State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,664 Wisconsin births in 1938 across 708 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#89Dianneoutside the national top 200
#74Caroline#181 nationally
#96Norbertoutside the national top 200
#97Myronoutside the national top 200
#83Lyle#183 nationally
#82Sonja#180 nationally
#35Duane#114 nationally
#89Karl#162 nationally
#80Neil#152 nationally
#99Maryann#168 nationally
#26Jerome#93 nationally
#84Jeanne#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,309US #1
#2Barbara927US #2
#3Carol885US #6
#4Patricia858US #3
#5Nancy713US #7
#6Judith671US #12
#7Shirley540US #5
#8Donna518US #20
#9Joan476US #10
#10Beverly412US #18
#11Karen408US #50
#12Betty376US #4
#13Janice373US #24
#14Sandra362US #14
#15Sharon349US #30
#16Janet335US #16
#17Marilyn329US #19
#18Joyce315US #11
#19Marlene297US #51
#20Dorothy296US #8
#21Margaret294US #9
#22Jean283US #27
#23Darlene277US #76
#24Kathleen274US #58
#25Ruth255US #21
#26Diane243US #64
#27Joanne219US #57
#28Lois217US #33
#29Elaine214US #42
#30Helen192US #13
#31Virginia188US #22
#32Phyllis185US #28
#33Elizabeth182US #17
#34Judy180US #41
#35Arlene178US #63
#36Alice168US #29
#37Marjorie155US #53
#38Ann150US #32
#39Kay148US #81
#40Jane147US #44
#41Audrey143US #87
#42Bonnie142US #65
#43Susan142US #71
#44Doris139US #25
#45Carole133US #46
#46Rita133US #74
#47Marie131US #37
#48Gloria127US #36
#49Sally123US #54
#50Jeanette121US #91
#51Rose121US #39
#52Joann118US #68
#53Rosalie118US #66
#54Carolyn116US #15
#55Delores114US #75
#56Rosemary114US #95
#57Geraldine111US #45
#58Yvonne97US #101
#59Evelyn95US #38
#60Lorraine95US #93
#61June94US #79
#62Frances93US #23
#63Eileen90US #113
#64Charlotte87US #70
#65Jacqueline87US #69
#66Gail83US #77
#67Kathryn81US #114
#68Marion80US #118
#69Dolores79US #43
#70Catherine77US #48
#71Deanna74US #115
#72Linda73US #31
#73Suzanne72US #133
#74Caroline68US #181
#75Grace68US #100
#76Annette66US #119
#77Marian64US #128
#78Irene63US #72
#79Louise63US #59
#80Loretta60US #62
#81Roberta60US #73
#82Sonja60US #180
#83Bernice59US #112
#84Jeanne58US #148
#85Katherine58US #105
#86Sylvia58US #56
#87Marcia57US #116
#88Norma57US #34
#89Dianne56
#90Ellen56US #89
#91Anita54US #99
#92Constance54US #117
#93Josephine54US #83
#94Theresa50US #92
#95Eleanor49US #60
#96Florence49US #90
#97Mildred49US #52
#98Lucille48US #106
#99Maryann47US #168
#100Sue47US #104

Boys

#1Robert1,591US #1
#2James1,518US #2
#3Richard1,268US #5
#4John1,152US #3
#5Donald887US #7
#6William869US #4
#7Ronald848US #10
#8David778US #8
#9Thomas756US #9
#10Gerald588US #19
#11Kenneth557US #14
#12Roger469US #31
#13Charles461US #6
#14Gary288US #22
#15George276US #11
#16Joseph269US #12
#17Edward259US #13
#18Dennis250US #49
#19Michael249US #21
#20Paul249US #15
#21Wayne242US #40
#22Eugene240US #33
#23Larry230US #16
#24Raymond228US #20
#25Dale221US #56
#26Jerome220US #93
#27Jerry210US #17
#28Daniel188US #39
#29Jack183US #25
#30Lawrence180US #36
#31Harold155US #23
#32Ralph148US #35
#33Walter144US #26
#34Norman137US #43
#35Duane134US #114
#36Peter134US #48
#37Leroy132US #61
#38Marvin130US #53
#39Gordon128US #78
#40Carl127US #29
#41Frank127US #18
#42Allen124US #73
#43Douglas120US #60
#44Arthur119US #32
#45Francis115US #51
#46Bruce112US #66
#47Howard101US #42
#48Russell100US #70
#49Patrick96US #88
#50Clarence95US #58
#51Anthony94US #46
#52Bernard94US #75
#53Frederick94US #71
#54Leonard92US #57
#55Terry92US #86
#56Lee89US #80
#57Stanley88US #59
#58Earl87US #50
#59Glenn86US #83
#60Melvin85US #54
#61Gene84US #65
#62Albert83US #37
#63Alan82US #91
#64Fred82US #38
#65Allan81US #119
#66Lloyd78US #92
#67Philip76US #64
#68Theodore74US #84
#69Keith73US #120
#70Dean72US #129
#71Vernon72US #103
#72Don71US #52
#73Henry70US #30
#74Phillip68US #95
#75Warren67US #102
#76Tom66US #106
#77Herbert64US #68
#78Roland63US #124
#79Harry61US #44
#80Neil61US #152
#81Roy61US #41
#82Jon60US #126
#83Lyle60US #183
#84Rodney58US #133
#85Leo57US #104
#86Harvey56US #99
#87Louis56US #47
#88Arnold55US #111
#89Karl55US #162
#90Jim54US #81
#91Clifford53US #89
#92Darrell51US #128
#93Alfred50US #69
#94Leon50US #85
#95Bill48US #67
#96Norbert47
#97Myron44
#98Edwin43US #90
#99Ernest43US #55
#100Martin43US #87

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑36Terry#55
↑30Judy#34
↑24Karen#11
↑23Caroline#74
↑23Lee#56
↑18Kay#39
↑18Roland#78
↑17Annette#76

Falling

↓26Henry#73
↓24Arnold#88
↓24Edwin#98
↓23Lucille#98
↓17Louis#87
↓16Sally#49
↓15Dolores#69
↓15Norma#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.