State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 85,859 Wisconsin births in 1954 across 895 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#78Kristineoutside the national top 200
#74Todd#195 nationally
#84Luann#192 nationally
#66Kurt#168 nationally
#100Terranceoutside the national top 200
#97Tom#188 nationally
#61Kay#146 nationally
#99Terrence#184 nationally
#59Duane#136 nationally
#50Dawn#124 nationally
#77Allan#149 nationally
#96Karl#166 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,397US #1
#2Susan1,698US #5
#3Debra1,607US #6
#4Linda1,300US #2
#5Barbara1,155US #7
#6Patricia1,154US #4
#7Nancy917US #9
#8Karen883US #8
#9Kathleen869US #14
#10Diane818US #17
#11Deborah797US #3
#12Sandra755US #13
#13Cynthia663US #10
#14Pamela601US #12
#15Carol583US #15
#16Jean497US #56
#17Donna490US #11
#18Sharon478US #16
#19Judith468US #30
#20Cheryl453US #22
#21Jane424US #49
#22Christine392US #43
#23Julie389US #70
#24Margaret376US #21
#25Joan368US #40
#26Janet367US #19
#27Ann366US #44
#28Lynn357US #63
#29Gail340US #37
#30Elizabeth301US #20
#31Bonnie292US #52
#32Kathryn287US #51
#33Janice275US #25
#34Marilyn264US #35
#35Catherine252US #32
#36Vicki241US #50
#37Peggy240US #48
#38Denise223US #24
#39Laura216US #45
#40Kathy208US #23
#41Laurie203US #98
#42Ruth202US #66
#43Judy200US #29
#44Sally198US #84
#45Wendy197US #95
#46Beverly193US #31
#47Connie193US #39
#48Paula192US #38
#49Jill191US #107
#50Dawn185US #124
#51Betty177US #36
#52Colleen177US #119
#53Jeanne170US #112
#54Rebecca170US #26
#55Sue169US #106
#56Ellen167US #77
#57Katherine167US #64
#58Suzanne167US #82
#59Joyce155US #28
#60Jacqueline153US #68
#61Kay153US #146
#62Shirley152US #33
#63Darlene149US #76
#64Theresa149US #47
#65Cindy148US #91
#66Victoria146US #85
#67Joanne145US #78
#68Lori145US #121
#69Rita139US #67
#70Sherry134US #62
#71Brenda132US #18
#72Rose131US #54
#73Virginia130US #61
#74Anne128US #80
#75Diana127US #57
#76Constance123US #111
#77Gloria123US #42
#78Kristine123
#79Beth120US #130
#80Lois119US #110
#81Robin119US #41
#82Marcia114US #90
#83Teresa114US #34
#84Luann112US #192
#85Terry109US #88
#86Jo108US #53
#87Vickie107US #69
#88Marie105US #79
#89Joann103US #129
#90Roxanne103US #158
#91Lisa99US #73
#92Carolyn97US #27
#93Roberta97US #102
#94Debbie95US #92
#95Jennifer93US #108
#96Maureen92US #97
#97Dorothy91US #55
#98Rhonda91US #71
#99Sheila89US #60
#100Terri89US #100

Boys

#1Michael2,244US #1
#2David2,181US #5
#3James2,148US #3
#4John1,866US #4
#5Robert1,812US #2
#6Thomas1,616US #8
#7Richard1,432US #7
#8Steven1,387US #11
#9Mark1,379US #12
#10William1,199US #6
#11Jeffrey1,178US #23
#12Daniel1,117US #18
#13Gary1,112US #9
#14Dennis734US #21
#15Paul682US #16
#16Donald627US #14
#17Joseph615US #13
#18Gregory591US #25
#19Kenneth590US #17
#20Ronald562US #15
#21Charles554US #10
#22Timothy554US #26
#23Bruce481US #30
#24Scott461US #40
#25Peter423US #37
#26Dale409US #50
#27Patrick406US #38
#28Randy404US #33
#29Larry383US #19
#30Terry355US #27
#31Kevin351US #28
#32Douglas344US #29
#33Roger321US #34
#34Stephen320US #20
#35Gerald306US #44
#36Randall301US #55
#37Edward295US #22
#38Brian287US #48
#39Alan269US #43
#40Wayne234US #41
#41Keith233US #45
#42Lawrence217US #39
#43Craig216US #51
#44Jeffery191US #90
#45George190US #24
#46Jerry177US #31
#47Rodney166US #66
#48Jerome161US #114
#49Raymond159US #35
#50Allen157US #82
#51Dean157US #110
#52Anthony153US #32
#53Jon146US #111
#54Eugene143US #77
#55Russell139US #69
#56Ricky133US #46
#57Carl130US #47
#58Christopher130US #64
#59Duane130US #136
#60Frank130US #36
#61Kim128US #109
#62Philip128US #62
#63Glenn126US #63
#64Bradley121US #106
#65Andrew116US #70
#66Kurt116US #168
#67Jack115US #57
#68Rick114US #102
#69Lee113US #96
#70Frederick110US #83
#71Micheal104US #88
#72Phillip101US #75
#73Ralph100US #61
#74Todd100US #195
#75Joel97US #127
#76Glen94US #131
#77Allan93US #149
#78Jay93US #101
#79Harold92US #60
#80Steve89US #76
#81Arthur88US #52
#82Stanley88US #58
#83Roy86US #56
#84Gordon84US #122
#85Walter83US #49
#86Curtis82US #84
#87Leonard80US #85
#88Danny78US #42
#89Theodore78US #115
#90Gene77US #151
#91Eric75US #89
#92Henry74US #59
#93Martin73US #79
#94Barry68US #68
#95Howard68US #80
#96Karl64US #166
#97Tom63US #188
#98Dan62US #139
#99Terrence62US #184
#100Terrance60

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑39Laurie#41
↑26Wendy#45
↑22Laura#39
↑19Phillip#72
↑18Dawn#50
↑18Colleen#52
↑16Jill#49
↑16Teresa#83

Falling

↓30Marcia#82
↓21Kristine#78
↓21Gene#90
↓19Shirley#62
↓19Stanley#82
↓18Joyce#59
↓14Lois#80
↓14Curtis#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.