Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1975

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,575 babies) and Jason for boys (1,570). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,325 babies born in Wisconsin in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1975

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: 156 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kim: 102 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cory: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Renae: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sara: 309 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heidi: 255 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jodi: 174 babies, 3× the national rate
Jolene: 55 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Becky: 69 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gwen: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Bart: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tim: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dean: 70 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kory: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kurt: 71 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rick: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Randal: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Craig: 259 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Luke: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Troy: 198 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,575	–	1
2	Amy	947	–	2
3	Angela	632	↑2	5
4	Heather	626	–	3
5	Michelle	609	↓2	6
6	Nicole	545	↑2	10
7	Rebecca	519	–	11
8	Lisa	518	↓2	8
9	Sarah	502	–	17
10	Jessica	497	↑1	13
11	Melissa	490	↓1	4
12	Kelly	377	↑2	16
13	Kimberly	335	–	7
14	Julie	331	↓2	18
15	Sara	309	↑5	54
16	Stephanie	303	↑1	9
17	Tracy	279	↓1	24
18	Carrie	263	↑12	29
19	Dawn	263	↓1	23
20	Heidi	255	↓1	66
21	Laura	255	–	20
22	Stacy	247	↑7	34
23	Elizabeth	239	↑4	15
24	Tammy	229	↓9	31
25	Rachel	219	↑8	26
26	Christine	216	↓4	22
27	Erin	214	↑11	38
28	Tina	207	↓5	35
29	Amanda	204	new	14
30	Jill	203	↑1	46
31	Brenda	198	↓7	67
32	Andrea	189	↑13	28
33	Tanya	188	↑1	50
34	Shannon	182	↓9	21
35	Christina	177	↑13	12
36	Wendy	175	↑1	33
37	Jodi	174	↓1	94
38	Mary	174	↓12	19
39	Lori	166	↓11	39
40	Kari	156	↑2	>100
41	Kristin	152	↓6	74
42	Karen	148	↓3	27
43	Danielle	144	↑1	42
44	Katherine	142	new	58
45	Holly	138	↓5	55
46	Ann	135	↑1	>100
47	Tara	135	↓6	41
48	Renee	131	↑2	87
49	Susan	122	↓17	32
50	Theresa	120	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	1,570	–	2
2	Michael	1,372	–	1
3	Matthew	900	↑2	9
4	Christopher	875	↓1	3
5	Brian	845	↓1	8
6	David	753	–	5
7	Daniel	713	–	11
8	John	653	↑2	7
9	Scott	646	↓1	17
10	Ryan	644	↑4	23
11	James	642	↓2	4
12	Chad	615	↓1	27
13	Robert	575	–	6
14	Eric	568	↓2	13
15	Jeffrey	523	–	14
16	Andrew	522	↑3	28
17	Mark	513	–	19
18	Jeremy	477	↑3	24
19	Kevin	464	↓3	15
20	Joseph	449	↑2	12
21	Timothy	446	↓3	22
22	Steven	445	↓2	18
23	Joshua	432	↑5	26
24	William	406	↓1	10
25	Thomas	384	↓1	20
26	Paul	371	↓1	29
27	Aaron	359	↓1	32
28	Benjamin	343	↑7	36
29	Todd	295	↓2	43
30	Anthony	282	↓1	21
31	Shawn	280	↑1	31
32	Richard	279	↓2	16
33	Craig	259	↓2	58
34	Nathan	250	↑3	45
35	Jonathan	242	↑5	30
36	Adam	240	↑5	38
37	Gregory	236	↓4	33
38	Bradley	235	↓4	52
39	Peter	213	↓3	54
40	Travis	209	↑2	51
41	Patrick	200	↓3	39
42	Troy	198	↓3	69
43	Jesse	196	↑1	64
44	Justin	181	↑5	37
45	Jamie	176	↑3	62
46	Shane	173	↓3	57
47	Charles	164	↓2	25
48	Joel	148	new	74
49	Douglas	146	new	55
50	Nicholas	139	new	81

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