State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,014 Wisconsin births in 1921 across 786 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
#50Laverne#185 nationally
#85Angelineoutside the national top 200
#62Adeline#177 nationally
#86Deloresoutside the national top 200
#46Marcella#159 nationally
#89Romanoutside the national top 200
#61Ervin#172 nationally
#91Merlinoutside the national top 200
#92Myronoutside the national top 200
#97Laverneoutside the national top 200
#64Carol#166 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy1,199US #2
#2Mary950US #1
#3Ruth816US #5
#4Helen748US #3
#5Margaret694US #4
#6Lorraine501US #61
#7Evelyn470US #12
#8Virginia436US #6
#9Alice418US #15
#10Florence409US #17
#11Lucille407US #31
#12Betty398US #8
#13Irene392US #18
#14Mildred392US #7
#15Doris391US #13
#16Marjorie336US #16
#17Bernice335US #39
#18Marion326US #43
#19Elizabeth322US #10
#20Marie322US #14
#21Jean278US #25
#22Esther268US #42
#23Frances252US #9
#24Elaine244US #97
#25June244US #50
#26Lillian231US #19
#27Gladys226US #24
#28Dolores217US #111
#29Marian208US #69
#30Grace206US #35
#31Eleanor197US #29
#32Shirley196US #44
#33Jane195US #47
#34Gertrude188US #46
#35Ethel184US #32
#36Rose173US #20
#37Anna168US #11
#38Lois168US #38
#39Phyllis163US #60
#40Catherine161US #23
#41Audrey160US #82
#42Violet160US #81
#43Beatrice155US #41
#44Leona153US #92
#45Jeanette150US #125
#46Marcella141US #159
#47Josephine138US #28
#48Edith136US #33
#49Genevieve136US #90
#50Laverne135US #185
#51Edna134US #27
#52Hazel134US #34
#53Agnes133US #56
#54Joyce133US #137
#55Geraldine131US #62
#56Viola130US #66
#57Vivian130US #68
#58Charlotte127US #79
#59Norma126US #51
#60Arlene124US #138
#61Pearl124US #65
#62Adeline117US #177
#63Ann117US #53
#64Carol116US #166
#65Clara114US #45
#66Katherine114US #49
#67Ruby110US #26
#68Louise109US #22
#69Elsie108US #55
#70Janet108US #124
#71Eileen107US #100
#72Patricia106US #84
#73Harriet103US #114
#74Martha101US #21
#75Rita99US #48
#76Sylvia97US #88
#77Myrtle96US #73
#78Kathleen92US #83
#79Kathryn92US #64
#80Mabel90US #85
#81Verna89US #141
#82Barbara88US #40
#83Eunice88US #120
#84Ellen86US #95
#85Angeline85
#86Delores84
#87Jeanne82US #109
#88Caroline77US #162
#89Laura76US #71
#90Rosemary76US #128
#91Anne73US #70
#92Loretta73US #122
#93Joan70US #142
#94Anita68US #134
#95Vera68US #76
#96Fern61US #174
#97Pauline60US #37
#98Maxine59US #77
#99Emily58US #121
#100Beverly57US #186

Boys

#1Robert1,637US #2
#2John1,061US #1
#3William801US #3
#4Donald692US #13
#5George615US #6
#6James609US #4
#7Edward543US #8
#8Raymond526US #16
#9Harold503US #12
#10Joseph432US #7
#11Richard431US #10
#12Charles366US #5
#13Kenneth362US #22
#14Frank324US #9
#15Arthur320US #19
#16Walter289US #15
#17Eugene276US #26
#18Ralph265US #23
#19Clarence257US #28
#20Howard256US #27
#21Earl234US #31
#22Leonard234US #39
#23Warren230US #24
#24Paul222US #14
#25Lawrence219US #37
#26Norman219US #46
#27Henry218US #17
#28Harry208US #21
#29Thomas201US #11
#30Carl199US #30
#31Bernard178US #45
#32Francis175US #35
#33Gerald174US #60
#34Melvin170US #53
#35Herbert168US #42
#36Elmer166US #48
#37Gordon162US #84
#38Lester159US #66
#39Russell159US #52
#40Edwin157US #54
#41Leroy155US #55
#42Jack154US #18
#43Stanley154US #41
#44Albert152US #20
#45Lloyd145US #58
#46Roy144US #32
#47Arnold143US #91
#48Alvin141US #73
#49Louis138US #29
#50Leo137US #50
#51Clifford135US #62
#52Frederick134US #61
#53Jerome131US #125
#54Harvey129US #87
#55Marvin129US #59
#56Vernon129US #68
#57Alfred117US #43
#58Norbert116
#59Chester115US #56
#60David114US #25
#61Ervin112US #172
#62Daniel106US #49
#63Milton104US #75
#64Victor95US #83
#65Fred93US #33
#66Roland91US #107
#67Theodore91US #65
#68Anthony90US #40
#69Orville89US #137
#70Roger89US #99
#71Peter88US #57
#72Willard86US #89
#73Glenn85US #80
#74Lyle83US #150
#75Gilbert81US #103
#76Wallace78US #88
#77Ernest77US #38
#78Floyd77US #63
#79Wayne74US #81
#80Herman72US #64
#81Emil70US #177
#82Ray67US #67
#83Leslie65US #106
#84Philip64US #72
#85Martin63US #78
#86Dale61US #93
#87Allen60US #94
#88Andrew59US #51
#89Roman59
#90Michael58US #47
#91Merlin56
#92Myron55
#93Douglas53US #111
#94Glen52US #119
#95Sylvester52US #185
#96Edmund49US #142
#97Laverne49
#98Wesley49US #127
#99Clyde47US #69
#100Franklin46US #126

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑33Audrey#41
↑30Warren#23
↑25Rita#75
↑21Shirley#32
↑21Patricia#72
↑20Ruby#67
↑20Jack#42
↑19Kathleen#78

Falling

↓23Myrtle#77
↓21Sylvia#76
↓21Ervin#61
↓16Agnes#53
↓16Ann#63
↓16Anita#94
↓13Martha#74
↓13Harvey#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.