Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1996

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1996 were Emily for girls (568 babies) and Jacob for boys (936). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,671 babies born in Wisconsin in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1996

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: 15 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Mai: 23 babies, 12× the national rate
Clare: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Carley: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cora: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Abbey: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mckenna: 54 babies, 3× the national rate
Katarina: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Heidi: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alexandrea: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Tou: 15 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Bennett: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mitchel: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mitchell: 264 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brett: 208 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lukas: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sawyer: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bryce: 155 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brady: 96 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Riley: 104 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	568	–	1
2	Samantha	486	–	5
3	Hannah	468	↑1	7
4	Ashley	422	↓1	3
5	Megan	393	–	12
6	Taylor	391	↑5	6
7	Rachel	383	↑3	9
8	Elizabeth	379	↑1	10
9	Jessica	347	↓3	2
10	Kayla	346	↓3	11
11	Sarah	326	↓3	4
12	Alyssa	298	↑5	23
13	Morgan	284	↑3	25
14	Nicole	277	↓1	22
15	Brianna	270	↑7	17
16	Alexis	269	↑4	8
17	Amanda	256	↓5	13
18	Abigail	248	–	32
19	Courtney	243	↓4	21
20	Brittany	239	↓6	14
21	Rebecca	221	↑8	24
22	Anna	216	↓1	33
23	Alexandra	206	↑8	26
24	Lauren	203	↓1	16
25	Stephanie	202	↑2	20
26	Danielle	198	↓7	29
27	Allison	191	↓1	38
28	Emma	190	↑12	53
29	Madeline	186	↑1	67
30	Olivia	185	↑15	34
31	Haley	183	↑1	30
32	Amber	176	↓8	27
33	Jennifer	171	↓8	19
34	Paige	170	↓6	65
35	Brooke	162	–	45
36	Jenna	160	↑1	83
37	Erin	155	↑2	51
38	Kaitlyn	148	↑4	40
39	Mackenzie	147	new	75
40	Mariah	142	↑7	63
41	Kelsey	140	↓8	36
42	Sydney	138	↓1	39
43	Katherine	136	↓9	31
44	Marissa	133	↑2	59
45	Katelyn	126	↓1	64
46	Melissa	126	↑3	42
47	Natalie	124	new	46
48	Jordan	122	new	49
49	Miranda	122	↓13	76
50	Cassandra	119	↓12	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	936	–	3
2	Nicholas	603	↑3	6
3	Tyler	601	↓1	7
4	Michael	600	↓1	1
5	Austin	598	↓1	9
6	Matthew	595	–	2
7	Zachary	550	↑2	14
8	Brandon	506	↑3	8
9	Joseph	484	↑3	12
10	Joshua	472	↓2	5
11	Andrew	463	↓4	10
12	Alexander	443	↓2	22
13	Benjamin	425	↑4	29
14	Ryan	422	↓1	16
15	Samuel	405	↑1	30
16	Kyle	384	↓2	25
17	Daniel	356	↑1	11
18	Jordan	353	↑2	27
19	David	341	↑3	13
20	Christopher	337	↓1	4
21	Anthony	318	↑4	19
22	Cody	317	↓7	31
23	John	313	↑1	15
24	Justin	298	↓3	20
25	Aaron	294	↑2	34
26	Logan	273	↑9	42
27	Dylan	268	↑2	33
28	James	266	↓2	17
29	Nathan	265	↓6	37
30	Mitchell	264	–	88
31	Adam	252	↓3	39
32	Alex	229	↓1	53
33	William	229	↑1	18
34	Thomas	221	↓1	28
35	Noah	215	new	50
36	Robert	215	↑1	23
37	Jonathan	210	↓1	21
38	Brett	208	↑5	>100
39	Eric	205	↓7	35
40	Hunter	190	↑2	47
41	Trevor	172	↑3	63
42	Christian	158	new	24
43	Bryce	155	new	>100
44	Tanner	153	new	90
45	Dakota	148	↓7	58
46	Jared	148	↓6	64
47	Caleb	147	new	48
48	Lucas	147	new	93
49	Connor	145	new	54
50	Luke	144	new	75

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