State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,964 Wisconsin births in 1925 across 744 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#56Norbertoutside the national top 200
#44Laverne#170 nationally
#42Delores#163 nationally
#79Adeline#199 nationally
#68Ervin#187 nationally
#86Laverneoutside the national top 200
#54Marcella#167 nationally
#90Merlinoutside the national top 200
#94Myronoutside the national top 200
#98Angelineoutside the national top 200
#78Duane#170 nationally
#93Caroline#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,010US #1
#2Dorothy965US #2
#3Betty812US #3
#4Ruth678US #6
#5Helen535US #4
#6Margaret489US #5
#7Shirley435US #17
#8Jean416US #14
#9Lorraine416US #51
#10Virginia411US #7
#11Doris389US #8
#12Lois352US #18
#13June333US #39
#14Evelyn331US #12
#15Elaine325US #73
#16Alice323US #15
#17Patricia305US #28
#18Joyce302US #59
#19Marion300US #47
#20Florence284US #24
#21Marjorie276US #21
#22Dolores274US #64
#23Phyllis269US #40
#24Elizabeth268US #10
#25Bernice267US #46
#26Irene253US #19
#27Mildred238US #9
#28Lucille220US #41
#29Audrey218US #78
#30Geraldine204US #54
#31Marie198US #16
#32Marian193US #67
#33Carol184US #119
#34Esther177US #56
#35Gloria177US #20
#36Frances173US #11
#37Rose172US #26
#38Gladys171US #33
#39Arlene170US #120
#40Grace165US #44
#41Beverly162US #105
#42Delores160US #163
#43Lillian159US #25
#44Laverne156US #170
#45Eleanor154US #31
#46Rita151US #48
#47Jane148US #53
#48Beatrice147US #50
#49Violet146US #92
#50Anna144US #13
#51Joan139US #66
#52Charlotte131US #77
#53Jeanette131US #137
#54Marcella128US #167
#55Gertrude124US #70
#56Eileen118US #96
#57Barbara117US #22
#58Catherine117US #29
#59Norma117US #34
#60Agnes115US #69
#61Janet115US #111
#62Leona112US #108
#63Marilyn112US #83
#64Ethel111US #43
#65Rosemary106US #103
#66Jeanne104US #89
#67Vivian104US #76
#68Josephine102US #36
#69Louise101US #27
#70Genevieve100US #113
#71Edith97US #42
#72Kathleen96US #81
#73Ann93US #52
#74Eunice91US #130
#75Harriet90US #131
#76Janice83US #157
#77Pearl83US #90
#78Sylvia82US #106
#79Adeline81US #199
#80Kathryn78US #88
#81Katherine76US #61
#82Ellen75US #101
#83Hazel75US #45
#84Edna71US #37
#85Myrtle71US #95
#86Verna70US #153
#87Maxine68US #79
#88Bette67US #155
#89Martha67US #23
#90Ruby67US #30
#91Mae65US #116
#92Viola65US #84
#93Caroline61US #185
#94Clara61US #55
#95Loretta61US #122
#96Donna60US #110
#97Elsie58US #63
#98Angeline57
#99Pauline55US #38
#100Theresa52US #80

Boys

#1Robert1,820US #1
#2John1,090US #2
#3Donald1,025US #10
#4William863US #3
#5James758US #4
#6Richard752US #8
#7George537US #6
#8Edward507US #9
#9Kenneth465US #19
#10Harold417US #14
#11Charles403US #5
#12Raymond402US #15
#13Joseph389US #7
#14Eugene365US #24
#15Walter287US #16
#16Frank265US #12
#17Arthur261US #20
#18Ralph254US #25
#19Thomas250US #11
#20Gerald247US #45
#21Paul239US #13
#22Clarence219US #30
#23Earl209US #31
#24Gordon208US #72
#25Howard197US #26
#26Henry196US #18
#27Jack192US #17
#28Marvin185US #51
#29Leonard181US #38
#30Harry180US #23
#31Carl178US #28
#32Norman177US #41
#33Francis164US #35
#34David163US #22
#35Lawrence162US #36
#36Bernard156US #48
#37Jerome149US #113
#38Russell147US #53
#39Leroy146US #52
#40Melvin141US #50
#41Elmer138US #61
#42Roger135US #90
#43Albert131US #21
#44Lloyd130US #62
#45Roy129US #32
#46Vernon128US #67
#47Clifford127US #59
#48Arnold125US #95
#49Alvin123US #70
#50Frederick123US #65
#51Stanley123US #40
#52Daniel120US #44
#53Herbert118US #42
#54Louis111US #29
#55Harvey108US #88
#56Norbert107
#57Leo105US #54
#58Edwin100US #57
#59Gilbert98US #105
#60Glenn96US #77
#61Warren96US #66
#62Calvin94US #47
#63Alfred93US #43
#64Chester91US #73
#65Roland88US #98
#66Lyle87US #154
#67Wayne87US #74
#68Ervin85US #187
#69Floyd85US #58
#70Theodore83US #63
#71Anthony82US #39
#72Ernest82US #37
#73Martin81US #83
#74Willard78US #97
#75Fred77US #33
#76Milton77US #80
#77Dale76US #86
#78Duane75US #170
#79Lester75US #81
#80Victor72US #89
#81Wallace72US #92
#82Allen70US #94
#83Peter70US #60
#84Douglas63US #103
#85Ronald63US #104
#86Laverne61
#87Herman59US #69
#88Orville57US #161
#89Michael55US #55
#90Merlin54
#91Andrew52US #56
#92Philip51US #75
#93Leslie50US #119
#94Myron50
#95Clayton48US #162
#96Clyde48US #68
#97Edmund47US #152
#98Everett46US #108
#99Glen46US #117
#100Dean45US #140

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑23Gloria#35
↑23Rita#46
↑14Lois#12
↑14Anthony#71
↑13Rosemary#65
↑13Katherine#81
↑12Patricia#17
↑12Joan#51

Falling

↓22Peter#83
↓21Hazel#83
↓21Wallace#81
↓17Viola#92
↓17Elsie#97
↓16Jeanette#53
↓16Edna#84
↓13Louis#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.