State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,347 Wisconsin births in 1936 across 691 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#94Laverneoutside the national top 200
#96Norbertoutside the national top 200
#98Laverneoutside the national top 200
#57Lyle#159 nationally
#89Caroline#177 nationally
#95Maryann#182 nationally
#48Karen#132 nationally
#56Allan#138 nationally
#20Jerome#98 nationally
#33Duane#110 nationally
#91Jon#168 nationally
#45Diane#112 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,190US #1
#2Shirley915US #2
#3Barbara813US #3
#4Patricia784US #5
#5Carol778US #10
#6Nancy676US #8
#7Joan524US #7
#8Donna488US #22
#9Betty442US #4
#10Marlene393US #39
#11Joyce392US #12
#12Marilyn384US #13
#13Beverly357US #17
#14Dorothy350US #6
#15Janet350US #21
#16Margaret328US #9
#17Jean313US #20
#18Lois269US #26
#19Janice263US #31
#20Ruth260US #16
#21Judith249US #43
#22Helen234US #11
#23Joanne234US #48
#24Darlene230US #83
#25Arlene228US #54
#26Audrey207US #68
#27Phyllis205US #25
#28Alice192US #27
#29Virginia189US #14
#30Elaine187US #50
#31Kathleen181US #67
#32Sandra181US #38
#33Sharon173US #60
#34Delores161US #58
#35Gloria159US #32
#36Elizabeth155US #18
#37Doris152US #15
#38Joann147US #55
#39Rita147US #69
#40Yvonne147US #81
#41Jane145US #42
#42Marjorie138US #49
#43Dolores135US #30
#44Geraldine134US #41
#45Diane132US #112
#46Marie130US #33
#47Ann128US #28
#48Karen122US #132
#49Rose116US #37
#50Lorraine114US #76
#51Sally113US #59
#52June104US #62
#53Evelyn101US #34
#54Jeanette100US #94
#55Charlotte98US #61
#56Jacqueline98US #66
#57Carole97US #73
#58Marion96US #93
#59Rosemary93US #111
#60Eileen91US #103
#61Frances89US #19
#62Kay87US #98
#63Bonnie86US #65
#64Susan85US #110
#65Grace83US #86
#66Irene83US #57
#67Catherine78US #44
#68Gail77US #101
#69Patsy74US #52
#70Bernice73US #95
#71Judy73US #118
#72Carolyn71US #23
#73Kathryn70US #113
#74Lucille69US #92
#75Anna66US #36
#76Ellen65US #99
#77Roberta65US #64
#78Annette64US #125
#79Norma64US #29
#80Louise61US #46
#81Sylvia61US #53
#82Loretta59US #70
#83Marcia59US #138
#84Florence57US #80
#85Anita56US #104
#86Suzanne56US #151
#87Theresa56US #88
#88Marian55US #114
#89Caroline54US #177
#90Gladys54US #84
#91Jeanne51US #141
#92Maxine51US #127
#93Katherine47US #100
#94Laverne47
#95Maryann47US #182
#96Edith45US #87
#97Linda45US #97
#98Martha45US #24
#99Lillian44US #79
#100Constance43US #133

Boys

#1Robert1,601US #1
#2James1,400US #2
#3Richard1,213US #5
#4John1,068US #3
#5Donald1,002US #7
#6Ronald834US #12
#7William804US #4
#8Thomas602US #8
#9David596US #10
#10Gerald563US #19
#11Kenneth500US #14
#12Roger446US #35
#13Charles424US #6
#14George318US #9
#15Edward307US #13
#16Eugene281US #29
#17Wayne268US #45
#18Paul265US #15
#19Joseph261US #11
#20Jerome230US #98
#21Raymond220US #17
#22Harold213US #21
#23Jack200US #20
#24Jerry193US #18
#25Larry185US #25
#26Dale174US #59
#27Daniel169US #41
#28Marvin162US #49
#29Ralph160US #31
#30Lawrence159US #37
#31Gary157US #38
#32Gordon157US #75
#33Duane151US #110
#34Michael148US #33
#35Dennis146US #74
#36Arthur144US #30
#37Peter143US #56
#38Leroy141US #57
#39Carl137US #27
#40Frank137US #16
#41Russell131US #69
#42Walter131US #26
#43Norman114US #43
#44Leonard109US #54
#45Howard107US #40
#46Francis104US #50
#47Bruce102US #73
#48Douglas98US #78
#49Fred98US #36
#50Bernard95US #68
#51Melvin92US #53
#52Clarence91US #52
#53Frederick90US #70
#54Allen88US #81
#55Henry88US #28
#56Allan85US #138
#57Lyle85US #159
#58Lloyd82US #88
#59Anthony80US #48
#60Earl80US #47
#61Gene80US #66
#62Patrick78US #100
#63Philip78US #63
#64Dean77US #125
#65Harry76US #39
#66Albert75US #34
#67Arnold74US #111
#68Glenn74US #80
#69Stanley73US #58
#70Louis70US #44
#71Theodore70US #87
#72Roland64US #118
#73Roy64US #42
#74Edwin63US #84
#75Herbert63US #62
#76Clifford62US #90
#77Alan61US #108
#78Don61US #51
#79Warren61US #95
#80Lee60US #76
#81Vernon60US #93
#82Harvey59US #97
#83Phillip59US #102
#84Alvin58US #96
#85Glen55US #119
#86Alfred54US #60
#87Keith54US #122
#88Leon53US #82
#89Tom53US #112
#90Ernest50US #55
#91Jon50US #168
#92Rodney50US #152
#93Bill46US #61
#94Gilbert44US #113
#95Victor44US #116
#96Norbert43
#97Floyd42US #86
#98Laverne42
#99Leo42US #94
#100Bob41US #77

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑27Allan#56
↑23Kay#62
↑21Alan#77
↑20Sharon#33
↑20Anthony#59
↑19Sandra#32
↑19Annette#78
↑18Larry#25

Falling

↓32Leo#99
↓28Marian#88
↓20Florence#84
↓17Arnold#67
↓15Don#78
↓15Victor#95
↓14Theresa#87
↓13Lorraine#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.