State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,495 Wisconsin births in 1941 across 695 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#86Norbertoutside the national top 200
#78Julie#169 nationally
#79Lyle#168 nationally
#44Duane#129 nationally
#89Lynn#171 nationally
#67Dianne#146 nationally
#99Karl#178 nationally
#98Caroline#174 nationally
#74Maryann#147 nationally
#30Jerome#101 nationally
#90Neil#161 nationally
#50Audrey#117 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,312US #1
#2Judith1,176US #6
#3Barbara972US #2
#4Patricia959US #3
#5Carol888US #4
#6Karen827US #19
#7Sandra689US #9
#8Nancy683US #8
#9Sharon678US #15
#10Kathleen451US #36
#11Donna440US #20
#12Joan427US #17
#13Janet385US #18
#14Judy363US #16
#15Susan355US #27
#16Janice343US #22
#17Shirley338US #10
#18Jean329US #32
#19Joyce320US #13
#20Bonnie318US #33
#21Diane317US #40
#22Betty301US #7
#23Margaret271US #12
#24Beverly261US #29
#25Darlene260US #76
#26Ruth254US #28
#27Marilyn253US #30
#28Dorothy228US #14
#29Linda212US #5
#30Virginia212US #23
#31Carolyn210US #11
#32Gloria210US #26
#33Joanne201US #54
#34Lois201US #43
#35Marlene196US #83
#36Jane177US #46
#37Elizabeth169US #21
#38Helen167US #24
#39Elaine160US #44
#40Joann158US #58
#41Kay153US #70
#42Phyllis139US #35
#43Ann132US #37
#44Sally126US #61
#45Arlene124US #77
#46Marjorie113US #71
#47Carole112US #48
#48Alice111US #34
#49Marie110US #42
#50Audrey107US #117
#51Rita103US #63
#52Charlotte101US #55
#53Kathryn101US #87
#54Geraldine99US #45
#55Ellen97US #67
#56Doris92US #38
#57Gail91US #68
#58Rosemary91US #94
#59Rose88US #49
#60Suzanne88US #97
#61Jeanne85US #126
#62Jacqueline81US #73
#63Sue81US #75
#64Frances77US #31
#65Katherine77US #85
#66Delores74US #80
#67Dianne73US #146
#68Catherine72US #51
#69Diana69US #100
#70Annette67US #128
#71Jeanette66US #98
#72June66US #90
#73Yvonne66US #120
#74Maryann65US #147
#75Eileen63US #121
#76Lorraine61US #93
#77Dolores59US #57
#78Julie59US #169
#79Louise57US #62
#80Roberta57US #72
#81Deanna56US #137
#82Anita55US #91
#83Evelyn54US #50
#84Marion53US #130
#85Constance52US #114
#86Grace52US #123
#87Charlene50US #125
#88Marian50US #142
#89Lynn47US #171
#90Maureen47US #129
#91Pat47US #134
#92Lucille46US #119
#93Marcia46US #105
#94Maxine46US #139
#95Christine45US #101
#96Loretta45US #81
#97Rosalie45US #152
#98Caroline44US #174
#99Connie44US #79
#100Norma44US #47

Boys

#1James1,647US #1
#2Robert1,645US #2
#3Richard1,340US #5
#4John1,281US #3
#5David1,051US #7
#6Thomas1,035US #8
#7William925US #4
#8Ronald856US #9
#9Donald655US #10
#10Gerald587US #20
#11Kenneth549US #15
#12Gary524US #19
#13Dennis508US #23
#14Charles480US #6
#15Michael478US #16
#16Roger428US #25
#17Larry379US #11
#18Paul305US #18
#19Joseph299US #12
#20Wayne272US #37
#21Daniel262US #31
#22Edward250US #17
#23George245US #13
#24Jerry241US #14
#25Eugene221US #42
#26Peter221US #44
#27Raymond216US #22
#28Dale212US #59
#29Lawrence212US #34
#30Jerome193US #101
#31Harold190US #24
#32Carl161US #29
#33Bruce152US #51
#34Frank150US #21
#35Patrick149US #70
#36Jack140US #32
#37Ralph133US #38
#38Gordon119US #92
#39Douglas117US #53
#40Russell115US #75
#41Arthur113US #33
#42Terry113US #64
#43Frederick112US #69
#44Duane111US #129
#45Walter111US #26
#46Allen110US #73
#47Philip107US #52
#48Leroy105US #67
#49Bernard100US #87
#50Gene100US #72
#51Anthony99US #46
#52Keith98US #119
#53Norman95US #49
#54Stephen94US #41
#55Alan93US #84
#56Lee89US #81
#57Francis88US #60
#58Marvin88US #63
#59Phillip87US #77
#60Tom85US #88
#61Fred84US #43
#62Jon77US #128
#63Leonard77US #54
#64Howard76US #47
#65Mark74US #122
#66Glenn73US #86
#67Rodney71US #127
#68Roy67US #39
#69Steven67US #90
#70Clarence65US #62
#71Earl65US #58
#72Melvin65US #56
#73Stanley64US #57
#74Allan62US #135
#75Henry62US #28
#76Herbert61US #76
#77Louis61US #50
#78Lloyd60US #96
#79Lyle60US #168
#80Don59US #66
#81Dean58US #143
#82Timothy58US #121
#83Darrell57US #130
#84Theodore56US #95
#85Clifford55US #94
#86Norbert55
#87Albert54US #40
#88Warren54US #105
#89Harry53US #48
#90Neil52US #161
#91Vernon52US #108
#92Martin51US #85
#93Jim50US #80
#94Arnold49US #123
#95Lynn49US #141
#96Alfred48US #74
#97Jeffrey48US #134
#98Harvey46US #106
#99Karl45US #178
#100Edwin44US #97

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑28Mark#65
↑20Phillip#59
↑20Rodney#67
↑19Annette#70
↑17Stephen#54
↑14Katherine#65
↑14Bernard#49
↑14Keith#52

Falling

↓24Henry#75
↓22Lucille#92
↓20Stanley#73
↓18Marion#84
↓18Vernon#91
↓18Jim#93
↓17Albert#87
↓16Theodore#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.