Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1979

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,523
2	Jason	1,266
3	Matthew	1,146
4	Ryan	947
5	Christopher	916
5	Nicholas	916
7	Joshua	835
8	David	801
9	Andrew	792
10	Daniel	734
11	Brian	724
12	Eric	699
13	Joseph	672
14	James	616
15	Adam	602
16	John	601
17	Jeremy	584
18	Timothy	575
19	Robert	506
20	Scott	484
21	Kevin	482
22	Benjamin	476
23	Aaron	453
24	Justin	449
25	Chad	446

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	433
27	Jeffrey	426
27	Nathan	426
29	Thomas	386
30	Mark	384
31	Anthony	356
32	Travis	352
33	William	343
34	Paul	321
35	Bradley	283
36	Jonathan	281
37	Jacob	279
38	Jesse	269
39	Richard	264
40	Patrick	250
41	Charles	217
42	Shawn	215
43	Gregory	207
44	Peter	200
45	Brandon	175
46	Todd	174
47	Craig	169
48	Kyle	163
49	Bryan	156
50	Cory	154
50	Lucas	154
52	Shane	151
53	Erik	149
54	Kenneth	143
55	Keith	141
56	Joel	135
57	Luke	130
57	Troy	130
59	Jeremiah	120
60	Douglas	119
61	Zachary	116
62	Brent	114
63	Samuel	110
64	Jamie	108
65	Derek	103
65	Jared	103
67	Corey	102
67	Donald	102
69	Sean	100
70	Brad	99
70	Dustin	99
72	Shaun	93
73	Stephen	92
74	Brett	88
75	Casey	83
76	Nathaniel	78
77	Jay	75
77	Jon	75
77	Philip	75
80	Curtis	74
80	Kurt	74
80	Phillip	74
83	Ronald	72
84	Edward	71
85	Tyler	70
86	Dennis	66
86	Gary	66
88	Seth	61
89	Lee	60
90	Neil	59
91	Russell	58
92	Alan	57
93	Jeffery	56
94	Marcus	55
95	Ian	54
96	Kristopher	52
97	Raymond	51
98	Alexander	49
98	Randy	49
98	Terry	49