Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1980

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (1,512 babies) and Michael for boys (1,435). Social Security records list 66,747 babies born in Wisconsin in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1980

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

Girls

Mackenzie: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Abbey: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kari: 114 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Becky: 65 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vicki: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 243 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jackie: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Abby: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kim: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tricia: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 85 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucas: 187 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Luke: 180 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kory: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nickolas: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chad: 440 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Andrew: 804 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nathan: 467 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Craig: 175 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Mathew: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,512	–	1
2	Jessica	985	–	3
3	Amanda	863	↑3	2
4	Melissa	852	↓1	4
5	Sarah	848	↓1	5
6	Nicole	727	↓1	7
7	Amy	593	↑1	8
8	Rebecca	574	↑3	17
9	Angela	568	↓2	12
10	Heather	526	↓1	6
11	Sara	521	↑3	27
12	Michelle	479	↓2	10
13	Elizabeth	466	↑2	9
14	Lisa	440	↓1	16
15	Kelly	425	↓3	19
16	Erin	415	–	20
17	Stephanie	384	↑2	13
18	Kimberly	382	–	11
19	Jamie	330	↓2	24
20	Andrea	312	↑1	28
21	Laura	307	↓1	21
22	Katie	305	↑3	44
23	Rachel	302	↓1	23
24	Kristin	285	↑16	37
25	Amber	263	↑4	22
26	Megan	263	↓2	30
27	Julie	250	↑1	32
28	Tiffany	245	↑14	14
29	Heidi	243	↑2	79
30	Emily	239	↓4	31
31	Katherine	239	↓1	35
32	Crystal	216	↑3	18
33	Christina	213	↓6	15
34	Shannon	213	↓11	29
35	Carrie	204	↓3	46
36	Mary	195	↑3	25
37	Kathryn	190	↓3	50
38	Stacy	185	–	53
39	April	181	↑2	26
40	Tracy	174	↓7	56
41	Danielle	167	↑4	33
42	Brooke	161	new	57
43	Tara	147	↑1	43
44	Jill	144	↓7	66
45	Christine	142	↓9	41
46	Dana	142	new	68
47	Erica	141	↓1	34
48	Holly	141	↓5	52
49	Tanya	137	↓2	88
50	Dawn	135	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	1,435	–	1
2	Matthew	1,161	↑1	6
3	Jason	1,154	↓1	3
4	Joshua	1,014	↑3	7
5	Ryan	937	↓1	15
6	Nicholas	841	–	17
7	Christopher	839	↓2	2
8	David	805	–	4
9	Andrew	804	–	19
10	Daniel	741	–	11
11	Eric	733	↑1	16
12	Adam	719	↑3	22
13	Joseph	697	–	10
14	Brian	691	↓3	12
15	Justin	673	↑9	13
16	James	601	↓2	5
17	John	582	↓1	8
18	Robert	570	↑1	9
19	Timothy	524	↓1	20
20	Jeremy	523	↓3	18
21	Benjamin	511	↑1	32
22	Nathan	467	↑6	36
23	Scott	455	↓3	33
24	Chad	440	↑1	39
25	Kevin	425	↓4	23
26	Thomas	404	↑3	25
27	Aaron	396	↓4	34
28	Steven	391	↓2	28
29	Jeffrey	389	↓2	27
30	Anthony	357	↑1	24
31	Jonathan	351	↑5	21
32	William	346	↑1	14
33	Travis	334	↓1	37
34	Jesse	333	↑4	45
35	Paul	331	↓1	35
36	Mark	305	↓6	30
37	Jacob	274	–	43
38	Bradley	266	↓3	51
39	Brandon	242	↑6	31
40	Peter	227	↑4	55
41	Richard	223	↓2	26
42	Patrick	220	↓2	38
43	Shawn	212	↓1	47
44	Derek	202	new	50
45	Kyle	201	↑3	57
46	Gregory	199	↓3	42
47	Lucas	187	new	98
48	Dustin	183	new	44
49	Luke	180	new	97
50	Charles	179	↓9	29

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