State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,705 Wisconsin births in 1929 across 748 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#60Norbertoutside the national top 200
#52Laverne#170 nationally
#87Laverneoutside the national top 200
#88Ervinoutside the national top 200
#79Marcella#189 nationally
#99Adelineoutside the national top 200
#100Merlinoutside the national top 200
#81Caroline#171 nationally
#67Lyle#152 nationally
#48Jeanette#131 nationally
#54Duane#137 nationally
#54Janice#136 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,130US #1
#2Betty866US #2
#3Dorothy756US #3
#4Shirley682US #9
#5Patricia514US #10
#6Ruth511US #8
#7Joyce498US #23
#8Dolores467US #14
#9Lois436US #17
#10Joan402US #13
#11Jean396US #12
#12Beverly387US #39
#13Margaret377US #5
#14Helen376US #4
#15Carol368US #63
#16Doris362US #6
#17Virginia347US #11
#18Lorraine327US #42
#19Audrey316US #58
#20Phyllis296US #24
#21Delores295US #74
#22Elaine290US #67
#23Barbara264US #7
#24Marilyn243US #33
#25Marion239US #53
#26Donna234US #47
#27Marjorie233US #30
#28Alice227US #21
#29Arlene222US #105
#30Elizabeth222US #15
#31Evelyn209US #19
#32June209US #48
#33Gloria195US #28
#34Geraldine190US #43
#35Nancy189US #32
#36Irene188US #29
#37Lucille185US #57
#38Rose180US #26
#39Marie165US #22
#40Bernice162US #55
#41Grace162US #54
#42Marian162US #75
#43Rita151US #52
#44Rosemary146US #80
#45Mildred139US #18
#46Janet138US #82
#47Florence133US #35
#48Jeanette129US #131
#49Charlotte119US #73
#50Lillian118US #40
#51Frances117US #16
#52Laverne116US #170
#53Anna113US #20
#54Janice104US #136
#55Jane102US #62
#56Eleanor99US #38
#57Theresa98US #49
#58Eileen97US #98
#59Joanne96US #101
#60Kathleen94US #89
#61Beatrice92US #72
#62Gladys91US #44
#63Gertrude90US #95
#64Norma87US #25
#65Jeanne86US #92
#66Catherine84US #34
#67Louise84US #31
#68Jacqueline83US #87
#69Esther81US #71
#70Josephine79US #45
#71Maxine76US #85
#72Ann75US #46
#73Eunice75US #145
#74Loretta74US #127
#75Violet74US #111
#76Edith73US #59
#77Kathryn71US #104
#78Vivian71US #81
#79Marcella70US #189
#80Harriet69US #135
#81Caroline68US #171
#82Viola68US #109
#83Ramona62US #120
#84Sally62US #112
#85Leona61US #122
#86Bonnie60US #86
#87Ethel60US #56
#88Genevieve60US #142
#89Ellen59US #97
#90Hazel57US #64
#91Agnes56US #94
#92Darlene54US #160
#93Clara53US #65
#94Anita52US #125
#95Wilma51US #66
#96Martha50US #27
#97Muriel49US #149
#98Carolyn48US #77
#99Adeline47
#100Katherine47US #84

Boys

#1Robert1,762US #1
#2Donald1,292US #7
#3John1,069US #3
#4Richard1,064US #6
#5James1,010US #2
#6William905US #4
#7Kenneth543US #18
#8Charles426US #5
#9Eugene415US #20
#10Gerald396US #33
#11George376US #8
#12Thomas373US #11
#13Edward369US #10
#14Joseph351US #9
#15Raymond340US #15
#16Harold324US #16
#17David320US #17
#18Arthur256US #22
#19Walter231US #19
#20Frank222US #12
#21Ronald214US #45
#22Paul213US #13
#23Roger204US #64
#24Ralph203US #26
#25Jack200US #14
#26Marvin188US #46
#27Herbert187US #25
#28Lawrence184US #38
#29Norman184US #40
#30Clarence180US #37
#31Jerome177US #110
#32Earl173US #36
#33Gordon168US #79
#34Carl166US #28
#35Howard153US #31
#36Leonard148US #42
#37Daniel147US #47
#38Francis147US #39
#39Melvin136US #49
#40Leroy135US #51
#41Bernard130US #52
#42Russell126US #56
#43Louis124US #32
#44Henry120US #21
#45Lloyd120US #62
#46Harry119US #27
#47Vernon117US #71
#48Wayne116US #69
#49Glenn110US #80
#50Harvey108US #90
#51Alfred106US #41
#52Frederick105US #67
#53Stanley105US #48
#54Duane103US #137
#55Roy103US #35
#56Albert101US #24
#57Arnold101US #95
#58Dale99US #73
#59Gilbert97US #91
#60Norbert95
#61Roland91US #104
#62Alvin89US #77
#63Elmer89US #70
#64Leo89US #60
#65Clifford88US #72
#66Gene87US #68
#67Lyle85US #152
#68Edwin82US #66
#69Fred82US #34
#70Theodore81US #65
#71Allen79US #86
#72Lester76US #88
#73Peter75US #55
#74Douglas73US #97
#75Anthony70US #44
#76Philip69US #76
#77Victor68US #100
#78Warren68US #92
#79Jerry65US #61
#80Willard65US #114
#81Milton64US #94
#82Ernest63US #43
#83Floyd63US #58
#84Keith63US #138
#85Patrick63US #121
#86Martin61US #83
#87Laverne60
#88Ervin59
#89Leon59US #81
#90Dean57US #133
#91Wallace53US #106
#92Chester50US #96
#93Glen50US #123
#94Don49US #78
#95Herman49US #75
#96Michael47US #54
#97Allan46US #161
#98Delbert44US #157
#99Dennis43US #154
#100Merlin42

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑31Jacqueline#68
↑19Nancy#35
↑18Louise#67
↑18Maxine#71
↑17Jerry#79
↑16Loretta#74
↑14Janice#54
↑13Donna#26

Falling

↓21Peter#73
↓20Marcella#79
↓18Clifford#65
↓17Ramona#83
↓17Ellen#89
↓15Albert#56
↓14Ethel#87
↓14Darlene#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.