Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1987

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1987 were Ashley for girls (1,176 babies) and Michael for boys (1,194). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 61,350 babies born in Wisconsin in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1987

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: 21 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Emilie: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Heidi: 114 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trista: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bobbi: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Karissa: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Abby: 53 babies, 3× the national rate
Becky: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Kari: 81 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jackie: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Lukas: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Riley: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ben: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lucas: 122 babies, 3× the national rate
Elliot: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mitchell: 129 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ross: 74 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cole: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brock: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jacob: 571 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	1,176	↑1	2
2	Amanda	1,076	↓1	3
3	Jessica	896	–	1
4	Jennifer	656	–	4
5	Sarah	644	–	5
6	Nicole	597	–	8
7	Samantha	530	↑9	11
8	Megan	476	–	12
9	Melissa	433	–	13
10	Stephanie	425	↓3	6
11	Elizabeth	421	↑1	10
12	Emily	419	↓1	19
13	Danielle	415	↑6	14
14	Amber	405	↓1	15
15	Rachel	391	↑5	17
16	Heather	386	↓6	9
17	Amy	368	↓3	24
18	Katie	357	↑3	38
19	Kayla	354	↑19	27
20	Brittany	351	↓2	7
21	Laura	349	↓6	22
22	Rebecca	326	↓5	25
23	Kimberly	299	↓1	23
24	Michelle	289	–	21
25	Sara	285	↓2	29
26	Kelly	273	↓1	30
27	Angela	244	↓1	35
28	Katherine	237	↑2	28
29	Jamie	231	↓1	39
30	Erin	228	↓3	34
31	Andrea	208	↓2	36
32	Lindsey	196	↑3	41
33	Lisa	194	↑1	40
34	Tiffany	186	↓1	18
35	Anna	185	↑12	52
36	Lauren	184	↑7	16
37	Alyssa	175	new	60
38	Jenna	174	↓2	57
39	Kathryn	166	↑5	51
40	Cassandra	159	↓9	68
41	Crystal	158	↓9	26
42	Allison	156	–	44
43	Kristin	153	↓6	55
44	Kelsey	146	new	67
45	Christina	144	↓5	20
46	Shannon	142	↓1	45
47	Erica	140	↑2	31
48	Lindsay	137	↓9	49
49	Alicia	130	↓3	46
50	Courtney	130	↓9	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	1,194	–	1
2	Andrew	1,070	↑1	6
3	Matthew	1,043	↓1	3
4	Joshua	828	↑1	4
5	Ryan	811	↓1	13
6	Nicholas	746	↑2	16
7	Daniel	724	–	7
8	Christopher	720	↓2	2
9	Kyle	711	↑1	22
10	Justin	669	↑5	9
11	Adam	615	↓2	27
12	David	580	–	5
13	Jacob	571	–	31
14	Benjamin	562	↑3	28
15	Joseph	549	↓4	12
16	Eric	482	–	21
17	Brandon	469	↓3	14
18	James	461	–	8
19	Tyler	446	↑2	39
20	Robert	434	↓1	10
21	John	425	↑2	11
22	Brian	396	–	20
23	Jason	383	↓3	23
24	Anthony	381	–	17
25	Steven	372	↑3	25
26	Kevin	366	↓1	19
27	Timothy	346	↑3	26
28	Thomas	338	↓1	24
29	Nathan	335	↓3	45
30	Zachary	334	↑2	33
31	Jonathan	328	↑3	18
32	Aaron	313	↑1	34
33	William	310	↓2	15
34	Travis	293	↑7	42
35	Alexander	283	↑2	37
36	Scott	280	↑6	43
37	Dustin	270	↓2	44
38	Jeremy	267	↓9	29
39	Jeffrey	256	↓3	32
40	Jordan	254	↓1	52
41	Cody	249	new	49
42	Paul	224	↓2	46
43	Mark	220	↓5	36
44	Derek	219	↑2	54
45	Alex	218	new	60
46	Patrick	208	↓3	41
47	Samuel	198	↑3	50
48	Jesse	197	↓3	55
49	Bradley	193	↓5	56
50	Peter	177	↓3	64

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