Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1983

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (1,174 babies) and Matthew for boys (1,367). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,308 babies born in Wisconsin in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1983

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

Girls

Sadie: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jolene: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Abbey: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 166 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kari: 113 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Abby: 75 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bobbi: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Alissa: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katie: 335 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Becky: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 63 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marques: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kurtis: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lucas: 110 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Luke: 119 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jacob: 473 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ross: 59 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Trent: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Adam: 910 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Chad: 289 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,174	–	1
2	Jessica	984	–	2
3	Amanda	880	–	3
4	Sarah	786	–	5
5	Nicole	731	–	7
6	Melissa	626	–	6
7	Ashley	572	↑31	4
8	Rebecca	536	–	19
9	Stephanie	522	↑2	8
10	Amy	506	↓3	12
11	Elizabeth	464	↓2	10
12	Heather	464	↑2	9
13	Erin	453	↑2	18
14	Angela	444	↓4	22
15	Michelle	425	↓2	13
16	Sara	395	↓4	31
17	Megan	392	↑10	21
18	Emily	380	↑1	25
19	Amber	379	↓1	17
20	Rachel	365	↓4	20
21	Kelly	353	↓4	26
22	Jamie	351	↑2	28
23	Laura	348	↓3	23
24	Katie	335	↓1	45
25	Kimberly	326	↑1	15
26	Crystal	296	↑2	11
27	Lisa	295	↓5	27
28	Andrea	284	↓7	30
29	Kristin	269	↓4	42
30	Lindsay	258	↑6	36
31	Katherine	250	↓1	34
32	Tiffany	214	↓3	14
33	Danielle	202	↑4	29
34	Holly	194	new	48
35	Christina	188	↑5	16
36	Lindsey	188	↓3	35
37	Samantha	182	↑8	40
38	Shannon	181	↓3	38
39	Stacy	178	↑4	61
40	Kathryn	175	↓9	50
41	Mary	172	↑3	32
42	Julie	167	↓10	46
43	Heidi	166	↓9	95
44	Erica	153	↓2	33
45	Tara	145	↑1	51
46	Courtney	139	↑1	44
47	Kristen	138	↑2	37
48	Carrie	136	↓7	65
49	Anna	130	↓1	55
50	April	128	↓11	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Matthew	1,367	↑1	3
2	Michael	1,337	↓1	1
3	Christopher	978	↑1	2
4	Andrew	927	↑3	15
5	Joshua	911	↓2	5
6	Adam	910	↑3	18
7	Ryan	900	↓1	13
8	Daniel	833	–	8
9	Joseph	771	↑3	11
10	Jason	770	↓5	7
11	Nicholas	722	↑2	21
12	Justin	707	↓1	12
13	David	672	↓3	4
14	Brian	621	–	14
15	Eric	609	–	20
16	James	563	↑1	6
17	John	517	↑1	9
18	Robert	516	↓2	10
19	Benjamin	495	–	32
20	Jacob	473	↑10	36
21	Kyle	460	↑17	34
22	Steven	438	↑1	23
23	Aaron	417	↓3	29
24	Timothy	398	↓3	26
25	Nathan	393	↑1	40
26	Brandon	392	↑5	17
27	Thomas	384	↑1	24
28	Kevin	379	↓1	25
29	Anthony	370	↑3	22
30	Jonathan	365	↓5	19
31	Jeremy	356	↓9	30
32	Scott	352	↓8	38
33	Jeffrey	345	↓4	28
34	William	332	↓1	16
35	Paul	311	↑1	39
36	Travis	310	↓1	41
37	Mark	294	–	31
38	Chad	289	↑1	49
39	Dustin	270	↑4	43
40	Jesse	249	↓6	46
41	Patrick	230	–	37
42	Tyler	224	new	57
43	Bradley	214	↓3	52
44	Peter	205	–	59
45	Richard	196	↓3	27
46	Derek	190	↑1	51
47	Gregory	182	↓2	42
48	Bryan	178	↑1	47
49	Zachary	178	↓3	50
50	Charles	165	↓2	33

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