State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,573 Wisconsin births in 1912 across 491 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#49Marcella#197 nationally
#55Angelineoutside the national top 200
#38Lorraine#176 nationally
#65Ervin#196 nationally
#47Adeline#172 nationally
#82Erwinoutside the national top 200
#84Reginaoutside the national top 200
#85Ernaoutside the national top 200
#68Lyle#181 nationally
#90Norbertoutside the national top 200
#72Anita#182 nationally
#91Antonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary394US #1
#2Helen352US #2
#3Margaret346US #4
#4Dorothy343US #3
#5Ruth258US #5
#6Evelyn250US #13
#7Alice213US #11
#8Florence199US #12
#9Mildred189US #6
#10Marie177US #10
#11Irene171US #22
#12Esther170US #33
#13Frances146US #9
#14Lucille146US #32
#15Elizabeth135US #8
#16Anna130US #7
#17Gertrude129US #30
#18Gladys125US #19
#19Lillian114US #14
#20Eleanor112US #39
#21Viola112US #52
#22Clara111US #34
#23Rose111US #15
#24Agnes108US #40
#25Ethel103US #18
#26Edna102US #16
#27Myrtle101US #50
#28Marion98US #55
#29Grace94US #24
#30Hazel94US #25
#31Ann93US #47
#32Leona93US #76
#33Bernice90US #51
#34Catherine89US #21
#35Beatrice81US #37
#36Genevieve79US #92
#37Elsie76US #42
#38Lorraine74US #176
#39Josephine68US #28
#40Louise68US #17
#41Mabel68US #46
#42Martha68US #29
#43Doris60US #48
#44Emma60US #35
#45Sylvia60US #77
#46Violet57US #83
#47Adeline56US #172
#48Loretta55US #119
#49Marcella55US #197
#50Bertha52US #36
#51Virginia52US #20
#52Anne50US #58
#53Pearl50US #54
#54Alma49US #62
#55Angeline49
#56Hilda49US #104
#57Edith48US #31
#58Katherine48US #53
#59Caroline45US #139
#60Julia45US #44
#61Laura45US #57
#62Stella44US #73
#63Verna44US #126
#64Jean43US #64
#65Ruby43US #23
#66Norma41US #137
#67Ella40US #69
#68Theresa40US #97
#69Harriet39US #113
#70Emily38US #105
#71Thelma38US #26
#72Anita37US #182
#73Kathryn37US #71
#74Vivian37US #84
#75Eva36US #49
#76Sophie36US #117
#77Ida35US #45
#78Marjorie35US #56
#79Olive35US #131
#80Vera35US #68
#81Ellen34US #86
#82Jane34US #89
#83Jeanette34US #166
#84Regina33
#85Erna30
#86Lois29US #63
#87Betty28US #66
#88Blanche28US #75
#89Charlotte28US #91
#90Irma28US #146
#91Marian28US #93
#92Pauline28US #38
#93Carol27
#94Marguerite27US #79
#95Barbara26US #102
#96Dolores26US #185
#97Leone26
#98Nellie26US #59
#99Eunice25US #109
#100Geraldine25US #122

Boys

#1John367US #1
#2William252US #2
#3George229US #6
#4Robert219US #4
#5Joseph211US #5
#6Edward196US #8
#7Harold167US #13
#8Frank162US #9
#9Raymond157US #18
#10Walter154US #11
#11Clarence150US #21
#12Henry135US #12
#13Arthur133US #15
#14James124US #3
#15Charles114US #7
#16Elmer105US #47
#17Donald92US #27
#18Lawrence89US #38
#19Harry87US #16
#20Richard84US #19
#21Carl82US #24
#22Earl78US #34
#23Ralph77US #23
#24Norman76US #61
#25Stanley71US #43
#26Louis70US #20
#27Herbert69US #39
#28Thomas68US #10
#29Edwin65US #54
#30Howard64US #25
#31Albert62US #17
#32Alfred62US #40
#33Kenneth62US #33
#34Paul62US #14
#35Arnold59US #99
#36Gordon59US #93
#37Harvey57US #91
#38Leo57US #49
#39Roy56US #31
#40Francis55US #35
#41Melvin52US #71
#42Alvin51US #86
#43Chester51US #55
#44Lester51US #58
#45Milton51US #64
#46Fred50US #26
#47Leonard50US #45
#48Victor47US #81
#49Lloyd44US #70
#50Frederick40US #51
#51Martin40US #75
#52Anthony39US #37
#53Bernard38US #60
#54Eugene38US #41
#55Clifford37US #62
#56Herman37US #50
#57Russell36US #56
#58Floyd35US #59
#59Ernest33US #32
#60Theodore33US #52
#61Gerald32US #87
#62Gilbert32US #115
#63Oscar32US #73
#64Glenn31US #84
#65Ervin30US #196
#66Jack30US #28
#67Vernon30US #90
#68Lyle28US #181
#69Marvin28US #83
#70Peter28US #48
#71David27US #29
#72Emil27US #146
#73Leroy27US #66
#74Ray27US #77
#75Roland27US #127
#76Leslie26US #108
#77Willard26US #105
#78Andrew25US #44
#79Joe25US #36
#80Michael25US #42
#81Adolph24US #183
#82Erwin24
#83Sylvester24US #167
#84Daniel23US #53
#85Jerome23US #133
#86Philip23US #69
#87Rudolph23US #141
#88Vincent23US #72
#89Edgar22US #85
#90Norbert22
#91Anton21
#92Roman21
#93Myron20
#94Orville20US #136
#95Benjamin19US #67
#96Edmund19US #143
#97Julius19US #100
#98Everett18US #96
#99Oliver17US #117
#100Cyril16

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑42Anne#52
↑40Victor#48
↑34Ernest#59
↑34Gerald#61
↑33Earl#22
↑31Julia#60
↑24Martin#51
↑23Sylvia#45

Falling

↓36Michael#80
↓35Marguerite#94
↓31Bernard#53
↓28Blanche#88
↓25Ervin#65
↓23Fred#46
↓23Joe#79
↓22Ray#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.