Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1988

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1988 were Ashley for girls (1,062 babies) and Michael for boys (1,113). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 61,053 babies born in Wisconsin in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1988

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: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Becky: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gretchen: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Abby: 66 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mara: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heidi: 89 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jena: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Abbey: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Katlyn: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Tricia: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Lukas: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cole: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lucas: 133 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Karl: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Luke: 116 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kory: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Riley: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jacob: 634 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ross: 73 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Benjamin: 582 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	1,062	–	2
2	Amanda	976	–	3
3	Jessica	829	–	1
4	Sarah	634	↑1	4
5	Nicole	579	↑1	9
6	Samantha	565	↑1	8
7	Jennifer	521	↓3	5
8	Megan	489	–	12
9	Stephanie	477	↑1	7
10	Elizabeth	469	↑1	10
11	Emily	469	↑1	18
12	Brittany	455	↑8	6
13	Melissa	423	↓4	16
14	Kayla	418	↑5	20
15	Danielle	398	↓2	17
16	Amber	376	↓2	15
17	Heather	354	↓1	14
18	Rachel	339	↓3	19
19	Rebecca	311	↑3	26
20	Katie	282	↓2	40
21	Michelle	279	↑3	21
22	Tiffany	275	↑12	13
23	Amy	269	↓6	29
24	Sara	259	↑1	30
25	Laura	258	↓4	23
26	Lauren	257	↑10	11
27	Kelly	240	↓1	32
28	Alyssa	228	↑9	47
29	Andrea	228	↑2	35
30	Kimberly	225	↓7	25
31	Courtney	220	↑19	24
32	Angela	216	↓5	38
33	Katherine	210	↓5	27
34	Cassandra	206	↑6	59
35	Erin	204	↓5	37
36	Jamie	185	↓7	45
37	Kristin	175	↑6	58
38	Lisa	170	↓5	43
39	Kathryn	167	–	55
40	Hannah	165	new	61
41	Lindsey	165	↓9	48
42	Anna	162	↓7	54
43	Allison	158	↓1	46
44	Caitlin	155	new	44
45	Chelsea	148	new	33
46	Alicia	147	↑3	50
47	Jenna	145	↓9	66
48	Kelsey	142	↓4	64
49	Erica	138	↓2	31
50	Crystal	136	↓9	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	1,113	–	1
2	Matthew	1,043	↑1	3
3	Andrew	1,016	↓1	5
4	Joshua	872	–	4
5	Justin	783	↑5	7
6	Ryan	732	↓1	13
7	Nicholas	730	↓1	14
8	Daniel	721	↓1	8
9	Christopher	704	↓1	2
10	Kyle	683	↓1	21
11	Jacob	634	↑2	28
12	Benjamin	582	↑2	30
13	Adam	564	↓2	26
14	Joseph	549	↑1	12
15	David	516	↓3	6
16	Eric	479	–	19
17	Tyler	478	↑2	33
18	James	438	–	9
19	Robert	437	↑1	10
20	Brandon	436	↓3	17
21	John	416	–	11
22	Anthony	397	↑2	18
23	Zachary	372	↑7	29
24	Brian	368	↓2	22
25	Jonathan	364	↑6	15
26	Aaron	357	↑6	31
27	Kevin	354	↓1	20
28	Jason	348	↓5	27
29	Alexander	343	↑6	34
30	Cody	326	↑11	43
31	Timothy	325	↓4	25
32	Steven	323	↓7	24
33	Travis	323	↑1	41
34	Thomas	322	↓6	23
35	Nathan	309	↓6	44
36	Samuel	301	↑11	45
37	William	270	↓4	16
38	Jeremy	252	–	35
39	Scott	240	↓3	47
40	Bradley	235	↑9	57
41	Jordan	231	↓1	52
42	Paul	225	–	46
43	Derek	224	↑1	53
44	Alex	223	↑1	58
45	Dustin	221	↓8	48
46	Mark	205	↓3	39
47	Jeffrey	194	↓8	36
48	Jesse	192	–	55
49	Patrick	188	↓3	42
50	Peter	167	–	64

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