State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,228 Wisconsin births in 1939 across 693 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#81Norbertoutside the national top 200
#78Dianne#192 nationally
#77Lyle#175 nationally
#90Caroline#186 nationally
#42Duane#118 nationally
#53Allan#125 nationally
#63Dean#134 nationally
#25Jerome#93 nationally
#82Jeanne#147 nationally
#77Charlene#139 nationally
#65Rodney#122 nationally
#95Neil#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,288US #1
#2Judith962US #8
#3Patricia903US #3
#4Barbara881US #2
#5Carol845US #6
#6Nancy700US #7
#7Joan501US #11
#8Donna474US #20
#9Karen470US #39
#10Shirley455US #5
#11Sharon440US #23
#12Sandra431US #13
#13Janet420US #17
#14Janice339US #24
#15Betty328US #4
#16Joyce322US #12
#17Beverly317US #25
#18Marilyn310US #19
#19Jean289US #32
#20Ruth276US #22
#21Dorothy268US #9
#22Kathleen265US #48
#23Darlene264US #75
#24Judy261US #28
#25Margaret253US #10
#26Marlene247US #64
#27Diane243US #51
#28Susan226US #44
#29Joanne213US #53
#30Elaine208US #45
#31Lois204US #35
#32Alice181US #31
#33Helen178US #16
#34Virginia176US #21
#35Elizabeth151US #18
#36Phyllis149US #30
#37Arlene148US #69
#38Doris139US #29
#39Joann134US #57
#40Geraldine133US #41
#41Jane133US #46
#42Ann129US #33
#43Carolyn128US #14
#44Sally127US #52
#45Carole118US #47
#46Audrey117US #98
#47Bonnie116US #61
#48Rose114US #42
#49Linda113US #15
#50Gloria112US #36
#51Marjorie110US #60
#52Kay109US #76
#53Rita105US #78
#54Yvonne105US #90
#55Gail102US #73
#56Rosemary102US #93
#57Marie99US #37
#58Jeanette96US #82
#59Lorraine90US #95
#60Delores88US #79
#61Charlotte87US #66
#62Catherine85US #49
#63June85US #83
#64Loretta83US #65
#65Frances82US #26
#66Jacqueline82US #72
#67Ellen79US #80
#68Kathryn78US #106
#69Eileen74US #115
#70Dolores73US #58
#71Marion72US #120
#72Suzanne68US #122
#73Irene66US #74
#74Evelyn65US #40
#75Marian64US #130
#76Rosalie64US #114
#77Charlene63US #139
#78Dianne63US #192
#79Louise62US #59
#80Roberta62US #71
#81Deanna61US #133
#82Jeanne59US #147
#83Marcia59US #109
#84Katherine58US #101
#85Sylvia58US #62
#86Maxine55US #137
#87Mildred55US #55
#88Theresa55US #94
#89Anita52US #97
#90Caroline51US #186
#91Annette50US #121
#92Eleanor49US #63
#93Sue49US #92
#94Anna47US #43
#95Constance47US #123
#96Norma47US #38
#97Lucille45US #110
#98Cynthia43US #152
#99Grace43US #108
#100Josephine43US #84

Boys

#1Robert1,571US #1
#2James1,489US #2
#3Richard1,284US #5
#4John1,155US #3
#5David899US #7
#6Thomas818US #9
#7Donald810US #8
#8William806US #4
#9Ronald797US #10
#10Gerald569US #19
#11Kenneth536US #13
#12Roger441US #28
#13Charles403US #6
#14Dennis366US #34
#15Gary349US #21
#16Michael340US #18
#17Larry309US #14
#18Paul306US #17
#19Joseph291US #12
#20Wayne286US #39
#21Edward283US #15
#22George270US #11
#23Eugene240US #37
#24Jerry213US #16
#25Jerome206US #93
#26Raymond204US #22
#27Lawrence202US #36
#28Dale194US #59
#29Daniel192US #38
#30Peter149US #46
#31Frank148US #20
#32Allen145US #72
#33Harold145US #23
#34Ralph142US #35
#35Norman140US #44
#36Jack137US #26
#37Leroy134US #61
#38Carl129US #30
#39Gordon129US #82
#40Douglas127US #58
#41Walter121US #25
#42Duane118US #118
#43Frederick118US #71
#44Patrick117US #79
#45Bruce113US #64
#46Arthur112US #32
#47Bernard107US #76
#48Marvin106US #52
#49Russell105US #73
#50Terry101US #83
#51Henry97US #31
#52Gene94US #69
#53Allan92US #125
#54Glenn92US #87
#55Lee92US #78
#56Leonard92US #54
#57Alan91US #85
#58Earl84US #50
#59Francis84US #53
#60Stanley82US #57
#61Tom81US #97
#62Fred80US #40
#63Dean78US #134
#64Philip77US #66
#65Rodney72US #122
#66Jon69US #121
#67Albert64US #41
#68Anthony64US #48
#69Clarence64US #60
#70Don63US #56
#71Howard62US #47
#72Leon62US #86
#73Melvin62US #51
#74Vernon62US #100
#75Keith60US #117
#76Leo59US #108
#77Lyle58US #175
#78Theodore58US #90
#79Roy57US #42
#80Harry56US #45
#81Norbert56
#82Warren56US #104
#83Lloyd55US #95
#84Louis55US #49
#85Arnold53US #113
#86Phillip53US #92
#87Alfred51US #70
#88Stephen51US #65
#89Roland48US #131
#90Martin47US #91
#91Alvin46US #103
#92Clifford46US #88
#93Harvey46US #102
#94Edwin45US #96
#95Neil45US #152
#96Curtis44US #98
#97Ernest44US #55
#98Darrell43US #130
#99Herbert43US #68
#100Glen42US #123

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑23Linda#49
↑23Ellen#67
↑22Henry#51
↑22Leon#72
↑19Rodney#65
↑17Geraldine#40
↑16Loretta#64
↑16Jon#66

Falling

↓24Grace#99
↓24Howard#71
↓23Rosalie#76
↓22Herbert#99
↓19Clarence#69
↓17Anthony#68
↓17Lloyd#83
↓16Caroline#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.