Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 2012

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 2012 were Emma for girls (369 babies) and Mason for boys (430). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,336 babies born in Wisconsin in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 2012

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

Girls

Greta: 39 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Evalyn: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Elsa: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tenley: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Emersyn: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brynn: 79 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cecelia: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Evelynn: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Madyson: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Willa: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Jordy: 38 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Clay: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Will: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sullivan: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Flynn: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Finley: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Crosby: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dane: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clayton: 67 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bennett: 88 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	369	↑1	2
2	Sophia	326	↓1	1
3	Olivia	318	↑1	4
4	Ava	314	↓1	5
5	Isabella	236	–	3
6	Emily	206	↑5	6
7	Ella	199	–	12
8	Evelyn	197	↑1	27
9	Grace	195	↑1	21
10	Amelia	193	↑8	23
11	Abigail	187	↓3	7
12	Harper	185	↑19	24
13	Natalie	184	↓1	17
14	Aubrey	176	↑6	15
15	Charlotte	172	↑8	19
16	Addison	171	↓10	14
17	Lillian	168	↑2	25
18	Lily	162	↓4	16
19	Elizabeth	148	↓3	10
20	Chloe	141	↓3	11
21	Brooklyn	139	↓8	29
22	Claire	139	↑2	45
23	Avery	128	↑5	13
24	Mia	126	↑8	8
25	Zoey	119	↑1	20
26	Hailey	118	↓5	32
27	Madison	118	↓12	9
28	Hannah	117	↓3	22
29	Lauren	116	↑5	72
30	Lydia	116	–	95
31	Anna	115	↑7	34
32	Nora	111	↑4	>100
33	Violet	107	new	89
34	Mackenzie	102	↑12	71
35	Madelyn	102	↓8	67
36	Samantha	100	new	26
37	Stella	100	↑11	62
38	Autumn	96	↑11	68
39	Lucy	95	↓2	66
40	Zoe	93	–	30
41	Alexis	92	↓19	40
42	Layla	92	↓7	31
43	Nevaeh	90	↓10	39
44	Morgan	89	new	82
45	Taylor	88	–	46
46	Aubree	87	new	60
47	Audrey	86	↑3	41
48	Kylie	85	↓7	59
49	Paige	84	new	>100
50	Savannah	84	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	430	–	2
2	Liam	354	–	6
3	Ethan	295	↑8	3
4	Jackson	294	↑4	21
5	Owen	289	–	38
6	William	285	↓3	5
7	Logan	283	↓3	22
8	Noah	281	↓2	4
9	Carter	261	↑3	36
10	Jacob	254	↓3	1
11	Henry	253	↑12	44
12	Alexander	239	↓3	9
13	Benjamin	238	↓3	16
14	Wyatt	230	↑3	41
15	Samuel	221	↑3	25
16	Elijah	220	↓3	13
17	Isaac	216	↑11	30
18	Jack	216	↑6	46
19	Aiden	214	↓3	10
20	Lucas	213	↓1	27
21	Caleb	211	↑10	32
22	Landon	192	↓8	35
23	Nolan	191	↑2	89
24	Levi	189	↑8	55
25	Michael	186	↓10	7
26	Andrew	185	–	18
27	Joseph	183	↑2	19
28	James	182	↓7	14
29	Ryan	181	↑9	26
30	Jayden	180	↓3	8
31	Brayden	178	↓1	39
32	Oliver	178	↑2	73
33	Eli	173	↑7	43
34	Gavin	171	↓12	40
35	Hunter	162	↑11	45
36	Parker	160	↑3	81
37	Colton	157	new	65
38	Gabriel	157	↓1	24
39	Charles	155	↑11	62
40	Joshua	155	new	17
41	Bentley	154	new	75
42	Anthony	151	↓9	15
43	Matthew	151	↓8	12
44	Evan	150	↓24	47
45	Daniel	149	↓4	11
46	Aaron	148	↑2	51
47	David	148	new	20
48	Blake	147	↓5	71
49	Nathan	143	↓4	29
50	Austin	138	↓8	58

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