Name Legacy

Baby names in Wisconsin, 1990s

1990–1999 · 570,700 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Wisconsin across the 1990s, with 8,810 births in the decade. The state recorded 570,700 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Wisconsin in the 1990s

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
Pa18214×
Tou12211×
Kou6511×
Kong9611×
Pang5210×
Ka8110×
Mai237
Bee47

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob8,810
#2Michael7,641
#3Tyler6,765
#4Matthew6,634
#5Nicholas6,238
#6Andrew5,852
#7Emily5,728
#8Joshua5,671
#9Samantha5,584
#10Ashley5,536
#11Zachary5,411
#12Ryan5,229
#13Brandon5,179
#14Joseph4,895
#15Alexander4,779
#16Kyle4,768
#17Taylor4,741
#18Jordan4,702
#19Austin4,572
#20Jessica4,384
#21Benjamin4,262
#22Amanda4,242
#23Megan4,200
#24Sarah4,153
#25Christopher4,115

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