State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,012 Wisconsin births in 1944 across 707 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#82Bonitaoutside the national top 200
#84Lyle#189 nationally
#97Jill#194 nationally
#45Duane#135 nationally
#32Jerome#117 nationally
#89Lynne#174 nationally
#98Penny#180 nationally
#81Julie#162 nationally
#73Gregory#152 nationally
#65Allan#141 nationally
#92Neil#161 nationally
#52Lynn#116 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,699US #1
#2Judith961US #9
#3Barbara945US #2
#4Carol938US #5
#5Patricia863US #4
#6Sharon862US #8
#7Sandra852US #6
#8Karen825US #16
#9Kathleen715US #20
#10Nancy660US #7
#11Susan643US #13
#12Diane465US #24
#13Donna413US #17
#14Linda406US #3
#15Judy403US #12
#16Janet402US #21
#17Jean384US #37
#18Joan346US #22
#19Bonnie337US #34
#20Margaret311US #14
#21Betty305US #10
#22Ruth279US #32
#23Marilyn273US #27
#24Shirley270US #15
#25Joyce264US #18
#26Janice254US #28
#27Beverly238US #35
#28Cheryl237US #36
#29Darlene235US #76
#30Jane227US #41
#31Dorothy184US #19
#32Elizabeth176US #23
#33Gloria174US #25
#34Lois174US #47
#35Carolyn168US #11
#36Ann161US #39
#37Joanne161US #55
#38Virginia158US #26
#39Kathryn150US #68
#40Elaine147US #46
#41Carole144US #43
#42Sally142US #59
#43Rita126US #54
#44Gail123US #56
#45Helen122US #31
#46Suzanne122US #78
#47Dianne121US #90
#48Alice120US #38
#49Joann120US #65
#50Kay118US #88
#51Marlene118US #106
#52Lynn115US #116
#53Pamela112US #44
#54Sue109US #62
#55Ellen104US #63
#56Arlene101US #101
#57Catherine100US #49
#58Christine100US #75
#59Jeanne99US #108
#60Katherine98US #77
#61Kathy98US #110
#62Marie97US #48
#63Geraldine95US #53
#64Charlotte94US #50
#65Phyllis91US #40
#66Rose91US #52
#67Jacqueline90US #64
#68Diana85US #60
#69Marjorie83US #85
#70Connie81US #51
#71Eileen80US #73
#72Marcia79US #89
#73Doris75US #42
#74Frances75US #33
#75Rosemary75US #99
#76Delores64US #97
#77Jeanette64US #117
#78Peggy63US #45
#79Roberta63US #70
#80Constance62US #104
#81Julie61US #162
#82Bonita60
#83Louise59US #69
#84Martha59US #29
#85June57US #121
#86Cynthia55US #105
#87Anne54US #86
#88Charlene52US #109
#89Lynne52US #174
#90Lorraine51US #93
#91Jo50US #61
#92Maureen49US #107
#93Norma48US #66
#94Maryann47US #143
#95Audrey45US #150
#96Theresa45US #96
#97Jill44US #194
#98Penny44US #180
#99Sherry44US #100
#100Victoria44US #139

Boys

#1James1,914US #1
#2Robert1,707US #2
#3John1,480US #3
#4Richard1,435US #5
#5David1,161US #6
#6Thomas1,159US #8
#7William958US #4
#8Michael771US #9
#9Ronald731US #10
#10Gary730US #15
#11Dennis700US #20
#12Donald641US #11
#13Kenneth573US #16
#14Gerald517US #24
#15Charles436US #7
#16Roger435US #23
#17Larry411US #12
#18Daniel361US #25
#19Paul323US #17
#20Joseph305US #13
#21Jerry276US #19
#22Edward272US #18
#23George267US #14
#24Wayne241US #37
#25Dale215US #61
#26Peter215US #40
#27Lawrence207US #32
#28Eugene201US #48
#29Bruce192US #51
#30Douglas191US #34
#31Raymond186US #22
#32Jerome181US #117
#33Terry175US #43
#34Patrick165US #64
#35Jack157US #30
#36Frank153US #21
#37Allen148US #77
#38Harold142US #27
#39Steven133US #52
#40Walter126US #26
#41Ralph125US #42
#42Tom124US #87
#43Carl123US #36
#44Alan122US #55
#45Duane122US #135
#46Keith115US #104
#47Gordon114US #105
#48Russell114US #63
#49Arthur113US #29
#50Stephen108US #28
#51Howard104US #53
#52Mark103US #93
#53Timothy95US #92
#54Leonard92US #56
#55Francis90US #71
#56Frederick90US #73
#57Marvin90US #75
#58Philip89US #60
#59Leroy88US #78
#60Lee87US #85
#61Fred85US #47
#62Anthony83US #46
#63Glenn83US #88
#64Jim81US #68
#65Allan79US #141
#66Bernard77US #94
#67Henry77US #35
#68Norman77US #58
#69Roy75US #39
#70Stanley75US #57
#71Jeffrey74US #101
#72Gene73US #95
#73Gregory68US #152
#74Phillip67US #83
#75Rodney67US #123
#76Theodore66US #96
#77Martin65US #91
#78Dean64US #134
#79Harry63US #49
#80Jon63US #122
#81Brian61US #116
#82Melvin61US #67
#83Mike59US #80
#84Lyle57US #189
#85Darrell56US #133
#86Lloyd55US #102
#87Leon54US #108
#88Warren52US #100
#89Bill51US #66
#90Clarence51US #74
#91Earl51US #65
#92Neil49US #161
#93Clifford48US #99
#94Don48US #72
#95Harvey48US #118
#96Louis48US #54
#97Vernon47US #119
#98Albert46US #44
#99Randall44US #156
#100Steve44US #89

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑48Cheryl#28
↑34Kathy#61
↑18Melvin#82
↑15Sue#54
↑14Katherine#60
↑13Peggy#78
↑12Howard#51
↑12Leonard#54

Falling

↓21Rosemary#75
↓20Audrey#95
↓19Phyllis#65
↓19Marjorie#69
↓19Gene#72
↓18Albert#98
↓17Norman#68
↓11Lorraine#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.