State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,004 Wisconsin births in 1950 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.

#72Kristineoutside the national top 200
#86Kurtoutside the national top 200
#80Jeffery#183 nationally
#98Terranceoutside the national top 200
#89Dawn#191 nationally
#92Bonita#181 nationally
#94Terrence#176 nationally
#57Duane#137 nationally
#67Allan#142 nationally
#52Dean#120 nationally
#55Kay#123 nationally
#74Jon#138 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,062US #2
#2Linda1,883US #1
#3Susan1,529US #5
#4Barbara1,303US #4
#5Kathleen1,277US #10
#6Patricia1,142US #3
#7Sandra861US #8
#8Nancy841US #6
#9Karen813US #12
#10Carol744US #9
#11Diane669US #16
#12Sharon666US #11
#13Judith642US #21
#14Christine563US #28
#15Deborah492US #7
#16Donna446US #13
#17Jean445US #48
#18Jane438US #39
#19Bonnie422US #33
#20Margaret406US #15
#21Cheryl377US #29
#22Cynthia369US #23
#23Janet366US #18
#24Pamela352US #17
#25Janice351US #22
#26Kathryn334US #46
#27Lynn312US #76
#28Joan295US #40
#29Catherine270US #34
#30Shirley270US #19
#31Elizabeth267US #24
#32Ann251US #45
#33Gail247US #42
#34Beverly230US #31
#35Marilyn218US #37
#36Judy217US #25
#37Peggy199US #41
#38Ruth198US #49
#39Joyce194US #27
#40Betty190US #26
#41Sally188US #78
#42Darlene183US #79
#43Suzanne183US #71
#44Kathy179US #38
#45Vicki177US #61
#46Constance175US #85
#47Gloria166US #30
#48Connie163US #44
#49Rita163US #56
#50Julie162US #111
#51Jeanne159US #95
#52Lois156US #83
#53Jacqueline155US #55
#54Joanne153US #67
#55Kay153US #123
#56Ellen150US #66
#57Debra148US #59
#58Marcia143US #77
#59Katherine138US #58
#60Virginia137US #43
#61Carolyn132US #20
#62Wendy128US #114
#63Rose125US #69
#64Theresa124US #65
#65Colleen121US #124
#66Joann121US #98
#67Eileen119US #91
#68Marie117US #72
#69Marlene117US #112
#70Sherry117US #62
#71Dianne115US #90
#72Kristine114
#73Maureen113US #89
#74Sue111US #100
#75Laura104US #63
#76Helen103US #50
#77Victoria103US #94
#78Jill101US #142
#79Paula101US #54
#80Elaine96US #60
#81Rebecca96US #36
#82Brenda94US #14
#83Dorothy94US #35
#84Lynda94US #107
#85Rosemary94US #101
#86Jo92US #64
#87Diana91US #47
#88Alice90US #57
#89Dawn88US #191
#90Sheila88US #70
#91Anne87US #84
#92Bonita86US #181
#93Marjorie83US #121
#94Marsha79US #68
#95Jennifer77US #118
#96Martha77US #32
#97Roberta76US #96
#98Charlotte73US #80
#99Charlene71US #103
#100Phyllis71US #53

Boys

#1James2,135US #1
#2Michael2,040US #4
#3Robert1,950US #2
#4John1,941US #3
#5Thomas1,776US #8
#6David1,773US #5
#7Richard1,433US #7
#8Gary1,207US #10
#9William1,207US #6
#10Dennis961US #17
#11Steven888US #16
#12Daniel788US #21
#13Mark725US #23
#14Ronald722US #12
#15Donald689US #14
#16Kenneth609US #15
#17Charles606US #9
#18Paul562US #18
#19Gregory540US #25
#20Larry506US #11
#21Joseph426US #13
#22Roger405US #27
#23Bruce394US #26
#24Timothy392US #32
#25Jeffrey391US #43
#26Gerald384US #34
#27Patrick374US #38
#28Dale369US #49
#29Stephen330US #19
#30Douglas317US #28
#31Edward297US #22
#32Peter291US #37
#33Terry291US #30
#34Wayne281US #35
#35Lawrence249US #33
#36George244US #20
#37Keith218US #78
#38Scott216US #82
#39Alan208US #41
#40Allen193US #71
#41Raymond181US #31
#42Jerry172US #24
#43Jerome166US #103
#44Jack165US #48
#45Randall161US #70
#46Eugene145US #58
#47Brian140US #79
#48Craig137US #69
#49Randy135US #80
#50Frank133US #29
#51Russell132US #67
#52Dean130US #120
#53Glenn126US #59
#54Ralph126US #52
#55Anthony124US #36
#56Carl123US #44
#57Duane123US #137
#58Philip123US #53
#59Lee117US #91
#60Rodney114US #88
#61Kevin109US #73
#62Harold102US #45
#63Phillip102US #64
#64Gordon100US #108
#65Frederick98US #75
#66Andrew95US #68
#67Allan90US #142
#68Christopher87US #72
#69Arthur83US #46
#70Gene82US #122
#71Glen81US #125
#72Micheal81US #104
#73Howard79US #63
#74Jon79US #138
#75Leonard78US #77
#76Stanley76US #60
#77Martin75US #85
#78Theodore75US #99
#79Henry74US #47
#80Jeffery73US #183
#81Roy72US #51
#82Marvin71US #93
#83Tom70US #145
#84Walter70US #40
#85Francis69US #86
#86Kurt68
#87Jay66US #115
#88Leroy66US #102
#89Steve65US #83
#90Albert64US #56
#91Bradley62US #152
#92Norman62US #90
#93Curtis61US #97
#94Terrence61US #176
#95Bernard60US #110
#96Darrell60US #116
#97Barry59US #74
#98Terrance58
#99Eric57US #98
#100Neil56US #156

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑33Debra#57
↑26Kevin#61
↑20Eileen#67
↑20Randy#49
↑18Constance#46
↑15Andrew#66
↑15Christopher#68
↑14Wendy#62

Falling

↓24Diana#87
↓23Phyllis#100
↓23Walter#84
↓21Dorothy#83
↓20Elaine#80
↓18Kristine#72
↓15Katherine#59
↓13Roberta#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.