State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,579 Wisconsin births in 1952 across 817 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#41Kristine#165 nationally
#91Toddoutside the national top 200
#92Terranceoutside the national top 200
#76Kurt#178 nationally
#99Lyleoutside the national top 200
#74Dawn#166 nationally
#96Roxanne#187 nationally
#63Allan#146 nationally
#51Kay#133 nationally
#57Jeffery#134 nationally
#58Duane#131 nationally
#72Bradley#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,241US #2
#2Linda1,596US #1
#3Susan1,521US #5
#4Patricia1,245US #3
#5Barbara1,233US #6
#6Kathleen1,087US #11
#7Nancy955US #7
#8Karen865US #8
#9Debra797US #9
#10Sandra793US #10
#11Deborah777US #4
#12Christine776US #20
#13Diane760US #16
#14Carol675US #12
#15Judith580US #25
#16Sharon568US #14
#17Cynthia531US #18
#18Donna496US #13
#19Jane463US #42
#20Margaret448US #21
#21Pamela444US #17
#22Jean442US #50
#23Cheryl399US #31
#24Janet386US #19
#25Bonnie367US #41
#26Joan343US #37
#27Janice328US #23
#28Kathryn320US #48
#29Gail312US #39
#30Elizabeth304US #22
#31Ann295US #45
#32Lynn288US #71
#33Catherine274US #34
#34Julie251US #85
#35Marilyn230US #38
#36Judy221US #26
#37Beverly213US #35
#38Peggy213US #43
#39Vicki213US #61
#40Kathy210US #29
#41Kristine200US #165
#42Shirley200US #28
#43Connie195US #44
#44Ruth194US #57
#45Sally187US #81
#46Joyce186US #27
#47Katherine185US #59
#48Ellen184US #70
#49Victoria174US #74
#50Denise172US #33
#51Kay172US #133
#52Darlene170US #77
#53Betty169US #32
#54Wendy168US #105
#55Jeanne167US #98
#56Suzanne165US #84
#57Gloria159US #36
#58Colleen157US #108
#59Joanne157US #78
#60Jacqueline154US #58
#61Rebecca153US #30
#62Jill150US #118
#63Virginia148US #49
#64Lois146US #86
#65Sue144US #113
#66Carolyn142US #24
#67Rita141US #66
#68Laura137US #53
#69Paula135US #47
#70Theresa134US #60
#71Constance133US #92
#72Sherry130US #68
#73Marcia126US #80
#74Dawn125US #166
#75Anne122US #79
#76Rose122US #62
#77Brenda112US #15
#78Diana112US #51
#79Dianne112US #96
#80Jo112US #55
#81Marlene110US #117
#82Joann106US #116
#83Vickie105US #76
#84Laurie104US #115
#85Charlene101US #106
#86Elaine100US #73
#87Jennifer98US #107
#88Dorothy95US #46
#89Beth92US #146
#90Marsha90US #75
#91Helen89US #63
#92Maureen88US #94
#93Rhonda88US #95
#94Marie87US #82
#95Roberta86US #88
#96Roxanne86US #187
#97Teresa85US #52
#98Sheila84US #64
#99Martha83US #40
#100Alice80US #69

Boys

#1Michael2,311US #4
#2James2,268US #1
#3David1,999US #5
#4John1,961US #3
#5Robert1,854US #2
#6Thomas1,744US #8
#7Richard1,444US #7
#8Gary1,236US #10
#9Steven1,231US #11
#10William1,173US #6
#11Mark1,036US #17
#12Daniel990US #20
#13Dennis927US #18
#14Jeffrey695US #31
#15Donald673US #13
#16Kenneth623US #16
#17Ronald614US #15
#18Charles612US #9
#19Paul599US #19
#20Joseph537US #12
#21Gregory504US #24
#22Larry463US #14
#23Timothy462US #27
#24Bruce453US #25
#25Dale395US #46
#26Patrick392US #37
#27Douglas377US #28
#28Gerald377US #39
#29Peter376US #36
#30Stephen374US #21
#31Roger372US #30
#32Scott340US #54
#33Terry329US #29
#34Randy310US #41
#35Edward281US #23
#36Randall269US #63
#37Lawrence258US #35
#38George255US #22
#39Keith248US #49
#40Wayne241US #38
#41Alan237US #42
#42Craig189US #59
#43Dean188US #103
#44Kevin182US #43
#45Raymond177US #33
#46Brian172US #64
#47Jerry168US #26
#48Jerome166US #105
#49Russell162US #70
#50Allen151US #78
#51Anthony151US #34
#52Eugene144US #71
#53Jack143US #52
#54Frank138US #32
#55Glenn124US #61
#56Carl122US #45
#57Jeffery122US #134
#58Duane121US #131
#59Philip117US #60
#60Rodney116US #84
#61Frederick114US #76
#62Lee114US #92
#63Allan108US #146
#64Christopher105US #57
#65Arthur104US #47
#66Andrew101US #68
#67Ralph99US #56
#68Kim96US #126
#69Martin95US #80
#70Leonard94US #83
#71Micheal91US #94
#72Bradley90US #141
#73Rick90US #119
#74Stanley90US #58
#75Jon88US #135
#76Kurt88US #178
#77Ricky87US #81
#78Steve86US #85
#79Theodore86US #100
#80Harold84US #51
#81Phillip84US #74
#82Roy83US #55
#83Glen81US #121
#84Gordon81US #110
#85Eric80US #88
#86Gene80US #138
#87Jay80US #106
#88Howard73US #73
#89Curtis72US #86
#90Dan72US #129
#91Todd71
#92Terrance69
#93Francis68US #89
#94Barry67US #69
#95Walter67US #44
#96Danny66US #40
#97Henry64US #50
#98Joel63US #132
#99Lyle59
#100Bernard57US #111

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑21Kim#68
↑19Denise#50
↑19Ricky#77
↑17Victoria#49
↑16Jeffery#57
↑15Jo#80
↑15Allan#63
↑15Bradley#72

Falling

↓33Walter#95
↓21Francis#93
↓19Joanne#59
↓18Gene#86
↓17Bernard#100
↓16Marcia#73
↓16Elaine#86
↓14Jacqueline#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.