Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1979

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (1,487 babies) and Michael for boys (1,523). Social Security records list 65,123 babies born in Wisconsin in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1979

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

Girls

Gwen: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Becky: 67 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Abbey: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kari: 132 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sadie: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jodi: 117 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jolene: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 208 babies, 3× the national rate
Lynn: 59 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jody: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Lucas: 154 babies, 3× the national rate
Kurt: 74 babies, 3× the national rate
Luke: 130 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nickolas: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Greg: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dean: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jonah: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rick: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chad: 446 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Troy: 130 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,487	–	1
2	Jessica	889	–	4
3	Melissa	857	↑1	2
4	Sarah	856	↓1	6
5	Nicole	742	–	9
6	Amanda	730	↑8	3
7	Angela	641	–	8
8	Amy	622	↓2	5
9	Heather	564	↓1	7
10	Michelle	532	↑1	10
11	Rebecca	504	↓1	17
12	Kelly	495	↓3	16
13	Lisa	492	↓1	13
14	Sara	464	↓1	30
15	Elizabeth	408	–	11
16	Erin	386	–	21
17	Jamie	382	↑2	19
18	Kimberly	354	–	12
19	Stephanie	354	↓2	15
20	Laura	303	↑1	20
21	Andrea	270	↓1	26
22	Rachel	262	↑1	27
23	Shannon	243	↑4	25
24	Megan	233	↑11	31
25	Katie	231	↑9	63
26	Emily	229	↑7	34
27	Christina	228	↓2	14
28	Julie	222	↓6	29
29	Amber	218	↑18	22
30	Katherine	214	↓4	36
31	Heidi	208	–	83
32	Carrie	201	↓8	41
33	Tracy	197	↓1	49
34	Kathryn	195	↑2	50
35	Crystal	194	↑5	18
36	Christine	193	↓8	35
37	Jill	193	↓8	52
38	Stacy	191	↓8	43
39	Mary	178	↑3	24
40	Kristin	166	↑5	73
41	April	164	new	23
42	Tiffany	164	new	28
43	Holly	158	–	48
44	Tara	153	↓5	38
45	Danielle	150	↓4	33
46	Erica	136	↓2	32
47	Tanya	135	↓1	93
48	Kari	132	↑1	>100
49	Tina	124	↓11	58
50	Stacey	123	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	1,523	–	1
2	Jason	1,266	–	3
3	Matthew	1,146	–	6
4	Ryan	947	↑1	14
5	Christopher	916	↓1	2
6	Nicholas	916	↑4	15
7	Joshua	835	↑4	9
8	David	801	↓1	4
9	Andrew	792	↓1	20
10	Daniel	734	↓1	12
11	Brian	724	↓5	10
12	Eric	699	↑3	17
13	Joseph	672	↓1	11
14	James	616	↓1	5
15	Adam	602	↑6	23
16	John	601	↑1	7
17	Jeremy	584	↓1	16
18	Timothy	575	↓4	18
19	Robert	506	↓1	8
20	Scott	484	↓1	29
21	Kevin	482	↓1	19
22	Benjamin	476	↑2	33
23	Aaron	453	↑2	32
24	Justin	449	↑6	22
25	Chad	446	↓3	38
26	Steven	433	–	27
27	Jeffrey	426	↓4	24
28	Nathan	426	–	37
29	Thomas	386	↑2	26
30	Mark	384	↓3	30
31	Anthony	356	↑1	21
32	Travis	352	↑3	36
33	William	343	–	13
34	Paul	321	↓5	34
35	Bradley	283	↑3	47
36	Jonathan	281	↑6	31
37	Jacob	279	↑4	45
38	Jesse	269	↑2	50
39	Richard	264	↓5	25
40	Patrick	250	↑3	39
41	Charles	217	↑4	28
42	Shawn	215	↓6	43
43	Gregory	207	↑4	42
44	Peter	200	↓7	53
45	Brandon	175	new	35
46	Todd	174	↓2	60
47	Craig	169	↓8	77
48	Kyle	163	–	56
49	Bryan	156	–	46
50	Cory	154	↓4	82

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