State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,082 Wisconsin births in 1949 across 811 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#54Kristineoutside the national top 200
#92Dawnoutside the national top 200
#97Terranceoutside the national top 200
#83Bonita#186 nationally
#46Duane#137 nationally
#93Terrence#181 nationally
#67Jon#144 nationally
#69Colleen#146 nationally
#99Bradley#174 nationally
#59Dean#129 nationally
#78Allan#143 nationally
#55Kay#119 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,114US #1
#2Mary2,069US #2
#3Susan1,472US #5
#4Kathleen1,401US #9
#5Barbara1,283US #4
#6Patricia1,117US #3
#7Sandra963US #6
#8Carol827US #8
#9Nancy805US #7
#10Karen782US #11
#11Sharon756US #10
#12Judith707US #16
#13Diane636US #19
#14Christine507US #30
#15Donna488US #12
#16Margaret482US #14
#17Jean436US #45
#18Jane402US #41
#19Bonnie400US #35
#20Cheryl386US #28
#21Pamela378US #21
#22Janice326US #24
#23Kathryn303US #52
#24Cynthia302US #27
#25Shirley299US #18
#26Janet297US #23
#27Deborah288US #15
#28Joan282US #36
#29Lynn263US #74
#30Elizabeth253US #25
#31Marilyn250US #33
#32Judy249US #20
#33Ann242US #44
#34Darlene232US #75
#35Joyce230US #26
#36Gail222US #51
#37Catherine221US #37
#38Ruth213US #47
#39Beverly212US #31
#40Suzanne209US #62
#41Betty201US #22
#42Gloria194US #29
#43Jeanne193US #92
#44Katherine189US #59
#45Sally184US #77
#46Peggy174US #38
#47Joanne173US #61
#48Rita167US #54
#49Carolyn165US #17
#50Ellen165US #64
#51Vicki161US #70
#52Kathy160US #42
#53Virginia157US #39
#54Kristine155
#55Kay148US #119
#56Marcia146US #78
#57Lois144US #73
#58Julie143US #113
#59Jacqueline141US #58
#60Elaine134US #57
#61Connie131US #43
#62Dorothy131US #32
#63Diana130US #48
#64Constance126US #83
#65Marlene125US #110
#66Helen123US #46
#67Sue123US #88
#68Dianne122US #85
#69Colleen119US #146
#70Victoria117US #96
#71Marie116US #67
#72Joann112US #101
#73Theresa111US #63
#74Rose105US #66
#75Rosemary105US #98
#76Wendy103US #122
#77Phyllis101US #50
#78Paula99US #55
#79Alice96US #53
#80Maureen94US #89
#81Sherry93US #68
#82Brenda92US #13
#83Bonita90US #186
#84Roberta90US #97
#85Jo89US #60
#86Rebecca89US #40
#87Eileen84US #95
#88Laura83US #65
#89Jill82US #152
#90Debra79US #134
#91Charlene77US #100
#92Dawn76
#93Lynda76US #93
#94Marsha76US #79
#95Marjorie75US #116
#96Sheila75US #76
#97Anne74US #86
#98Louise72US #104
#99Martha72US #34
#100Terry72US #115

Boys

#1James2,258US #1
#2Robert1,989US #2
#3Michael1,934US #5
#4John1,892US #3
#5David1,820US #6
#6Thomas1,714US #8
#7Richard1,493US #7
#8William1,178US #4
#9Dennis1,040US #16
#10Gary966US #12
#11Ronald804US #11
#12Daniel782US #22
#13Steven708US #20
#14Donald699US #13
#15Kenneth639US #15
#16Charles630US #9
#17Mark604US #24
#18Larry566US #10
#19Paul498US #17
#20Gerald463US #33
#21Gregory429US #31
#22Joseph403US #14
#23Roger387US #25
#24Bruce386US #26
#25Patrick376US #39
#26Dale371US #54
#27Timothy364US #34
#28Stephen341US #19
#29Jeffrey332US #48
#30Terry311US #28
#31Wayne308US #35
#32Edward302US #21
#33Peter299US #38
#34Douglas284US #29
#35Lawrence276US #32
#36George246US #18
#37Alan221US #45
#38Jerry212US #23
#39Raymond189US #30
#40Keith179US #85
#41Jerome178US #104
#42Eugene174US #58
#43Scott174US #99
#44Allen161US #71
#45Frank153US #27
#46Duane150US #137
#47Russell147US #69
#48Randall143US #79
#49Jack141US #47
#50Rodney136US #87
#51Craig135US #77
#52Carl129US #43
#53Philip129US #55
#54Anthony121US #36
#55Frederick121US #70
#56Glenn120US #61
#57Brian118US #86
#58Harold118US #42
#59Dean111US #129
#60Lee110US #93
#61Walter110US #37
#62Arthur109US #44
#63Ralph106US #50
#64Gordon102US #113
#65Leonard101US #74
#66Gene98US #119
#67Jon95US #144
#68Martin93US #83
#69Randy91US #92
#70Henry90US #46
#71Stanley89US #60
#72Theodore89US #100
#73Tom89US #114
#74Marvin88US #89
#75Roy87US #51
#76Steve87US #68
#77Phillip85US #66
#78Allan82US #143
#79Fred82US #72
#80Glen82US #127
#81Andrew80US #75
#82Howard76US #63
#83Christopher73US #81
#84Micheal70US #122
#85Mike70US #88
#86Francis68US #78
#87Kevin68US #95
#88Leroy67US #101
#89Clifford63US #103
#90Bernard62US #111
#91Jay62US #118
#92Norman62US #90
#93Terrence61US #181
#94Barry60US #73
#95Dan60US #125
#96Warren60US #115
#97Terrance59
#98Darrell58US #117
#99Bradley57US #174
#100Jim56US #108

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑33Deborah#27
↑17Julie#58
↑17Colleen#69
↑15Katherine#44
↑15Rodney#50
↑15Craig#51
↑14Vicki#51
↑13Kristine#54

Falling

↓29Jim#100
↓25Mike#85
↓21Tom#73
↓20Norman#92
↓18Marlene#65
↓18Sue#67
↓17Eileen#87
↓13Dianne#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.