Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1976

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,642 babies) and Jason for boys (1,510). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,168 babies born in Wisconsin in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1976

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: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jolene: 50 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Becky: 77 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jody: 96 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kim: 78 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bobbi: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 231 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kari: 132 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tricia: 79 babies, 3× the national rate
Sara: 435 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Kory: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kurt: 80 babies, 4× the national rate
Dean: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Luke: 53 babies, 3× the national rate
Rick: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 74 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Chad: 574 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cory: 157 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brad: 113 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Karl: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,642	–	1
2	Amy	925	–	2
3	Jessica	678	↑7	8
4	Sarah	639	↑5	15
5	Heather	596	↓1	4
6	Angela	579	↓3	5
7	Melissa	565	↑4	3
8	Rebecca	519	↓1	12
9	Nicole	505	↓3	13
10	Michelle	487	↓5	6
11	Lisa	472	↓3	9
12	Sara	435	↑3	27
13	Jamie	385	new	18
14	Kelly	362	↓2	19
15	Kimberly	357	↓2	7
16	Julie	332	↓2	21
17	Shannon	327	↑17	17
18	Stephanie	299	↓2	11
19	Carrie	291	↓1	28
20	Elizabeth	281	↑3	16
21	Laura	281	–	20
22	Erin	279	↑5	24
23	Amanda	234	↑6	10
24	Heidi	231	↓4	70
25	Tracy	230	↓8	37
26	Jaime	216	new	29
27	Rachel	211	↓2	23
28	Dawn	210	↓9	35
29	Stacy	206	↓7	38
30	Christine	203	↓4	26
31	Andrea	201	↑1	25
32	Tammy	199	↓8	41
33	Jill	189	↓3	52
34	Christina	186	↑1	14
35	Mary	172	↑3	22
36	Wendy	163	–	39
37	Tina	155	↓9	48
38	Lori	154	↑1	47
39	Karen	151	↑3	31
40	Brenda	149	↓9	77
41	Tanya	147	↓8	61
42	Holly	145	↑3	56
43	Kristin	143	↓2	74
44	Tara	141	↑3	42
45	Jodi	138	↓8	>100
46	Kari	132	↓6	>100
47	Emily	130	new	50
48	Danielle	126	↓5	33
49	Kathryn	126	new	88
50	Katherine	122	↓6	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	1,510	–	2
2	Michael	1,297	–	1
3	Matthew	988	–	9
4	Brian	892	↑1	8
5	Christopher	847	↓1	3
6	David	754	–	4
7	Daniel	725	–	10
8	Ryan	707	↑2	16
9	Eric	633	↑5	13
10	James	602	↑1	5
11	Jeremy	586	↑7	14
12	John	576	↓4	6
13	Chad	574	↓1	29
14	Robert	556	↓1	7
15	Scott	554	↓6	24
16	Andrew	533	–	27
17	Joseph	524	↑3	12
18	Timothy	477	↑3	21
19	Kevin	476	–	15
20	Joshua	474	↑3	18
21	Jeffrey	471	↓6	17
22	Steven	446	–	20
23	Mark	438	↓6	25
24	Benjamin	394	↑4	32
25	Aaron	390	↑2	30
26	Thomas	376	↓1	23
27	Adam	371	↑9	36
28	William	328	↓4	11
29	Paul	324	↓3	28
30	Anthony	317	–	22
31	Nathan	300	↑3	39
32	Richard	261	–	19
33	Bradley	246	↑5	51
34	Shawn	239	↓3	34
35	Justin	238	↑9	33
36	Todd	237	↓7	50
37	Travis	220	↑3	46
38	Jesse	219	↑5	55
39	Jonathan	217	↓4	31
40	Craig	207	↓7	61
41	Gregory	207	↓4	35
42	Peter	206	↓3	54
43	Patrick	189	↓2	41
44	Charles	174	↑3	26
45	Shane	161	↑1	57
46	Joel	160	↑2	72
47	Cory	157	new	83
48	Troy	157	↓6	73
49	Jamie	153	↓4	62
50	Bryan	151	new	43

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