State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,812 Wisconsin births in 1911 across 350 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Wisconsin more than they say America.

#40Ervinoutside the national top 200
#41Lorraine#193 nationally
#53Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#71Antonoutside the national top 200
#72Friedaoutside the national top 200
#74Ernaoutside the national top 200
#76Reginaoutside the national top 200
#77Angelineoutside the national top 200
#78Lyleoutside the national top 200
#79Norbertoutside the national top 200
#57Adeline#176 nationally
#82Erwinoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary278US #1
#2Dorothy261US #4
#3Helen254US #2
#4Margaret240US #3
#5Ruth189US #5
#6Evelyn173US #16
#7Marie161US #9
#8Alice159US #11
#9Mildred132US #8
#10Esther131US #34
#11Florence128US #12
#12Irene125US #21
#13Gladys119US #18
#14Gertrude115US #30
#15Lucille99US #32
#16Anna93US #6
#17Elizabeth93US #7
#18Frances92US #10
#19Agnes90US #39
#20Lillian89US #13
#21Grace87US #23
#22Edna82US #17
#23Rose77US #14
#24Clara76US #33
#25Eleanor74US #49
#26Catherine73US #20
#27Mabel72US #43
#28Viola72US #47
#29Bernice67US #51
#30Hazel67US #25
#31Marion66US #58
#32Leona59US #76
#33Ethel58US #15
#34Martha58US #28
#35Josephine54US #29
#36Myrtle51US #50
#37Violet51US #83
#38Beatrice50US #37
#39Ann49US #53
#40Elsie49US #41
#41Lorraine49US #193
#42Genevieve46US #93
#43Laura45US #57
#44Pearl44US #48
#45Emma42US #35
#46Louise41US #19
#47Virginia41US #26
#48Edith38US #31
#49Harriet36US #115
#50Loretta36US #118
#51Bertha34US #36
#52Ella34US #63
#53Marcella34
#54Hilda33US #101
#55Katherine32US #55
#56Verna32US #132
#57Adeline31US #176
#58Emily31US #103
#59Marguerite31US #87
#60Blanche30US #75
#61Ellen30US #84
#62Alma29US #62
#63Doris29US #56
#64Ida28US #45
#65Theresa28US #100
#66Marjorie27US #59
#67Norma27US #153
#68Sylvia27US #82
#69Betty26US #69
#70Marian26US #105
#71Pauline26US #38
#72Frieda25
#73Kathryn25US #73
#74Erna24
#75Eva24US #46
#76Regina24
#77Angeline23
#78Anita23US #187
#79Eunice23US #109
#80Jean23US #74
#81Stella23US #72
#82Jennie22US #85
#83Leone22
#84Lydia22US #142
#85Ruby22US #22
#86Olive21US #121
#87Vera21US #67
#88Vivian21US #80
#89Beulah20US #79
#90Irma20US #137
#91Julia20US #44
#92Mae20US #71
#93Minnie20US #52
#94Anne19US #64
#95Fern19US #172
#96Jeanette19US #169
#97Sophie19US #125
#98Charlotte18US #95
#99Geraldine17US #134
#100Hattie17US #86

Boys

#1John163US #1
#2Edward99US #9
#3George96US #4
#4Robert90US #5
#5William89US #2
#6Joseph77US #6
#7Charles70US #7
#8Clarence67US #23
#9Harold67US #16
#10Frank64US #8
#11Raymond61US #19
#12Walter60US #12
#13Henry50US #11
#14Arthur48US #18
#15Harry42US #13
#16James40US #3
#17Donald36US #36
#18Elmer35US #48
#19Lawrence35US #37
#20Albert34US #15
#21Carl32US #26
#22Bernard30US #54
#23Fred29US #22
#24Howard29US #28
#25Paul29US #17
#26Richard29US #20
#27Gordon28US #97
#28Herbert28US #41
#29Edwin27US #60
#30Lester27US #65
#31Kenneth26US #40
#32Leonard26US #46
#33Stanley26US #44
#34Francis23US #33
#35Harvey23US #91
#36Louis23US #21
#37Leo22US #51
#38Clifford21US #62
#39Milton21US #70
#40Ervin20
#41Norman20US #63
#42Thomas20US #10
#43Frederick19US #52
#44Michael19US #38
#45Ralph19US #24
#46Alfred18US #39
#47Jack18US #25
#48Lloyd18US #74
#49Theodore18US #56
#50Alvin17US #89
#51Arnold17US #108
#52Ray17US #71
#53Roy17US #31
#54Russell17US #55
#55Earl16US #34
#56Joe16US #29
#57Melvin16US #73
#58Andrew15US #42
#59Eugene15US #43
#60Gilbert15US #103
#61Peter15US #50
#62Chester14US #58
#63Floyd14US #57
#64Otto14US #150
#65Rudolph14US #155
#66Vernon14US #96
#67Anthony13US #35
#68David13US #27
#69Emil12US #156
#70Marvin12US #82
#71Anton11
#72Daniel11US #53
#73Herman11US #49
#74Leroy11US #59
#75Martin11US #75
#76Orville11US #146
#77Glenn10US #111
#78Lyle10
#79Norbert10
#80Oscar10US #68
#81Clayton9US #165
#82Erwin9
#83Willard9US #114
#84Alex8US #129
#85Ben8US #86
#86Max8US #106
#87Samuel8US #30
#88Victor8US #81
#89Allen7US #98
#90Benjamin7US #64
#91Edgar7US #83
#92Edmund7US #142
#93Ernest7US #32
#94Everett7US #102
#95Gerald7US #88
#96Hugo7
#97Leon7US #77
#98Maurice7US #99
#99Oliver7US #115
#100Sidney7US #92

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑40Marguerite#59
↑40Milton#39
↑37Gordon#27
↑32Ellen#61
↑32Joe#56
↑30Violet#37
↑29Lloyd#48
↑27Michael#44

Falling

↓53Ernest#93
↓43Victor#88
↓38Anthony#67
↓35Ruby#85
↓34Olive#86
↓33Vera#87
↓33Irma#90
↓33Earl#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.