State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,925 Wisconsin births in 1945 across 700 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#97Lyle#194 nationally
#45Duane#138 nationally
#49Dean#136 nationally
#36Jerome#122 nationally
#74Julie#155 nationally
#98Jill#177 nationally
#71Audrey#143 nationally
#80Randall#149 nationally
#91Neil#157 nationally
#88Lynne#153 nationally
#75Allan#137 nationally
#55Gordon#109 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,780US #1
#2Barbara926US #3
#3Carol914US #5
#4Patricia859US #4
#5Judith848US #9
#6Sandra829US #6
#7Karen760US #16
#8Sharon757US #8
#9Susan736US #10
#10Kathleen719US #19
#11Nancy605US #7
#12Diane514US #22
#13Linda480US #2
#14Donna388US #17
#15Judy382US #13
#16Jean350US #38
#17Bonnie344US #35
#18Jane327US #36
#19Janet323US #20
#20Joan306US #25
#21Janice283US #24
#22Shirley283US #14
#23Margaret282US #15
#24Marilyn274US #27
#25Betty255US #11
#26Joyce240US #18
#27Ruth220US #33
#28Beverly213US #37
#29Darlene212US #71
#30Cheryl208US #32
#31Elizabeth184US #26
#32Gloria175US #23
#33Virginia171US #28
#34Kathryn164US #65
#35Ann162US #39
#36Dianne156US #72
#37Lois153US #48
#38Elaine150US #44
#39Joanne149US #53
#40Dorothy148US #21
#41Carolyn147US #12
#42Diana138US #43
#43Sally138US #64
#44Kay137US #91
#45Pamela132US #42
#46Sue132US #66
#47Suzanne127US #68
#48Gail123US #52
#49Helen121US #31
#50Lynn120US #102
#51Jeanne117US #98
#52Rita117US #59
#53Joann116US #80
#54Christine114US #62
#55Marie114US #49
#56Catherine112US #50
#57Ellen110US #61
#58Rosemary109US #79
#59Phyllis108US #40
#60Marlene107US #110
#61Carole106US #51
#62Arlene96US #99
#63Alice95US #41
#64Eileen92US #70
#65Marcia91US #88
#66Marjorie91US #94
#67Connie89US #47
#68Rose89US #54
#69Jacqueline84US #63
#70Kathy82US #101
#71Audrey80US #143
#72Geraldine80US #56
#73Roberta77US #75
#74Julie76US #155
#75Katherine73US #82
#76Charlotte72US #55
#77Doris71US #46
#78Peggy70US #45
#79Victoria70US #106
#80Sheila68US #89
#81Jeanette64US #122
#82June64US #121
#83Louise64US #78
#84Charlene63US #114
#85Frances61US #34
#86Constance59US #109
#87Cynthia59US #90
#88Lynne59US #153
#89Martha56US #30
#90Delores54US #112
#91Lorraine53US #87
#92Jo52US #60
#93Vicki52US #117
#94Laura49US #77
#95Maureen49US #105
#96Yvonne48US #133
#97Paula47US #67
#98Jill46US #177
#99Georgia45US #116
#100Andrea44US #126

Boys

#1James1,871US #1
#2Robert1,689US #2
#3John1,515US #3
#4Richard1,430US #5
#5David1,162US #6
#6Thomas1,146US #8
#7Michael954US #9
#8William931US #4
#9Gary828US #13
#10Dennis790US #19
#11Ronald693US #10
#12Donald609US #12
#13Kenneth577US #16
#14Roger445US #22
#15Gerald432US #25
#16Charles431US #7
#17Larry431US #11
#18Paul367US #17
#19Daniel336US #24
#20Joseph323US #14
#21Wayne269US #35
#22George252US #15
#23Edward245US #18
#24Raymond214US #23
#25Peter209US #38
#26Terry209US #33
#27Dale205US #61
#28Douglas199US #29
#29Jerry198US #20
#30Bruce193US #48
#31Lawrence185US #30
#32Alan169US #52
#33Patrick167US #63
#34Steven165US #43
#35Eugene156US #50
#36Jerome150US #122
#37Stephen142US #26
#38Mark140US #72
#39Frank139US #21
#40Harold137US #28
#41Timothy137US #70
#42Allen132US #74
#43Jack128US #32
#44Carl123US #39
#45Duane118US #138
#46Russell118US #64
#47Ralph114US #44
#48Arthur113US #34
#49Dean107US #136
#50Tom105US #89
#51Jeffrey99US #91
#52Frederick98US #77
#53Anthony97US #46
#54Gregory96US #96
#55Gordon92US #109
#56Norman91US #65
#57Keith89US #108
#58Gene87US #100
#59Walter86US #27
#60Jon84US #112
#61Leroy84US #83
#62Lee81US #87
#63Philip80US #58
#64Francis79US #76
#65Jim78US #68
#66Stanley78US #59
#67Marvin76US #80
#68Roy76US #40
#69Theodore74US #101
#70Leonard73US #57
#71Phillip73US #85
#72Bernard72US #98
#73Brian71US #113
#74Fred71US #51
#75Allan69US #137
#76Howard66US #54
#77Henry65US #37
#78Mike62US #69
#79Rodney62US #105
#80Randall60US #149
#81Victor60US #95
#82Bill56US #66
#83Harry56US #47
#84Lloyd56US #103
#85Don55US #73
#86Albert54US #49
#87Barry54US #84
#88Glenn53US #93
#89Louis52US #55
#90Earl50US #71
#91Neil49US #157
#92Clifford48US #99
#93Harvey48US #116
#94Arnold47US #147
#95Darrell46US #141
#96Warren46US #106
#97Lyle44US #194
#98Dan43US #127
#99Andrew42US #86
#100Clarence42US #82

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑29Dean#49
↑26Diana#42
↑24Audrey#71
↑21Victoria#79
↑20Jeffrey#51
↑20Jon#60
↑19Gregory#54
↑19Randall#80

Falling

↓25Howard#76
↓25Glenn#88
↓20Carole#61
↓19Walter#59
↓16Leonard#70
↓15Alice#63
↓15Katherine#75
↓14Delores#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.