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Baby names in Wisconsin, 1970s

1970–1979 · 611,503 recorded births

Jennifer was the most common name given in Wisconsin across the 1970s, with 15,619 births in the decade. The state recorded 611,503 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Wisconsin in the 1970s

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
Kurt1,010
Kari1,291
Kay176
Dean834
Curt188
Sara3,201
Jolene362
Jodi1,728

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Jennifer15,619
#2Michael14,602
#3Jason12,867
#4Christopher9,075
#5David8,855
#6Brian8,798
#7Matthew8,405
#8Amy8,376
#9Scott7,525
#10Daniel7,431
#11James7,370
#12John6,970
#13Michelle6,769
#14Robert6,570
#15Lisa6,051
#16Eric5,899
#17Jeffrey5,758
#18Chad5,440
#19Ryan5,416
#20Mark5,411
#21Andrew5,408
#22Kevin5,321
#23Melissa5,290
#23Timothy5,290
#25Angela5,281

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