State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,899 Wisconsin births in 1928 across 751 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#61Norbertoutside the national top 200
#41Laverne#165 nationally
#59Marcella#174 nationally
#87Ervinoutside the national top 200
#91Fernoutside the national top 200
#94Myronoutside the national top 200
#95Adelineoutside the national top 200
#95Laverneoutside the national top 200
#98Ioneoutside the national top 200
#98Sylvesteroutside the national top 200
#78Darlene#176 nationally
#65Lyle#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,130US #1
#2Betty841US #2
#3Dorothy795US #3
#4Shirley591US #10
#5Ruth529US #6
#6Dolores491US #20
#7Patricia458US #11
#8Helen451US #4
#9Joyce451US #30
#10Lois417US #18
#11Doris410US #7
#12Jean395US #12
#13Virginia380US #9
#14Lorraine375US #39
#15Margaret371US #5
#16Beverly346US #46
#17Audrey335US #60
#18Elaine324US #68
#19Carol296US #77
#20Joan295US #27
#21Phyllis270US #26
#22June267US #44
#23Alice256US #19
#24Delores255US #94
#25Marion255US #47
#26Barbara246US #8
#27Elizabeth243US #14
#28Evelyn238US #17
#29Bernice211US #53
#30Geraldine210US #50
#31Marjorie207US #29
#32Rose205US #24
#33Irene203US #28
#34Marilyn200US #38
#35Arlene197US #106
#36Lucille192US #51
#37Florence186US #32
#38Marie182US #21
#39Donna180US #61
#40Marian178US #71
#41Laverne175US #165
#42Mildred165US #15
#43Gloria163US #25
#44Grace149US #52
#45Rita144US #57
#46Frances143US #13
#47Rosemary143US #88
#48Lillian132US #35
#49Jeanette130US #126
#50Janet127US #95
#51Gladys125US #41
#52Jane122US #62
#53Charlotte119US #72
#54Nancy118US #43
#55Theresa118US #49
#56Esther117US #66
#57Eleanor116US #36
#58Norma116US #23
#59Marcella115US #174
#60Beatrice114US #70
#61Catherine114US #33
#62Anna108US #16
#63Kathleen99US #82
#64Gertrude98US #86
#65Jeanne97US #90
#66Ramona97US #117
#67Edith95US #56
#68Janice94US #149
#69Eileen92US #102
#70Vivian90US #78
#71Ann86US #54
#72Ellen80US #98
#73Ethel78US #55
#74Harriet77US #133
#75Kathryn75US #99
#76Viola75US #103
#77Violet74US #113
#78Darlene72US #176
#79Genevieve72US #134
#80Leona70US #122
#81Sylvia70US #119
#82Eunice69US #138
#83Josephine69US #42
#84Clara67US #65
#85Louise67US #31
#86Ruby66US #34
#87Katherine65US #75
#88Agnes64US #85
#89Maxine62US #84
#90Loretta61US #123
#91Fern59
#92Pauline57US #48
#93Yvonne56US #181
#94Caroline55US #175
#95Adeline54
#96Edna53US #45
#97Elsie53US #73
#98Ione53
#99Jacqueline53US #97
#100Hazel52US #59

Boys

#1Robert1,874US #1
#2Donald1,316US #7
#3John1,097US #2
#4James1,022US #3
#5Richard993US #6
#6William913US #4
#7Kenneth520US #17
#8George466US #8
#9Eugene464US #20
#10Edward416US #10
#11Charles401US #5
#12Harold384US #14
#13Raymond374US #16
#14Joseph344US #9
#15Gerald338US #41
#16Thomas305US #11
#17Ralph267US #24
#18David266US #19
#19Frank254US #12
#20Arthur250US #22
#21Paul232US #13
#22Gordon226US #77
#23Walter224US #18
#24Lawrence208US #38
#25Jack204US #15
#26Marvin202US #46
#27Jerome199US #110
#28Roger194US #71
#29Norman190US #39
#30Ronald185US #50
#31Clarence179US #35
#32Carl177US #28
#33Earl176US #37
#34Francis170US #40
#35Bernard166US #49
#36Leonard162US #42
#37Henry157US #21
#38Howard152US #31
#39Herbert151US #25
#40Leroy144US #51
#41Albert142US #23
#42Lloyd140US #59
#43Harry134US #26
#44Melvin133US #48
#45Russell130US #55
#46Vernon129US #70
#47Clifford122US #68
#48Glenn122US #76
#49Daniel117US #47
#50Stanley117US #45
#51Roy115US #34
#52Peter114US #56
#53Elmer113US #63
#54Frederick109US #67
#55Louis104US #32
#56Alfred103US #33
#57Alvin103US #72
#58Wayne103US #69
#59Arnold100US #98
#60Harvey100US #90
#61Norbert100
#62Roland100US #107
#63Duane99US #141
#64Douglas95US #102
#65Lyle93US #155
#66Leo89US #61
#67Lester85US #89
#68Gilbert84US #96
#69Dale81US #75
#70Warren80US #85
#71Theodore79US #66
#72Victor79US #99
#73Fred78US #36
#74Edwin74US #58
#75Ernest73US #43
#76Milton73US #92
#77Gene72US #62
#78Philip70US #73
#79Floyd69US #54
#80Anthony67US #44
#81Allen66US #93
#82Chester65US #88
#83Keith65US #139
#84Bruce64US #112
#85Wallace64US #104
#86Willard63US #113
#87Ervin62
#88Patrick60US #132
#89Glen58US #115
#90Orville57US #178
#91Don56US #84
#92Michael56US #53
#93Herman55US #78
#94Myron55
#95Laverne53
#96Jerry52US #79
#97Allan51US #171
#98Sylvester47
#99Martin46US #83
#100Leon45US #81

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑32Janice#68
↑23Peter#52
↑22Theresa#55
↑21Douglas#64
↑21Philip#78
↑17Albert#41
↑14Donna#39
↑14Ronald#30

Falling

↓20Agnes#88
↓17Violet#77
↓16Edna#96
↓16Elsie#97
↓16Wallace#85
↓16Ervin#87
↓15Genevieve#79
↓15Louise#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.