State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,659 Wisconsin births in 1930 across 717 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
#74Ervinoutside the national top 200
#52Laverne#178 nationally
#82Laverneoutside the national top 200
#72Marcella#186 nationally
#55Lyle#160 nationally
#97Merlinoutside the national top 200
#92Myron#195 nationally
#98Bernadineoutside the national top 200
#100Adelineoutside the national top 200
#84Caroline#172 nationally
#78Yvonne#165 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,129US #1
#2Betty869US #2
#3Dorothy680US #3
#4Shirley624US #11
#5Patricia591US #7
#6Joan552US #8
#7Joyce526US #18
#8Dolores486US #13
#9Ruth461US #10
#10Carol444US #54
#11Lois443US #17
#12Beverly436US #34
#13Helen385US #4
#14Jean372US #14
#15Doris352US #9
#16Donna340US #37
#17Margaret332US #5
#18Virginia328US #12
#19Marilyn320US #22
#20Barbara315US #6
#21Delores312US #66
#22Elaine301US #69
#23Lorraine297US #46
#24Phyllis288US #28
#25Audrey285US #63
#26Alice267US #20
#27Nancy260US #24
#28Elizabeth245US #15
#29Marion233US #60
#30Geraldine227US #43
#31June224US #47
#32Gloria213US #30
#33Arlene204US #103
#34Rose203US #29
#35Irene194US #33
#36Rita191US #42
#37Marjorie188US #32
#38Janet181US #53
#39Evelyn166US #19
#40Rosemary162US #82
#41Florence159US #38
#42Marian158US #80
#43Bernice152US #58
#44Marie151US #26
#45Jeanette146US #106
#46Lucille144US #59
#47Charlotte140US #75
#48Frances138US #16
#49Mildred131US #21
#50Jane130US #55
#51Gladys116US #48
#52Laverne115US #178
#53Grace113US #62
#54Kathleen112US #84
#55Eleanor107US #39
#56Norma106US #25
#57Joanne102US #81
#58Lillian101US #44
#59Anna98US #23
#60Catherine98US #35
#61Louise98US #31
#62Beatrice95US #76
#63Eileen94US #110
#64Esther94US #77
#65Ann90US #41
#66Jacqueline89US #74
#67Theresa89US #50
#68Janice86US #126
#69Gertrude84US #96
#70Darlene83US #141
#71Jeanne83US #92
#72Marcella80US #186
#73Violet78US #120
#74Ethel76US #65
#75Vivian75US #91
#76Joann73US #118
#77Edith70US #61
#78Yvonne70US #165
#79Sally69US #98
#80Eunice68US #148
#81Genevieve68US #143
#82Kathryn67US #101
#83Maxine65US #93
#84Caroline63US #172
#85Agnes62US #102
#86Viola62US #116
#87Ellen61US #100
#88Bonnie60US #78
#89Josephine57US #49
#90Leona57US #130
#91Clara56US #64
#92Anita55US #115
#93Loretta54US #105
#94Ramona54US #149
#95Carolyn52US #72
#96Ruby49US #36
#97Sylvia49US #132
#98Bernadine47
#99Pauline45US #52
#100Adeline44

Boys

#1Robert1,797US #1
#2Donald1,350US #7
#3Richard1,185US #5
#4John1,155US #3
#5James1,061US #2
#6William892US #4
#7Kenneth528US #17
#8Charles450US #6
#9Eugene439US #21
#10Gerald436US #30
#11George419US #8
#12Edward405US #10
#13Thomas396US #11
#14David389US #15
#15Joseph364US #9
#16Raymond347US #16
#17Harold288US #18
#18Roger266US #58
#19Ronald266US #37
#20Paul233US #12
#21Jack214US #14
#22Ralph213US #25
#23Frank212US #13
#24Arthur202US #23
#25Walter199US #19
#26Lawrence198US #36
#27Gordon193US #77
#28Marvin184US #48
#29Jerome180US #105
#30Howard162US #31
#31Norman160US #40
#32Clarence158US #39
#33Leroy156US #53
#34Carl154US #26
#35Francis152US #42
#36Leonard151US #45
#37Earl147US #38
#38Russell147US #60
#39Dale134US #64
#40Vernon134US #72
#41Bernard133US #52
#42Daniel129US #47
#43Herbert124US #35
#44Glenn122US #71
#45Henry118US #22
#46Melvin117US #50
#47Lloyd115US #69
#48Douglas110US #89
#49Roy110US #33
#50Wayne110US #65
#51Duane104US #120
#52Arnold103US #98
#53Albert100US #24
#54Harry100US #28
#55Lyle98US #160
#56Alfred97US #46
#57Clifford97US #73
#58Frederick97US #74
#59Stanley97US #49
#60Jerry94US #51
#61Norbert94
#62Edwin93US #66
#63Peter93US #56
#64Gilbert85US #90
#65Alvin84US #79
#66Louis83US #34
#67Roland83US #107
#68Fred82US #32
#69Leo81US #63
#70Anthony80US #44
#71Gene78US #70
#72Harvey76US #92
#73Allen75US #85
#74Ervin74
#75Elmer73US #80
#76Floyd73US #61
#77Philip73US #75
#78Theodore69US #67
#79Warren69US #96
#80Wallace63US #112
#81Patrick62US #118
#82Laverne61
#83Milton60US #93
#84Victor60US #100
#85Lester59US #95
#86Allan58US #155
#87Keith58US #130
#88Glen56US #114
#89Michael55US #54
#90Ray55US #57
#91Dennis53US #145
#92Myron53US #195
#93Bruce52US #109
#94Don50US #68
#95Ernest49US #43
#96Martin49US #83
#97Merlin48
#98Dean47US #129
#99Herman44US #78
#100Willard44US #117

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑26Douglas#48
↑22Darlene#70
↑19Dale#39
↑19Jerry#60
↑14Ervin#74
↑13Ethel#74
↑12Lyle#55
↑11Gladys#51

Falling

↓23Louis#66
↓22Harvey#72
↓20Willard#100
↓19Josephine#89
↓19Loretta#93
↓16Herbert#43
↓14Janice#68
↓13Lester#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.