State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,589 Wisconsin births in 1916 across 770 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#62Norbertoutside the national top 200
#47Marcella#182 nationally
#73Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#74Erwinoutside the national top 200
#76Antonoutside the national top 200
#51Ervin#173 nationally
#82Romanoutside the national top 200
#53Adeline#166 nationally
#77Angeline#189 nationally
#20Lorraine#128 nationally
#62Elaine#161 nationally
#93Adolph#185 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy903US #3
#2Helen857US #2
#3Mary838US #1
#4Ruth692US #5
#5Margaret656US #4
#6Evelyn509US #11
#7Florence436US #14
#8Mildred422US #6
#9Marie414US #12
#10Irene371US #17
#11Alice364US #13
#12Lucille360US #30
#13Esther317US #34
#14Bernice308US #42
#15Elizabeth280US #8
#16Marion277US #47
#17Eleanor275US #27
#18Frances269US #9
#19Gertrude258US #35
#20Lorraine255US #128
#21Gladys243US #22
#22Virginia233US #10
#23Anna219US #7
#24Agnes211US #50
#25Doris210US #32
#26Edna206US #19
#27Lillian205US #16
#28Grace198US #26
#29Rose196US #15
#30Viola191US #59
#31Ethel189US #25
#32Catherine185US #20
#33Leona185US #75
#34Marian174US #72
#35Hazel170US #31
#36Ann169US #40
#37Clara154US #39
#38Genevieve148US #76
#39Beatrice146US #38
#40Myrtle142US #58
#41Violet142US #83
#42Sylvia141US #69
#43Josephine140US #21
#44June140US #86
#45Jean136US #45
#46Jane133US #62
#47Marcella130US #182
#48Elsie128US #48
#49Marjorie124US #37
#50Martha120US #24
#51Louise116US #18
#52Charlotte114US #80
#53Adeline113US #166
#54Anne113US #53
#55Edith112US #28
#56Mabel112US #65
#57Norma111US #111
#58Verna110US #125
#59Harriet109US #106
#60Lois109US #43
#61Pearl108US #57
#62Elaine106US #161
#63Loretta104US #113
#64Dolores98US #146
#65Ellen98US #87
#66Betty96US #44
#67Jeanette96US #135
#68Vivian93US #77
#69Katherine89US #51
#70Emma88US #41
#71Kathryn88US #60
#72Phyllis88US #95
#73Eleanore87
#74Vera86US #66
#75Stella84US #63
#76Laura82US #64
#77Angeline81US #189
#78Emily80US #100
#79Pauline77US #33
#80Ruby77US #23
#81Eileen74US #118
#82Eunice74US #110
#83Julia74US #46
#84Blanche73US #89
#85Ida73US #54
#86Janet72US #142
#87Sophie71US #101
#88Anita70US #151
#89Alma69US #70
#90Marguerite69US #78
#91Geraldine68US #94
#92Olive66US #132
#93Wilma66US #82
#94Caroline65US #144
#95Hilda62US #105
#96Barbara60US #74
#97Fern60US #152
#98Mae60US #92
#99Thelma59US #29
#100Theresa59US #98

Boys

#1John932US #1
#2Robert861US #4
#3William633US #2
#4George535US #7
#5Edward524US #8
#6Raymond464US #16
#7Joseph448US #5
#8Harold445US #13
#9James388US #3
#10Charles346US #6
#11Frank340US #9
#12Walter340US #11
#13Donald327US #20
#14Arthur287US #18
#15Clarence260US #24
#16Henry257US #14
#17Kenneth256US #27
#18Richard244US #15
#19Carl233US #23
#20Elmer221US #45
#21Norman210US #48
#22Lawrence205US #38
#23Earl201US #32
#24Leonard193US #42
#25Howard188US #25
#26Paul188US #12
#27Harry184US #19
#28Ralph183US #21
#29Francis167US #31
#30Herbert165US #40
#31Stanley165US #34
#32Albert162US #17
#33Bernard156US #49
#34Eugene155US #39
#35Lester155US #59
#36Edwin148US #53
#37Melvin145US #57
#38Thomas142US #10
#39Arnold138US #89
#40Alvin137US #82
#41Leo135US #47
#42Gordon132US #90
#43Louis132US #22
#44Chester130US #54
#45Frederick130US #52
#46Harvey130US #92
#47Roy129US #33
#48Alfred125US #43
#49Fred121US #29
#50Lloyd119US #58
#51Ervin114US #173
#52Milton110US #72
#53Gilbert107US #106
#54David105US #28
#55Victor102US #78
#56Clifford101US #61
#57Marvin101US #66
#58Anthony100US #37
#59Russell100US #51
#60Willard96US #69
#61Ernest95US #36
#62Norbert89
#63Jerome87US #138
#64Gerald85US #76
#65Peter85US #50
#66Vernon84US #75
#67Herman81US #56
#68Theodore81US #65
#69Leroy79US #63
#70Jack77US #26
#71Lyle75US #153
#72Andrew71US #46
#73Glenn71US #84
#74Erwin70
#75Orville69US #131
#76Anton65
#77Daniel65US #55
#78Floyd63US #60
#79Roland63US #118
#80Emil62US #140
#81Joe62US #35
#82Roman62
#83Sylvester60US #172
#84Wilbur60US #94
#85Martin58US #81
#86Oscar55US #86
#87Ray55US #73
#88Edmund54US #134
#89Leslie52US #112
#90Philip52US #70
#91Everett49US #91
#92Vincent48US #67
#93Adolph44US #185
#94Roger44US #129
#95Allen43US #101
#96Glen43US #122
#97Rudolph43US #137
#98Wilbert42US #171
#99Warren41US #102
#100Wallace40US #124

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑20Ervin#51
↑17Glenn#73
↑16Lorraine#20
↑15Lois#60
↑14Marcella#47
↑14Melvin#37
↑14David#54
↑13Jane#46

Falling

↓20Kathryn#71
↓20Martin#85
↓16Emily#78
↓15Josephine#43
↓14Katherine#69
↓14Russell#59
↓14Willard#60
↓13Mabel#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.