State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,622 Wisconsin births in 1931 across 715 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#63Marcella#189 nationally
#76Norbertoutside the national top 200
#80Laverneoutside the national top 200
#85Caroleoutside the national top 200
#91Ervinoutside the national top 200
#93Bernadineoutside the national top 200
#70Laverne#176 nationally
#56Lyle#157 nationally
#100Orvilleoutside the national top 200
#21Jerome#103 nationally
#83Caroline#165 nationally
#51Darlene#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,089US #1
#2Betty739US #2
#3Joan664US #5
#4Patricia633US #8
#5Dorothy561US #3
#6Shirley513US #9
#7Joyce489US #15
#8Carol484US #46
#9Barbara433US #4
#10Jean398US #13
#11Donna395US #32
#12Lois394US #20
#13Beverly390US #31
#14Marilyn386US #19
#15Ruth379US #11
#16Dolores356US #14
#17Margaret355US #7
#18Helen346US #6
#19Nancy333US #17
#20Doris314US #10
#21Virginia276US #12
#22Audrey274US #64
#23Delores274US #58
#24Arlene261US #77
#25Elaine260US #72
#26Phyllis247US #29
#27Lorraine235US #49
#28Alice233US #21
#29Elizabeth232US #16
#30Geraldine222US #38
#31Gloria219US #23
#32Janet197US #45
#33Marion194US #66
#34June191US #44
#35Marjorie184US #34
#36Rita184US #48
#37Rose173US #30
#38Evelyn169US #24
#39Joanne156US #68
#40Lucille155US #62
#41Rosemary147US #88
#42Irene144US #37
#43Marie141US #27
#44Florence139US #43
#45Jane129US #50
#46Bernice128US #63
#47Marlene122US #95
#48Janice117US #104
#49Mildred115US #26
#50Marian113US #84
#51Darlene111US #128
#52Jeanette109US #105
#53Charlotte106US #75
#54Kathleen102US #87
#55Theresa102US #59
#56Grace101US #70
#57Ann98US #35
#58Frances98US #18
#59Norma98US #22
#60Gladys95US #55
#61Catherine92US #36
#62Beatrice88US #85
#63Marcella88US #189
#64Sally88US #97
#65Louise83US #33
#66Anna81US #25
#67Jeanne79US #98
#68Lillian79US #47
#69Jacqueline78US #78
#70Laverne78US #176
#71Eleanor76US #40
#72Joann76US #90
#73Esther75US #79
#74Vivian74US #82
#75Violet72US #132
#76Gertrude71US #115
#77Kathryn70US #108
#78Eileen68US #106
#79Bonnie66US #73
#80Edith66US #65
#81Josephine66US #51
#82Loretta66US #96
#83Caroline63US #165
#84Ellen63US #99
#85Carole62
#86Yvonne62US #151
#87Eunice61US #147
#88Agnes60US #103
#89Clara59US #61
#90Sylvia57US #123
#91Maxine56US #101
#92Ethel53US #67
#93Bernadine52
#94Ramona52US #164
#95Anita49US #117
#96Carolyn49US #60
#97Genevieve48US #145
#98Harriet46US #143
#99Leona46US #133
#100Pauline46US #56

Boys

#1Robert1,747US #1
#2Donald1,271US #7
#3Richard1,098US #5
#4James1,045US #2
#5John1,042US #3
#6William796US #4
#7Kenneth500US #14
#8Gerald466US #26
#9Thomas450US #10
#10Charles419US #6
#11George381US #8
#12Eugene368US #21
#13Edward362US #11
#14David342US #13
#15Joseph317US #9
#16Roger317US #53
#17Raymond314US #17
#18Ronald312US #27
#19Harold271US #18
#20Paul230US #12
#21Jerome223US #103
#22Jack213US #15
#23Ralph208US #25
#24Frank204US #16
#25Walter200US #20
#26Wayne198US #58
#27Norman192US #36
#28Arthur187US #23
#29Gordon186US #76
#30Lawrence185US #38
#31Marvin169US #45
#32Duane153US #104
#33Carl147US #28
#34Leroy147US #52
#35Bernard146US #54
#36Francis140US #42
#37Henry135US #22
#38Howard133US #34
#39Clarence128US #39
#40Daniel125US #44
#41Leonard119US #48
#42Earl118US #40
#43Melvin116US #51
#44Russell116US #63
#45Glenn115US #72
#46Dale112US #62
#47Fred110US #33
#48Herbert110US #41
#49Albert108US #24
#50Jerry103US #43
#51Stanley101US #49
#52Allen100US #79
#53Harry100US #30
#54Lloyd99US #68
#55Louis99US #37
#56Lyle94US #157
#57Peter94US #61
#58Frederick93US #73
#59Theodore93US #70
#60Harvey91US #93
#61Roy91US #35
#62Douglas86US #85
#63Vernon85US #74
#64Clifford84US #75
#65Arnold81US #98
#66Philip81US #71
#67Gene79US #64
#68Dean77US #127
#69Elmer77US #82
#70Leo77US #69
#71Alfred76US #50
#72Edwin76US #67
#73Keith75US #123
#74Patrick75US #111
#75Alvin74US #80
#76Norbert72
#77Gilbert71US #92
#78Floyd69US #66
#79Roland69US #107
#80Laverne67
#81Allan61US #151
#82Lester60US #96
#83Michael60US #55
#84Anthony59US #46
#85Ernest58US #47
#86Bruce57US #101
#87Don55US #59
#88Larry55US #88
#89Wallace53US #114
#90Warren53US #100
#91Ervin52
#92Andrew51US #65
#93Milton50US #99
#94Neil50US #165
#95Ray50US #60
#96Virgil50US #121
#97Willard50US #124
#98Dennis49US #138
#99Martin49US #91
#100Orville49

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑30Dean#68
↑24Wayne#26
↑21Fred#47
↑21Allen#52
↑20Janice#48
↑19Darlene#51
↑19Duane#32
↑19Theodore#59

Falling

↓23Vernon#63
↓18Laverne#70
↓18Ethel#92
↓17Ervin#91
↓16Eleanor#71
↓16Genevieve#97
↓15Eileen#78
↓15Alfred#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.