State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,561 Wisconsin births in 1951 across 832 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#44Kristine#172 nationally
#85Dawn#188 nationally
#99Bonita#190 nationally
#73Jeffery#161 nationally
#89Kim#172 nationally
#52Duane#130 nationally
#91Tom#168 nationally
#70Jon#138 nationally
#55Kay#120 nationally
#78Allan#137 nationally
#87Bradley#146 nationally
#47Dean#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,252US #2
#2Linda1,842US #1
#3Susan1,496US #6
#4Patricia1,391US #3
#5Kathleen1,223US #10
#6Barbara1,182US #5
#7Nancy932US #7
#8Sandra894US #9
#9Karen878US #8
#10Diane755US #15
#11Judith699US #25
#12Carol694US #11
#13Deborah687US #4
#14Christine685US #24
#15Sharon632US #13
#16Debra513US #18
#17Donna474US #12
#18Jane443US #43
#19Cynthia433US #20
#20Jean430US #49
#21Pamela426US #16
#22Margaret421US #17
#23Bonnie419US #37
#24Cheryl411US #30
#25Janice388US #21
#26Janet372US #19
#27Lynn329US #72
#28Joan313US #39
#29Kathryn303US #45
#30Elizabeth302US #23
#31Ann279US #46
#32Gail268US #36
#33Catherine249US #34
#34Judy239US #26
#35Shirley234US #27
#36Marilyn232US #41
#37Peggy229US #40
#38Ellen211US #68
#39Beverly209US #33
#40Joanne204US #73
#41Joyce201US #28
#42Ruth201US #53
#43Julie193US #99
#44Kristine189US #172
#45Kathy188US #35
#46Jacqueline184US #56
#47Vicki182US #58
#48Darlene181US #79
#49Katherine180US #55
#50Sally178US #77
#51Betty176US #29
#52Jeanne176US #98
#53Suzanne173US #83
#54Connie171US #44
#55Kay159US #120
#56Rita157US #61
#57Marcia153US #74
#58Lois152US #85
#59Wendy151US #110
#60Constance150US #86
#61Gloria150US #31
#62Carolyn149US #22
#63Virginia141US #47
#64Colleen137US #114
#65Theresa135US #64
#66Victoria133US #81
#67Sherry131US #70
#68Rose128US #65
#69Denise126US #48
#70Elaine125US #66
#71Rebecca123US #32
#72Jill121US #130
#73Sue121US #106
#74Marlene118US #118
#75Diana113US #50
#76Paula113US #51
#77Anne106US #82
#78Laura106US #60
#79Dorothy103US #42
#80Maureen101US #93
#81Helen100US #54
#82Marie98US #78
#83Dianne95US #90
#84Roberta95US #92
#85Dawn94US #188
#86Joann94US #104
#87Charlene92US #103
#88Brenda91US #14
#89Phyllis89US #57
#90Laurie88US #139
#91Jennifer85US #119
#92Marjorie84US #128
#93Marsha83US #76
#94Alice81US #62
#95Jo81US #67
#96Sheila81US #69
#97Eileen80US #95
#98Teresa79US #63
#99Bonita76US #190
#100Beth75US #156

Boys

#1Michael2,298US #4
#2James2,201US #1
#3John1,961US #3
#4Robert1,912US #2
#5David1,898US #5
#6Thomas1,898US #8
#7Richard1,491US #7
#8William1,304US #6
#9Gary1,263US #10
#10Dennis1,042US #17
#11Steven1,036US #13
#12Mark989US #20
#13Daniel850US #21
#14Donald732US #15
#15Kenneth667US #16
#16Ronald665US #12
#17Charles624US #9
#18Paul576US #18
#19Jeffrey557US #35
#20Gregory514US #25
#21Larry500US #11
#22Joseph492US #14
#23Bruce486US #26
#24Gerald428US #36
#25Timothy423US #28
#26Dale414US #49
#27Douglas403US #27
#28Patrick379US #39
#29Roger375US #29
#30Stephen359US #19
#31Peter331US #38
#32Edward327US #23
#33Terry315US #30
#34Wayne278US #37
#35Lawrence270US #33
#36Scott264US #68
#37Keith256US #59
#38George243US #22
#39Alan240US #40
#40Randall229US #66
#41Craig214US #63
#42Raymond193US #32
#43Allen182US #72
#44Jerry178US #24
#45Randy178US #56
#46Jerome176US #103
#47Dean175US #105
#48Brian173US #75
#49Kevin170US #53
#50Russell158US #73
#51Jack153US #48
#52Duane149US #130
#53Eugene147US #65
#54Glenn141US #58
#55Carl138US #43
#56Anthony137US #34
#57Frank133US #31
#58Lee131US #92
#59Philip126US #55
#60Rodney117US #84
#61Frederick114US #78
#62Walter106US #42
#63Ralph103US #51
#64Christopher100US #61
#65Leonard99US #80
#66Martin99US #81
#67Andrew96US #69
#68Gene96US #126
#69Harold92US #46
#70Jon91US #138
#71Roy90US #52
#72Francis89US #85
#73Jeffery88US #161
#74Arthur87US #44
#75Phillip86US #79
#76Howard82US #74
#77Jay81US #116
#78Allan77US #137
#79Curtis77US #91
#80Gordon76US #108
#81Micheal76US #97
#82Stanley74US #54
#83Bernard73US #107
#84Theodore73US #99
#85Clifford72US #101
#86Marvin72US #96
#87Bradley70US #146
#88Eric68US #93
#89Kim68US #172
#90Norman67US #90
#91Tom67US #168
#92Darrell64US #109
#93Leroy64US #111
#94Glen63US #127
#95Neil63US #149
#96Ricky62US #102
#97Danny61US #41
#98Warren59US #118
#99Henry57US #47
#100Barry54US #71

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑41Debra#16
↑28Kristine#44
↑22Walter#62
↑18Ellen#38
↑14Joanne#40
↑14Anne#77
↑14Curtis#79
↑13Roberta#84

Falling

↓30Eileen#97
↓23Glen#94
↓20Joann#86
↓20Henry#99
↓16Gordon#80
↓14Constance#60
↓14Gloria#61
↓14Marie#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.