Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1943

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,724 babies) and James for boys (1,879). Social Security records list 57,884 babies born in Wisconsin in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1943

Names given at least 15 times in Wisconsin that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Angeline: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Karla: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Corrine: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lavonne: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sharen: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Clarice: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darleen: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darlene: 244 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rosanne: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Karen: 986 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Duwayne: 20 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Norbert: 41 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Roman: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lavern: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Todd: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Laverne: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Jerome: 220 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Merlin: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Duane: 121 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Terrance: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,724	–	1
2	Judith	1,144	–	7
3	Sharon	1,070	↑5	8
4	Barbara	1,006	–	2
5	Karen	986	↓2	15
6	Carol	957	↓1	5
7	Patricia	901	↓1	3
8	Sandra	878	↓1	6
9	Kathleen	722	↑1	22
10	Nancy	687	↓1	9
11	Susan	559	–	18
12	Donna	473	↑2	17
13	Diane	467	↓1	24
14	Judy	428	↑1	13
15	Joan	380	↓2	21
16	Jean	368	↑2	36
17	Linda	365	↑7	4
18	Janet	357	↓2	20
19	Shirley	356	↑1	12
20	Bonnie	346	↓3	34
21	Janice	317	↓2	26
22	Margaret	309	↑4	14
23	Betty	304	↓1	10
24	Joyce	291	↓3	16
25	Marilyn	289	↓2	27
26	Beverly	278	↓1	32
27	Ruth	250	–	33
28	Darlene	244	–	73
29	Joanne	219	↑1	49
30	Virginia	203	↓1	25
31	Jane	198	↑6	44
32	Lois	182	↑2	43
33	Dorothy	176	↑3	19
34	Elizabeth	176	↑1	23
35	Elaine	175	↑5	46
36	Gloria	167	↓4	30
37	Carolyn	166	↓6	11
38	Rita	157	↑6	52
39	Kathryn	153	↑8	75
40	Sally	152	↑3	57
41	Marlene	151	↓3	>100
42	Joann	147	↓1	60
43	Ann	146	↓4	37
44	Helen	140	↓2	28
45	Carole	138	↓12	42
46	Phyllis	133	new	39
47	Dianne	129	↓2	88
48	Suzanne	129	↑2	86
49	Gail	127	new	55
50	Marjorie	124	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	1,879	–	1
2	Robert	1,756	–	2
3	John	1,477	–	3
4	Richard	1,424	–	5
5	David	1,209	–	6
6	Thomas	1,173	–	8
7	William	947	–	4
8	Ronald	876	–	9
9	Michael	751	↑2	10
10	Dennis	711	↓1	20
11	Donald	705	↓1	11
12	Kenneth	649	↑2	15
13	Gary	639	–	16
14	Gerald	586	↓2	23
15	Charles	480	–	7
16	Roger	456	–	24
17	Larry	445	–	12
18	Daniel	331	↑4	25
19	Joseph	326	–	13
20	Paul	317	–	19
21	Edward	297	↓3	18
22	George	273	↑1	14
23	Wayne	273	↑1	41
24	Douglas	254	↓3	28
25	Dale	230	↑5	59
26	Jerry	228	↓1	17
27	Peter	226	↓1	39
28	Jerome	220	↑1	>100
29	Lawrence	217	↑2	32
30	Raymond	202	↓2	22
31	Eugene	181	↓4	47
32	Terry	173	↑5	49
33	Frank	169	↑2	21
34	Harold	168	↑2	27
35	Patrick	166	↓3	69
36	Bruce	164	↓3	51
37	Ralph	150	↑8	40
38	Allen	148	↓4	76
39	Jack	147	↓1	34
40	Russell	135	–	73
41	Stephen	133	new	29
42	Carl	131	–	33
43	Arthur	126	↓4	30
44	Duane	121	↓3	>100
45	Keith	121	new	>100
46	Steven	121	new	58
47	Timothy	117	new	99
48	Walter	115	new	26
49	Alan	111	new	67
50	Frederick	111	↓7	70

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