Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1985

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1985 were Amanda for girls (1,082 babies) and Michael for boys (1,265). Amanda ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 64,777 babies born in Wisconsin in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1985

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

Girls

Abby: 73 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Karissa: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Abbey: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jolene: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Kari: 89 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katie: 385 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Heidi: 112 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Trista: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Beth: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bobbi: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Lukas: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lucas: 135 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kurtis: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kurt: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Ross: 101 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Luke: 144 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nickolas: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jacob: 524 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mitchell: 104 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kent: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Amanda	1,082	↑1	4
2	Ashley	999	↑2	2
3	Jennifer	942	↓2	3
4	Jessica	906	↓1	1
5	Nicole	730	–	7
6	Sarah	659	–	5
7	Megan	586	↑5	10
8	Melissa	584	↓1	11
9	Heather	519	–	8
10	Elizabeth	485	↓2	9
11	Stephanie	485	↓1	6
12	Amy	442	↓1	20
13	Laura	405	↑3	14
14	Rachel	404	–	13
15	Rebecca	398	↑2	25
16	Emily	397	↓3	24
17	Amber	392	↑5	16
18	Katie	385	–	39
19	Sara	366	↑2	30
20	Danielle	355	↑5	18
21	Kimberly	335	↑3	19
22	Erin	334	↑1	26
23	Angela	324	↓3	31
24	Michelle	313	↓9	22
25	Kelly	298	↓6	28
26	Jamie	296	–	27
27	Samantha	287	↑8	29
28	Brittany	260	new	17
29	Andrea	256	↓2	33
30	Jenna	244	↑6	50
31	Kristin	233	–	49
32	Lindsey	221	↓3	37
33	Katherine	220	–	32
34	Crystal	217	↓6	21
35	Lisa	211	↓5	36
36	Kathryn	197	↑2	48
37	Lindsay	195	↓3	40
38	Tiffany	193	↓6	23
39	Christina	189	–	12
40	Cassandra	174	↑4	62
41	Holly	169	↓4	56
42	Shannon	166	↓2	41
43	Anna	152	–	54
44	Allison	150	new	46
45	Stacy	147	↓3	67
46	Christine	141	↑2	44
47	Erica	140	↓1	34
48	Lauren	140	↓1	15
49	Mary	137	–	35
50	Leah	129	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	1,265	–	1
2	Matthew	1,193	–	3
3	Andrew	955	↑4	11
4	Joshua	933	↓1	4
5	Ryan	921	–	12
6	Christopher	892	–	2
7	Daniel	873	↑1	5
8	Adam	763	↓4	22
9	Nicholas	726	↑1	19
10	Joseph	690	↓1	10
11	David	659	–	6
12	Eric	600	↑1	21
13	Justin	593	↑1	15
14	Brandon	578	↑3	13
15	James	575	↑5	7
16	Kyle	570	↑8	27
17	Jason	555	↓5	14
18	Jacob	524	↑3	35
19	Robert	511	–	8
20	Brian	489	↓5	18
21	Benjamin	476	↓5	31
22	John	462	↓4	9
23	Anthony	461	–	20
24	Steven	435	↑1	24
25	Tyler	413	↑6	43
26	Timothy	400	↓4	26
27	Nathan	393	↑2	40
28	Thomas	383	↑2	25
29	Aaron	373	↓2	33
30	Kevin	371	↓4	23
31	Jonathan	346	↓3	17
32	Dustin	329	↑6	41
33	Zachary	317	↑6	39
34	Jeffrey	308	↑1	29
35	Scott	308	↓2	44
36	William	308	↓2	16
37	Jeremy	300	↓5	30
38	Paul	279	↑2	42
39	Mark	252	↓2	32
40	Patrick	249	↑4	37
41	Travis	242	↓5	46
42	Chad	233	–	57
43	Bradley	220	↓2	53
44	Jesse	206	↓1	51
45	Peter	200	↑2	60
46	Derek	197	↓1	56
47	Richard	196	↑1	28
48	Alexander	190	new	50
49	Gregory	184	↓3	45
50	Jordan	172	new	62

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