State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 87,731 Wisconsin births in 1956 across 904 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#85Kristineoutside the national top 200
#94Gregg#195 nationally
#99Dave#200 nationally
#56Todd#156 nationally
#74Tom#161 nationally
#90Allan#177 nationally
#68Kay#154 nationally
#57Kurt#138 nationally
#91Roxanne#172 nationally
#96Tim#174 nationally
#69Jeff#145 nationally
#59Duane#127 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,011US #1
#2Debra1,643US #2
#3Susan1,543US #5
#4Linda1,156US #3
#5Karen982US #7
#6Patricia927US #6
#7Barbara896US #9
#8Nancy880US #11
#9Cynthia837US #8
#10Kathleen773US #17
#11Sandra727US #14
#12Diane702US #15
#13Deborah701US #4
#14Cheryl686US #18
#15Pamela550US #12
#16Sharon512US #13
#17Donna500US #10
#18Julie484US #48
#19Carol481US #16
#20Jean453US #65
#21Lynn449US #58
#22Cindy434US #37
#23Jane417US #50
#24Kim412US #38
#25Christine395US #42
#26Ann393US #46
#27Lori361US #66
#28Margaret345US #25
#29Judith343US #45
#30Joan330US #52
#31Janet327US #21
#32Dawn292US #92
#33Kathy287US #20
#34Bonnie282US #51
#35Laurie282US #76
#36Elizabeth281US #22
#37Gail265US #49
#38Janice261US #26
#39Catherine256US #28
#40Kathryn252US #60
#41Laura244US #34
#42Denise243US #23
#43Jill241US #101
#44Peggy231US #63
#45Vicki225US #57
#46Wendy224US #95
#47Judy210US #35
#48Theresa207US #32
#49Connie203US #43
#50Debbie194US #39
#51Robin182US #29
#52Sue181US #118
#53Jeanne179US #112
#54Brenda176US #19
#55Lisa169US #31
#56Paula165US #47
#57Sally165US #105
#58Katherine164US #67
#59Colleen160US #113
#60Ruth160US #77
#61Teresa156US #24
#62Darlene152US #71
#63Ellen152US #84
#64Victoria151US #85
#65Rita150US #79
#66Beverly149US #40
#67Suzanne148US #94
#68Kay146US #154
#69Beth142US #117
#70Terri142US #81
#71Rebecca141US #27
#72Anne139US #86
#73Renee136US #106
#74Shirley135US #41
#75Marilyn134US #70
#76Jacqueline129US #78
#77Marcia125US #110
#78Joyce123US #30
#79Betty122US #44
#80Amy120US #122
#81Cathy120US #36
#82Rose119US #64
#83Joanne117US #99
#84Sherry116US #54
#85Kristine113
#86Lois109US #135
#87Terry109US #91
#88Patti103US #153
#89Marie101US #96
#90Maureen101US #102
#91Roxanne97US #172
#92Jennifer95US #97
#93Jan93US #136
#94Vickie93US #68
#95Gloria91US #53
#96Holly90US #162
#97Michelle90US #88
#98Rhonda89US #62
#99Roberta89US #116
#100Carolyn88US #33

Boys

#1Michael2,339US #1
#2David2,215US #4
#3James1,915US #2
#4John1,884US #5
#5Mark1,740US #8
#6Robert1,689US #3
#7Thomas1,517US #9
#8Steven1,428US #10
#9Richard1,240US #7
#10Jeffrey1,109US #20
#11Daniel1,088US #18
#12William1,056US #6
#13Gary890US #13
#14Paul763US #17
#15Scott728US #34
#16Dennis670US #26
#17Timothy656US #19
#18Joseph650US #12
#19Gregory608US #24
#20Brian566US #32
#21Donald555US #14
#22Randy554US #28
#23Kenneth547US #16
#24Ronald541US #15
#25Kevin529US #22
#26Charles482US #11
#27Peter468US #37
#28Bruce453US #33
#29Dale430US #50
#30Patrick422US #40
#31Larry401US #21
#32Douglas383US #29
#33Keith337US #36
#34Randall324US #54
#35Gerald296US #49
#36Terry289US #31
#37Stephen283US #23
#38Edward272US #25
#39Jeffery272US #57
#40Roger270US #41
#41Alan257US #44
#42Wayne239US #45
#43Craig229US #51
#44Dean211US #99
#45Anthony209US #30
#46Russell203US #52
#47Lawrence193US #42
#48George189US #27
#49Raymond170US #39
#50Jerry168US #35
#51Carl153US #48
#52Jay153US #92
#53Ricky153US #43
#54Steve151US #59
#55Jon145US #116
#56Todd145US #156
#57Kurt143US #138
#58Christopher142US #47
#59Duane140US #127
#60Rodney140US #65
#61Allen136US #87
#62Jerome136US #117
#63Andrew131US #56
#64Rick131US #100
#65Kim129US #118
#66Joel126US #106
#67Bradley125US #103
#68Frank122US #38
#69Jeff121US #145
#70Micheal120US #83
#71Philip116US #64
#72Jack112US #66
#73Mike111US #97
#74Tom108US #161
#75Lee106US #104
#76Eugene104US #86
#77Glenn103US #61
#78Martin101US #73
#79Ralph99US #67
#80Walter96US #53
#81Phillip92US #76
#82Roy90US #62
#83Dan86US #133
#84Eric86US #79
#85Robin84US #143
#86Harold83US #72
#87Frederick80US #91
#88Curtis79US #80
#89Jim79US #148
#90Allan78US #177
#91Arthur77US #60
#92Glen77US #125
#93Chris75US #128
#94Gregg75US #195
#95Darrell74US #88
#96Tim74US #174
#97Howard73US #84
#98Matthew73US #90
#99Dave72US #200
#100Danny69US #46

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑37Cindy#22
↑32Brenda#54
↑24Joel#66
↑23Teresa#61
↑22Lisa#55
↑20Beth#69
↑19Lori#27
↑18Mike#73

Falling

↓25Glenn#77
↓21Sherry#84
↓20Rose#82
↓19Allan#90
↓17Rebecca#71
↓17Marilyn#75
↓14Joyce#78
↓12Gloria#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.