State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,892 Wisconsin births in 1927 across 739 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
#57Marcella#182 nationally
#44Laverne#166 nationally
#71Ervin#189 nationally
#86Adelineoutside the national top 200
#88Merlinoutside the national top 200
#93Bernadineoutside the national top 200
#94Myronoutside the national top 200
#76Orville#172 nationally
#35Delores#128 nationally
#87Caroline#179 nationally
#66Lyle#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,119US #1
#2Betty901US #3
#3Dorothy869US #2
#4Shirley631US #9
#5Ruth615US #6
#6Joyce447US #35
#7Margaret431US #5
#8Helen427US #4
#9Lois420US #19
#10Patricia407US #18
#11Doris405US #7
#12Lorraine396US #44
#13Jean388US #14
#14Virginia382US #8
#15Dolores360US #34
#16Elaine359US #69
#17Alice336US #17
#18Audrey334US #62
#19Beverly323US #57
#20Evelyn292US #15
#21Elizabeth269US #13
#22Marion268US #51
#23Phyllis268US #29
#24June255US #43
#25Bernice251US #49
#26Carol243US #106
#27Joan233US #41
#28Marie229US #20
#29Marjorie222US #25
#30Barbara218US #10
#31Irene212US #21
#32Lucille212US #45
#33Geraldine211US #58
#34Arlene206US #108
#35Delores202US #128
#36Florence195US #28
#37Mildred195US #11
#38Gloria182US #22
#39Rose181US #23
#40Marian178US #74
#41Marilyn176US #46
#42Rosemary162US #86
#43Frances159US #12
#44Laverne156US #166
#45Gladys155US #37
#46Grace151US #50
#47Esther141US #65
#48Jeanette141US #131
#49Rita136US #54
#50Lillian134US #32
#51Jane132US #60
#52Beatrice130US #67
#53Donna128US #70
#54Charlotte126US #75
#55Eleanor126US #33
#56Jeanne116US #85
#57Marcella110US #182
#58Anna109US #16
#59Janet109US #111
#60Violet107US #103
#61Gertrude105US #78
#62Norma101US #26
#63Vivian94US #77
#64Genevieve93US #126
#65Catherine92US #31
#66Nancy92US #56
#67Kathleen91US #83
#68Agnes90US #81
#69Eileen87US #91
#70Louise86US #27
#71Eunice85US #134
#72Ethel84US #47
#73Leona84US #121
#74Ann81US #59
#75Ellen79US #93
#76Josephine77US #39
#77Theresa75US #52
#78Harriet74US #132
#79Edith73US #48
#80Edna73US #40
#81Elsie71US #72
#82Kathryn69US #90
#83Sylvia68US #116
#84Clara67US #63
#85Viola67US #101
#86Adeline66
#87Caroline66US #179
#88Maxine64US #87
#89Loretta63US #127
#90Bette61US #175
#91Ruby61US #30
#92Katherine60US #73
#93Bernadine57
#94Hazel57US #53
#95Pearl57US #102
#96Martha55US #24
#97Pauline54US #42
#98Muriel52US #138
#99Jacqueline50US #115
#100Janice50US #159

Boys

#1Robert1,908US #1
#2Donald1,161US #8
#3John1,134US #2
#4James916US #3
#5Richard915US #6
#6William875US #4
#7Kenneth551US #18
#8George467US #7
#9Edward455US #10
#10Charles443US #5
#11Raymond441US #15
#12Eugene427US #20
#13Harold411US #14
#14Joseph366US #9
#15Gerald323US #38
#16Thomas268US #11
#17Walter261US #17
#18Frank250US #12
#19Arthur248US #22
#20Ralph240US #24
#21Paul235US #13
#22David217US #21
#23Jack215US #16
#24Clarence208US #32
#25Leonard200US #40
#26Earl194US #33
#27Lawrence193US #37
#28Carl191US #26
#29Marvin189US #47
#30Howard187US #28
#31Jerome184US #111
#32Norman184US #39
#33Gordon174US #74
#34Leroy152US #51
#35Francis148US #36
#36Harry147US #25
#37Bernard146US #50
#38Melvin141US #48
#39Roger140US #84
#40Frederick138US #64
#41Daniel136US #46
#42Henry136US #19
#43Lloyd135US #58
#44Ronald134US #63
#45Russell131US #54
#46Vernon131US #71
#47Louis120US #29
#48Herbert117US #42
#49Clifford116US #65
#50Alfred115US #45
#51Stanley112US #44
#52Harvey111US #94
#53Lester110US #83
#54Roy109US #34
#55Dale108US #81
#56Norbert108
#57Alvin106US #66
#58Albert105US #23
#59Gilbert102US #99
#60Glenn101US #76
#61Edwin98US #57
#62Elmer98US #61
#63Wayne98US #67
#64Arnold93US #97
#65Ernest90US #41
#66Lyle88US #151
#67Roland87US #109
#68Fred86US #35
#69Wallace86US #96
#70Leo84US #55
#71Ervin83US #189
#72Theodore81US #62
#73Allen80US #95
#74Anthony80US #43
#75Peter78US #59
#76Orville76US #172
#77Duane74US #147
#78Warren74US #79
#79Floyd73US #53
#80Gene73US #72
#81Chester68US #85
#82Calvin67US #73
#83Milton66US #88
#84Victor66US #98
#85Douglas64US #104
#86Willard64US #106
#87Dean62US #133
#88Merlin61
#89Glen60US #115
#90Rudolph58US #110
#91Keith56US #141
#92Andrew55US #56
#93Michael53US #52
#94Myron53
#95Clayton52US #163
#96Martin52US #87
#97Herman50US #70
#98Wesley50US #134
#99Philip49US #75
#100Joe46US #30

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑34Ronald#44
↑31Donna#53
↑22Ellen#75
↑21Nancy#66
↑18Elsie#81
↑18Lester#53
↑17Alfred#50
↑17Dale#55

Falling

↓20Pearl#95
↓19Katherine#92
↓18Willard#86
↓17Russell#45
↓16Warren#78
↓14Janice#100
↓13Leo#70
↓13Milton#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.