Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1984

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (1,100 babies) and Michael for boys (1,383). Social Security records list 64,650 babies born in Wisconsin in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1984

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

Girls

Mai: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Alissa: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kari: 120 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heidi: 169 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Becky: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kati: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Abby: 76 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bobbi: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tami: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Katie: 377 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Lukas: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lucas: 135 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kurt: 59 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nickolas: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Luke: 128 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Max: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cole: 52 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Collin: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Robin: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ross: 76 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,100	–	1
2	Amanda	951	↑1	4
3	Jessica	889	↓1	2
4	Ashley	787	↑3	3
5	Nicole	780	–	7
6	Sarah	725	↓2	5
7	Melissa	583	↓1	8
8	Elizabeth	521	↑3	10
9	Heather	519	↑3	9
10	Stephanie	512	↓1	6
11	Amy	508	↓1	13
12	Megan	455	↑5	11
13	Emily	417	↑5	24
14	Rachel	414	↑6	15
15	Michelle	395	–	17
16	Laura	390	↑7	19
17	Rebecca	390	↓9	23
18	Katie	377	↑6	44
19	Kelly	370	↑2	27
20	Angela	368	↓6	26
21	Sara	350	↓5	32
22	Amber	343	↓3	18
23	Erin	331	↓10	25
24	Kimberly	327	↑1	22
25	Danielle	316	↑8	16
26	Jamie	281	↓4	31
27	Andrea	265	↑1	28
28	Crystal	254	↓2	12
29	Lindsey	249	↑7	35
30	Lisa	248	↓3	29
31	Kristin	238	↓2	47
32	Tiffany	237	–	14
33	Katherine	230	↓2	30
34	Lindsay	220	↓4	36
35	Samantha	212	↑2	39
36	Jenna	202	new	54
37	Holly	188	↓3	53
38	Kathryn	183	↑2	48
39	Christina	176	↓4	20
40	Shannon	172	↓2	37
41	Heidi	169	↑2	>100
42	Stacy	162	↓3	67
43	Anna	158	↑6	57
44	Cassandra	157	new	63
45	Alicia	155	new	40
46	Erica	151	↓2	34
47	Lauren	147	new	21
48	Christine	145	new	43
49	Mary	141	↓8	33
50	Julie	139	↓8	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	1,383	↑1	1
2	Matthew	1,252	↓1	3
3	Joshua	975	↑2	4
4	Adam	952	↑2	18
5	Ryan	937	↑2	12
6	Christopher	907	↓3	2
7	Andrew	890	↓3	14
8	Daniel	866	–	6
9	Joseph	720	–	10
10	Nicholas	708	↑1	20
11	David	691	↑2	5
12	Jason	681	↓2	11
13	Eric	648	↑2	22
14	Justin	624	↓2	13
15	Brian	529	↓1	17
16	Benjamin	503	↑3	30
17	Brandon	501	↑9	15
18	John	497	↓1	8
19	Robert	489	↓1	9
20	James	478	↓4	7
21	Jacob	469	↓1	37
22	Timothy	451	↑2	26
23	Anthony	424	↑6	21
24	Kyle	424	↓3	34
25	Steven	410	↓3	23
26	Kevin	405	↑2	24
27	Aaron	393	↓4	29
28	Jonathan	385	↑2	19
29	Nathan	384	↓4	38
30	Thomas	359	↓3	25
31	Tyler	350	↑11	47
32	Jeremy	334	↓1	31
33	Scott	328	↓1	39
34	William	318	–	16
35	Jeffrey	303	↓2	28
36	Travis	298	–	42
37	Mark	289	–	32
38	Dustin	285	↑1	41
39	Zachary	260	↑10	45
40	Paul	252	↓5	40
41	Bradley	247	↑2	53
42	Chad	231	↓4	51
43	Jesse	231	↓3	50
44	Patrick	230	↓3	36
45	Derek	203	↑1	52
46	Gregory	201	↑1	44
47	Peter	200	↓3	60
48	Richard	191	↓3	27
49	Charles	168	↑1	33
50	Stephen	160	new	35

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