Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 2008

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 2008 were Ava for girls (412 babies) and Ethan for boys (430). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,407 babies born in Wisconsin in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 2008

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

Girls

Breleigh: 20 babies, 31.5× the national rate
Greta: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gretchen: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lucille: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brynn: 56 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mara: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Nora: 73 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sylvia: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Olive: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tianna: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dayne: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Sawyer: 110 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brett: 70 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Will: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cullen: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bennett: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jameson: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cale: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nolan: 154 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mitchell: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ava	412	–	5
2	Olivia	366	↑1	4
3	Emma	365	↓1	1
4	Sophia	304	–	7
5	Isabella	279	↑1	2
6	Ella	274	↑2	19
7	Emily	273	–	3
8	Abigail	263	↑2	8
9	Addison	251	↓4	12
10	Grace	236	↑1	21
11	Elizabeth	228	↓2	9
12	Natalie	209	↑3	13
13	Chloe	200	↑3	10
14	Alexis	198	↑3	15
15	Lily	197	↑4	24
16	Taylor	196	↑13	22
17	Hailey	194	↓3	25
18	Madison	194	↓5	6
19	Hannah	190	↓7	17
20	Anna	176	↑1	26
21	Lauren	162	↓1	30
22	Lillian	161	–	29
23	Samantha	161	↓5	11
24	Madelyn	155	↑26	64
25	Claire	141	↑2	62
26	Aubrey	138	↑7	42
27	Kylie	136	new	51
28	Nevaeh	133	↓4	34
29	Morgan	130	↓1	46
30	Brooklyn	129	↑9	48
31	Lydia	127	↑9	>100
32	Madeline	126	↓9	56
33	Alyssa	123	↓8	16
34	Brooke	123	↓3	52
35	Mia	122	new	14
36	Kaylee	119	↑9	31
37	Sydney	116	↓3	49
38	Audrey	114	new	44
39	Evelyn	113	↑2	54
40	Leah	113	new	40
41	Allison	112	↓5	32
42	Sarah	111	↓4	20
43	Paige	110	↑3	89
44	Brianna	109	↓18	23
45	Amelia	108	↓2	68
46	Kaitlyn	107	new	53
47	Autumn	103	↓3	87
48	Savannah	101	↓11	33
49	Mackenzie	100	↓7	65
50	Arianna	96	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ethan	430	–	3
2	Mason	389	↑2	35
3	Jacob	377	↓1	1
4	Logan	368	↓1	19
5	Benjamin	318	↑4	25
6	Alexander	310	↓1	6
7	Noah	304	–	15
8	Aiden	301	↑11	16
9	William	300	↑5	8
10	Gavin	299	↑7	30
11	Jackson	287	↑14	32
12	Andrew	286	↑3	12
13	Samuel	281	↓1	27
14	Owen	278	↓8	58
15	Tyler	268	↓5	28
16	Joseph	261	↑6	13
17	Evan	260	↓4	38
18	Michael	260	↓7	2
19	Jack	259	↓11	39
20	Carter	248	↑1	65
21	Joshua	234	↓3	4
22	Matthew	232	↓6	10
23	Anthony	231	↑3	7
24	Jayden	225	↑12	11
25	Nathan	224	↓2	21
26	Ryan	218	↓6	18
27	Landon	217	↑15	45
28	Brady	211	↑12	94
29	Zachary	208	↑5	47
30	Dylan	207	↑3	31
31	Daniel	202	↓1	5
32	Elijah	202	↓1	22
33	Brayden	199	↑15	51
34	Lucas	198	↑3	46
35	Wyatt	194	↑4	62
36	David	189	↑2	14
37	Austin	187	↓5	55
38	Connor	186	↑3	57
39	Gabriel	185	↑5	24
40	James	184	↓12	17
41	Isaac	180	↓14	37
42	Caleb	178	↓18	34
43	Chase	177	new	67
44	Carson	170	↑5	89
45	Henry	167	new	78
46	Hunter	166	↓11	54
47	Blake	157	new	90
48	Brody	156	new	70
49	John	156	↓3	20
50	Cameron	154	↓5	53

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