard	284	↓4	17
31	Craig	261	↓3	57
32	Shawn	256	↓3	30
33	Gregory	242	↓2	31
34	Bradley	236	↑5	58
35	Benjamin	232	↑13	46
36	Peter	230	↓4	50
37	Nathan	221	↑13	52
38	Patrick	214	↓2	38
39	Troy	207	↓5	63
40	Jonathan	202	↓3	33
41	Adam	199	↑2	36
42	Travis	183	↓4	54
43	Shane	181	↓3	56
44	Jesse	172	new	67
45	Charles	166	↓4	23
46	Kenneth	163	↓4	34
47	Bryan	157	new	45
48	Jamie	155	↓4	68
49	Justin	155	new	43
50	Keith	148	↓5	44

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