State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,916 Wisconsin births in 1913 across 552 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#41Marcella#189 nationally
#56Norbertoutside the national top 200
#24Lorraine#160 nationally
#60Ervin#195 nationally
#63Anita#193 nationally
#71Erwinoutside the national top 200
#73Antonoutside the national top 200
#75Romanoutside the national top 200
#87Angelineoutside the national top 200
#60Adeline#173 nationally
#93Ernaoutside the national top 200
#94Friedaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary458US #1
#2Helen452US #2
#3Dorothy428US #3
#4Margaret379US #4
#5Ruth304US #5
#6Evelyn279US #12
#7Florence253US #13
#8Alice241US #11
#9Irene232US #21
#10Mildred215US #6
#11Marie213US #10
#12Esther196US #32
#13Lucille176US #31
#14Lillian172US #16
#15Frances147US #9
#16Eleanor142US #34
#17Elizabeth140US #8
#18Gertrude132US #33
#19Rose132US #14
#20Anna130US #7
#21Agnes128US #41
#22Edna128US #18
#23Gladys115US #19
#24Lorraine115US #160
#25Bernice114US #45
#26Hazel114US #27
#27Leona110US #74
#28Marion109US #51
#29Ann108US #46
#30Viola107US #52
#31Clara104US #36
#32Grace99US #25
#33Catherine96US #22
#34Ethel90US #20
#35Genevieve87US #84
#36Mabel83US #56
#37Josephine82US #24
#38Myrtle81US #53
#39Louise80US #17
#40Elsie78US #40
#41Marcella76US #189
#42Violet75US #82
#43Doris72US #44
#44Virginia71US #15
#45Sylvia68US #72
#46Jean67US #60
#47Marjorie65US #48
#48Emma63US #38
#49Norma61US #139
#50Pearl61US #55
#51Loretta60US #118
#52Jane59US #81
#53Beatrice58US #37
#54Martha58US #28
#55Katherine56US #54
#56Emily55US #99
#57Anne54US #57
#58Laura53US #62
#59Ruby53US #23
#60Adeline52US #173
#61Edith52US #29
#62Eva52US #50
#63Anita51US #193
#64Kathryn51US #66
#65Marian49US #93
#66Alma48US #64
#67Julia48US #42
#68Theresa47US #97
#69Vera47US #68
#70Verna47US #126
#71Charlotte46US #87
#72Jeanette45US #159
#73Eunice43US #107
#74Irma42US #144
#75Stella41US #69
#76Vivian41US #83
#77Ella40US #70
#78Janet40US #162
#79Betty39US #67
#80Harriet39US #125
#81Mae39US #79
#82Bertha38US #39
#83Lois38US #59
#84Sophie38US #113
#85Thelma37US #26
#86Phyllis36US #122
#87Angeline35
#88Ida35US #49
#89Fern34US #166
#90Bessie33US #47
#91Dolores33US #165
#92Blanche32US #76
#93Erna32
#94Frieda32
#95Marguerite31US #78
#96Regina31
#97Jennie30US #80
#98Olga30US #148
#99Dorothea29US #176
#100Eleanore29

Boys

#1John524US #1
#2William348US #2
#3Robert326US #4
#4Joseph287US #5
#5Edward257US #8
#6Harold242US #13
#7George240US #6
#8Raymond237US #18
#9Walter227US #11
#10James182US #3
#11Frank179US #9
#12Arthur175US #17
#13Clarence174US #21
#14Charles173US #7
#15Donald152US #25
#16Harry142US #15
#17Henry132US #12
#18Carl129US #23
#19Elmer127US #45
#20Earl107US #31
#21Richard99US #19
#22Herbert95US #39
#23Lawrence92US #35
#24Leonard92US #46
#25Louis89US #20
#26Norman89US #57
#27Paul86US #14
#28Francis85US #30
#29Kenneth85US #33
#30Ralph85US #22
#31Stanley85US #41
#32Albert82US #16
#33Lester82US #59
#34Howard80US #26
#35Alfred79US #42
#36Thomas78US #10
#37Eugene75US #43
#38Harvey72US #93
#39Leo72US #48
#40Bernard70US #52
#41Gilbert68US #103
#42Alvin65US #82
#43Arnold65US #92
#44Fred63US #27
#45Melvin62US #61
#46Russell62US #50
#47Clifford61US #68
#48Edwin61US #55
#49Lloyd61US #67
#50Roy61US #32
#51Frederick58US #49
#52Marvin55US #77
#53Chester54US #56
#54Herman54US #53
#55Oscar53US #76
#56Norbert52
#57Theodore51US #60
#58Leroy49US #63
#59Vernon49US #83
#60Ervin46US #195
#61Sylvester46US #157
#62Victor46US #80
#63Gordon45US #94
#64Peter45US #51
#65David44US #29
#66Ernest43US #34
#67Milton43US #71
#68Michael42US #40
#69Orville39US #120
#70Andrew37US #47
#71Erwin37
#72Willard37US #99
#73Anton36
#74Gerald36US #84
#75Roman36
#76Anthony35US #38
#77Floyd35US #58
#78Martin35US #75
#79Emil34US #143
#80Jack34US #28
#81Philip32US #69
#82Joe31US #37
#83Glenn30US #85
#84Jerome30US #141
#85Roland30US #128
#86Edmund29US #131
#87Wilbur29US #91
#88Edgar28US #87
#89Rudolph28US #139
#90Lyle27US #196
#91Vincent27US #66
#92Wilbert27US #170
#93Leslie26US #105
#94Daniel25US #54
#95Otto25US #146
#96Wilfred25US #180
#97Woodrow25US #44
#98Ray24US #73
#99Everett23US #97
#100Maurice22US #95

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑34Norbert#56
↑31Marjorie#47
↑30Jane#52
↑26Marian#65
↑26Eunice#73
↑25Orville#69
↑23Leonard#24
↑22Sylvester#61

Falling

↓32Bertha#82
↓32Angeline#87
↓27Gordon#63
↓27Martin#78
↓24Anthony#76
↓24Ray#98
↓22Milton#67
↓22Lyle#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.