Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1997

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1997 were Emily for girls (604 babies) and Jacob for boys (888). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,767 babies born in Wisconsin in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1997

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: 17 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Mai: 16 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Mara: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Karissa: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Abbey: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kari: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Madeline: 212 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Abby: 64 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sadie: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Halle: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Sawyer: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lukas: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brett: 201 babies, 4× the national rate
Mitchel: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bennett: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brady: 118 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mitchell: 218 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Quintin: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Devan: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mackenzie: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	604	–	1
2	Hannah	472	↑1	5
3	Samantha	444	↓1	6
4	Megan	387	↑1	11
5	Elizabeth	372	↑3	9
6	Taylor	370	–	7
7	Sarah	366	↑4	4
8	Rachel	344	↓1	13
9	Ashley	335	↓5	3
10	Kayla	330	–	12
11	Alexis	309	↑5	8
12	Jessica	308	↓3	2
13	Morgan	305	–	22
14	Alyssa	293	↓2	15
15	Nicole	273	↓1	21
16	Amanda	270	↑1	16
17	Abigail	243	↑1	26
18	Brianna	241	↓3	17
19	Brittany	230	↑1	20
20	Lauren	221	↑4	14
21	Emma	212	↑7	36
22	Madeline	212	↑7	59
23	Olivia	210	↑7	27
24	Brooke	200	↑11	45
25	Rebecca	197	↓4	25
26	Courtney	194	↓7	28
27	Anna	188	↓5	33
28	Haley	185	↑3	31
29	Danielle	176	↓3	34
30	Amber	171	↑2	29
31	Allison	163	↓4	39
32	Cassandra	154	↑18	81
33	Jenna	150	↑3	76
34	Jennifer	150	↓1	18
35	Paige	150	↓1	64
36	Alexandra	148	↓13	30
37	Mackenzie	146	↑2	71
38	Erin	145	↓1	52
39	Hailey	144	new	80
40	Jordan	143	↑8	40
41	Sydney	140	↑1	35
42	Gabrielle	132	new	51
43	Katherine	132	–	32
44	Stephanie	131	↓19	23
45	Mariah	127	↓5	67
46	Sara	126	new	50
47	Bailey	125	new	65
48	Kaitlyn	123	↓10	41
49	Katelyn	123	↓4	63
50	Sierra	120	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	888	–	2
2	Austin	585	↑3	9
3	Michael	573	↑1	1
4	Tyler	571	↓1	10
5	Matthew	566	↑1	3
6	Nicholas	545	↓4	6
7	Zachary	476	–	13
8	Joshua	457	↑2	5
9	Alexander	454	↑3	22
10	Andrew	451	↑1	7
11	Brandon	449	↓3	8
12	Samuel	426	↑3	27
13	Ryan	416	↑1	16
14	Benjamin	407	↓1	29
15	Joseph	404	↓6	12
16	Kyle	358	–	24
17	Jordan	348	↑1	26
18	Daniel	332	↓1	11
19	Nathan	328	↑10	34
20	Christopher	312	–	4
21	Anthony	307	–	18
22	John	292	↑1	15
23	Dylan	283	↑4	30
24	James	281	↑4	17
25	David	280	↓6	14
26	Noah	270	↑9	38
27	Justin	268	↓3	20
28	Hunter	261	↑12	44
29	Adam	255	↑2	39
30	William	243	↑3	19
31	Aaron	241	↓6	33
32	Logan	234	↓6	42
33	Alex	226	↓1	55
34	Thomas	220	–	31
35	Mitchell	218	↓5	96
36	Cody	211	↓14	36
37	Jonathan	202	–	21
38	Robert	202	↓2	23
39	Brett	201	↓1	>100
40	Connor	177	↑9	52
41	Eric	173	↓2	35
42	Ethan	173	new	46
43	Evan	166	new	61
44	Jared	164	↑2	56
45	Christian	163	↓3	25
46	Trevor	162	↓5	62
47	Cole	158	new	72
48	Dakota	152	↓3	66
49	Jack	151	new	76
50	Tanner	150	↓6	82

← Wisconsin 1996 Wisconsin: all years · US 1997 Wisconsin 1998 →