State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,628 Wisconsin births in 1914 across 621 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#55Norbertoutside the national top 200
#39Marcella#183 nationally
#23Lorraine#152 nationally
#53Ervin#180 nationally
#79Angelineoutside the national top 200
#46Adeline#166 nationally
#82Romanoutside the national top 200
#83Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#83Erwinoutside the national top 200
#86Antonoutside the national top 200
#78Anita#186 nationally
#91Cecelia#196 nationally

Girls

#1Helen552US #2
#2Mary541US #1
#3Dorothy532US #3
#4Margaret427US #4
#5Ruth416US #5
#6Evelyn292US #11
#7Alice281US #12
#8Marie265US #10
#9Mildred256US #7
#10Florence252US #13
#11Lucille240US #30
#12Irene238US #22
#13Esther225US #35
#14Gladys182US #20
#15Elizabeth174US #8
#16Bernice173US #43
#17Frances172US #9
#18Gertrude171US #32
#19Rose170US #15
#20Eleanor169US #28
#21Lillian169US #16
#22Anna159US #6
#23Lorraine144US #152
#24Viola138US #57
#25Marion137US #50
#26Catherine135US #18
#27Agnes130US #44
#28Ann129US #40
#29Leona128US #79
#30Edna124US #19
#31Ethel124US #21
#32Doris122US #36
#33Virginia121US #14
#34Grace120US #25
#35Josephine112US #23
#36Myrtle111US #60
#37Genevieve104US #76
#38Hazel100US #29
#39Marcella97US #183
#40Louise96US #17
#41Sylvia91US #70
#42Martha89US #27
#43Clara88US #37
#44Beatrice86US #38
#45Mabel85US #58
#46Adeline81US #166
#47Elsie80US #46
#48Pearl80US #56
#49Norma77US #128
#50Jane74US #71
#51Violet73US #83
#52Edith72US #31
#53Laura71US #59
#54Emma69US #39
#55Charlotte68US #88
#56Anne66US #53
#57Marjorie66US #45
#58Kathryn64US #63
#59Loretta64US #122
#60Emily62US #98
#61Marian61US #90
#62Jean60US #54
#63Vivian60US #81
#64Hilda58US #103
#65Harriet57US #111
#66Katherine57US #48
#67Sophie57US #100
#68Vera57US #68
#69Ruby55US #24
#70Stella54US #65
#71Verna52US #125
#72Pauline51US #34
#73Bertha49US #41
#74Julia49US #42
#75Theresa49US #93
#76Dolores48US #155
#77Thelma48US #26
#78Anita46US #186
#79Angeline45
#80Olive45US #127
#81Eunice44US #109
#82Phyllis44US #113
#83Eleanore43
#84Ida43US #49
#85June43US #132
#86Marguerite43US #84
#87Betty42US #62
#88Ellen42US #86
#89Janet42US #163
#90Regina42US #191
#91Cecelia41US #196
#92Ella41US #72
#93Jeanette41US #150
#94Blanche39US #80
#95Alma38US #69
#96Mae37US #85
#97Caroline36US #148
#98Geraldine36US #123
#99Dorothea35US #182
#100Lydia35US #168

Boys

#1John662US #1
#2Robert466US #4
#3William422US #2
#4Edward347US #8
#5Joseph332US #5
#6George327US #6
#7Harold313US #14
#8Raymond312US #16
#9Frank259US #9
#10Clarence249US #22
#11Charles244US #7
#12Walter235US #10
#13James226US #3
#14Arthur221US #18
#15Donald187US #23
#16Henry168US #12
#17Elmer157US #46
#18Kenneth155US #30
#19Lawrence147US #35
#20Richard146US #17
#21Carl143US #24
#22Earl142US #33
#23Howard141US #26
#24Albert130US #15
#25Paul130US #13
#26Harry129US #19
#27Norman124US #54
#28Ralph122US #21
#29Lester118US #57
#30Leo113US #47
#31Leonard111US #45
#32Stanley109US #39
#33Edwin108US #53
#34Francis108US #31
#35Herbert107US #42
#36Louis107US #20
#37Alfred102US #41
#38Eugene101US #43
#39Thomas99US #11
#40Gordon91US #88
#41Bernard90US #50
#42Fred90US #28
#43Alvin87US #78
#44Arnold86US #97
#45Melvin80US #59
#46Harvey78US #95
#47Frederick77US #52
#48Roy77US #32
#49Ernest76US #38
#50Victor75US #76
#51Gilbert73US #104
#52Anthony71US #37
#53Ervin68US #180
#54Clifford67US #62
#55Norbert67
#56Peter65US #48
#57Russell65US #49
#58Willard65US #92
#59Chester64US #56
#60Gerald64US #81
#61Lloyd61US #66
#62Theodore59US #64
#63David58US #29
#64Jack57US #27
#65Milton57US #69
#66Marvin55US #75
#67Floyd52US #58
#68Vernon51US #83
#69Leroy50US #60
#70Andrew49US #44
#71Jerome49US #136
#72Emil48US #143
#73Herman47US #51
#74Martin47US #73
#75Lyle46US #178
#76Edmund45US #130
#77Joe44US #34
#78Oscar42US #77
#79Ray42US #74
#80Michael41US #40
#81Roland41US #121
#82Roman40
#83Erwin39
#84Orville38US #133
#85Wesley38US #132
#86Anton37
#87Otto36US #155
#88Daniel35US #55
#89Leslie34US #103
#90Philip34US #68
#91Sylvester34US #164
#92Glenn33US #91
#93Karl33US #161
#94Wilbert32US #162
#95Jacob29US #113
#96Rudolph29US #139
#97Wallace29US #127
#98Wilbur29US #96
#99Julius28US #106
#100Edgar27US #87

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑24Anthony#52
↑23Gordon#40
↑19Ray#79
↑17Sophie#67
↑17Eleanore#83
↑17Ernest#49
↑16Charlotte#55
↑16Jack#64

Falling

↓30Sylvester#91
↓29Alma#95
↓23Oscar#78
↓21Jeanette#93
↓19Herman#73
↓16Jean#62
↓15Anita#78
↓15Ella#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.