State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,270 Wisconsin births in 1953 across 840 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#57Kristineoutside the national top 200
#83Toddoutside the national top 200
#97Terrence#200 nationally
#98Luannoutside the national top 200
#76Kurt#177 nationally
#93Roxanne#179 nationally
#75Allan#153 nationally
#69Kay#146 nationally
#56Duane#132 nationally
#69Gene#143 nationally
#68Dawn#138 nationally
#81Beth#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,132US #1
#2Susan1,594US #5
#3Linda1,506US #2
#4Debra1,275US #7
#5Barbara1,210US #6
#6Patricia1,127US #4
#7Kathleen937US #14
#8Nancy927US #8
#9Karen871US #9
#10Diane787US #17
#11Deborah765US #3
#12Sandra757US #11
#13Cynthia643US #12
#14Carol614US #16
#15Pamela565US #10
#16Christine563US #32
#17Sharon522US #15
#18Judith495US #30
#19Jean467US #52
#20Donna454US #13
#21Jane452US #43
#22Margaret391US #20
#23Cheryl382US #28
#24Joan365US #37
#25Bonnie353US #45
#26Lynn328US #67
#27Gail326US #39
#28Janet321US #19
#29Julie321US #74
#30Elizabeth297US #21
#31Ann296US #46
#32Janice286US #22
#33Kathryn286US #48
#34Catherine252US #35
#35Marilyn244US #36
#36Peggy239US #44
#37Judy231US #27
#38Beverly226US #34
#39Sally209US #81
#40Vicki205US #61
#41Joyce202US #26
#42Kathy197US #23
#43Shirley187US #29
#44Jeanne184US #97
#45Denise183US #31
#46Paula179US #40
#47Ellen173US #76
#48Jacqueline172US #58
#49Ruth167US #62
#50Rebecca166US #24
#51Connie164US #47
#52Marcia161US #84
#53Suzanne161US #78
#54Theresa161US #50
#55Darlene160US #75
#56Joanne160US #71
#57Kristine160
#58Katherine158US #63
#59Sue158US #106
#60Victoria158US #82
#61Laura155US #51
#62Betty154US #33
#63Rita152US #64
#64Anne151US #80
#65Jill151US #114
#66Lois146US #91
#67Virginia142US #53
#68Dawn140US #138
#69Kay135US #146
#70Colleen132US #115
#71Wendy132US #110
#72Brenda131US #18
#73Constance127US #95
#74Gloria127US #38
#75Cindy119US #99
#76Joann115US #121
#77Marie113US #86
#78Rose111US #59
#79Sherry110US #70
#80Laurie108US #103
#81Beth106US #142
#82Carolyn106US #25
#83Jo106US #54
#84Diana103US #55
#85Roberta100US #90
#86Alice99US #73
#87Vickie97US #79
#88Maureen96US #92
#89Marlene95US #128
#90Elaine94US #77
#91Robin93US #66
#92Cathy88US #56
#93Roxanne84US #179
#94Sheila84US #60
#95Valerie83US #88
#96Jennifer82US #116
#97Dorothy81US #49
#98Luann81
#99Teresa81US #42
#100Rhonda80US #85

Boys

#1Michael2,309US #3
#2James2,082US #2
#3David2,044US #5
#4Robert1,802US #1
#5John1,717US #4
#6Thomas1,662US #8
#7Richard1,504US #7
#8Gary1,242US #10
#9Steven1,223US #11
#10Mark1,190US #12
#11William1,135US #6
#12Daniel974US #20
#13Dennis924US #19
#14Jeffrey896US #25
#15Paul634US #16
#16Donald625US #14
#17Ronald608US #15
#18Charles597US #9
#19Joseph577US #13
#20Gregory572US #24
#21Kenneth555US #17
#22Timothy523US #26
#23Bruce451US #28
#24Dale396US #48
#25Larry388US #18
#26Gerald375US #42
#27Patrick369US #39
#28Roger364US #31
#29Douglas357US #27
#30Scott356US #46
#31Peter336US #38
#32Stephen325US #21
#33Randy315US #35
#34Terry297US #30
#35Edward280US #23
#36Randall250US #64
#37Alan248US #43
#38Kevin238US #36
#39Keith236US #47
#40Wayne234US #40
#41George226US #22
#42Lawrence214US #37
#43Brian207US #53
#44Rodney191US #58
#45Jerry179US #29
#46Craig175US #60
#47Dean170US #105
#48Raymond165US #34
#49Jeffery148US #109
#50Anthony147US #32
#51Allen144US #81
#52Ricky144US #51
#53Frank139US #33
#54Russell137US #71
#55Jerome135US #107
#56Duane131US #132
#57Eugene123US #75
#58Lee123US #93
#59Carl117US #44
#60Frederick115US #80
#61Rick115US #101
#62Philip110US #61
#63Stanley110US #62
#64Ralph108US #59
#65Glenn107US #67
#66Jon106US #120
#67Bradley104US #118
#68Christopher104US #63
#69Gene104US #143
#70Jack104US #57
#71Kim104US #127
#72Curtis102US #86
#73Steve99US #84
#74Arthur94US #50
#75Allan93US #153
#76Kurt90US #177
#77Andrew89US #68
#78Jay89US #99
#79Micheal87US #88
#80Martin84US #82
#81Harold83US #56
#82Roy83US #55
#83Todd83
#84Glen81US #129
#85Gordon80US #116
#86Walter80US #45
#87Leonard71US #85
#88Theodore71US #112
#89Eric70US #89
#90Joel68US #134
#91Phillip68US #76
#92Marvin65US #94
#93Danny64US #41
#94Darrell64US #103
#95Louis64US #78
#96Henry63US #54
#97Terrence63US #200
#98Dan62US #139
#99Barry60US #73
#100Howard59US #77

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑25Ricky#52
↑23Paula#46
↑21Marcia#52
↑17Marie#77
↑17Gene#69
↑17Curtis#72
↑16Theresa#54
↑16Rodney#44

Falling

↓18Kay#69
↓17Wendy#71
↓17Gloria#74
↓17Jack#70
↓17Leonard#87
↓16Kristine#57
↓16Carolyn#82
↓12Colleen#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.