State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,731 Wisconsin births in 1933 across 681 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#80Norbertoutside the national top 200
#82Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#86Laverneoutside the national top 200
#100Maryannoutside the national top 200
#61Lyle#158 nationally
#81Caroline#173 nationally
#90Sharon#178 nationally
#24Jerome#105 nationally
#79Yvonne#159 nationally
#26Duane#102 nationally
#84Allan#154 nationally
#66Diane#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,042US #1
#2Patricia631US #6
#3Carol630US #20
#4Joan622US #5
#5Betty561US #2
#6Barbara560US #3
#7Shirley521US #9
#8Nancy488US #11
#9Joyce473US #12
#10Donna469US #24
#11Dorothy440US #4
#12Jean362US #14
#13Beverly349US #26
#14Marilyn348US #16
#15Lois329US #19
#16Ruth318US #13
#17Janet304US #25
#18Helen297US #8
#19Margaret295US #7
#20Doris238US #10
#21Marlene233US #50
#22Phyllis233US #28
#23Audrey227US #59
#24Arlene222US #74
#25Dolores221US #21
#26Alice216US #22
#27Virginia213US #15
#28Elaine209US #61
#29Elizabeth206US #17
#30Delores195US #52
#31Lorraine185US #54
#32Joanne179US #56
#33Marjorie176US #41
#34Geraldine174US #42
#35Janice169US #81
#36Rita164US #53
#37Gloria163US #31
#38June154US #45
#39Marion151US #73
#40Darlene150US #96
#41Rose141US #35
#42Irene125US #46
#43Evelyn119US #30
#44Jane118US #47
#45Kathleen118US #77
#46Lucille114US #78
#47Grace113US #69
#48Marie113US #33
#49Marian112US #89
#50Sally112US #76
#51Rosemary111US #102
#52Ann104US #34
#53Carole103US #107
#54Jeanette103US #103
#55Bernice97US #83
#56Charlotte97US #79
#57Florence92US #49
#58Frances91US #18
#59Judith90US #119
#60Norma90US #23
#61Bonnie89US #68
#62Joann88US #72
#63Eleanor86US #38
#64Mildred85US #32
#65Anna82US #29
#66Diane80US #134
#67Catherine75US #44
#68Theresa75US #70
#69Lillian73US #51
#70Ellen72US #104
#71Louise68US #39
#72Jeanne67US #125
#73Esther65US #88
#74Loretta64US #87
#75Sylvia64US #84
#76Beatrice63US #94
#77Eileen63US #115
#78Jacqueline63US #86
#79Yvonne63US #159
#80Gladys62US #60
#81Caroline61US #173
#82Marcella61
#83Maxine60US #110
#84Carolyn59US #40
#85Violet58US #136
#86Laverne57
#87Eunice55US #154
#88Kathryn55US #108
#89Vivian55US #98
#90Sharon54US #178
#91Agnes53US #118
#92Pauline52US #64
#93Edith49US #80
#94Constance45US #105
#95Elsie45US #99
#96Anita44US #116
#97Gertrude44US #133
#98Leona44US #139
#99Edna43US #55
#100Maryann42

Boys

#1Robert1,444US #1
#2Donald1,195US #7
#3Richard1,167US #5
#4James1,155US #2
#5John1,049US #3
#6William696US #4
#7Ronald589US #12
#8Thomas502US #10
#9Gerald483US #22
#10Kenneth481US #15
#11Charles385US #6
#12David378US #13
#13Eugene337US #23
#14Roger312US #48
#15George311US #8
#16Edward264US #11
#17Joseph260US #9
#18Raymond260US #19
#19Wayne253US #52
#20Harold236US #18
#21Ralph216US #29
#22Paul210US #14
#23Jack197US #17
#24Jerome188US #105
#25Walter173US #21
#26Duane161US #102
#27Lawrence160US #38
#28Marvin160US #44
#29Frank156US #16
#30Gordon152US #71
#31Norman148US #37
#32Daniel147US #42
#33Leroy142US #56
#34Arthur132US #25
#35Dale127US #65
#36Leonard125US #47
#37Carl123US #28
#38Bernard120US #63
#39Francis119US #45
#40Albert111US #30
#41Jerry111US #31
#42Earl110US #41
#43Peter105US #60
#44Franklin103US #33
#45Clarence100US #43
#46Howard100US #36
#47Gene99US #66
#48Theodore97US #68
#49Russell94US #67
#50Melvin93US #51
#51Vernon93US #83
#52Henry91US #24
#53Harry89US #35
#54Dennis88US #106
#55Lloyd88US #73
#56Glenn87US #74
#57Fred85US #34
#58Harvey83US #97
#59Patrick82US #110
#60Leo81US #75
#61Lyle78US #158
#62Dean76US #128
#63Arnold75US #103
#64Bruce75US #91
#65Michael75US #53
#66Allen74US #84
#67Douglas74US #81
#68Philip73US #70
#69Roy73US #39
#70Frederick72US #78
#71Stanley72US #55
#72Gary71US #80
#73Roland70US #114
#74Alvin69US #88
#75Herbert68US #49
#76Edwin65US #77
#77Keith65US #127
#78Lee65US #79
#79Louis63US #40
#80Norbert63
#81Anthony62US #46
#82Don61US #54
#83Alfred60US #57
#84Allan59US #154
#85Larry59US #58
#86Clifford58US #86
#87Elmer57US #101
#88Phillip54US #125
#89Lester53US #108
#90Neil49US #149
#91Floyd48US #69
#92Ray48US #62
#93Gilbert47US #104
#94Tom46US #117
#95Wallace44US #120
#96Willard44US #130
#97Alan43US #122
#98Leon43US #85
#99Warren43US #99
#100Bill42US #59

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑37Franklin#44
↑34Bruce#64
↑32Judith#59
↑21Theodore#48
↑20Dennis#54
↑19Leo#60
↑19Michael#65
↑17Peter#43

Falling

↓28Clifford#86
↓23Gilbert#93
↓22Herbert#75
↓21Laverne#86
↓21Allen#66
↓18Mildred#64
↓17Warren#99
↓16Beatrice#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.