State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,201 Wisconsin births in 1918 across 809 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#58Norbertoutside the national top 200
#76Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#75Laverne#199 nationally
#48Adeline#169 nationally
#50Ervin#168 nationally
#82Carol#196 nationally
#88Angelineoutside the national top 200
#89Merlinoutside the national top 200
#52Marcella#163 nationally
#93Erwinoutside the national top 200
#98Ioneoutside the national top 200
#100Laverneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Dorothy966US #3
#2Mary873US #1
#3Helen841US #2
#4Ruth826US #5
#5Margaret692US #4
#6Evelyn510US #11
#7Florence451US #14
#8Alice422US #13
#9Marie405US #12
#10Lucille396US #29
#11Mildred383US #6
#12Irene366US #16
#13Virginia365US #7
#14Lorraine355US #69
#15Bernice343US #41
#16Esther311US #38
#17Elizabeth297US #9
#18Marion291US #45
#19Frances288US #8
#20Doris281US #19
#21Eleanor251US #26
#22Gladys245US #22
#23Rose242US #17
#24Lillian231US #15
#25Grace223US #31
#26Agnes205US #47
#27Gertrude202US #39
#28June196US #66
#29Anna193US #10
#30Jean183US #37
#31Ethel182US #28
#32Josephine181US #24
#33Catherine178US #20
#34Beatrice177US #40
#35Viola175US #59
#36Betty174US #21
#37Hazel173US #33
#38Violet173US #83
#39Leona171US #79
#40Marjorie170US #34
#41Edna167US #23
#42Clara166US #43
#43Jane165US #53
#44Genevieve162US #81
#45Dolores160US #127
#46Marian156US #76
#47Ann149US #44
#48Adeline144US #169
#49Vivian144US #72
#50Elsie134US #49
#51Harriet127US #106
#52Marcella126US #163
#53Sylvia126US #71
#54Martha124US #25
#55Edith123US #30
#56Jeanette123US #131
#57Lois120US #42
#58Kathryn118US #63
#59Myrtle118US #62
#60Pearl116US #56
#61Louise115US #18
#62Elaine112US #152
#63Katherine109US #50
#64Charlotte108US #78
#65Verna108US #125
#66Phyllis106US #80
#67Anne105US #54
#68Mabel102US #74
#69Geraldine100US #77
#70Norma100US #98
#71Eileen96US #110
#72Ruby96US #27
#73Loretta95US #116
#74Joyce89US #170
#75Laverne88US #199
#76Eleanore87
#77Emily87US #105
#78Ellen85US #92
#79Eunice84US #111
#80Fern84US #164
#81Arlene80US #165
#82Carol80US #196
#83Laura78US #64
#84Caroline74US #154
#85Marguerite73US #86
#86Anita72US #151
#87Emma72US #46
#88Angeline70
#89Julia70US #48
#90Janet68US #129
#91Sophie68US #108
#92Vera67US #68
#93Alma64US #73
#94Audrey64US #118
#95Stella63US #67
#96Bertha62US #51
#97Ida62US #57
#98Ione61
#99Shirley61US #97
#100Mae60US #95

Boys

#1Robert1,117US #4
#2John1,053US #1
#3William650US #2
#4Edward558US #8
#5George558US #6
#6Raymond492US #15
#7Harold488US #13
#8James460US #3
#9Joseph455US #7
#10Donald432US #18
#11Charles411US #5
#12Frank377US #9
#13Walter370US #11
#14Arthur325US #17
#15Richard319US #12
#16Clarence305US #23
#17Kenneth301US #27
#18Henry237US #16
#19Ralph231US #22
#20Howard227US #26
#21Leonard224US #41
#22Elmer217US #44
#23Earl215US #31
#24Paul208US #14
#25Eugene197US #35
#26Bernard193US #47
#27Carl189US #25
#28Norman187US #49
#29Lawrence186US #38
#30Harry182US #20
#31Lester173US #62
#32Gordon169US #85
#33Thomas169US #10
#34Francis164US #30
#35Herbert163US #40
#36Roy162US #32
#37Lloyd157US #51
#38Louis154US #24
#39Albert152US #19
#40Edwin149US #55
#41Russell149US #50
#42Melvin147US #56
#43Stanley145US #36
#44Arnold142US #92
#45Clifford139US #60
#46Leo135US #48
#47Marvin134US #68
#48Alfred133US #42
#49Chester133US #54
#50Ervin129US #168
#51Victor123US #63
#52Alvin122US #80
#53Harvey119US #88
#54Frederick116US #59
#55Vernon111US #66
#56Gerald109US #72
#57David108US #28
#58Norbert107
#59Peter103US #53
#60Willard103US #83
#61Fred99US #33
#62Leroy98US #57
#63Jack97US #21
#64Jerome96US #136
#65Anthony95US #39
#66Lyle95US #145
#67Daniel90US #52
#68Theodore90US #64
#69Gilbert89US #105
#70Ernest88US #37
#71Orville86US #134
#72Milton84US #76
#73Roland84US #121
#74Glenn81US #84
#75Floyd80US #61
#76Martin75US #81
#77Michael75US #45
#78Andrew74US #46
#79Roger71US #116
#80Philip70US #71
#81Herman68US #65
#82Joe67US #34
#83Sylvester65US #172
#84Edmund64US #140
#85Leslie63US #102
#86Ray55US #69
#87Rudolph55US #149
#88Wallace54US #124
#89Merlin52
#90Edgar51US #89
#91Oscar51US #87
#92Emil49US #154
#93Erwin49
#94Wayne49US #91
#95Allen48US #98
#96Steve48US #109
#97Vincent48US #73
#98Warren47US #90
#99Wilbur46US #97
#100Laverne45

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑27Vivian#49
↑27Eileen#71
↑25Laverne#75
↑19Jean#30
↑17Bernard#26
↑16Dolores#45
↑16Arlene#81
↑15Victor#51

Falling

↓17Julia#89
↓17Vera#92
↓16Myrtle#59
↓16Emil#92
↓16Wilbur#99
↓15Anne#67
↓15Fred#61
↓14Marian#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.