State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,417 Wisconsin births in 1926 across 754 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#52Norbertoutside the national top 200
#64Ervin#187 nationally
#78Adelineoutside the national top 200
#47Laverne#169 nationally
#82Laverneoutside the national top 200
#90Erwinoutside the national top 200
#91Bernadineoutside the national top 200
#69Marcella#177 nationally
#38Delores#145 nationally
#94Angelineoutside the national top 200
#95Myronoutside the national top 200
#96Eleanoreoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary960US #1
#2Betty853US #3
#3Dorothy839US #2
#4Ruth606US #6
#5Helen507US #4
#6Shirley484US #14
#7Margaret446US #5
#8Joyce404US #44
#9Virginia403US #8
#10Doris396US #7
#11Lorraine394US #53
#12Jean390US #12
#13Elaine378US #68
#14Lois333US #19
#15Audrey332US #60
#16Dolores330US #49
#17Alice324US #17
#18June322US #40
#19Patricia307US #23
#20Marion301US #47
#21Lucille264US #43
#22Evelyn263US #13
#23Bernice261US #45
#24Marjorie254US #22
#25Irene252US #21
#26Florence251US #26
#27Elizabeth238US #11
#28Beverly235US #74
#29Phyllis232US #33
#30Mildred213US #9
#31Carol211US #113
#32Marian206US #70
#33Marie200US #18
#34Arlene186US #108
#35Rose185US #25
#36Gladys175US #35
#37Gloria175US #20
#38Delores173US #145
#39Geraldine168US #54
#40Joan167US #51
#41Grace165US #46
#42Barbara157US #16
#43Charlotte154US #78
#44Esther154US #62
#45Frances147US #10
#46Marilyn142US #65
#47Laverne139US #169
#48Eleanor135US #32
#49Lillian130US #28
#50Rita129US #50
#51Anna128US #15
#52Rosemary127US #95
#53Jeanette126US #136
#54Beatrice124US #58
#55Violet124US #94
#56Kathleen123US #83
#57Jane121US #56
#58Norma119US #29
#59Catherine113US #31
#60Jeanne109US #88
#61Janet106US #110
#62Agnes105US #77
#63Eileen103US #92
#64Gertrude102US #71
#65Ethel99US #41
#66Genevieve99US #128
#67Josephine99US #37
#68Louise99US #27
#69Marcella98US #177
#70Vivian93US #80
#71Sylvia90US #107
#72Eunice89US #134
#73Katherine88US #72
#74Leona85US #112
#75Pearl84US #96
#76Edith77US #42
#77Ann76US #55
#78Adeline75
#79Loretta73US #126
#80Bette71US #166
#81Edna71US #38
#82Harriet71US #133
#83Kathryn71US #87
#84Donna68US #90
#85Hazel68US #48
#86Janice68US #159
#87Nancy66US #57
#88Pauline64US #39
#89Clara63US #61
#90Theresa63US #64
#91Bernadine61
#92Maxine61US #85
#93Ruby61US #30
#94Angeline58
#95Caroline58US #174
#96Eleanore58
#97Ellen58US #100
#98Myrtle57US #101
#99Elsie56US #69
#100Muriel55US #129

Boys

#1Robert1,869US #1
#2John1,064US #2
#3Donald1,050US #9
#4William858US #4
#5James821US #3
#6Richard759US #7
#7George478US #6
#8Kenneth477US #18
#9Edward447US #10
#10Raymond440US #15
#11Harold405US #14
#12Charles398US #5
#13Joseph390US #8
#14Eugene375US #23
#15Thomas268US #11
#16Gerald264US #41
#17Paul264US #13
#18Arthur250US #20
#19Ralph249US #24
#20Walter245US #17
#21Earl235US #32
#22Frank233US #12
#23Lawrence214US #36
#24Jerome206US #114
#25Clarence193US #29
#26Norman183US #39
#27Gordon181US #76
#28Russell179US #52
#29David175US #22
#30Henry175US #19
#31Carl174US #26
#32Marvin173US #50
#33Jack172US #16
#34Leonard163US #38
#35Bernard158US #49
#36Francis156US #35
#37Melvin149US #47
#38Howard146US #27
#39Daniel145US #46
#40Harry145US #25
#41Leroy144US #51
#42Lloyd136US #60
#43Frederick135US #64
#44Louis130US #30
#45Vernon128US #66
#46Roger126US #89
#47Roy125US #34
#48Harvey123US #90
#49Albert118US #21
#50Clifford118US #62
#51Stanley118US #43
#52Norbert115
#53Arnold114US #99
#54Glenn112US #75
#55Elmer111US #61
#56Herbert111US #44
#57Leo111US #54
#58Alvin106US #72
#59Wayne100US #68
#60Edwin98US #55
#61Fred96US #31
#62Warren95US #71
#63Lyle94US #152
#64Ervin90US #187
#65Gilbert89US #101
#66Roland84US #107
#67Alfred81US #45
#68Willard81US #100
#69Theodore80US #63
#70Milton78US #83
#71Lester77US #78
#72Dale76US #84
#73Peter75US #58
#74Wallace75US #95
#75Anthony72US #42
#76Ernest71US #37
#77Floyd71US #53
#78Ronald71US #88
#79Orville68US #164
#80Chester64US #79
#81Duane64US #160
#82Laverne63
#83Allen62US #93
#84Calvin60US #65
#85Victor59US #94
#86Patrick58US #141
#87Ray58US #57
#88Martin55US #80
#89Philip55US #70
#90Erwin51
#91Leslie51US #126
#92Michael51US #56
#93Douglas50US #103
#94Glen49US #121
#95Myron48
#96Sylvester48
#97Herman47US #69
#98Clyde46US #67
#99Merlin46
#100Edmund44US #156

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑17Marilyn#46
↑16Kathleen#56
↑16Loretta#79
↑15Barbara#42
↑14Audrey#15
↑14Fred#61
↑13Beverly#28
↑13Rosemary#52

Falling

↓22Calvin#84
↓16Chester#80
↓15Marcella#69
↓15Ellen#97
↓15Martin#88
↓14Elmer#55
↓13Myrtle#98
↓13Howard#38

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.