State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,672 Wisconsin births in 1957 across 945 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#87Randal#192 nationally
#97Kristineoutside the national top 200
#67Kay#163 nationally
#53Todd#143 nationally
#55Kurt#141 nationally
#99Jody#176 nationally
#83Dave#155 nationally
#99Gene#169 nationally
#67Duane#136 nationally
#31Dawn#93 nationally
#54Tom#116 nationally
#100Kim#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,131US #1
#2Susan1,576US #2
#3Debra1,419US #4
#4Linda1,046US #3
#5Cynthia1,039US #7
#6Karen1,010US #5
#7Patricia824US #8
#8Barbara792US #9
#9Nancy786US #11
#10Cindy784US #19
#11Diane770US #17
#12Julie736US #28
#13Cheryl698US #16
#14Kathleen680US #21
#15Sandra649US #15
#16Deborah598US #6
#17Pamela549US #12
#18Carol533US #18
#19Sharon500US #14
#20Kim462US #35
#21Jean450US #67
#22Donna425US #10
#23Lori425US #45
#24Lynn413US #61
#25Jane395US #56
#26Kathy389US #20
#27Christine381US #41
#28Ann369US #44
#29Debbie359US #27
#30Brenda326US #13
#31Dawn323US #93
#32Margaret320US #29
#33Janet317US #23
#34Laurie316US #73
#35Denise309US #25
#36Elizabeth306US #22
#37Joan301US #60
#38Laura292US #31
#39Judith290US #53
#40Gail274US #54
#41Lisa261US #26
#42Bonnie255US #64
#43Kathryn255US #65
#44Judy252US #38
#45Peggy250US #62
#46Catherine244US #37
#47Sue242US #104
#48Jill241US #100
#49Theresa233US #36
#50Janice218US #32
#51Robin211US #30
#52Teresa201US #24
#53Wendy201US #101
#54Connie199US #47
#55Vicki199US #51
#56Terri191US #68
#57Ellen175US #85
#58Cathy174US #39
#59Rebecca172US #34
#60Jeanne171US #117
#61Renee171US #111
#62Beth168US #108
#63Colleen166US #118
#64Katherine158US #72
#65Suzanne154US #102
#66Sally151US #115
#67Kay150US #163
#68Paula142US #49
#69Darlene141US #57
#70Ruth139US #84
#71Joanne138US #94
#72Amy136US #114
#73Victoria134US #88
#74Annette133US #97
#75Diana133US #43
#76Anne129US #86
#77Rita129US #78
#78Sherry129US #55
#79Joyce128US #40
#80Michelle124US #79
#81Betty117US #50
#82Carolyn116US #33
#83Roberta114US #121
#84Jennifer113US #87
#85Shirley111US #46
#86Jacqueline110US #91
#87Rhonda109US #52
#88Valerie107US #76
#89Beverly106US #48
#90Rose104US #69
#91Sheryl104US #112
#92Maureen103US #103
#93Michele98US #99
#94Jan96US #140
#95Gloria95US #66
#96Kimberly94US #42
#97Kristine94
#98Patti94US #148
#99Jody93US #176
#100Marie93US #98

Boys

#1Michael2,397US #1
#2David2,195US #3
#3James2,012US #2
#4Mark1,802US #7
#5John1,797US #5
#6Robert1,604US #4
#7Thomas1,424US #9
#8Steven1,381US #10
#9Daniel1,205US #16
#10Richard1,184US #8
#11Jeffrey1,135US #21
#12William970US #6
#13Gary814US #13
#14Scott755US #32
#15Paul741US #18
#16Timothy739US #19
#17Brian692US #26
#18Joseph626US #12
#19Dennis613US #28
#20Kevin601US #20
#21Randy588US #31
#22Donald572US #15
#23Ronald555US #17
#24Kenneth548US #14
#25Gregory546US #23
#26Charles495US #11
#27Dale459US #50
#28Bruce450US #34
#29Peter445US #37
#30Patrick429US #41
#31Larry428US #22
#32Douglas364US #30
#33Keith352US #36
#34Terry327US #33
#35Jeffery295US #52
#36Randall288US #59
#37Roger279US #42
#38Dean275US #93
#39Edward266US #25
#40Gerald262US #51
#41Steve261US #44
#42Mike247US #53
#43Wayne228US #47
#44Alan227US #48
#45Stephen227US #24
#46Jeff226US #96
#47Craig220US #55
#48Anthony218US #27
#49Ricky198US #40
#50Russell196US #54
#51Jerry190US #35
#52George188US #29
#53Todd186US #143
#54Tom183US #116
#55Kurt177US #141
#56Jay174US #88
#57Rick174US #87
#58Lawrence163US #46
#59Jon157US #110
#60Christopher152US #43
#61Andrew147US #56
#62Dan147US #121
#63Rodney145US #70
#64Jim144US #106
#65Raymond143US #39
#66Tim141US #119
#67Duane139US #136
#68Eric138US #60
#69Greg129US #127
#70Joel126US #104
#71Jerome125US #126
#72Allen123US #91
#73Glenn123US #62
#74Philip119US #68
#75Frank118US #38
#76Carl117US #49
#77Martin116US #69
#78Lee113US #105
#79Bradley111US #107
#80Matthew106US #83
#81Curtis104US #80
#82Eugene104US #92
#83Dave103US #155
#84Micheal102US #85
#85Glen101US #129
#86Jack97US #67
#87Randal91US #192
#88Joe90US #57
#89Chris86US #120
#90Danny84US #45
#91Bill83US #123
#92Bryan81US #115
#93Frederick80US #99
#94Phillip76US #79
#95Roy76US #65
#96Karl75US #146
#97Perry75US #145
#98Ralph74US #76
#99Gene72US #169
#100Kim69US #162

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑31Mike#42
↑30Tim#66
↑25Jim#64
↑24Brenda#30
↑23Cathy#58
↑23Jeff#46
↑21Debbie#29
↑21Dan#62

Falling

↓35Kim#100
↓25Carl#76
↓23Beverly#89
↓19Ralph#98
↓16Raymond#65
↓14Micheal#84
↓14Jack#86
↓13Phillip#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.