Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1981

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (1,410 babies) and Michael for boys (1,429). Social Security records list 65,820 babies born in Wisconsin in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1981

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: 132 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Becky: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jolene: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katie: 383 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 219 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Beth: 128 babies, 3× the national rate
Alissa: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Jody: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jodi: 76 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bobbi: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Luke: 187 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lucas: 196 babies, 3× the national rate
Kurt: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nickolas: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rick: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Greg: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chad: 376 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cory: 147 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Benjamin: 615 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Troy: 107 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,410	–	1
2	Jessica	1,114	–	2
3	Sarah	971	↑2	4
4	Amanda	887	↓1	3
5	Nicole	761	↑1	7
6	Melissa	727	↓2	5
7	Amy	627	–	6
8	Rebecca	530	–	12
9	Angela	512	–	15
10	Sara	477	↑1	26
11	Elizabeth	468	↑2	9
12	Michelle	449	–	11
13	Stephanie	443	↑4	8
14	Kelly	437	↑1	23
15	Erin	404	↑1	19
16	Heather	400	↓6	10
17	Katie	383	↑5	44
18	Lisa	383	↓4	18
19	Laura	352	↑2	21
20	Rachel	352	↑3	22
21	Kimberly	340	↓3	13
22	Kristin	331	↑2	31
23	Andrea	315	↓3	24
24	Jamie	305	↓5	28
25	Emily	300	↑5	29
26	Amber	285	↓1	20
27	Megan	262	↓1	33
28	Tiffany	250	–	14
29	Crystal	244	↑3	16
30	Julie	236	↓3	37
31	Katherine	229	–	39
32	Heidi	219	↓3	84
33	April	209	↑6	25
34	Shannon	201	–	32
35	Kathryn	192	↑2	48
36	Mary	186	–	27
37	Christina	185	↓4	17
38	Danielle	176	↑3	30
39	Brooke	165	↑3	52
40	Stacy	165	↓2	65
41	Carrie	162	↓6	55
42	Jill	153	↑2	78
43	Tracy	144	↓3	77
44	Tanya	143	↑5	92
45	Erica	142	↑2	36
46	Tara	141	↓3	45
47	Kari	132	new	>100
48	Christine	131	↓3	42
49	Kristen	131	new	38
50	Beth	128	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	1,429	–	1
2	Matthew	1,274	–	3
3	Joshua	1,013	↑1	6
4	Jason	970	↓1	4
5	Ryan	964	–	13
6	Christopher	878	↑1	2
7	Andrew	830	↑2	18
8	Adam	766	↑4	20
9	Daniel	750	↑1	10
10	David	738	↓2	5
11	Joseph	705	↑2	11
12	Nicholas	704	↓6	21
13	Justin	686	↑2	12
14	Eric	640	↓3	17
15	Benjamin	615	↑6	32
16	Brian	596	↓2	14
17	John	581	–	8
18	Robert	565	–	9
19	James	564	↓3	7
20	Jeremy	530	–	22
21	Timothy	497	↓2	24
22	Aaron	458	↑5	30
23	Scott	458	–	34
24	Nathan	456	↓2	36
25	Jonathan	418	↑6	16
26	Anthony	391	↑4	23
27	Jeffrey	387	↑2	29
28	Kevin	381	↓3	25
29	Chad	376	↓5	47
30	Thomas	374	↓4	26
31	Steven	370	↓3	28
32	Jesse	358	↑2	37
33	Brandon	348	↑6	19
34	Jacob	342	↑3	43
35	Paul	341	–	35
36	Mark	321	–	33
37	Travis	304	↓4	40
38	William	302	↓6	15
39	Bradley	266	↓1	50
40	Kyle	253	↑5	52
41	Peter	230	↓1	55
42	Richard	230	↓1	27
43	Dustin	220	↑5	42
44	Patrick	216	↓2	38
45	Gregory	202	↑1	46
46	Lucas	196	↑1	89
47	Derek	194	↓3	53
48	Luke	187	↑1	100
49	Craig	167	new	72
50	Shawn	160	↓7	49

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