State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,841 Wisconsin births in 1942 across 752 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#73Lyle#176 nationally
#41Duane#132 nationally
#78Gregory#165 nationally
#65Lynn#149 nationally
#75Dean#151 nationally
#29Jerome#104 nationally
#86Julie#157 nationally
#57Allan#124 nationally
#97Dave#162 nationally
#45Dianne#109 nationally
#82Lynn#146 nationally
#60Keith#123 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,583US #1
#2Judith1,303US #7
#3Karen1,081US #16
#4Barbara1,027US #2
#5Carol1,012US #5
#6Patricia941US #3
#7Sandra921US #6
#8Sharon840US #11
#9Nancy681US #8
#10Kathleen658US #24
#11Susan483US #21
#12Diane458US #28
#13Joan453US #18
#14Donna442US #20
#15Judy428US #15
#16Janet373US #19
#17Bonnie371US #34
#18Jean367US #36
#19Janice365US #25
#20Shirley351US #12
#21Joyce321US #13
#22Betty313US #9
#23Marilyn298US #27
#24Linda288US #4
#25Beverly285US #32
#26Margaret281US #14
#27Ruth272US #33
#28Darlene270US #78
#29Virginia251US #23
#30Joanne241US #48
#31Carolyn210US #10
#32Gloria204US #31
#33Carole198US #35
#34Lois190US #44
#35Elizabeth185US #22
#36Dorothy182US #17
#37Jane177US #46
#38Marlene168US #84
#39Ann166US #38
#40Elaine166US #45
#41Joann166US #58
#42Helen160US #26
#43Sally150US #56
#44Rita134US #55
#45Dianne131US #109
#46Kay129US #75
#47Kathryn127US #82
#48Alice125US #39
#49Geraldine122US #47
#50Suzanne119US #103
#51Doris118US #41
#52Phyllis116US #37
#53Rosemary112US #92
#54Charlotte107US #51
#55Marie107US #43
#56Sue106US #73
#57Ellen105US #64
#58Jeanne105US #119
#59Arlene104US #83
#60Gail99US #60
#61Christine92US #96
#62Jacqueline92US #69
#63Rose92US #50
#64Catherine91US #49
#65Lynn90US #149
#66Delores89US #86
#67Jeanette88US #104
#68Katherine88US #81
#69Audrey86US #120
#70Diana81US #68
#71Frances81US #30
#72Eileen79US #88
#73Marjorie79US #74
#74Dolores73US #63
#75Louise73US #61
#76Marcia73US #105
#77June68US #107
#78Lorraine67US #91
#79Yvonne65US #131
#80Charlene63US #117
#81Cynthia60US #101
#82Evelyn60US #53
#83Maryann60US #138
#84Roberta60US #66
#85Marion59US #130
#86Julie58US #157
#87Marian57US #141
#88Connie55US #70
#89Maureen53US #102
#90Sheila53US #94
#91Anne51US #76
#92Grace50US #129
#93Irene50US #80
#94Loretta50US #79
#95Lucille50US #118
#96Anita49US #93
#97Martha49US #29
#98Pamela49US #106
#99Constance46US #116
#100Kathy46US #159

Boys

#1James1,936US #1
#2Robert1,731US #2
#3John1,421US #3
#4Richard1,408US #5
#5David1,200US #6
#6Thomas1,166US #8
#7William1,061US #4
#8Ronald870US #9
#9Dennis741US #20
#10Donald720US #10
#11Michael672US #13
#12Gerald613US #22
#13Gary606US #18
#14Kenneth582US #15
#15Charles487US #7
#16Roger456US #25
#17Larry405US #12
#18Edward321US #17
#19Joseph317US #11
#20Paul312US #19
#21Douglas296US #23
#22Daniel288US #28
#23George280US #14
#24Wayne276US #41
#25Jerry261US #16
#26Peter243US #39
#27Eugene236US #45
#28Raymond229US #24
#29Jerome224US #104
#30Dale221US #63
#31Lawrence218US #30
#32Patrick186US #64
#33Bruce182US #50
#34Allen163US #71
#35Frank157US #21
#36Harold153US #27
#37Terry144US #52
#38Jack140US #34
#39Arthur139US #29
#40Russell138US #70
#41Duane134US #132
#42Carl131US #36
#43Frederick124US #68
#44Marvin115US #66
#45Ralph115US #38
#46Gene113US #82
#47Leroy113US #69
#48Norman112US #53
#49Gordon110US #92
#50Philip110US #54
#51Anthony106US #44
#52Stephen106US #32
#53Walter105US #26
#54Bernard103US #90
#55Lee99US #87
#56Tom96US #89
#57Allan95US #124
#58Steven95US #75
#59Francis94US #58
#60Keith94US #123
#61Leonard94US #57
#62Alan93US #81
#63Fred93US #46
#64Henry93US #31
#65Stanley87US #56
#66Timothy87US #108
#67Glenn85US #88
#68Howard78US #49
#69Mark77US #117
#70Jim75US #74
#71Phillip75US #77
#72Earl71US #62
#73Lyle71US #176
#74Lloyd70US #96
#75Dean68US #151
#76Roy68US #42
#77Victor68US #99
#78Gregory65US #165
#79Jeffrey65US #116
#80Clarence64US #67
#81Jon64US #125
#82Lynn64US #146
#83Melvin64US #60
#84Albert63US #40
#85Harvey61US #107
#86Louis61US #51
#87Bill60US #65
#88Harry60US #48
#89Don59US #72
#90Rodney59US #121
#91Brian58US #139
#92Arnold55US #130
#93Theodore55US #91
#94Warren55US #97
#95Clifford54US #95
#96Vernon54US #114
#97Dave50US #162
#98Leon50US #93
#99Barry47US #79
#100Glen47US #144

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑34Christine#61
↑24Lynn#65
↑23Jim#70
↑22Dianne#45
↑18Douglas#21
↑18Jeffrey#79
↑17Marcia#76
↑17Allan#57

Falling

↓27Marjorie#73
↓23Rodney#90
↓19Audrey#69
↓19Jon#81
↓14Arlene#59
↓14Anita#96
↓14Constance#99
↓12Phillip#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.