State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,115 Wisconsin births in 1937 across 679 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#82Norbertoutside the national top 200
#81Lyle#167 nationally
#97Caroline#181 nationally
#35Duane#115 nationally
#65Suzanne#145 nationally
#97Mark#176 nationally
#35Karen#113 nationally
#24Jerome#100 nationally
#91Maryann#167 nationally
#76Jeanne#149 nationally
#84Neil#157 nationally
#57Allan#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,272US #1
#2Patricia890US #3
#3Barbara849US #2
#4Carol835US #6
#5Nancy675US #7
#6Shirley666US #4
#7Donna537US #21
#8Joan496US #9
#9Betty420US #5
#10Beverly391US #14
#11Janet360US #18
#12Joyce357US #11
#13Judith347US #34
#14Marilyn334US #13
#15Janice326US #25
#16Marlene323US #40
#17Jean302US #23
#18Margaret302US #10
#19Lois299US #29
#20Dorothy292US #8
#21Ruth291US #15
#22Joanne262US #51
#23Kathleen255US #61
#24Sharon243US #41
#25Darlene238US #72
#26Elaine238US #45
#27Sandra231US #26
#28Arlene213US #60
#29Diane194US #76
#30Helen189US #12
#31Virginia189US #16
#32Phyllis184US #27
#33Sally175US #59
#34Gloria167US #32
#35Karen160US #113
#36Alice156US #28
#37Audrey156US #85
#38Doris151US #22
#39Jane150US #42
#40Elizabeth149US #17
#41Delores146US #68
#42Rose143US #38
#43Joann140US #58
#44Yvonne138US #77
#45Ann137US #30
#46Marjorie134US #57
#47Susan131US #97
#48Rita126US #69
#49Marie124US #35
#50Bonnie116US #64
#51Geraldine113US #44
#52Jeanette110US #90
#53Carole108US #56
#54Dolores108US #37
#55Rosemary108US #110
#56Frances107US #19
#57Kay106US #79
#58Evelyn103US #36
#59Jacqueline100US #70
#60June98US #71
#61Lorraine98US #83
#62Carolyn96US #20
#63Gail93US #99
#64Judy92US #91
#65Suzanne89US #145
#66Charlotte84US #67
#67Eileen84US #107
#68Catherine83US #47
#69Marian82US #129
#70Kathryn79US #108
#71Irene78US #62
#72Marion77US #109
#73Norma77US #33
#74Roberta76US #66
#75Lucille75US #98
#76Jeanne73US #149
#77Sylvia73US #50
#78Grace70US #94
#79Linda68US #49
#80Louise63US #48
#81Marcia62US #124
#82Bernice61US #104
#83Ellen61US #102
#84Florence59US #81
#85Anita58US #93
#86Constance58US #118
#87Deanna52US #139
#88Loretta52US #63
#89Mildred51US #43
#90Esther50US #116
#91Maryann50US #167
#92Agnes49US #153
#93Annette49US #115
#94Anna48US #39
#95Diana48US #157
#96Eleanor47US #53
#97Caroline46US #181
#98Katherine45US #103
#99Lillian44US #84
#100Maxine43US #136

Boys

#1Robert1,657US #1
#2James1,347US #2
#3Richard1,235US #5
#4John1,094US #3
#5Donald989US #7
#6Ronald880US #11
#7William823US #4
#8David797US #8
#9Thomas725US #9
#10Gerald611US #20
#11Kenneth473US #14
#12Charles447US #6
#13Roger402US #36
#14Edward295US #13
#15Joseph292US #12
#16George268US #10
#17Paul254US #15
#18Eugene252US #33
#19Gary243US #29
#20Wayne242US #44
#21Raymond236US #19
#22Larry217US #16
#23Michael207US #27
#24Jerome198US #100
#25Harold191US #21
#26Jerry191US #17
#27Lawrence181US #38
#28Daniel177US #39
#29Dale172US #59
#30Jack171US #23
#31Ralph156US #34
#32Arthur150US #31
#33Frank147US #18
#34Dennis146US #63
#35Duane139US #115
#36Marvin138US #49
#37Carl137US #28
#38Walter137US #26
#39Leroy135US #56
#40Gordon133US #75
#41Russell131US #67
#42Peter125US #52
#43Norman124US #43
#44Bruce111US #70
#45Frederick107US #68
#46Allen102US #76
#47Henry102US #30
#48Bernard101US #73
#49Francis101US #55
#50Gene97US #61
#51Fred94US #35
#52Philip92US #62
#53Douglas87US #74
#54Clarence86US #54
#55Patrick83US #94
#56Stanley82US #57
#57Allan80US #124
#58Earl79US #48
#59Glenn79US #88
#60Alan78US #103
#61Howard78US #42
#62Vernon77US #96
#63Albert76US #37
#64Arnold76US #111
#65Harry73US #41
#66Leonard71US #58
#67Lloyd71US #91
#68Anthony69US #47
#69Don69US #51
#70Louis69US #46
#71Roy67US #40
#72Melvin66US #50
#73Tom65US #108
#74Edwin64US #89
#75Keith64US #123
#76Theodore64US #86
#77Harvey63US #95
#78Herbert63US #65
#79Lee63US #78
#80Dean62US #127
#81Lyle58US #167
#82Norbert58
#83Clifford56US #90
#84Neil55US #157
#85Jim54US #82
#86Leon54US #85
#87Martin52US #87
#88Phillip52US #98
#89Warren52US #106
#90Ernest51US #53
#91Terry51US #113
#92Alfred50US #60
#93Leo50US #97
#94Rodney48US #151
#95Darrell47US #130
#96Roland47US #126
#97Mark45US #176
#98Karl44US #162
#99Alvin43US #99
#100Lester42US #116

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑21Suzanne#65
↑19Marian#69
↑19Vernon#62
↑18Sally#33
↑18Linda#79
↑17Susan#47
↑17Alan#60
↑16Diane#29

Falling

↓24Lyle#81
↓24Roland#96
↓22Leonard#66
↓21Melvin#72
↓19Anna#94
↓16Howard#61
↓16Dean#80
↓15Annette#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.