State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,905 Wisconsin births in 1922 across 765 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#61Deloresoutside the national top 200
#62Norbertoutside the national top 200
#51Laverne#181 nationally
#79Merlinoutside the national top 200
#58Ervin#177 nationally
#83Myronoutside the national top 200
#85Romanoutside the national top 200
#47Marcella#155 nationally
#93Angelineoutside the national top 200
#96Eleanoreoutside the national top 200
#89Adeline#193 nationally
#97Laverneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Dorothy1,049US #2
#2Mary969US #1
#3Ruth745US #5
#4Helen660US #3
#5Margaret591US #4
#6Betty517US #6
#7Virginia499US #7
#8Lorraine447US #56
#9Evelyn423US #13
#10Bernice366US #41
#11Irene361US #17
#12Alice360US #15
#13Doris359US #11
#14Lucille355US #33
#15Mildred340US #8
#16Marion329US #42
#17Florence315US #18
#18Marie303US #14
#19Jean295US #20
#20Elizabeth294US #9
#21June287US #45
#22Marjorie276US #16
#23Frances237US #10
#24Elaine233US #102
#25Gladys227US #25
#26Shirley216US #39
#27Esther214US #44
#28Eleanor207US #28
#29Phyllis207US #53
#30Dolores204US #104
#31Marian201US #67
#32Lillian197US #19
#33Grace191US #38
#34Joyce174US #126
#35Rose174US #23
#36Lois172US #35
#37Gertrude171US #48
#38Ethel169US #32
#39Jane162US #55
#40Audrey159US #89
#41Jeanette154US #128
#42Catherine152US #24
#43Geraldine151US #58
#44Beatrice147US #43
#45Anna145US #12
#46Arlene144US #133
#47Marcella144US #155
#48Violet144US #86
#49Norma142US #46
#50Hazel136US #37
#51Laverne136US #181
#52Genevieve135US #98
#53Josephine133US #27
#54Agnes130US #62
#55Ann126US #49
#56Pearl120US #71
#57Viola119US #72
#58Vivian115US #74
#59Leona114US #101
#60Edna113US #29
#61Delores112
#62Patricia112US #69
#63Carol109US #158
#64Harriet109US #117
#65Eileen107US #96
#66Kathleen106US #80
#67Barbara103US #40
#68Kathryn103US #73
#69Janet102US #129
#70Rosemary102US #120
#71Edith101US #34
#72Katherine98US #54
#73Myrtle94US #75
#74Charlotte93US #76
#75Ellen91US #95
#76Sylvia89US #94
#77Louise87US #22
#78Eunice86US #119
#79Jeanne86US #97
#80Mabel86US #99
#81Loretta85US #125
#82Clara84US #47
#83Elsie84US #59
#84Martha82US #21
#85Rita82US #52
#86Gloria81US #61
#87Joan81US #127
#88Verna79US #146
#89Adeline77US #193
#90Beverly77US #163
#91Ruby74US #26
#92Fern66US #182
#93Angeline65
#94Wilma65US #77
#95Vera64US #79
#96Eleanore62
#97Julia61US #60
#98Bette60US #160
#99Pauline59US #36
#100Laura57US #68

Boys

#1Robert1,635US #2
#2John1,055US #1
#3William771US #3
#4Donald738US #12
#5James603US #4
#6Edward545US #8
#7George524US #6
#8Harold480US #13
#9Raymond475US #16
#10Richard462US #9
#11Joseph425US #7
#12Kenneth414US #21
#13Charles389US #5
#14Eugene317US #25
#15Arthur314US #19
#16Walter303US #15
#17Frank268US #10
#18Paul240US #14
#19Ralph236US #23
#20Clarence231US #29
#21Howard229US #26
#22Lawrence221US #36
#23Norman219US #44
#24Henry218US #17
#25Leonard212US #38
#26Gordon198US #76
#27Harry197US #22
#28Earl194US #31
#29Russell179US #49
#30Thomas176US #11
#31Carl174US #30
#32Gerald171US #58
#33Francis165US #34
#34Bernard163US #46
#35Marvin161US #56
#36Herbert154US #40
#37Arnold152US #94
#38Jack151US #18
#39Edwin148US #52
#40Elmer148US #54
#41Roy147US #32
#42Stanley145US #41
#43Melvin143US #50
#44Lloyd140US #59
#45Harvey139US #88
#46Albert137US #20
#47Jerome137US #121
#48Clifford136US #63
#49Warren135US #45
#50Louis134US #27
#51Frederick133US #60
#52Lester133US #69
#53David129US #24
#54Leo127US #51
#55Vernon126US #68
#56Leroy124US #55
#57Alvin114US #73
#58Ervin114US #177
#59Chester107US #64
#60Roger102US #96
#61Theodore102US #62
#62Norbert100
#63Floyd99US #61
#64Daniel97US #47
#65Milton90US #74
#66Alfred89US #42
#67Glenn89US #79
#68Victor89US #86
#69Willard85US #91
#70Lyle83US #146
#71Orville83US #151
#72Roland83US #115
#73Wallace83US #87
#74Gilbert82US #100
#75Ernest80US #37
#76Fred80US #33
#77Peter79US #57
#78Wayne72US #78
#79Merlin69
#80Anthony66US #39
#81Philip64US #70
#82Dale63US #89
#83Myron63
#84Allen61US #95
#85Roman59
#86Virgil59US #99
#87Andrew57US #53
#88Martin57US #80
#89Herman53US #66
#90Leslie52US #114
#91Emil51US #173
#92Michael51US #48
#93Ray51US #65
#94Rudolph51US #138
#95Douglas50US #106
#96Wilbur50US #102
#97Laverne48
#98Sylvester48US #194
#99Edmund47US #153
#100Clayton46US #160

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑25Delores#61
↑20Joyce#34
↑20Rosemary#70
↑20Marvin#35
↑15Barbara#67
↑15Floyd#63
↑14Arlene#46
↑12Geraldine#43

Falling

↓27Adeline#89
↓26Warren#49
↓24Ruby#91
↓23Edith#71
↓17Clara#82
↓16Charlotte#74
↓15Leona#59
↓15Leroy#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.