State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,433 Wisconsin births in 1946 across 780 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#93Lyle#200 nationally
#93Bonita#198 nationally
#46Duane#142 nationally
#100Terrence#190 nationally
#57Dean#132 nationally
#91Jill#166 nationally
#43Jerome#114 nationally
#88Scott#155 nationally
#95Neil#161 nationally
#59Allan#124 nationally
#33Lynn#94 nationally
#53Gordon#111 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,972US #1
#2Barbara1,172US #4
#3Patricia1,128US #3
#4Susan1,049US #8
#5Sandra992US #6
#6Carol985US #5
#7Judith971US #10
#8Kathleen958US #16
#9Sharon919US #9
#10Karen842US #15
#11Nancy782US #7
#12Diane660US #19
#13Linda631US #2
#14Donna505US #13
#15Judy474US #11
#16Jean418US #37
#17Bonnie410US #33
#18Margaret390US #17
#19Janet374US #21
#20Janice363US #22
#21Cheryl340US #27
#22Joan337US #28
#23Jane323US #35
#24Shirley323US #18
#25Marilyn291US #29
#26Betty273US #14
#27Suzanne261US #52
#28Joyce249US #20
#29Beverly247US #30
#30Darlene241US #71
#31Ruth234US #38
#32Ann219US #40
#33Lynn214US #94
#34Carolyn213US #12
#35Christine209US #50
#36Gloria202US #26
#37Kathryn201US #63
#38Pamela194US #34
#39Elizabeth184US #25
#40Virginia184US #31
#41Sue182US #61
#42Dorothy180US #23
#43Joanne180US #57
#44Lois177US #55
#45Jeanne176US #83
#46Rita164US #56
#47Dianne163US #76
#48Ellen155US #58
#49Kay154US #101
#50Rosemary154US #74
#51Sally154US #67
#52Elaine152US #47
#53Gail148US #49
#54Joann145US #90
#55Cynthia144US #46
#56Kathy144US #79
#57Connie143US #45
#58Diana140US #42
#59Marlene133US #112
#60Catherine128US #48
#61Phyllis126US #41
#62Rose124US #60
#63Helen122US #36
#64Alice116US #44
#65Carole107US #72
#66Jacqueline106US #62
#67Eileen102US #80
#68Constance100US #100
#69Marcia98US #89
#70Peggy98US #43
#71Marie94US #54
#72Geraldine93US #66
#73Katherine91US #78
#74Arlene86US #113
#75Charlotte86US #64
#76Jo85US #53
#77Julie83US #128
#78Charlene80US #107
#79Sherry78US #73
#80Sheila76US #70
#81Anita74US #84
#82Marjorie73US #106
#83Vicki72US #108
#84Martha71US #32
#85Theresa70US #96
#86Anne69US #81
#87Doris69US #51
#88Louise68US #91
#89Frances67US #39
#90Roberta67US #86
#91Jill66US #166
#92Laura66US #75
#93Bonita65US #198
#94June65US #116
#95Maureen65US #95
#96Lorraine64US #93
#97Delores63US #115
#98Marsha63US #98
#99Victoria63US #122
#100Audrey62US #149

Boys

#1James2,189US #1
#2Robert1,940US #2
#3John1,859US #3
#4Richard1,784US #5
#5Thomas1,394US #8
#6David1,375US #6
#7Michael1,244US #7
#8William1,143US #4
#9Dennis1,036US #17
#10Gary967US #12
#11Ronald891US #10
#12Donald757US #13
#13Kenneth675US #15
#14Charles550US #9
#15Larry530US #11
#16Daniel487US #21
#17Gerald470US #27
#18Roger455US #23
#19Paul421US #18
#20Wayne332US #29
#21Joseph328US #14
#22Terry305US #26
#23Edward295US #19
#24Dale288US #62
#25Steven283US #28
#26Bruce262US #32
#27Jerry261US #20
#28George255US #16
#29Peter254US #38
#30Patrick250US #59
#31Mark220US #58
#32Raymond218US #25
#33Lawrence215US #31
#34Alan208US #49
#35Douglas207US #34
#36Gregory207US #56
#37Timothy197US #60
#38Jeffrey188US #78
#39Allen179US #74
#40Stephen179US #24
#41Jack176US #35
#42Eugene175US #57
#43Jerome161US #114
#44Frank156US #22
#45Russell154US #66
#46Duane150US #142
#47Harold147US #33
#48Keith142US #96
#49Tom137US #87
#50Carl126US #39
#51Walter126US #30
#52Ralph125US #48
#53Gordon116US #111
#54Arthur113US #36
#55Philip113US #61
#56Rodney111US #93
#57Dean109US #132
#58Frederick108US #75
#59Allan101US #124
#60Lee100US #91
#61Glenn99US #81
#62Leroy99US #90
#63Gene97US #98
#64Jim97US #73
#65Anthony93US #44
#66Howard93US #55
#67Francis89US #80
#68Jon86US #117
#69Stanley86US #65
#70Mike83US #64
#71Norman83US #76
#72Brian81US #103
#73Fred81US #51
#74Phillip79US #83
#75Bernard78US #102
#76Roy76US #43
#77Leonard74US #67
#78Theodore73US #101
#79Clifford71US #100
#80Don71US #79
#81Randall68US #123
#82Marvin67US #88
#83Henry65US #41
#84Martin65US #92
#85Steve65US #69
#86Warren64US #105
#87Bill63US #72
#88Scott63US #155
#89Danny59US #46
#90Earl57US #82
#91Albert56US #52
#92Louis56US #63
#93Lyle56US #200
#94Glen54US #143
#95Neil54US #161
#96Craig50US #108
#97Dan50US #116
#98Barry49US #68
#99Leon49US #113
#100Terrence49US #190

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑32Cynthia#55
↑27Glenn#61
↑23Rodney#56
↑20Suzanne#27
↑19Christine#35
↑18Constance#68
↑18Gregory#36
↑17Lynn#33

Falling

↓29Audrey#100
↓20Victoria#99
↓17Roberta#90
↓16Diana#58
↓16Marie#71
↓16Marjorie#82
↓15Norman#71
↓15Marvin#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.