State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,124 Wisconsin births in 1919 across 748 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#60Norbertoutside the national top 200
#64Laverne#198 nationally
#44Ervin#169 nationally
#46Marcella#171 nationally
#47Adeline#172 nationally
#79Romanoutside the national top 200
#80Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#81Antonoutside the national top 200
#85Carol#200 nationally
#87Erwinoutside the national top 200
#88Angelineoutside the national top 200
#67Joyce#173 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy1,015US #3
#2Mary771US #1
#3Ruth748US #5
#4Helen707US #2
#5Margaret674US #4
#6Evelyn484US #11
#7Alice392US #13
#8Florence391US #14
#9Lorraine375US #62
#10Irene370US #16
#11Lucille370US #27
#12Mildred353US #6
#13Virginia328US #7
#14Bernice316US #42
#15Esther307US #38
#16Marie294US #12
#17Marion283US #44
#18Doris280US #18
#19Elizabeth264US #8
#20Gladys252US #21
#21Frances248US #9
#22Eleanor224US #30
#23Lillian215US #17
#24Gertrude207US #39
#25Marjorie207US #33
#26June202US #64
#27Grace201US #34
#28Jean188US #37
#29Rose182US #19
#30Betty180US #15
#31Jane176US #53
#32Ethel174US #28
#33Leona168US #90
#34Marian165US #82
#35Agnes164US #50
#36Dolores162US #124
#37Hazel155US #32
#38Anna153US #10
#39Viola150US #58
#40Violet149US #74
#41Edna144US #22
#42Beatrice139US #41
#43Josephine134US #26
#44Ann133US #49
#45Catherine131US #23
#46Marcella129US #171
#47Adeline127US #172
#48Genevieve125US #88
#49Charlotte124US #79
#50Lois122US #40
#51Jeanette120US #135
#52Sylvia120US #77
#53Elaine117US #136
#54Edith108US #29
#55Janet107US #126
#56Vivian106US #72
#57Myrtle105US #67
#58Pearl105US #56
#59Louise104US #20
#60Phyllis103US #84
#61Geraldine102US #68
#62Martha102US #25
#63Verna102US #131
#64Laverne99US #198
#65Mabel99US #78
#66Harriet97US #113
#67Joyce96US #173
#68Eileen92US #103
#69Norma91US #83
#70Clara90US #43
#71Elsie89US #47
#72Loretta86US #118
#73Audrey84US #115
#74Katherine83US #51
#75Ruby83US #24
#76Vera81US #65
#77Kathryn79US #66
#78Arlene78US #156
#79Anne75US #63
#80Eleanore75
#81Shirley74US #89
#82Ellen73US #92
#83Emily72US #105
#84Julia71US #48
#85Carol70US #200
#86Eunice70US #119
#87Sophie68US #109
#88Angeline65
#89Caroline64US #169
#90Kathleen64US #101
#91Anita63US #146
#92Stella63US #70
#93Eva62US #55
#94Barbara61US #60
#95Fern59US #176
#96Luella59
#97Jeanne57US #130
#98Marguerite57US #96
#99Pauline57US #36
#100Delores55

Boys

#1Robert1,152US #4
#2John960US #1
#3William569US #2
#4Harold508US #13
#5George502US #6
#6Edward470US #8
#7Joseph466US #7
#8Raymond456US #14
#9Donald443US #17
#10James400US #3
#11Charles346US #5
#12Walter344US #11
#13Kenneth300US #26
#14Arthur298US #19
#15Clarence296US #25
#16Richard290US #12
#17Frank281US #9
#18Henry234US #16
#19Ralph221US #22
#20Howard217US #24
#21Leonard217US #39
#22Paul214US #15
#23Eugene213US #33
#24Norman203US #48
#25Earl195US #31
#26Lawrence195US #38
#27Elmer185US #44
#28Harry181US #20
#29Carl164US #29
#30Albert156US #18
#31Bernard156US #45
#32Thomas155US #10
#33Herbert148US #40
#34Arnold147US #94
#35Francis145US #34
#36Russell145US #50
#37Stanley143US #37
#38Alfred137US #42
#39Louis133US #28
#40Gordon132US #86
#41Harvey131US #85
#42Chester129US #53
#43Edwin128US #52
#44Ervin128US #169
#45Lloyd128US #58
#46Melvin127US #56
#47Lester126US #62
#48Leo123US #49
#49Vernon119US #65
#50Gerald117US #70
#51Marvin117US #63
#52Clifford116US #60
#53Roy116US #32
#54Victor116US #68
#55Leroy110US #55
#56Alvin107US #76
#57Jack102US #21
#58Theodore100US #54
#59Ernest95US #36
#60Norbert93
#61Jerome91US #134
#62David88US #27
#63Peter88US #57
#64Frederick87US #64
#65Fred85US #30
#66Milton84US #73
#67Lyle80US #153
#68Gilbert79US #102
#69Willard78US #87
#70Roland77US #119
#71Orville76US #133
#72Floyd74US #59
#73Anthony71US #41
#74Michael68US #46
#75Glenn67US #84
#76Daniel65US #51
#77Roger65US #124
#78Martin64US #81
#79Roman61
#80Sylvester61US #173
#81Anton60
#82Herman60US #61
#83Ray58US #69
#84Leslie57US #105
#85Glen54US #116
#86Emil52US #159
#87Erwin52
#88Warren52US #83
#89Allen50US #101
#90Wallace50US #107
#91Andrew47US #47
#92Oscar47US #88
#93Philip47US #71
#94Wayne47US #90
#95Edmund45US #144
#96Joe45US #35
#97Myron44
#98Douglas43US #121
#99Wilbert43US #168
#100Vincent39US #72

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑35Janet#55
↑21Audrey#73
↑18Shirley#81
↑16Vera#76
↑15Marjorie#25
↑15Charlotte#49
↑12Jane#31
↑12Marian#34

Falling

↓28Clara#70
↓21Elsie#71
↓19Kathryn#77
↓17Roy#53
↓16Lester#47
↓15Harriet#66
↓15Fern#95
↓14Joe#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.