Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,429
2	Matthew	1,274
3	Joshua	1,013
4	Jason	970
5	Ryan	964
6	Christopher	878
7	Andrew	830
8	Adam	766
9	Daniel	750
10	David	738
11	Joseph	705
12	Nicholas	704
13	Justin	686
14	Eric	640
15	Benjamin	615
16	Brian	596
17	John	581
18	Robert	565
19	James	564
20	Jeremy	530
21	Timothy	497
22	Aaron	458
22	Scott	458
24	Nathan	456
25	Jonathan	418

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	391
27	Jeffrey	387
28	Kevin	381
29	Chad	376
30	Thomas	374
31	Steven	370
32	Jesse	358
33	Brandon	348
34	Jacob	342
35	Paul	341
36	Mark	321
37	Travis	304
38	William	302
39	Bradley	266
40	Kyle	253
41	Peter	230
41	Richard	230
43	Dustin	220
44	Patrick	216
45	Gregory	202
46	Lucas	196
47	Derek	194
48	Luke	187
49	Craig	167
50	Shawn	160
51	Bryan	152
52	Charles	149
53	Cory	147
54	Erik	141
55	Brett	130
55	Kenneth	130
57	Zachary	126
58	Todd	122
59	Joel	120
60	Stephen	114
61	Jared	113
62	Sean	112
63	Keith	111
64	Samuel	109
65	Tyler	108
66	Douglas	107
66	Troy	107
68	Nathaniel	106
69	Shane	104
70	Corey	99
71	Casey	98
71	Jeremiah	98
73	Brent	97
74	Curtis	92
75	Jordan	90
75	Phillip	90
77	Donald	88
78	Gary	79
79	Dennis	75
79	Shaun	75
81	Jamie	73
81	Jeffery	73
83	Edward	72
84	Alexander	70
85	Lee	69
86	Brad	68
86	Seth	68
88	Kurt	65
89	Jon	64
90	Philip	61
91	Alan	60
92	Jonathon	59
92	Mitchell	59
94	Mathew	57
95	Randy	56
96	Ian	55
97	Ronald	53
98	Noah	52
99	Derrick	51
99	George	51
99	Jay	51
99	Ross	51