State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,883 Wisconsin births in 1943 across 745 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#83Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#84Lyle#185 nationally
#44Duane#138 nationally
#90Lynne#178 nationally
#28Jerome#109 nationally
#83Gregory#163 nationally
#81Julie#156 nationally
#60Lynn#134 nationally
#75Dean#142 nationally
#75Audrey#140 nationally
#41Marlene#104 nationally
#45Keith#108 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,724US #1
#2Judith1,144US #7
#3Sharon1,070US #8
#4Barbara1,006US #2
#5Karen986US #15
#6Carol957US #5
#7Patricia901US #3
#8Sandra878US #6
#9Kathleen722US #22
#10Nancy687US #9
#11Susan559US #18
#12Donna473US #17
#13Diane467US #24
#14Judy428US #13
#15Joan380US #21
#16Jean368US #36
#17Linda365US #4
#18Janet357US #20
#19Shirley356US #12
#20Bonnie346US #34
#21Janice317US #26
#22Margaret309US #14
#23Betty304US #10
#24Joyce291US #16
#25Marilyn289US #27
#26Beverly278US #32
#27Ruth250US #33
#28Darlene244US #73
#29Joanne219US #49
#30Virginia203US #25
#31Jane198US #44
#32Lois182US #43
#33Dorothy176US #19
#34Elizabeth176US #23
#35Elaine175US #46
#36Gloria167US #30
#37Carolyn166US #11
#38Rita157US #52
#39Kathryn153US #75
#40Sally152US #57
#41Marlene151US #104
#42Joann147US #60
#43Ann146US #37
#44Helen140US #28
#45Carole138US #42
#46Phyllis132US #39
#47Dianne129US #88
#48Suzanne129US #86
#49Gail127US #55
#50Marjorie124US #79
#51Alice121US #38
#52Ellen121US #67
#53Kay117US #81
#54Rosemary114US #97
#55Charlotte113US #47
#56Arlene109US #90
#57Jeanne109US #113
#58Marie109US #45
#59Geraldine108US #51
#60Lynn107US #134
#61Eileen106US #68
#62Jacqueline105US #65
#63Pamela103US #54
#64Christine99US #84
#65Rose97US #50
#66Doris96US #40
#67Diana95US #62
#68Catherine94US #48
#69Sue86US #72
#70Marcia83US #96
#71Constance77US #109
#72Delores77US #99
#73Jeanette74US #110
#74Katherine74US #78
#75Audrey73US #140
#76Cheryl72US #102
#77Frances69US #31
#78June67US #111
#79Lorraine66US #94
#80Connie63US #59
#81Julie63US #156
#82Anne62US #80
#83Bonita60
#84Maryann60US #135
#85Roberta60US #66
#86Yvonne59US #141
#87Louise58US #70
#88Marion57US #129
#89Charlene55US #121
#90Lynne55US #178
#91Peggy55US #41
#92Anita54US #98
#93Jo53US #63
#94Cynthia52US #101
#95Kathy52US #136
#96Evelyn51US #53
#97Irene49US #85
#98Dolores48US #74
#99Sheila48US #92
#100Maureen45US #105

Boys

#1James1,879US #1
#2Robert1,756US #2
#3John1,477US #3
#4Richard1,424US #5
#5David1,209US #6
#6Thomas1,173US #8
#7William947US #4
#8Ronald876US #9
#9Michael751US #10
#10Dennis711US #20
#11Donald705US #11
#12Kenneth649US #15
#13Gary639US #16
#14Gerald586US #23
#15Charles480US #7
#16Roger456US #24
#17Larry445US #12
#18Daniel331US #25
#19Joseph326US #13
#20Paul317US #19
#21Edward297US #18
#22George273US #14
#23Wayne273US #41
#24Douglas254US #28
#25Dale230US #59
#26Jerry228US #17
#27Peter226US #39
#28Jerome220US #109
#29Lawrence217US #32
#30Raymond202US #22
#31Eugene181US #47
#32Terry173US #49
#33Frank169US #21
#34Harold168US #27
#35Patrick166US #69
#36Bruce164US #51
#37Ralph150US #40
#38Allen148US #76
#39Jack147US #34
#40Russell135US #73
#41Stephen133US #29
#42Carl131US #33
#43Arthur126US #30
#44Duane121US #138
#45Keith121US #108
#46Steven121US #58
#47Timothy117US #99
#48Walter115US #26
#49Alan111US #67
#50Frederick111US #70
#51Norman110US #56
#52Tom107US #87
#53Gene103US #89
#54Gordon103US #98
#55Mark103US #101
#56Fred101US #45
#57Leroy100US #74
#58Marvin100US #66
#59Lee98US #91
#60Anthony97US #44
#61Francis96US #64
#62Bernard95US #92
#63Howard94US #48
#64Henry93US #31
#65Stanley93US #54
#66Leonard88US #55
#67Glenn86US #85
#68Rodney86US #118
#69Philip82US #57
#70Jim76US #75
#71Roy76US #38
#72Jeffrey75US #116
#73Theodore72US #96
#74Brian71US #120
#75Dean70US #142
#76Jon69US #127
#77Allan68US #136
#78Mike65US #90
#79Phillip64US #81
#80Albert62US #43
#81Victor62US #97
#82Edwin61US #107
#83Gregory60US #163
#84Lyle59US #185
#85Arnold55US #131
#86Clifford55US #94
#87Harry55US #50
#88Lynn55US #147
#89Martin55US #83
#90Earl54US #60
#91Leon54US #103
#92Warren54US #102
#93Lloyd53US #104
#94Clarence51US #68
#95Louis51US #53
#96Alvin50US #113
#97Bill50US #65
#98Vernon50US #117
#99Don49US #72
#100Melvin49US #63

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑35Pamela#63
↑28Constance#71
↑23Marjorie#50
↑22Rodney#68
↑20Theodore#73
↑19Timothy#47
↑17Brian#74
↑15Keith#45

Falling

↓24Dolores#98
↓20Allan#77
↓19Philip#69
↓19Lloyd#93
↓18Earl#90
↓17Melvin#100
↓15Doris#66
↓14Evelyn#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.