Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1990

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1990 were Ashley for girls (900 babies) and Michael for boys (1,149). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 62,623 babies born in Wisconsin in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1990

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

Girls

Pa: 25 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Mai: 28 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kallie: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gretchen: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kari: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alissa: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Abby: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Heidi: 63 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Karissa: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Abbey: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Mitchel: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jakob: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lukas: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mitchell: 198 babies, 3× the national rate
Ross: 78 babies, 3× the national rate
Lucas: 138 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brock: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Elliot: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maxwell: 65 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jacob: 847 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	900	–	2
2	Amanda	791	–	4
3	Samantha	700	↑2	5
4	Jessica	695	–	1
5	Brittany	671	↓2	3
6	Emily	592	↑5	12
7	Sarah	541	↓1	6
8	Stephanie	534	↑1	7
9	Kayla	509	↑1	14
10	Megan	495	↓3	11
11	Nicole	488	↓3	13
12	Elizabeth	456	–	9
13	Jennifer	393	–	8
14	Danielle	376	↑1	18
15	Rebecca	374	↑5	21
16	Amber	344	↓2	15
17	Rachel	344	↓1	16
18	Alyssa	311	↑5	27
19	Melissa	303	↓2	20
20	Courtney	288	↑9	17
21	Lauren	280	↓3	10
22	Heather	275	↓3	19
23	Hannah	262	↑10	30
24	Sara	245	↑1	34
25	Cassandra	241	↑2	49
26	Kelsey	236	↓2	32
27	Katie	234	↓6	53
28	Michelle	229	↓6	22
29	Chelsea	222	↑7	24
30	Laura	216	↓4	29
31	Anna	198	↑7	45
32	Kelly	198	↓4	41
33	Katherine	195	↑1	26
34	Andrea	189	↑3	40
35	Amy	187	↓5	38
36	Tiffany	187	↓4	23
37	Erin	176	↓2	43
38	Kimberly	176	↓7	31
39	Angela	171	↑2	52
40	Allison	168	↓1	48
41	Jenna	159	new	81
42	Jamie	150	↓2	55
43	Alexandra	149	↑1	37
44	Jasmine	149	new	28
45	Lindsey	149	↑3	51
46	Kathryn	146	↓4	57
47	Brianna	144	new	61
48	Caitlin	144	↑1	50
49	Taylor	141	new	46
50	Mary	131	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	1,149	–	1
2	Matthew	936	–	3
3	Andrew	901	–	7
4	Jacob	847	↑5	20
5	Joshua	784	↓1	4
6	Kyle	716	↑4	18
7	Ryan	702	↓1	11
8	Nicholas	669	↓3	14
9	Christopher	651	↓2	2
10	Tyler	639	↑6	21
11	Daniel	599	↓3	5
12	Joseph	588	↓1	10
13	Justin	586	↓1	9
14	Zachary	544	↑4	22
15	David	515	↓2	6
16	Benjamin	486	↓1	33
17	Adam	480	↓3	32
18	Brandon	473	↓1	19
19	Jordan	465	↑12	29
20	Eric	446	↑1	24
21	Anthony	426	↑1	15
22	Cody	425	↑11	31
23	James	415	↓3	8
24	Alexander	400	↑2	28
25	Robert	378	↓2	13
26	John	376	↓7	12
27	Nathan	366	↓2	44
28	Steven	353	↓4	25
29	Thomas	349	–	26
30	Aaron	339	↓2	34
31	Kevin	324	↓4	23
32	Timothy	304	↓2	30
33	William	295	↑2	16
34	Samuel	291	↑3	45
35	Brian	281	↓3	27
36	Jonathan	267	↓2	17
37	Travis	265	↓1	42
38	Alex	250	↑2	59
39	Derek	216	↑4	54
40	Patrick	213	↑6	36
41	Bradley	210	↑6	65
42	Jesse	204	–	48
43	Dustin	203	↓4	50
44	Jason	199	↓6	46
45	Mitchell	198	new	93
46	Ethan	197	new	58
47	Scott	194	↓3	53
48	Jeremy	193	↓7	40
49	Paul	182	↓4	49
50	Mark	179	–	47

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