Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 2000

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 2000 were Emily for girls (560 babies) and Jacob for boys (740). Social Security records list 55,031 babies born in Wisconsin in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 2000

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

Girls

Madysen: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Greta: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Cora: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Calista: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mckenna: 86 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mara: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Montana: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ellie: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Halle: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Josephine: 47 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dayne: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Sawyer: 50 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Mitchel: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lukas: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bennett: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mitchell: 167 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brady: 98 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maxwell: 153 babies, 3× the national rate
Cade: 75 babies, 3× the national rate
Branden: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	560	–	1
2	Hannah	459	–	2
3	Samantha	373	↑3	7
4	Elizabeth	359	↑3	9
5	Alexis	315	↓2	6
6	Emma	313	↑2	17
7	Grace	306	↑8	19
8	Ashley	305	↑4	4
9	Megan	302	↓4	18
10	Taylor	293	↓6	10
11	Olivia	287	↑3	16
12	Lauren	284	↑4	11
13	Abigail	279	↓4	14
14	Anna	276	↑8	22
15	Alyssa	267	↑2	12
16	Sarah	262	↓6	5
17	Morgan	260	↓4	25
18	Kayla	253	↑1	13
19	Brianna	233	↑1	15
20	Sydney	228	↑1	23
21	Rachel	227	↓10	21
22	Madison	210	↑7	3
23	Kaitlyn	201	↑5	30
24	Mackenzie	196	↑16	43
25	Hailey	194	↑11	35
26	Jessica	188	↓8	8
27	Madeline	181	↓1	56
28	Brooke	171	↑2	51
29	Nicole	165	↓6	31
30	Jenna	159	↓3	63
31	Paige	153	↑4	69
32	Allison	150	↓7	44
33	Amanda	149	↓9	32
34	Haley	146	↓1	28
35	Savannah	143	new	37
36	Natalie	141	↑3	34
37	Julia	137	↑1	29
38	Rebecca	137	↓6	39
39	Chloe	135	new	38
40	Autumn	132	↑6	77
41	Katherine	124	↓7	33
42	Sophia	121	↑3	42
43	Amber	120	↓12	47
44	Victoria	120	new	20
45	Jasmine	119	↑4	27
46	Katelyn	119	↑4	54
47	Sierra	118	↑1	53
48	Molly	117	new	96
49	Gabrielle	115	↓6	49
50	Cassandra	112	new	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	740	–	1
2	Nicholas	510	↑4	6
3	Tyler	497	↑1	10
4	Michael	463	↓1	2
5	Andrew	449	↑5	7
6	Joshua	446	↑2	4
7	Matthew	445	↓2	3
8	Ryan	441	↓1	13
9	Benjamin	437	↑3	26
10	Samuel	431	↑6	28
11	Zachary	426	↓2	15
12	Alexander	408	↓1	20
13	Noah	386	↑1	27
14	Joseph	378	↑1	8
15	Austin	367	↓13	23
16	Hunter	348	↑2	35
17	Nathan	332	↑2	30
18	Brandon	329	↓5	12
19	Dylan	322	↓2	24
20	Logan	300	–	40
21	Daniel	299	↑2	9
22	Ethan	290	↑2	25
23	Anthony	278	↑6	17
24	Kyle	274	↓3	37
25	Jordan	260	↓3	36
26	Jack	259	↑7	46
27	William	258	↓1	11
28	John	248	↓3	14
29	David	226	↓1	16
30	Justin	225	↑2	19
31	Christopher	224	↓4	5
32	Adam	221	↓1	45
33	James	216	↓3	18
34	Thomas	214	↑1	33
35	Connor	206	↑5	50
36	Alex	204	–	62
37	Aaron	192	↑5	41
38	Robert	192	↑10	29
39	Cole	191	↓2	71
40	Evan	191	↓6	55
41	Mason	191	↑5	64
42	Trevor	191	new	75
43	Cody	188	↓4	60
44	Caleb	187	–	38
45	Jared	185	↓7	56
46	Jonathan	178	↓5	21
47	Seth	170	new	63
48	Mitchell	167	↓5	>100
49	Cameron	166	↑1	31
50	Isaac	162	↓1	53

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