State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,165 Wisconsin births in 1932 across 708 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#65Laverne#199 nationally
#67Norbertoutside the national top 200
#67Marcella#195 nationally
#89Adelineoutside the national top 200
#90Laverneoutside the national top 200
#46Lyle#155 nationally
#92Ervinoutside the national top 200
#93Maryannoutside the national top 200
#91Orville#198 nationally
#79Caroline#174 nationally
#22Jerome#107 nationally
#68Carole#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,118US #1
#2Joan740US #5
#3Patricia677US #6
#4Betty672US #2
#5Shirley553US #9
#6Carol534US #32
#7Barbara524US #3
#8Dorothy483US #4
#9Donna475US #29
#10Joyce468US #12
#11Beverly460US #28
#12Lois433US #20
#13Marilyn424US #16
#14Nancy405US #13
#15Jean345US #15
#16Ruth336US #11
#17Margaret335US #7
#18Helen324US #8
#19Audrey285US #61
#20Dolores277US #18
#21Elaine264US #68
#22Delores260US #56
#23Phyllis255US #30
#24Doris251US #10
#25Virginia242US #14
#26Arlene232US #80
#27Janet229US #35
#28Gloria224US #25
#29Lorraine218US #55
#30Alice214US #21
#31Geraldine201US #42
#32Joanne197US #62
#33Elizabeth188US #17
#34Marlene169US #78
#35Rita163US #53
#36Marion162US #73
#37Janice158US #94
#38June157US #44
#39Rose153US #33
#40Evelyn152US #23
#41Marjorie150US #37
#42Darlene144US #122
#43Rosemary131US #100
#44Lucille123US #63
#45Irene122US #43
#46Mildred122US #26
#47Jane120US #49
#48Marian120US #86
#49Bernice114US #71
#50Frances114US #19
#51Charlotte113US #74
#52Marie105US #31
#53Florence104US #47
#54Jeanette103US #106
#55Joann101US #79
#56Kathleen100US #83
#57Norma100US #22
#58Ann98US #34
#59Grace94US #72
#60Beatrice92US #87
#61Sally92US #84
#62Theresa90US #60
#63Anna88US #24
#64Gladys88US #54
#65Laverne88US #199
#66Jacqueline87US #85
#67Marcella84US #195
#68Carole82US #151
#69Catherine81US #39
#70Esther81US #82
#71Loretta80US #89
#72Bonnie79US #64
#73Jeanne76US #112
#74Lillian74US #48
#75Louise74US #36
#76Eileen73US #114
#77Eleanor73US #45
#78Diane72US #142
#79Caroline71US #174
#80Constance70US #99
#81Kathryn69US #107
#82Violet68US #132
#83Carolyn64US #46
#84Leona63US #134
#85Ellen61US #104
#86Edith60US #69
#87Maxine60US #110
#88Sylvia59US #96
#89Adeline55
#90Eunice55US #146
#91Judith53US #144
#92Harriet51US #149
#93Maryann50
#94Anita49US #116
#95Yvonne49US #160
#96Vivian48US #90
#97Edna47US #50
#98Clara46US #70
#99Gertrude46US #124
#100Agnes44US #115

Boys

#1Robert1,611US #1
#2Donald1,298US #7
#3Richard1,171US #5
#4James1,073US #2
#5John999US #3
#6William768US #4
#7Ronald485US #16
#8Kenneth477US #14
#9Thomas463US #10
#10Gerald439US #24
#11Charles415US #6
#12David372US #12
#13George363US #8
#14Eugene347US #22
#15Edward321US #11
#16Joseph308US #9
#17Roger300US #50
#18Raymond289US #19
#19Harold264US #18
#20Wayne238US #57
#21Paul234US #13
#22Jerome222US #107
#23Jack212US #17
#24Frank210US #15
#25Ralph193US #27
#26Arthur178US #25
#27Duane173US #105
#28Lawrence167US #35
#29Walter166US #21
#30Gordon165US #81
#31Daniel161US #42
#32Marvin160US #46
#33Carl157US #28
#34Dale151US #61
#35Norman143US #37
#36Earl132US #41
#37Francis127US #43
#38Clarence125US #40
#39Russell119US #63
#40Henry117US #23
#41Leroy115US #53
#42Howard111US #36
#43Bernard109US #60
#44Leonard108US #48
#45Allen107US #80
#46Lyle106US #155
#47Lloyd104US #71
#48Fred103US #33
#49Gene103US #64
#50Albert102US #26
#51Glenn102US #77
#52Harry102US #32
#53Herbert101US #44
#54Melvin101US #51
#55Vernon101US #78
#56Jerry100US #34
#57Douglas96US #85
#58Clifford95US #84
#59Stanley95US #52
#60Peter93US #62
#61Frederick91US #73
#62Arnold87US #100
#63Louis84US #39
#64Harvey82US #95
#65Anthony76US #45
#66Patrick76US #114
#67Norbert75
#68Roy75US #38
#69Theodore75US #67
#70Gilbert74US #97
#71Dean71US #123
#72Alfred66US #49
#73Edwin66US #72
#74Dennis63US #121
#75Elmer63US #94
#76Larry63US #65
#77Philip63US #70
#78Don61US #55
#79Leo61US #74
#80Keith60US #133
#81Franklin59US #66
#82Warren58US #102
#83Alvin57US #87
#84Michael57US #54
#85Allan56US #153
#86Roland56US #111
#87Bill55US #58
#88Ernest55US #47
#89Rodney55US #172
#90Laverne54
#91Orville53US #198
#92Ervin52
#93Martin52US #88
#94Victor52US #110
#95Neil51US #162
#96Tom51US #116
#97Wallace49US #117
#98Bruce48US #98
#99Leon47US #83
#100Andrew46US #69

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑24Dennis#74
↑19Anthony#65
↑18Gene#49
↑17Joann#55
↑17Carole#68
↑15Leona#84
↑13Marlene#34
↑13Carolyn#83

Falling

↓23Gertrude#99
↓22Vivian#96
↓12Agnes#100
↓12Bruce#98
↓11Melvin#54
↓11Philip#77
↓10Louise#75
↓10Theodore#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.