Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1998

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1998 were Emily for girls (563 babies) and Jacob for boys (936). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,200 babies born in Wisconsin in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1998

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

Girls

Gretchen: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kallie: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mckenna: 74 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Madalyn: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kailey: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Karissa: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Annika: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Karly: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Tess: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katelin: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Sawyer: 36 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mitchel: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mitchell: 210 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bennett: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lukas: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
August: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Drew: 84 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Quinn: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brady: 95 babies, 3× the national rate
Riley: 131 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	563	–	1
2	Hannah	471	–	2
3	Samantha	467	–	3
4	Alexis	374	↑7	6
5	Elizabeth	373	–	10
6	Megan	367	↓2	13
7	Ashley	348	↑2	5
8	Taylor	347	↓2	7
9	Sarah	338	↓2	4
10	Alyssa	314	↑4	11
11	Emma	304	↑10	22
12	Abigail	290	↑5	18
13	Rachel	290	↓5	15
14	Morgan	286	↓1	23
15	Kayla	285	↓5	12
16	Olivia	271	↑7	21
17	Jessica	255	↓5	8
18	Brianna	238	–	17
19	Amanda	218	↓3	19
20	Lauren	213	–	14
21	Nicole	209	↓6	24
22	Madeline	203	–	50
23	Anna	196	↑4	31
24	Sydney	192	↑17	28
25	Rebecca	191	–	30
26	Allison	183	↑5	38
27	Brittany	170	↓8	25
28	Haley	168	–	36
29	Brooke	167	↓5	46
30	Madison	165	new	9
31	Julia	160	new	32
32	Alexandra	156	↑4	27
33	Amber	154	↓3	37
34	Courtney	152	↓8	39
35	Natalie	151	new	40
36	Paige	149	↓1	63
37	Grace	147	new	53
38	Jenna	145	↓5	65
39	Danielle	144	↓10	41
40	Kaitlyn	143	↑8	35
41	Mariah	142	↑4	62
42	Victoria	141	new	16
43	Mackenzie	140	↓6	64
44	Jasmine	138	new	26
45	Cassandra	133	↓13	85
46	Sara	131	–	48
47	Gabrielle	129	↓5	47
48	Katherine	127	↓5	33
49	Jennifer	126	↓15	20
50	Erin	123	↓12	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	936	–	2
2	Michael	559	↑1	1
3	Austin	549	↓1	10
4	Tyler	541	–	8
5	Nicholas	520	↑1	6
6	Matthew	505	↓1	3
7	Zachary	492	–	16
8	Brandon	483	↑3	7
9	Joshua	467	↓1	4
10	Andrew	432	–	9
11	Joseph	425	↑4	11
12	Samuel	409	–	28
13	Benjamin	408	↑1	30
14	Alexander	405	↓5	22
15	Ryan	397	↓2	17
16	Kyle	352	–	24
17	Noah	349	↑9	29
18	Dylan	331	↑5	25
19	Jordan	331	↓2	27
20	Nathan	329	↓1	34
21	Anthony	314	–	19
22	Hunter	312	↑6	36
23	Daniel	300	↓5	12
24	Logan	271	↑8	44
25	Christopher	264	↓5	5
26	David	262	↓1	13
27	John	256	↓5	15
28	William	242	↑2	14
29	Justin	233	↓2	20
30	James	232	↓6	18
31	Thomas	224	↑3	31
32	Aaron	219	↓1	37
33	Cole	219	↑14	77
34	Mitchell	210	↑1	>100
35	Adam	208	↓6	45
36	Alex	204	↓3	55
37	Cody	201	↓1	43
38	Ethan	197	↑4	38
39	Trevor	197	↑7	58
40	Jack	185	↑9	61
41	Jonathan	182	↓4	21
42	Connor	180	↓2	47
43	Jared	179	↑1	51
44	Caleb	175	new	42
45	Robert	164	↓7	23
46	Evan	160	↓3	63
47	Eric	155	↓6	39
48	Tanner	154	↑2	82
49	Dakota	146	↓1	72
50	Luke	139	new	75

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