The most common names of people born in Wisconsin

Social Security has recorded about 6.7 million births in Wisconsin since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 4.7 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 44. The most common names among them are Mary for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Wisconsin, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Wisconsin from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Wisconsin

Most common names of living women born in Wisconsin
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	45,000	69
2	Jennifer	32,000	48
3	Susan	28,000	68
4	Elizabeth	23,000	44
5	Linda	22,000	70
6	Patricia	21,000	72
7	Lisa	21,000	56
8	Barbara	21,000	73
9	Karen	21,000	68
10	Sarah	20,000	42
11	Jessica	20,000	41
12	Amy	19,000	50
13	Kathleen	18,000	69
14	Michelle	17,000	51
15	Julie	17,000	60
16	Sandra	17,000	70
17	Emily	17,000	31
18	Amanda	17,000	39
19	Nancy	16,000	72
20	Nicole	16,000	42
21	Rebecca	15,000	47
22	Debra	15,000	67
23	Ashley	14,000	34
24	Melissa	14,000	45
25	Carol	14,000	75
26	Laura	14,000	52
27	Christine	14,000	61
28	Diane	13,000	71
29	Kelly	12,000	50
30	Sharon	12,000	72

Men and boys born in Wisconsin

Most common names of living men born in Wisconsin
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	75,000	53
2	David	57,000	58
3	James	55,000	59
4	John	51,000	59
5	Robert	47,000	62
6	Daniel	40,000	51
7	Thomas	39,000	59
8	William	34,000	53
9	Matthew	33,000	40
10	Joseph	31,000	46
11	Mark	31,000	60
12	Richard	29,000	66
13	Steven	29,000	58
14	Christopher	28,000	44
15	Andrew	28,000	40
16	Brian	26,000	53
17	Jeffrey	25,000	58
18	Scott	25,000	56
19	Timothy	24,000	54
20	Ryan	23,000	37
21	Joshua	22,000	36
22	Jacob	22,000	30
23	Jason	21,000	45
24	Paul	21,000	58
25	Kevin	21,000	51
26	Nicholas	20,000	36
27	Benjamin	19,000	32
28	Eric	18,000	46
29	Anthony	18,000	41
30	Charles	17,000	52

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Wisconsin, not the national average.

Names more common in Wisconsin than nationally

Among living people born in Wisconsin, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Kristine is 3.7× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Wisconsin than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Kristine	3.7×	4,800	59
2	Kurt	3.6×	4,200	58
3	Kari	3.3×	3,300	50
4	Kay	3.2×	3,300	71
5	Jodi	3.0×	3,900	55
6	Jean	2.8×	9,100	72
7	Lynn	2.8×	8,100	66
8	Heidi	2.7×	6,500	50
9	Todd	2.7×	11,000	58
10	Duane	2.6×	3,000	67
11	Dale	2.6×	7,500	67
12	Sue	2.5×	3,600	70
13	Kim	2.5×	7,600	63
14	Jane	2.4×	8,500	67
15	Jill	2.4×	7,600	59

The newest Wisconsin babies

The most popular names for babies born in Wisconsin in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Wisconsin
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	282	30
2	Eleanor	195	30
3	Sophia	195	16
4	Evelyn	194	34
5	Emma	192	20
6	Amelia	186	16
7	Nora	185	25
8	Olivia	182	18
9	Violet	172	18
10	Lainey	162	7

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Wisconsin
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Oliver	336	13
2	Theodore	323	29
3	Henry	307	34
4	Liam	274	11
5	Noah	245	16
6	Hudson	209	9
7	Jack	201	34
8	James	199	54
9	Cooper	197	13
10	Levi	194	16

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Wisconsin with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this