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Baby names in Wisconsin, 1960s

1960–1969 · 795,121 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Wisconsin across the 1960s, with 20,073 births in the decade. The state recorded 795,121 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Wisconsin in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Timm7211×
Duwayne123
Kay1,084
Kristine1,892
Terese158
Kari835
Kurt2,041
Jayne445

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael20,073
#2David18,409
#3John15,597
#4James14,648
#5Mark13,848
#6Robert13,121
#7Lisa12,106
#8Scott11,804
#9Mary11,254
#10Jeffrey11,022
#11Thomas10,589
#12Daniel10,547
#13Steven10,483
#14Brian9,640
#15Susan9,141
#16Timothy9,072
#17Julie8,234
#18Paul8,022
#19Richard7,822
#20Lori7,637
#21Kevin7,534
#22Todd7,485
#23William6,949
#24Karen6,651
#25Linda5,844

Other decades in Wisconsin

All Wisconsin names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org