State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,103 Wisconsin births in 1917 across 769 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
#45Marcella#175 nationally
#50Ervin#174 nationally
#80Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#88Caroloutside the national top 200
#74Joyce#185 nationally
#54Adeline#163 nationally
#92Romanoutside the national top 200
#93Antonoutside the national top 200
#90Angeline#196 nationally
#95Erwinoutside the national top 200
#70Sylvester#175 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy892US #3
#2Mary838US #1
#3Helen773US #2
#4Ruth692US #5
#5Margaret678US #4
#6Evelyn487US #11
#7Florence417US #14
#8Irene406US #17
#9Mildred383US #6
#10Alice374US #13
#11Marie365US #12
#12Lucille363US #29
#13Esther304US #38
#14Virginia304US #10
#15Elizabeth293US #8
#16Bernice291US #42
#17Marion282US #45
#18Lorraine277US #116
#19Frances268US #9
#20Eleanor262US #26
#21Rose241US #16
#22Gertrude239US #37
#23Lillian232US #15
#24Anna222US #7
#25Doris217US #25
#26Gladys214US #23
#27Agnes189US #48
#28Grace186US #30
#29Edna183US #20
#30June182US #73
#31Hazel181US #31
#32Marian179US #74
#33Ethel178US #24
#34Leona176US #80
#35Catherine175US #18
#36Josephine165US #21
#37Violet157US #84
#38Jane155US #55
#39Beatrice150US #39
#40Ann145US #44
#41Viola145US #59
#42Marjorie140US #36
#43Myrtle140US #58
#44Genevieve138US #77
#45Marcella133US #175
#46Edith132US #28
#47Betty130US #34
#48Pearl129US #57
#49Jean128US #40
#50Lois126US #43
#51Martha124US #22
#52Anne121US #53
#53Clara119US #41
#54Adeline114US #163
#55Charlotte114US #76
#56Louise114US #19
#57Harriet112US #104
#58Mabel112US #68
#59Elsie110US #50
#60Verna110US #124
#61Dolores106US #139
#62Katherine106US #49
#63Elaine105US #160
#64Kathryn105US #60
#65Sylvia105US #69
#66Jeanette103US #132
#67Phyllis97US #92
#68Loretta95US #114
#69Norma95US #108
#70Emily93US #103
#71Ruby93US #27
#72Julia89US #47
#73Geraldine88US #89
#74Joyce86US #185
#75Vera85US #66
#76Vivian82US #79
#77Eunice81US #111
#78Laura79US #65
#79Anita73US #137
#80Eleanore73
#81Janet73US #136
#82Ellen72US #90
#83Caroline71US #152
#84Sophie71US #100
#85Emma70US #46
#86Marguerite69US #78
#87Bertha67US #51
#88Carol67
#89Stella67US #62
#90Angeline66US #196
#91Fern66US #162
#92Wilma65US #82
#93Audrey64US #117
#94Regina64US #186
#95Eva63US #54
#96Mae63US #96
#97Arlene61US #167
#98Eileen61US #106
#99Ella59US #83
#100Laverne58

Boys

#1Robert965US #4
#2John953US #1
#3William683US #2
#4George551US #6
#5Edward510US #8
#6Joseph499US #5
#7Harold479US #12
#8Raymond428US #16
#9James393US #3
#10Donald380US #20
#11Frank368US #9
#12Walter357US #11
#13Charles329US #7
#14Arthur292US #17
#15Clarence270US #25
#16Richard256US #14
#17Kenneth255US #27
#18Henry253US #15
#19Carl245US #24
#20Leonard217US #41
#21Harry215US #19
#22Ralph213US #21
#23Paul204US #13
#24Lawrence201US #36
#25Howard198US #26
#26Norman196US #46
#27Earl194US #32
#28Elmer182US #45
#29Eugene178US #39
#30Louis167US #23
#31Francis162US #30
#32Gordon157US #84
#33Albert154US #18
#34Lester154US #61
#35Thomas154US #10
#36Leo149US #47
#37Roy149US #33
#38Herbert144US #40
#39Edwin141US #55
#40Lloyd140US #53
#41Alfred138US #43
#42Stanley138US #34
#43Bernard137US #49
#44Melvin136US #57
#45Arnold131US #91
#46Fred131US #29
#47Russell130US #52
#48Frederick129US #51
#49Chester126US #56
#50Ervin123US #174
#51Clifford120US #59
#52Alvin114US #81
#53Vernon114US #71
#54Gerald113US #69
#55Norbert111
#56Marvin110US #68
#57David104US #28
#58Gilbert104US #105
#59Harvey103US #90
#60Peter100US #50
#61Ernest98US #37
#62Milton97US #75
#63Theodore95US #63
#64Anthony91US #38
#65Jack84US #22
#66Victor83US #78
#67Leroy79US #60
#68Jerome78US #133
#69Andrew77US #48
#70Sylvester77US #175
#71Willard77US #80
#72Daniel76US #54
#73Roland76US #117
#74Herman75US #58
#75Lyle73US #153
#76Emil72US #137
#77Glenn72US #86
#78Joe67US #35
#79Edmund64US #135
#80Martin64US #77
#81Orville64US #134
#82Wallace62US #123
#83Wilbur61US #92
#84Michael57US #44
#85Floyd54US #62
#86Oscar54US #87
#87Philip54US #66
#88Vincent52US #65
#89Everett51US #94
#90Roger51US #119
#91Ray49US #74
#92Roman48
#93Anton47
#94Glen47US #122
#95Erwin46
#96Edgar45US #88
#97Clyde43US #64
#98Steve43US #112
#99August42US #184
#100Wilbert42US #169

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑19Betty#47
↑18Geraldine#73
↑18Wallace#82
↑14June#30
↑13Pearl#48
↑13Louis#30
↑13Vernon#53
↑13Sylvester#70

Falling

↓23Sylvia#65
↓21Erwin#95
↓17Ellen#82
↓17Eileen#98
↓17Anton#93
↓16Clara#53
↓15Emma#85
↓14Stella#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.