Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1982

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (1,297 babies) and Michael for boys (1,429). Social Security records list 66,089 babies born in Wisconsin in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1982

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

Girls

Becky: 57 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tami: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emilie: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heidi: 195 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kari: 128 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Katie: 331 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Abby: 65 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tanya: 123 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Beth: 92 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lynn: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Lukas: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kurt: 75 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marques: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ted: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Lucas: 139 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Luke: 128 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ross: 76 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Elliot: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rick: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brad: 73 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,297	–	1
2	Jessica	1,164	–	2
3	Amanda	924	↑1	3
4	Sarah	916	↓1	4
5	Nicole	819	–	6
6	Melissa	642	–	5
7	Amy	559	–	10
8	Rebecca	549	–	15
9	Elizabeth	519	↑2	8
10	Angela	514	↓1	16
11	Stephanie	495	↑2	7
12	Sara	457	↓2	28
13	Michelle	453	↓1	11
14	Heather	415	↑2	12
15	Erin	403	–	20
16	Rachel	390	↑4	21
17	Kelly	368	↓3	25
18	Amber	367	↑8	18
19	Emily	366	↑6	24
20	Laura	357	↓1	22
21	Andrea	348	↑2	27
22	Lisa	333	↓4	23
23	Katie	331	↓6	45
24	Jamie	321	–	29
25	Kristin	308	↓3	37
26	Kimberly	305	↓5	14
27	Megan	294	–	34
28	Crystal	291	↑1	9
29	Tiffany	252	↓1	13
30	Katherine	246	↑1	36
31	Kathryn	210	↑4	48
32	Julie	208	↓2	41
33	Lindsey	202	new	40
34	Heidi	195	↓2	86
35	Shannon	193	↓1	38
36	Lindsay	192	new	39
37	Danielle	184	↑1	31
38	Ashley	173	new	17
39	April	171	↓6	32
40	Christina	167	↓3	19
41	Carrie	166	–	57
42	Erica	161	↑3	35
43	Stacy	156	↓3	72
44	Mary	150	↓8	30
45	Samantha	145	new	44
46	Tara	145	–	47
47	Courtney	143	new	43
48	Anna	142	new	56
49	Kristen	142	–	33
50	Dana	140	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	1,429	–	1
2	Matthew	1,304	–	3
3	Joshua	993	–	7
4	Christopher	967	↑2	2
5	Jason	928	↓1	4
6	Ryan	914	↓1	13
7	Andrew	888	–	17
8	Daniel	797	↑1	10
9	Adam	791	↓1	19
10	David	738	–	5
11	Justin	735	↑2	12
12	Joseph	728	↓1	11
13	Nicholas	722	↓1	22
14	Brian	658	↑2	14
15	Eric	607	↓1	20
16	Robert	588	↑2	9
17	James	573	↑2	6
18	John	569	↓1	8
19	Benjamin	521	↓4	33
20	Aaron	464	↑2	30
21	Timothy	453	–	24
22	Jeremy	445	↓2	28
23	Steven	439	↑8	26
24	Scott	413	↓1	34
25	Jonathan	402	–	16
26	Nathan	397	↓2	36
27	Kevin	396	↑1	25
28	Thomas	386	↑2	23
29	Jeffrey	380	↓2	29
30	Jacob	371	↑4	41
31	Brandon	369	↑2	18
32	Anthony	362	↓6	21
33	William	330	↑5	15
34	Jesse	320	↓2	43
35	Travis	320	↑2	39
36	Paul	315	↓1	35
37	Mark	309	↓1	32
38	Kyle	287	↑2	47
39	Chad	276	↓10	48
40	Bradley	262	↓1	51
41	Patrick	236	↑3	37
42	Richard	234	–	27
43	Dustin	224	–	42
44	Peter	223	↓3	57
45	Gregory	214	–	40
46	Zachary	194	new	55
47	Derek	193	–	50
48	Charles	169	new	31
49	Bryan	155	new	49
50	Craig	145	↓1	73

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