Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1986

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1986 were Amanda for girls (1,085 babies) and Michael for boys (1,208). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 62,873 babies born in Wisconsin in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1986

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

Girls

Abbey: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tami: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heidi: 119 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alissa: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Becky: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Santana: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Abby: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jena: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kari: 74 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Lukas: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lucas: 119 babies, 3× the national rate
Ben: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ross: 86 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Karl: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mitchell: 125 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Luke: 124 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nickolas: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kory: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sam: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Amanda	1,085	–	3
2	Ashley	1,029	–	2
3	Jessica	881	↑1	1
4	Jennifer	730	↓1	4
5	Sarah	706	↑1	5
6	Nicole	649	↓1	7
7	Stephanie	541	↑4	6
8	Megan	526	↓1	11
9	Melissa	490	↓1	12
10	Heather	443	↓1	9
11	Emily	438	↑5	24
12	Elizabeth	424	↓2	10
13	Amber	405	↑4	13
14	Amy	375	↓2	22
15	Laura	375	↓2	20
16	Samantha	373	↑11	21
17	Rebecca	362	↓2	26
18	Brittany	361	↑10	8
19	Danielle	354	↑1	16
20	Rachel	354	↓6	15
21	Katie	353	↓3	38
22	Kimberly	332	↓1	18
23	Sara	324	↓4	27
24	Michelle	320	–	23
25	Kelly	298	–	29
26	Angela	287	↓3	33
27	Erin	271	↓5	30
28	Jamie	238	↓2	34
29	Andrea	232	–	36
30	Katherine	229	↑3	28
31	Cassandra	208	↑9	60
32	Crystal	208	↑2	25
33	Tiffany	208	↑5	17
34	Lisa	204	↑1	40
35	Lindsey	200	↓3	39
36	Jenna	195	↓6	55
37	Kristin	192	↓6	50
38	Kayla	181	new	64
39	Lindsay	180	↓2	46
40	Christina	173	↓1	19
41	Courtney	168	new	35
42	Allison	166	↑2	42
43	Lauren	164	↑5	14
44	Kathryn	159	↓8	48
45	Shannon	158	↓3	44
46	Alicia	156	new	45
47	Anna	155	↓4	51
48	Holly	145	↓7	63
49	Erica	144	↓2	31
50	Mary	136	↓1	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	1,208	–	1
2	Matthew	1,126	–	3
3	Andrew	1,001	–	8
4	Ryan	865	↑1	11
5	Joshua	852	↓1	4
6	Christopher	824	–	2
7	Daniel	732	–	6
8	Nicholas	722	↑1	17
9	Adam	712	↓1	24
10	Kyle	695	↑6	23
11	Joseph	643	↓1	12
12	David	614	↓1	5
13	Jacob	594	↑5	31
14	Brandon	590	–	13
15	Justin	581	↓2	14
16	Eric	555	↓4	22
17	Benjamin	516	↑4	30
18	James	506	↓3	7
19	Robert	488	–	9
20	Jason	486	↓3	18
21	Tyler	477	↑4	40
22	Brian	449	↓2	20
23	John	444	↓1	10
24	Anthony	398	↓1	19
25	Kevin	385	↑5	21
26	Nathan	381	↑1	43
27	Thomas	381	↑1	26
28	Steven	367	↓4	25
29	Jeremy	365	↑8	28
30	Timothy	356	↓4	27
31	William	300	↑5	15
32	Zachary	299	↑1	38
33	Aaron	298	↓4	33
34	Jonathan	297	↓3	16
35	Dustin	273	↓3	42
36	Jeffrey	272	↓2	32
37	Alexander	264	↑11	41
38	Mark	262	↑1	35
39	Jordan	246	↑11	53
40	Paul	241	↓2	45
41	Travis	240	–	49
42	Scott	238	↓7	44
43	Patrick	220	↓3	39
44	Bradley	214	↓1	54
45	Jesse	210	↓1	48
46	Derek	204	–	57
47	Peter	189	↓2	60
48	Richard	189	↓1	29
49	Chad	186	↓7	59
50	Samuel	184	new	52

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