Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1977

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,571 babies) and Jason for boys (1,461). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 61,125 babies born in Wisconsin in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1977

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

Girls

Jolene: 53 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sadie: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kari: 135 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 215 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kristine: 93 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Katie: 143 babies, 3× the national rate
Kim: 61 babies, 3× the national rate
Becky: 58 babies, 3× the national rate
Tricia: 70 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sara: 446 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 85 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kory: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Luke: 65 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lucas: 54 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rick: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Chad: 518 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nick: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Andrew: 696 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Craig: 198 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Cory: 182 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,571	–	1
2	Jessica	872	↑1	4
3	Amy	828	↓1	3
4	Sarah	785	–	11
5	Heather	612	–	5
6	Melissa	611	↑1	2
7	Angela	588	↓1	6
8	Kelly	586	↑6	10
9	Nicole	575	–	15
10	Michelle	532	–	7
11	Rebecca	526	↓3	17
12	Sara	446	–	27
13	Lisa	436	↓2	12
14	Jamie	376	↓1	18
15	Amanda	334	↑8	9
16	Erin	333	↑6	23
17	Kimberly	332	↓2	8
18	Elizabeth	331	↑2	13
19	Carrie	328	–	28
20	Julie	314	↓4	22
21	Stephanie	304	↓3	14
22	Laura	292	↓1	20
23	Shannon	291	↓6	19
24	Andrea	255	↑7	24
25	Jill	246	↑8	41
26	Rachel	226	↑1	26
27	Tracy	225	↓2	50
28	Stacy	224	↑1	42
29	Heidi	215	↓5	81
30	Christina	205	↑4	16
31	Christine	193	↓1	30
32	Tammy	191	–	55
33	Dawn	187	↓5	43
34	Mary	183	↑1	21
35	Katherine	177	↑15	44
36	Tara	166	↑8	35
37	Tina	166	–	58
38	Danielle	161	↑10	31
39	Karen	155	–	32
40	Jaime	152	↓14	46
41	Tanya	151	–	67
42	Emily	147	↑5	37
43	Kristin	144	–	82
44	Katie	143	new	>100
45	Megan	140	new	54
46	Erica	138	new	38
47	Wendy	138	↓11	49
48	Kari	135	↓2	>100
49	Kathryn	135	–	70
50	Brenda	132	↓10	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	1,461	–	2
2	Michael	1,423	–	1
3	Matthew	960	–	9
4	Christopher	891	↑1	3
5	Ryan	845	↑3	16
6	Brian	824	↓2	8
7	David	766	↓1	4
8	Andrew	696	↑8	24
9	Daniel	674	↓2	11
10	Jeremy	660	↑1	15
11	Eric	649	↓2	17
12	Joshua	642	↑8	14
13	James	639	↓3	5
14	Joseph	628	↑3	10
15	John	611	↓3	7
16	Robert	584	↓2	6
17	Kevin	529	↑2	13
18	Chad	518	↓5	34
19	Timothy	495	↓1	18
20	Jeffrey	483	↑1	19
21	Scott	475	↓6	27
22	Adam	427	↑5	33
23	Benjamin	422	↑1	29
24	Steven	422	↓2	23
25	Mark	386	↓2	25
26	Nathan	383	↑5	36
27	Thomas	377	↓1	22
28	Aaron	373	↓3	32
29	William	366	↓1	12
30	Paul	326	↓1	31
31	Anthony	323	↓1	21
32	Justin	280	↑3	30
33	Shawn	250	↑1	37
34	Richard	249	↓2	20
35	Nicholas	246	new	51
36	Jonathan	242	↑3	28
37	Jesse	238	↑1	54
38	Travis	232	↓1	44
39	Gregory	228	↑2	35
40	Bradley	225	↓7	49
41	Todd	219	↓5	50
42	Peter	210	–	55
43	Patrick	207	–	40
44	Craig	198	↓4	64
45	Cory	182	↑2	67
46	Jacob	178	new	56
47	Corey	169	new	52
48	Bryan	157	↑2	42
49	Keith	152	new	48
50	Shane	152	↓5	61

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