State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,281 Wisconsin births in 1947 across 809 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#79Kristineoutside the national top 200
#77Bonita#189 nationally
#91Dawnoutside the national top 200
#91Lyleoutside the national top 200
#81Carla#182 nationally
#97Terrence#188 nationally
#48Duane#135 nationally
#63Dean#140 nationally
#86Dave#155 nationally
#43Jerome#110 nationally
#92Jill#156 nationally
#78Scott#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,255US #2
#2Linda1,822US #1
#3Susan1,302US #8
#4Barbara1,255US #4
#5Patricia1,179US #3
#6Sandra1,134US #5
#7Kathleen1,079US #11
#8Carol973US #6
#9Sharon963US #9
#10Judith906US #12
#11Karen861US #13
#12Nancy860US #7
#13Diane758US #18
#14Donna571US #10
#15Jean444US #40
#16Cheryl440US #24
#17Margaret421US #16
#18Judy420US #14
#19Jane407US #36
#20Janice393US #22
#21Bonnie388US #35
#22Janet355US #23
#23Joan340US #30
#24Shirley318US #19
#25Marilyn308US #29
#26Christine297US #45
#27Betty279US #17
#28Pamela271US #28
#29Suzanne259US #53
#30Darlene255US #71
#31Lynn253US #75
#32Cynthia252US #33
#33Joyce250US #20
#34Beverly247US #31
#35Gloria225US #27
#36Ann219US #41
#37Kathryn219US #55
#38Elizabeth217US #25
#39Joanne211US #56
#40Jeanne199US #86
#41Ruth198US #44
#42Gail196US #49
#43Virginia195US #34
#44Sue192US #69
#45Lois184US #63
#46Kay183US #104
#47Carolyn182US #15
#48Sally176US #70
#49Ellen169US #61
#50Connie159US #43
#51Peggy158US #42
#52Kathy153US #64
#53Catherine151US #46
#54Dianne147US #83
#55Dorothy141US #26
#56Jacqueline141US #59
#57Rita138US #60
#58Rosemary138US #80
#59Diana137US #48
#60Joann135US #89
#61Katherine135US #76
#62Elaine128US #50
#63Phyllis127US #37
#64Marcia125US #81
#65Alice124US #47
#66Marlene124US #114
#67Julie123US #124
#68Helen119US #38
#69Vicki119US #101
#70Rose118US #65
#71Eileen113US #91
#72Marjorie112US #106
#73Constance111US #100
#74Jo109US #51
#75Marie109US #57
#76Lynda101US #77
#77Bonita95US #189
#78Roberta93US #90
#79Kristine92
#80Sherry92US #67
#81Carla89US #182
#82Maureen88US #98
#83June86US #120
#84Paula86US #54
#85Geraldine82US #78
#86Victoria81US #123
#87Theresa80US #85
#88Charlene78US #105
#89Charlotte78US #68
#90Anne76US #95
#91Dawn76
#92Jill76US #156
#93Gayle74US #127
#94Yvonne74US #117
#95Frances73US #39
#96Marsha73US #88
#97Janis72US #108
#98Sheila72US #73
#99Doris68US #58
#100Arlene67US #118

Boys

#1James2,346US #1
#2Robert2,172US #2
#3John1,930US #3
#4Richard1,791US #5
#5David1,715US #6
#6Thomas1,660US #8
#7Michael1,599US #7
#8William1,264US #4
#9Dennis1,157US #17
#10Gary1,111US #12
#11Ronald965US #11
#12Donald757US #13
#13Kenneth677US #15
#14Larry611US #10
#15Daniel584US #22
#16Charles566US #9
#17Paul514US #18
#18Gerald484US #28
#19Steven434US #24
#20Roger415US #25
#21Gregory405US #33
#22Joseph401US #14
#23Terry358US #26
#24Wayne350US #30
#25Dale341US #63
#26Bruce315US #29
#27Edward312US #19
#28Mark310US #47
#29Peter299US #36
#30George295US #16
#31Patrick287US #53
#32Jerry276US #20
#33Douglas269US #31
#34Lawrence257US #32
#35Timothy247US #52
#36Jeffrey244US #66
#37Stephen235US #21
#38Alan228US #45
#39Raymond215US #27
#40Eugene207US #59
#41Allen206US #73
#42Frank182US #23
#43Jerome178US #110
#44Russell173US #69
#45Tom163US #87
#46Keith162US #91
#47Jack160US #37
#48Duane158US #135
#49Carl146US #40
#50Philip138US #57
#51Glenn130US #70
#52Arthur122US #38
#53Frederick122US #78
#54Steve120US #58
#55Ralph118US #50
#56Gene116US #103
#57Brian113US #95
#58Harold112US #35
#59Anthony110US #41
#60Leonard110US #71
#61Walter109US #34
#62Rodney108US #94
#63Dean107US #140
#64Jon106US #123
#65Roy106US #48
#66Fred105US #56
#67Lee104US #92
#68Phillip104US #74
#69Howard103US #62
#70Mike102US #65
#71Craig98US #93
#72Bernard97US #100
#73Jim97US #77
#74Randall97US #106
#75Stanley95US #67
#76Leroy90US #98
#77Allan89US #132
#78Scott88US #139
#79Henry83US #46
#80Barry82US #68
#81Gordon82US #111
#82Bill77US #76
#83Francis76US #84
#84Warren76US #108
#85Marvin70US #89
#86Dave69US #155
#87Don68US #86
#88Norman68US #81
#89Randy67US #116
#90Dan63US #109
#91Lyle62
#92Martin61US #90
#93Louis60US #64
#94Danny58US #39
#95Theodore58US #102
#96Clifford57US #101
#97Terrence57US #188
#98Jay56US #119
#99Harry55US #54
#100Vernon55US #134

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑31Steve#54
↑25Craig#71
↑23Cynthia#32
↑19Peggy#51
↑18Barry#80
↑17Leonard#60
↑16Bonita#77
↑15Gregory#21

Falling

↓28Gordon#81
↓26Arlene#100
↓18Sheila#98
↓18Allan#77
↓17Norman#88
↓17Theodore#95
↓17Clifford#96
↓16Francis#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.