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Baby names in Wisconsin, 2000s

2000–2009 · 544,035 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Wisconsin across the 2000s, with 5,359 births in the decade. The state recorded 544,035 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Wisconsin in the 2000s

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
Breleigh3811×
Yuepheng11
Shouana6
Dayne138
Kong15
Cashton33
Cal74
Sawyer741

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob5,359
#2Ethan4,456
#3Emma4,187
#4Emily4,005
#5Logan3,773
#6Olivia3,752
#7Alexander3,704
#8Tyler3,687
#9Benjamin3,552
#9Samuel3,552
#11Michael3,397
#12Andrew3,342
#13Matthew3,322
#14Joshua3,267
#15Joseph3,224
#16Noah3,164
#17Abigail3,158
#18Hannah3,131
#19Mason3,115
#20Grace3,100
#21Ryan3,090
#22Nicholas3,080
#23Elizabeth2,946
#24Zachary2,879
#25Austin2,860

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