State roster

Top names in Wisconsin

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Wisconsin birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 89,956 Wisconsin births in 1958 across 954 distinct names.

Distinctively Wisconsin

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

#83Kristineoutside the national top 200
#87Heidi#187 nationally
#73Kay#169 nationally
#94Randal#190 nationally
#56Kurt#134 nationally
#40Todd#116 nationally
#95Jody#170 nationally
#93Sandy#156 nationally
#40Sue#102 nationally
#64Dave#126 nationally
#77Patti#137 nationally
#57Colleen#116 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,864US #1
#2Susan1,471US #2
#3Debra1,167US #6
#4Julie990US #23
#5Linda979US #3
#6Karen896US #4
#7Patricia793US #5
#8Nancy768US #12
#9Barbara754US #9
#10Cheryl731US #13
#11Cynthia708US #8
#12Diane698US #18
#13Kathleen692US #21
#14Lori642US #30
#15Sandra609US #15
#16Pamela581US #11
#17Kathy561US #14
#18Cindy555US #25
#19Carol464US #20
#20Deborah462US #7
#21Kim433US #40
#22Sharon428US #17
#23Christine417US #43
#24Jane413US #61
#25Jean409US #73
#26Donna400US #10
#27Lisa380US #19
#28Ann377US #47
#29Debbie373US #24
#30Lynn362US #60
#31Laura348US #29
#32Peggy339US #42
#33Dawn333US #84
#34Elizabeth320US #22
#35Brenda313US #16
#36Janet309US #28
#37Denise302US #27
#38Laurie297US #70
#39Judy295US #36
#40Sue292US #102
#41Joan285US #68
#42Margaret271US #31
#43Judith263US #62
#44Theresa246US #33
#45Catherine239US #38
#46Vicki239US #57
#47Gail233US #72
#48Jill227US #98
#49Bonnie226US #63
#50Janice226US #35
#51Kathryn224US #58
#52Wendy224US #107
#53Connie205US #50
#54Robin204US #32
#55Terri194US #51
#56Teresa188US #26
#57Colleen187US #116
#58Cathy179US #34
#59Tammy179US #44
#60Amy172US #97
#61Sally166US #112
#62Katherine165US #74
#63Beth164US #95
#64Joanne163US #80
#65Jennifer157US #81
#66Paula156US #53
#67Jeanne151US #123
#68Renee145US #105
#69Ellen142US #93
#70Annette141US #76
#71Diana140US #45
#72Suzanne140US #104
#73Kay139US #169
#74Rebecca138US #41
#75Victoria138US #109
#76Michelle135US #56
#77Patti135US #137
#78Anne134US #87
#79Ruth133US #90
#80Darlene132US #49
#81Joyce132US #46
#82Kimberly127US #39
#83Kristine126
#84Joann123US #122
#85Kelly123US #108
#86Betty122US #54
#87Heidi122US #187
#88Terry122US #89
#89Sherry120US #67
#90Rhonda119US #48
#91Penny115US #124
#92Carolyn114US #37
#93Sandy114US #156
#94Beverly113US #55
#95Jody113US #170
#96Vickie113US #75
#97Rita110US #88
#98Valerie109US #64
#99Jacqueline108US #99
#100Maureen104US #110

Boys

#1Michael2,323US #1
#2David2,225US #2
#3Mark1,808US #7
#4James1,768US #3
#5John1,746US #5
#6Robert1,512US #4
#7Thomas1,447US #9
#8Steven1,275US #10
#9Richard1,171US #8
#10Daniel1,096US #16
#11Jeffrey1,086US #21
#12Scott924US #25
#13William923US #6
#14Timothy875US #13
#15Brian824US #24
#16Paul777US #15
#17Gary756US #17
#18Kevin675US #20
#19Joseph581US #12
#20Dennis574US #29
#21Donald529US #18
#22Gregory527US #23
#23Ronald509US #19
#24Randy502US #32
#25Kenneth488US #14
#26Patrick466US #42
#27Dale423US #46
#28Peter414US #41
#29Charles411US #11
#30Douglas403US #30
#31Bruce396US #36
#32Larry359US #22
#33Terry349US #33
#34Keith316US #37
#35Mike300US #40
#36Steve292US #44
#37Randall281US #62
#38Jeffery271US #59
#39Anthony251US #27
#40Todd248US #116
#41Alan247US #49
#42Stephen245US #26
#43Dean243US #97
#44Ricky242US #34
#45Jeff232US #68
#46Tim230US #74
#47Gerald228US #58
#48Tom222US #96
#49Wayne219US #48
#50Craig217US #53
#51Edward214US #28
#52Rick209US #77
#53Roger209US #47
#54Christopher208US #39
#55Jay202US #86
#56Kurt197US #134
#57Russell197US #54
#58Jerry185US #35
#59Dan183US #109
#60Lawrence165US #52
#61Raymond156US #43
#62Andrew152US #55
#63Jon151US #117
#64Dave149US #126
#65Eric148US #50
#66George147US #31
#67Carl141US #51
#68Bradley139US #108
#69Bryan137US #101
#70Frank137US #38
#71Jim135US #87
#72Greg130US #105
#73Rodney130US #65
#74Jack128US #80
#75Allen120US #92
#76Matthew119US #60
#77Lee118US #114
#78Joel114US #120
#79Duane113US #136
#80Jerome112US #129
#81Martin112US #71
#82Bill109US #99
#83Philip108US #67
#84Chris104US #93
#85Micheal99US #91
#86Joe98US #56
#87Curtis90US #82
#88Glenn90US #76
#89Ralph88US #78
#90Glen83US #131
#91Danny79US #45
#92Eugene79US #103
#93Perry79US #132
#94Randal79US #190
#95Arthur78US #72
#96Karl78US #146
#97Bob75US #139
#98Frederick75US #110
#99Brad74US #151
#100Kelly73US #148

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑23Bryan#69
↑21Patti#77
↑20Tim#46
↑19Jennifer#65
↑19Dave#64
↑14Lisa#27
↑14Kimberly#82
↑14Kristine#83

Falling

↓20Rita#97
↓16Roger#53
↓15Rebecca#74
↓15Glenn#88
↓14George#66
↓13Jacqueline#99
↓12Ellen#69
↓12Edward#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.