State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,227 Wisconsin births in 1934 across 716 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#73Norbertoutside the national top 200
#83Karenoutside the national top 200
#62Caroline#174 nationally
#90Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#95Laverneoutside the national top 200
#96Myronoutside the national top 200
#61Lyle#155 nationally
#92Judy#184 nationally
#24Jerome#107 nationally
#70Sharon#150 nationally
#27Duane#104 nationally
#78Suzanne#153 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,178US #1
#2Patricia768US #6
#3Carol675US #14
#4Barbara664US #3
#5Joan630US #7
#6Shirley606US #4
#7Betty542US #2
#8Nancy531US #10
#9Donna464US #23
#10Joyce435US #12
#11Beverly414US #22
#12Dorothy393US #5
#13Marilyn386US #17
#14Lois370US #20
#15Jean324US #16
#16Janet302US #21
#17Ruth298US #13
#18Margaret277US #8
#19Helen249US #9
#20Marlene237US #57
#21Doris232US #11
#22Arlene231US #53
#23Audrey228US #69
#24Virginia228US #15
#25Janice216US #68
#26Dolores208US #26
#27Joanne206US #45
#28Alice203US #25
#29Phyllis197US #28
#30Elaine196US #54
#31Delores194US #51
#32Darlene183US #90
#33Elizabeth180US #18
#34Gloria179US #30
#35Lorraine162US #56
#36Marjorie156US #41
#37Jane154US #48
#38Geraldine153US #43
#39Rita152US #63
#40Kathleen148US #74
#41Joann145US #50
#42June142US #46
#43Sally137US #62
#44Ann132US #32
#45Rose130US #37
#46Evelyn123US #29
#47Rosemary119US #111
#48Jeanette116US #106
#49Marion115US #86
#50Judith108US #94
#51Charlotte103US #72
#52Marie102US #34
#53Norma101US #24
#54Grace98US #79
#55Irene98US #49
#56Carole97US #89
#57Bonnie92US #58
#58Diane85US #124
#59Marian83US #97
#60Lucille82US #84
#61Mildred82US #35
#62Caroline81US #174
#63Frances81US #19
#64Sylvia81US #70
#65Carolyn79US #33
#66Eleanor79US #44
#67Jacqueline79US #80
#68Sandra79US #93
#69Florence75US #61
#70Sharon75US #150
#71Catherine71US #42
#72Gladys71US #66
#73Loretta71US #83
#74Bernice70US #82
#75Yvonne67US #137
#76Louise64US #40
#77Susan64US #138
#78Suzanne64US #153
#79Theresa64US #77
#80Anna63US #31
#81Beatrice63US #99
#82Eileen63US #109
#83Karen62
#84Lillian62US #52
#85Jeanne60US #131
#86Ellen58US #95
#87Esther58US #91
#88Kathryn58US #108
#89Edith57US #81
#90Marcella57
#91Eunice53US #161
#92Judy51US #184
#93Katherine51US #101
#94Vivian51US #98
#95Laverne49
#96Maxine49US #114
#97Agnes48US #120
#98Harriet46US #156
#99Josephine46US #60
#100Gail45US #164

Boys

#1Robert1,514US #1
#2James1,329US #2
#3Richard1,267US #5
#4Donald1,237US #6
#5John1,017US #3
#6William749US #4
#7Ronald659US #11
#8Gerald491US #22
#9Thomas488US #9
#10Kenneth455US #15
#11David416US #12
#12Charles415US #7
#13Roger371US #39
#14Eugene315US #24
#15George302US #8
#16Joseph274US #10
#17Edward266US #13
#18Raymond254US #19
#19Wayne234US #48
#20Harold218US #18
#21Paul216US #14
#22Carl199US #28
#23Jack199US #17
#24Jerome176US #107
#25Frank170US #16
#26Dale162US #62
#27Duane162US #104
#28Ralph162US #31
#29Walter154US #21
#30Daniel151US #42
#31Gordon151US #71
#32Marvin147US #44
#33Lawrence144US #34
#34Jerry139US #25
#35Leroy139US #54
#36Norman132US #38
#37Bernard128US #65
#38Earl126US #41
#39Arthur116US #29
#40Henry116US #27
#41Leonard116US #53
#42Russell116US #70
#43Gary113US #60
#44Francis109US #49
#45Fred104US #33
#46Larry104US #43
#47Douglas100US #72
#48Gene100US #67
#49Peter99US #61
#50Melvin95US #55
#51Clarence93US #45
#52Dennis92US #95
#53Glenn91US #81
#54Howard91US #37
#55Michael90US #47
#56Herbert88US #57
#57Philip88US #69
#58Vernon88US #89
#59Frederick87US #77
#60Theodore87US #74
#61Lyle86US #155
#62Allen85US #88
#63Dean85US #118
#64Lloyd82US #82
#65Bruce79US #78
#66Franklin76US #46
#67Patrick76US #109
#68Roy75US #35
#69Arnold74US #105
#70Keith73US #125
#71Stanley73US #58
#72Harvey72US #99
#73Norbert72
#74Albert71US #32
#75Harry69US #36
#76Leo67US #86
#77Roland67US #119
#78Clifford66US #85
#79Jim66US #90
#80Alfred65US #64
#81Don63US #50
#82Allan62US #151
#83Alvin62US #93
#84Louis61US #40
#85Gilbert60US #106
#86Lee59US #79
#87Anthony58US #52
#88Tom57US #112
#89Warren55US #96
#90Edwin53US #80
#91Rodney53US #160
#92Lester51US #110
#93Leon50US #87
#94Phillip49US #113
#95Elmer48US #108
#96Myron48
#97Glen47US #120
#98Bill45US #59
#99Ernest45US #51
#100Darrell44US #140

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑39Larry#46
↑29Gary#43
↑21Joann#41
↑20Sharon#70
↑20Douglas#47
↑19Caroline#62
↑19Carolyn#65
↑19Herbert#56

Falling

↓34Albert#74
↓22Franklin#66
↓22Harry#75
↓19Bernice#74
↓16Ellen#86
↓16Leo#76
↓15Anna#80
↓15Lillian#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.