Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1989

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1989 were Ashley for girls (900 babies) and Michael for boys (1,149). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 62,391 babies born in Wisconsin in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1989

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

Girls

Unnamed: 79 babies, 54.6× the national rate
Pa: 27 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Mai: 36 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Janel: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Kaylyn: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Abby: 64 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jena: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sadie: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lynn: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kari: 59 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Unnamed: 79 babies, 47.3× the national rate
Lukas: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Keegan: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Quinn: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lucas: 142 babies, 3× the national rate
Brock: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brady: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Luke: 116 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Collin: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mitchell: 152 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	900	–	2
2	Amanda	868	–	4
3	Brittany	724	↑9	3
4	Jessica	706	↓1	1
5	Samantha	678	↑1	6
6	Sarah	628	↓2	5
7	Megan	512	↑1	11
8	Nicole	502	↓3	12
9	Stephanie	490	–	8
10	Kayla	484	↑4	20
11	Emily	482	–	13
12	Elizabeth	444	↓2	10
13	Jennifer	436	↓6	7
14	Amber	378	↑2	14
15	Danielle	363	–	17
16	Rachel	347	↑2	18
17	Melissa	345	↓4	19
18	Lauren	304	↑8	9
19	Heather	293	↓2	15
20	Rebecca	293	↓1	24
21	Katie	291	↓1	45
22	Michelle	275	↓1	22
23	Alyssa	273	↑5	33
24	Kelsey	271	↑24	31
25	Sara	264	↓1	29
26	Laura	252	↓1	25
27	Cassandra	249	↑7	54
28	Kelly	237	↓1	37
29	Courtney	234	↑2	21
30	Amy	233	↓7	35
31	Kimberly	232	↓1	28
32	Tiffany	229	↓10	16
33	Hannah	216	↑7	42
34	Katherine	213	↓1	26
35	Erin	196	–	40
36	Chelsea	191	↑9	27
37	Andrea	185	↓8	39
38	Anna	172	↑4	51
39	Allison	166	↑4	46
40	Jamie	163	↓4	52
41	Angela	162	↓9	47
42	Kathryn	156	↓3	58
43	Kristin	155	↓6	60
44	Alexandra	152	new	43
45	Alicia	151	↑1	53
46	Lisa	149	↓8	55
47	Christina	146	new	23
48	Lindsey	146	↓7	48
49	Caitlin	137	↓5	49
50	Crystal	137	–	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	1,149	–	1
2	Matthew	890	–	3
3	Andrew	845	–	7
4	Joshua	842	–	4
5	Nicholas	774	↑2	14
6	Ryan	768	–	13
7	Christopher	754	↑2	2
8	Daniel	700	–	6
9	Jacob	687	↑2	26
10	Kyle	668	–	20
11	Joseph	619	↑3	11
12	Justin	616	↓7	8
13	David	543	↑2	5
14	Adam	541	↓1	27
15	Benjamin	523	↓3	29
16	Tyler	517	↑1	30
17	Brandon	512	↑3	18
18	Zachary	471	↑5	25
19	John	439	↑2	12
20	James	433	↓2	9
21	Eric	425	↓5	21
22	Anthony	417	–	16
23	Robert	403	↓4	10
24	Steven	386	↑8	22
25	Nathan	368	↑10	43
26	Alexander	361	↑3	32
27	Kevin	354	–	19
28	Aaron	350	↓2	31
29	Thomas	332	↑5	23
30	Timothy	325	↑1	28
31	Jordan	317	↑10	44
32	Brian	316	↓8	24
33	Cody	313	↓3	45
34	Jonathan	312	↓9	17
35	William	295	↑2	15
36	Travis	294	↓3	41
37	Samuel	265	↓1	47
38	Jason	257	↓10	35
39	Dustin	246	↑6	48
40	Alex	232	↑4	60
41	Jeremy	225	↓3	34
42	Jesse	217	↑6	50
43	Derek	205	–	54
44	Scott	201	↓5	51
45	Paul	197	↓3	49
46	Patrick	190	↑3	38
47	Bradley	188	↓7	58
48	Jared	186	new	57
49	Jeffrey	186	↓2	37
50	Mark	180	↓4	42

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