State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,625 Wisconsin births in 1924 across 776 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#51Norbertoutside the national top 200
#40Delores#174 nationally
#69Ervin#192 nationally
#47Laverne#169 nationally
#84Erwinoutside the national top 200
#88Merlinoutside the national top 200
#90Laverneoutside the national top 200
#91Myronoutside the national top 200
#82Adeline#191 nationally
#57Marcella#164 nationally
#95Elroyoutside the national top 200
#97Eleanoreoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Dorothy1,087US #2
#2Mary976US #1
#3Betty845US #4
#4Ruth708US #6
#5Helen617US #3
#6Margaret576US #5
#7Lorraine466US #52
#8Doris442US #9
#9Virginia439US #7
#10Evelyn367US #12
#11Marion360US #46
#12Shirley347US #19
#13Alice342US #15
#14Elaine340US #73
#15Jean335US #16
#16June326US #45
#17Florence316US #20
#18Elizabeth296US #11
#19Lucille295US #37
#20Marjorie291US #17
#21Bernice290US #47
#22Irene282US #18
#23Joyce279US #83
#24Mildred279US #8
#25Dolores276US #75
#26Lois272US #22
#27Marie270US #14
#28Phyllis244US #44
#29Patricia235US #35
#30Marian228US #64
#31Esther199US #51
#32Audrey194US #84
#33Frances194US #10
#34Eleanor193US #29
#35Arlene186US #122
#36Rose179US #25
#37Jeanette178US #134
#38Geraldine171US #58
#39Gladys170US #30
#40Delores162US #174
#41Anna153US #13
#42Beatrice153US #50
#43Beverly153US #121
#44Carol152US #132
#45Violet152US #88
#46Grace150US #43
#47Laverne148US #169
#48Lillian148US #23
#49Jane147US #53
#50Agnes139US #63
#51Norma135US #40
#52Gertrude130US #60
#53Charlotte128US #80
#54Catherine127US #27
#55Ethel124US #39
#56Jeanne124US #90
#57Marcella120US #164
#58Gloria117US #41
#59Eileen116US #93
#60Barbara115US #28
#61Genevieve110US #107
#62Hazel110US #42
#63Joan110US #95
#64Louise109US #24
#65Janet106US #118
#66Kathleen106US #76
#67Marilyn106US #101
#68Edna105US #31
#69Rita103US #49
#70Pearl101US #78
#71Eunice98US #130
#72Edith96US #36
#73Josephine95US #34
#74Leona92US #103
#75Viola92US #82
#76Kathryn91US #81
#77Sylvia90US #104
#78Rosemary89US #106
#79Vivian88US #71
#80Elsie87US #61
#81Harriet87US #128
#82Adeline86US #191
#83Clara85US #56
#84Ruby83US #26
#85Ann81US #55
#86Verna77US #153
#87Bette72US #151
#88Loretta72US #124
#89Martha72US #21
#90Caroline71US #175
#91Myrtle68US #89
#92Ellen64US #99
#93Laura64US #72
#94Katherine61US #59
#95Anita60US #142
#96Muriel59US #126
#97Eleanore56
#98Mabel56US #108
#99Vera55US #85
#100Anne54US #79

Boys

#1Robert1,938US #1
#2John1,156US #2
#3Donald932US #10
#4William859US #3
#5James729US #4
#6Richard662US #8
#7George534US #6
#8Edward516US #9
#9Harold472US #13
#10Kenneth465US #19
#11Raymond443US #15
#12Joseph412US #7
#13Charles394US #5
#14Eugene360US #25
#15Walter313US #16
#16Arthur301US #20
#17Ralph258US #23
#18Gerald248US #49
#19Paul235US #14
#20Frank234US #12
#21Thomas229US #11
#22Earl228US #33
#23Leonard221US #38
#24Gordon218US #75
#25Clarence209US #29
#26Jack201US #17
#27Lawrence200US #36
#28Howard194US #26
#29Norman192US #42
#30Bernard188US #46
#31Henry185US #18
#32Russell183US #52
#33Carl171US #27
#34Marvin166US #50
#35Jerome162US #114
#36Francis160US #34
#37Harry157US #22
#38Melvin157US #48
#39David155US #24
#40Stanley153US #40
#41Louis150US #28
#42Vernon148US #68
#43Leroy145US #53
#44Albert142US #21
#45Clifford141US #64
#46Herbert138US #41
#47Lloyd134US #61
#48Daniel133US #47
#49Elmer131US #57
#50Alvin128US #73
#51Norbert127
#52Roy126US #31
#53Frederick124US #62
#54Roger124US #93
#55Arnold120US #95
#56Harvey118US #88
#57Leo115US #51
#58Warren106US #58
#59Alfred105US #43
#60Wallace105US #87
#61Peter104US #59
#62Roland103US #98
#63Milton100US #81
#64Edwin95US #55
#65Fred95US #32
#66Lester94US #72
#67Wayne93US #74
#68Calvin91US #44
#69Ervin91US #192
#70Glenn91US #79
#71Gilbert88US #100
#72Lyle85US #159
#73Dale83US #84
#74Ernest83US #37
#75Orville83US #155
#76Chester80US #67
#77Theodore80US #65
#78Floyd74US #66
#79Victor74US #90
#80Willard67US #97
#81Allen63US #94
#82Martin63US #82
#83Duane62US #176
#84Erwin61
#85Anthony59US #39
#86Douglas59US #105
#87Herman59US #70
#88Merlin59
#89Ray59US #60
#90Laverne56
#91Myron56
#92Leslie54US #107
#93Michael53US #54
#94Philip53US #71
#95Elroy52
#96Franklin49US #134
#97Ronald49US #130
#98Clayton48US #153
#99Leon48US #76
#100Andrew45US #56

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑29Gloria#58
↑24Barbara#60
↑23Joan#63
↑16Beverly#43
↑16David#39
↑16Erwin#84
↑15Jeanne#56
↑15Calvin#68

Falling

↓24Harriet#81
↓23Ervin#69
↓22Warren#58
↓19Lillian#48
↓19Ann#85
↓17Rosemary#78
↓16Anthony#85
↓15Lester#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.