State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,231 Wisconsin births in 1935 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.

#91Merlinoutside the national top 200
#65Karen#172 nationally
#94Norbertoutside the national top 200
#98Lavonneoutside the national top 200
#80Caroline#178 nationally
#72Lyle#156 nationally
#29Duane#105 nationally
#21Jerome#96 nationally
#79Suzanne#154 nationally
#96Neil#167 nationally
#23Darlene#91 nationally
#42Diane#109 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,115US #1
#2Shirley1,083US #2
#3Patricia804US #5
#4Carol734US #11
#5Barbara696US #3
#6Joan622US #7
#7Nancy596US #9
#8Donna495US #23
#9Betty482US #4
#10Joyce394US #12
#11Marilyn392US #14
#12Dorothy376US #6
#13Marlene352US #39
#14Beverly350US #20
#15Jean327US #18
#16Lois321US #21
#17Janet301US #22
#18Margaret297US #8
#19Ruth257US #15
#20Helen246US #10
#21Joanne244US #44
#22Judith224US #54
#23Darlene223US #91
#24Arlene213US #59
#25Janice213US #47
#26Phyllis207US #27
#27Doris203US #13
#28Elaine202US #51
#29Audrey198US #64
#30Virginia191US #16
#31Delores190US #57
#32Gloria177US #32
#33Dolores176US #26
#34Elizabeth176US #17
#35Kathleen176US #71
#36Alice168US #25
#37Lorraine156US #68
#38Rita156US #63
#39Geraldine144US #40
#40Joann144US #53
#41Sally144US #58
#42Diane141US #109
#43Rose140US #37
#44Evelyn139US #31
#45June138US #55
#46Marjorie137US #46
#47Jane136US #43
#48Ann130US #30
#49Yvonne129US #98
#50Marie127US #33
#51Sandra125US #50
#52Rosemary117US #97
#53Sharon116US #96
#54Marion110US #88
#55Jeanette104US #104
#56Charlotte98US #65
#57Jacqueline98US #79
#58Carole95US #93
#59Irene93US #52
#60Marian92US #105
#61Bernice88US #90
#62Frances85US #19
#63Lucille83US #85
#64Florence78US #74
#65Karen76US #172
#66Carolyn75US #28
#67Catherine75US #42
#68Bonnie74US #62
#69Grace74US #83
#70Kathryn74US #111
#71Louise74US #45
#72Eileen72US #108
#73Theresa72US #86
#74Susan69US #126
#75Sylvia67US #60
#76Judy66US #143
#77Gail65US #127
#78Eleanor64US #48
#79Suzanne64US #154
#80Caroline63US #178
#81Loretta62US #69
#82Roberta60US #77
#83Anna59US #34
#84Gladys59US #78
#85Kay59US #134
#86Mildred59US #35
#87Esther58US #94
#88Beatrice57US #107
#89Norma56US #29
#90Katherine53US #103
#91Maxine51US #120
#92Anita49US #119
#93Edith49US #87
#94Jeanne48US #133
#95Constance47US #125
#96Pauline47US #80
#97Annette45US #142
#98Lavonne45
#99Violet45US #159
#100Lillian44US #66

Boys

#1Robert1,534US #1
#2James1,367US #2
#3Richard1,268US #5
#4Donald1,140US #7
#5John1,086US #3
#6William730US #4
#7Ronald729US #12
#8Thomas568US #9
#9David555US #11
#10Gerald536US #21
#11Kenneth451US #15
#12Charles433US #6
#13Roger391US #36
#14Eugene300US #26
#15George295US #8
#16Joseph279US #10
#17Edward274US #13
#18Raymond255US #17
#19Paul248US #14
#20Wayne241US #49
#21Jerome230US #96
#22Harold213US #20
#23Jack204US #18
#24Ralph187US #32
#25Lawrence180US #35
#26Dale179US #61
#27Jerry175US #22
#28Gordon173US #70
#29Duane162US #105
#30Gary161US #44
#31Carl154US #28
#32Daniel154US #43
#33Marvin152US #45
#34Leroy149US #50
#35Norman149US #38
#36Walter142US #23
#37Frank141US #16
#38Peter131US #59
#39Arthur127US #29
#40Dennis127US #72
#41Michael124US #41
#42Francis119US #53
#43Larry119US #33
#44Leonard118US #54
#45Allen107US #83
#46Bernard106US #67
#47Russell106US #68
#48Clarence102US #48
#49Gene102US #66
#50Arnold101US #103
#51Henry100US #27
#52Howard94US #39
#53Fred93US #34
#54Patrick93US #112
#55Melvin89US #57
#56Bruce88US #77
#57Glenn88US #78
#58Philip88US #65
#59Douglas87US #75
#60Frederick87US #73
#61Stanley87US #56
#62Earl86US #46
#63Don83US #51
#64Lloyd82US #84
#65Roy80US #40
#66Albert78US #31
#67Leo78US #92
#68Louis78US #42
#69Herbert77US #58
#70Theodore75US #79
#71Dean73US #120
#72Lyle73US #156
#73Vernon70US #94
#74Harry69US #37
#75Lee69US #80
#76Tom69US #110
#77Keith65US #125
#78Clifford64US #88
#79Anthony63US #52
#80Victor63US #116
#81Warren63US #97
#82Alfred61US #63
#83Allan59US #150
#84Phillip57US #107
#85Leon56US #86
#86Roland54US #119
#87Alvin52US #91
#88Elmer52US #115
#89Harvey52US #99
#90Ernest50US #55
#91Merlin50
#92Edwin49US #89
#93Floyd48US #76
#94Norbert48
#95Gilbert47US #111
#96Neil47US #167
#97Rodney46US #149
#98Alan45US #122
#99Bill45US #60
#100Darrell45US #136

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑28Judith#22
↑26Yvonne#49
↑23Gail#77
↑19Arnold#50
↑18Karen#65
↑18Kathryn#70
↑18Don#63
↑17Sandra#51

Falling

↓36Norma#89
↓25Mildred#86
↓24Earl#62
↓21Norbert#94
↓18Caroline#80
↓17Harvey#89
↓16Lillian#100
↓15Grace#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.