State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,592 Wisconsin births in 1923 across 782 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#57Norbertoutside the national top 200
#52Delores#184 nationally
#46Ervin#177 nationally
#42Laverne#172 nationally
#85Laverneoutside the national top 200
#82Adeline#195 nationally
#50Marcella#158 nationally
#82Duane#190 nationally
#93Angelineoutside the national top 200
#95Romanoutside the national top 200
#96Elroyoutside the national top 200
#97Myronoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Dorothy1,113US #2
#2Mary929US #1
#3Betty747US #5
#4Ruth698US #6
#5Margaret600US #4
#6Helen595US #3
#7Lorraine460US #57
#8Virginia446US #7
#9Evelyn428US #12
#10Doris420US #11
#11Alice357US #15
#12Irene356US #17
#13Marion341US #44
#14Florence334US #18
#15June326US #42
#16Jean305US #19
#17Lucille304US #35
#18Mildred300US #8
#19Elizabeth297US #9
#20Dolores290US #83
#21Bernice288US #43
#22Marjorie277US #16
#23Elaine264US #87
#24Shirley264US #26
#25Marie263US #14
#26Joyce233US #104
#27Marian230US #65
#28Lois214US #27
#29Lillian213US #20
#30Phyllis199US #45
#31Audrey195US #85
#32Esther194US #47
#33Grace193US #39
#34Frances188US #10
#35Gladys188US #29
#36Jeanette171US #131
#37Eleanor169US #28
#38Jane169US #55
#39Rose163US #23
#40Patricia161US #56
#41Geraldine160US #58
#42Laverne156US #172
#43Beatrice154US #46
#44Gertrude152US #59
#45Arlene149US #127
#46Violet149US #86
#47Anna143US #13
#48Catherine138US #24
#49Ethel134US #38
#50Marcella134US #158
#51Agnes133US #63
#52Delores132US #184
#53Carol130US #139
#54Norma129US #41
#55Charlotte128US #77
#56Genevieve124US #97
#57Harriet117US #122
#58Janet113US #121
#59Beverly112US #144
#60Kathleen111US #70
#61Rosemary109US #110
#62Eileen107US #95
#63Rita103US #50
#64Hazel102US #40
#65Edith101US #36
#66Ann100US #52
#67Vivian100US #69
#68Josephine99US #30
#69Sylvia99US #98
#70Leona98US #100
#71Jeanne97US #90
#72Eunice96US #125
#73Louise96US #22
#74Pearl96US #78
#75Viola96US #79
#76Edna92US #32
#77Kathryn92US #72
#78Clara90US #49
#79Elsie84US #61
#80Verna84US #146
#81Marilyn83US #118
#82Adeline80US #195
#83Muriel80US #114
#84Barbara78US #33
#85Bette78US #148
#86Joan78US #117
#87Gloria77US #48
#88Ruby74US #25
#89Caroline73US #173
#90Loretta73US #124
#91Katherine72US #60
#92Martha72US #21
#93Angeline71
#94Anita69US #138
#95Maxine69US #76
#96Ellen68US #103
#97Fern67US #187
#98Mae67US #109
#99Myrtle65US #84
#100Anne64US #71

Boys

#1Robert1,783US #2
#2John1,092US #1
#3Donald797US #10
#4William796US #3
#5James643US #4
#6Richard556US #9
#7Edward548US #8
#8George522US #6
#9Harold468US #13
#10Kenneth452US #21
#11Joseph431US #7
#12Raymond424US #15
#13Charles406US #5
#14Eugene331US #25
#15Arthur315US #19
#16Frank300US #11
#17Ralph291US #23
#18Walter287US #16
#19Clarence233US #29
#20Howard228US #26
#21Lawrence218US #36
#22Paul213US #14
#23Thomas205US #12
#24Leonard204US #37
#25Henry203US #18
#26Carl200US #28
#27Gordon199US #76
#28Norman199US #44
#29Gerald191US #54
#30Earl189US #31
#31Melvin179US #48
#32Russell175US #52
#33Francis171US #34
#34Harry169US #22
#35Bernard164US #46
#36Warren164US #43
#37Elmer162US #57
#38Marvin162US #51
#39Jack155US #17
#40Herbert150US #40
#41Leroy143US #55
#42Stanley143US #41
#43Arnold142US #93
#44Clifford134US #65
#45Lloyd134US #59
#46Ervin133US #177
#47Jerome132US #118
#48Albert129US #20
#49Vernon128US #67
#50Frederick127US #60
#51Lester127US #71
#52Roy126US #32
#53Louis125US #27
#54Alfred124US #42
#55David123US #24
#56Wallace120US #69
#57Norbert115
#58Harvey113US #91
#59Leo111US #49
#60Alvin110US #73
#61Daniel110US #47
#62Edwin106US #56
#63Glenn106US #84
#64Roger105US #95
#65Chester102US #63
#66Fred93US #33
#67Lyle91US #154
#68Gilbert87US #102
#69Anthony85US #39
#70Ernest85US #38
#71Floyd77US #64
#72Roland77US #104
#73Willard77US #92
#74Milton74US #81
#75Peter73US #58
#76Wayne73US #75
#77Victor71US #88
#78Orville69US #152
#79Theodore68US #62
#80Allen62US #97
#81Dale61US #90
#82Duane59US #190
#83Calvin57US #82
#84Herman57US #66
#85Laverne57
#86Everett54US #99
#87Clayton53US #158
#88Andrew52US #53
#89Vincent52US #72
#90Wesley52US #125
#91Martin51US #80
#92Philip51US #70
#93Ronald50US #142
#94Leslie49US #112
#95Roman48
#96Elroy47
#97Myron47
#98Sylvester47US #191
#99Douglas46US #108
#100Erwin46

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑31Beverly#59
↑22Patricia#40
↑22Rita#63
↑19Charlotte#55
↑17Wallace#56
↑15Leroy#41
↑13Bette#85
↑13Warren#36

Falling

↓26Myrtle#99
↓23Edwin#62
↓21Ellen#96
↓19Katherine#91
↓18Pearl#74
↓18Viola#75
↓18Theodore#79
↓17Barbara#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.