State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,235 Wisconsin births in 1915 across 737 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#73Norbertoutside the national top 200
#61Marcella#186 nationally
#47Adeline#167 nationally
#71Ervin#190 nationally
#84Antonoutside the national top 200
#85Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#85Erwinoutside the national top 200
#71Angeline#183 nationally
#89Romanoutside the national top 200
#36Lorraine#141 nationally
#96Regina#192 nationally
#67Lyle#159 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy844US #3
#2Mary759US #1
#3Helen758US #2
#4Ruth656US #5
#5Margaret626US #4
#6Evelyn487US #10
#7Alice385US #13
#8Marie383US #11
#9Florence377US #14
#10Irene358US #17
#11Mildred358US #6
#12Lucille344US #29
#13Esther315US #33
#14Bernice268US #42
#15Elizabeth265US #8
#16Frances249US #9
#17Gertrude238US #35
#18Eleanor231US #28
#19Gladys218US #21
#20Marion214US #50
#21Doris205US #34
#22Rose203US #16
#23Anna197US #7
#24Virginia189US #12
#25Lillian188US #15
#26Agnes179US #45
#27Edna175US #20
#28Josephine169US #22
#29Catherine165US #19
#30Grace165US #27
#31Hazel159US #26
#32Leona159US #74
#33Myrtle159US #58
#34Viola159US #59
#35Clara151US #38
#36Lorraine149US #141
#37Ann148US #43
#38Beatrice140US #37
#39Violet137US #82
#40Genevieve135US #76
#41Ethel132US #23
#42Elsie131US #41
#43Mabel130US #62
#44Edith125US #31
#45Marian124US #86
#46Martha115US #25
#47Adeline114US #167
#48Harriet114US #112
#49Sylvia114US #67
#50Louise112US #18
#51Kathryn108US #60
#52Marjorie108US #39
#53Verna108US #126
#54June105US #96
#55Katherine104US #49
#56Norma104US #118
#57Jean103US #48
#58Pearl102US #56
#59Jane101US #69
#60Charlotte97US #81
#61Marcella95US #186
#62Emily89US #99
#63Anne88US #52
#64Betty87US #53
#65Vera87US #65
#66Vivian87US #78
#67Dolores84US #147
#68Loretta83US #115
#69Ruby83US #24
#70Elaine82US #155
#71Angeline79US #183
#72Stella78US #64
#73Laura77US #61
#74Emma75US #40
#75Lois75US #47
#76Jeanette74US #148
#77Eunice71US #109
#78Ida70US #54
#79Phyllis68US #100
#80Julia67US #44
#81Olive66US #123
#82Marguerite65US #85
#83Anita64US #164
#84Irma64US #142
#85Eleanore63
#86Caroline62US #137
#87Blanche60US #87
#88Ella60US #75
#89Thelma60US #30
#90Alma59US #70
#91Pauline59US #32
#92Audrey58US #127
#93Sophie58US #97
#94Mae57US #89
#95Hilda56US #107
#96Regina56US #192
#97Theresa56US #93
#98Wilma56US #80
#99Barbara54US #83
#100Bertha54US #46

Boys

#1John864US #1
#2Robert664US #4
#3William582US #2
#4Edward519US #8
#5George489US #6
#6Harold489US #12
#7Joseph473US #5
#8Raymond433US #16
#9James353US #3
#10Walter342US #11
#11Frank334US #9
#12Charles317US #7
#13Arthur304US #18
#14Clarence302US #24
#15Donald293US #20
#16Henry268US #14
#17Carl233US #22
#18Elmer217US #45
#19Ralph211US #21
#20Kenneth210US #28
#21Harry201US #19
#22Paul201US #13
#23Richard200US #15
#24Lester177US #57
#25Earl175US #33
#26Francis170US #29
#27Howard170US #25
#28Norman170US #50
#29Stanley170US #34
#30Leonard165US #44
#31Louis164US #23
#32Leo163US #47
#33Lawrence160US #37
#34Albert158US #17
#35Eugene154US #41
#36Bernard149US #48
#37Herbert147US #40
#38Edwin145US #53
#39Roy138US #32
#40Thomas138US #10
#41Alfred137US #42
#42Fred131US #26
#43Gordon131US #90
#44Arnold130US #91
#45Russell122US #51
#46Willard122US #58
#47Alvin116US #81
#48Clifford104US #61
#49Milton104US #73
#50Chester101US #54
#51Melvin100US #60
#52Harvey99US #95
#53Marvin97US #72
#54Vernon97US #80
#55Frederick96US #52
#56Peter96US #49
#57Victor95US #74
#58Lloyd91US #62
#59Gilbert85US #100
#60Ernest84US #35
#61Anthony82US #36
#62Leroy82US #66
#63Andrew79US #46
#64Jerome79US #140
#65Martin78US #79
#66Theodore76US #64
#67Lyle74US #159
#68David73US #31
#69Gerald73US #78
#70Emil70US #138
#71Ervin70US #190
#72Herman69US #56
#73Norbert68
#74Floyd67US #59
#75Orville67US #127
#76Edmund65US #136
#77Jack62US #27
#78Sylvester62US #163
#79Joe57US #38
#80Roland56US #118
#81Daniel55US #55
#82Philip55US #69
#83Leslie54US #106
#84Anton53
#85Erwin52
#86Michael52US #43
#87Ray52US #67
#88Rudolph51US #135
#89Roman50
#90Glenn48US #87
#91Vincent48US #65
#92Edgar46US #85
#93Ronald44US #155
#94Everett43US #89
#95Franklin43US #132
#96Oscar43US #88
#97Otto43US #153
#98Benjamin41US #71
#99Allen40US #99
#100August39US #162

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑31June#54
↑23Betty#64
↑18Verna#53
↑17Harriet#48
↑17Jeanette#76
↑16Marian#45
↑16Milton#49
↑14Vernon#54

Falling

↓31Hilda#95
↓27Bertha#100
↓26Sophie#93
↓22Marcella#61
↓22Theresa#97
↓20Laura#73
↓20Emma#74
↓19Pauline#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.