State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,063 Wisconsin births in 1920 across 778 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#63Norbertoutside the national top 200
#60Laverne#188 nationally
#40Ervin#163 nationally
#81Merlinoutside the national top 200
#82Angelineoutside the national top 200
#82Romanoutside the national top 200
#43Marcella#161 nationally
#83Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#85Deloresoutside the national top 200
#87Laverneoutside the national top 200
#65Adeline#176 nationally
#77Carol#182 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy1,119US #2
#2Mary920US #1
#3Ruth758US #5
#4Helen745US #3
#5Margaret631US #4
#6Evelyn465US #12
#7Lorraine457US #70
#8Florence397US #16
#9Marie375US #13
#10Lucille373US #29
#11Alice360US #15
#12Virginia350US #7
#13Irene348US #17
#14Doris341US #14
#15Mildred330US #6
#16Bernice326US #40
#17Esther286US #39
#18Marion286US #43
#19Elizabeth284US #8
#20Betty266US #11
#21June252US #53
#22Gladys237US #22
#23Eleanor235US #25
#24Frances218US #9
#25Gertrude213US #42
#26Jean206US #33
#27Elaine201US #107
#28Rose201US #20
#29Lillian200US #18
#30Marjorie198US #24
#31Grace183US #37
#32Jane182US #48
#33Dolores178US #110
#34Marian178US #73
#35Ethel172US #30
#36Leona164US #89
#37Agnes163US #54
#38Catherine161US #21
#39Beatrice155US #41
#40Anna153US #10
#41Jeanette152US #126
#42Genevieve151US #86
#43Marcella149US #161
#44Phyllis149US #72
#45Hazel146US #34
#46Violet146US #77
#47Ann144US #49
#48Lois143US #38
#49Edna139US #27
#50Viola134US #59
#51Vivian133US #64
#52Josephine132US #28
#53Shirley128US #56
#54Myrtle122US #68
#55Sylvia122US #85
#56Clara121US #44
#57Charlotte119US #79
#58Edith119US #32
#59Geraldine117US #60
#60Laverne117US #188
#61Martha116US #23
#62Louise113US #19
#63Norma113US #69
#64Arlene108US #145
#65Adeline106US #176
#66Joyce106US #153
#67Kathryn106US #67
#68Harriet105US #112
#69Eileen104US #100
#70Elsie102US #51
#71Janet101US #124
#72Mabel99US #83
#73Pearl98US #62
#74Audrey94US #103
#75Eunice91US #115
#76Katherine91US #45
#77Carol88US #182
#78Anita86US #131
#79Verna82US #135
#80Ellen80US #92
#81Loretta79US #120
#82Angeline78
#83Eleanore78
#84Jeanne77US #114
#85Delores75
#86Laura73US #63
#87Ruby73US #26
#88Joan72US #143
#89Vera72US #75
#90Barbara71US #47
#91Emily70US #119
#92Anne69US #65
#93Patricia69US #104
#94Bertha68US #57
#95Julia67US #55
#96Rosemary67US #141
#97Kathleen65US #91
#98Caroline64US #159
#99Maxine62US #81
#100Rita61US #52

Boys

#1Robert1,451US #3
#2John1,006US #1
#3William677US #2
#4Harold598US #12
#5Donald592US #16
#6Edward535US #8
#7Raymond526US #15
#8George519US #6
#9James484US #4
#10Joseph447US #7
#11Richard378US #10
#12Charles340US #5
#13Arthur328US #18
#14Kenneth326US #23
#15Walter326US #13
#16Frank302US #9
#17Clarence259US #26
#18Paul256US #14
#19Eugene254US #30
#20Howard253US #24
#21Henry234US #17
#22Earl224US #31
#23Ralph218US #22
#24Lawrence208US #36
#25Harry202US #21
#26Elmer201US #45
#27Leonard200US #38
#28Carl198US #27
#29Norman188US #47
#30Bernard184US #46
#31Stanley179US #40
#32Gordon178US #85
#33Francis173US #34
#34Russell172US #51
#35Lloyd171US #58
#36Thomas167US #11
#37Herbert164US #41
#38Albert144US #19
#39Edwin144US #53
#40Ervin144US #163
#41Harvey144US #87
#42Clifford142US #59
#43Lester142US #69
#44Marvin141US #62
#45Roy141US #32
#46Melvin140US #54
#47Arnold138US #91
#48Leo138US #48
#49Vernon138US #65
#50Louis135US #28
#51Gerald134US #64
#52Leroy132US #56
#53Warren130US #39
#54Frederick129US #60
#55Alfred124US #42
#56Victor121US #81
#57Alvin118US #76
#58Chester111US #55
#59David106US #25
#60Jerome104US #126
#61Fred102US #33
#62Jack102US #20
#63Norbert101
#64Theodore99US #63
#65Gilbert93US #97
#66Milton92US #74
#67Daniel89US #52
#68Willard89US #88
#69Ernest86US #37
#70Floyd86US #61
#71Peter84US #57
#72Orville83US #134
#73Anthony82US #43
#74Roger79US #103
#75Roland76US #114
#76Glenn74US #80
#77Lyle74US #151
#78Leslie70US #110
#79Philip67US #71
#80Ray67US #67
#81Merlin65
#82Roman62
#83Allen59US #94
#84Andrew59US #49
#85Martin59US #78
#86Wallace59US #93
#87Laverne58
#88Michael58US #50
#89Edmund56US #138
#90Herman56US #66
#91Sylvester56US #174
#92Glen54US #122
#93Dale52US #105
#94Wayne51US #86
#95Douglas49US #106
#96Everett47US #95
#97Joe47US #35
#98Myron47
#99Edgar45US #89
#100Franklin44US #119

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑35Warren#53
↑28Shirley#53
↑26Elaine#27
↑16Phyllis#44
↑15Delores#85
↑14Clara#56
↑14Arlene#64
↑14Philip#79

Falling

↓18Adeline#65
↓17Alfred#55
↓16Janet#71
↓16Verna#79
↓16Chester#58
↓15Pearl#73
↓14Michael#88
↓13Vera#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.