Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1978

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (1,435 babies) and Michael for boys (1,391). Social Security records list 61,093 babies born in Wisconsin in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1978

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: 131 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brook: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kate: 60 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heidi: 208 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jolene: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Katie: 195 babies, 3× the national rate
Ann: 131 babies, 3× the national rate
Jodi: 124 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Janel: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sara: 451 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Kurtis: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kurt: 77 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kory: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nickolas: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Bryon: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lucas: 100 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dean: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Craig: 210 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rick: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chad: 460 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,435	–	1
2	Jessica	869	–	3
3	Sarah	763	↑1	8
4	Melissa	727	↑2	2
5	Nicole	685	↑4	10
6	Amy	645	↓3	4
7	Angela	617	–	7
8	Heather	589	↓3	5
9	Kelly	568	↓1	12
10	Rebecca	501	↑1	17
11	Michelle	479	↓1	9
12	Lisa	452	↑1	11
13	Sara	451	↓1	28
14	Amanda	395	↑1	6
15	Elizabeth	385	↑3	14
16	Erin	378	–	21
17	Stephanie	346	↑4	16
18	Kimberly	321	↓1	13
19	Jamie	314	↓5	20
20	Andrea	299	↑4	23
21	Laura	285	↑1	19
22	Julie	281	↓2	26
23	Rachel	259	↑3	25
24	Carrie	242	↓5	35
25	Christina	234	↑5	15
26	Katherine	221	↑9	38
27	Shannon	218	↓4	22
28	Christine	217	↑3	29
29	Jill	217	↓4	46
30	Stacy	211	↓2	44
31	Heidi	208	↓2	83
32	Tracy	202	↓5	47
33	Emily	201	↑9	33
34	Katie	195	↑10	90
35	Megan	177	↑10	41
36	Kathryn	173	↑13	57
37	Dawn	169	↓4	52
38	Tina	165	↓1	45
39	Tara	156	↓3	40
40	Crystal	154	new	18
41	Danielle	154	↓3	31
42	Mary	153	↓8	24
43	Holly	142	new	55
44	Erica	138	↑2	34
45	Kristin	137	↓2	78
46	Tanya	136	↓5	82
47	Amber	135	new	30
48	Ann	131	new	>100
49	Kari	131	↓1	>100
50	Karen	127	↓11	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	1,391	↑1	1
2	Jason	1,388	↓1	2
3	Matthew	1,090	–	6
4	Christopher	923	–	3
5	Ryan	838	–	14
6	Brian	794	–	9
7	David	769	–	4
8	Andrew	713	–	22
9	Daniel	689	–	11
10	Nicholas	689	↑25	25
11	Joshua	685	↑1	12
12	Joseph	603	↑2	10
13	James	583	–	5
14	Timothy	573	↑5	17
15	Eric	555	↓4	16
16	Jeremy	546	↓6	18
17	John	514	↓2	7
18	Robert	514	↓2	8
19	Scott	501	↑2	30
20	Kevin	499	↓3	15
21	Adam	474	↑1	29
22	Chad	460	↓4	35
23	Jeffrey	438	↓3	19
24	Benjamin	434	↓1	34
25	Aaron	409	↑3	32
26	Steven	399	↓2	24
27	Mark	392	↓2	26
28	Nathan	379	↓2	36
29	Paul	366	↑1	33
30	Justin	331	↑2	28
31	Thomas	327	↓4	23
32	Anthony	326	↓1	20
33	William	318	↓4	13
34	Richard	249	–	21
35	Travis	247	↑3	46
36	Shawn	230	↓3	39
37	Peter	229	↑5	54
38	Bradley	222	↑2	53
39	Craig	210	↑5	66
40	Jesse	208	↓3	51
41	Jacob	205	↑5	50
42	Jonathan	205	↓6	31
43	Patrick	186	–	42
44	Todd	180	↓3	56
45	Charles	177	new	27
46	Cory	173	↓1	73
47	Gregory	170	↓8	38
48	Kyle	161	new	63
49	Bryan	159	↓1	43
50	Joel	149	new	74

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