Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1944

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1944 were Mary for girls (1,699 babies) and James for boys (1,914). Social Security records list 55,012 babies born in Wisconsin in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1944

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

Girls

Luann: 19 babies, 12× the national rate
Lavonne: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marlys: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Therese: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darlene: 235 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bonita: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynette: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lorna: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bernadine: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jayne: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 35 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jerome: 181 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Laverne: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jerold: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maynard: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Duane: 122 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Merlin: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lyle: 57 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kurt: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Terrance: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	1,699	–	1
2	Judith	961	–	9
3	Barbara	945	↑1	2
4	Carol	938	↑2	5
5	Patricia	863	↑2	4
6	Sharon	862	↓3	8
7	Sandra	852	↑1	6
8	Karen	825	↓3	16
9	Kathleen	715	–	20
10	Nancy	660	–	7
11	Susan	643	–	13
12	Diane	465	↑1	24
13	Donna	413	↓1	17
14	Linda	406	↑3	3
15	Judy	403	↓1	12
16	Janet	402	↑2	21
17	Jean	384	↓1	37
18	Joan	346	↓3	22
19	Bonnie	337	↑1	34
20	Margaret	311	↑2	14
21	Betty	305	↑2	10
22	Ruth	279	↑5	32
23	Marilyn	273	↑2	27
24	Shirley	270	↓5	15
25	Joyce	264	↓1	18
26	Janice	254	↓5	28
27	Beverly	238	↓1	35
28	Cheryl	237	new	36
29	Darlene	235	↓1	76
30	Jane	227	↑1	41
31	Dorothy	184	↑2	19
32	Elizabeth	176	↑2	23
33	Gloria	174	↑3	25
34	Lois	174	↓2	47
35	Carolyn	168	↑2	11
36	Ann	161	↑7	39
37	Joanne	161	↓8	55
38	Virginia	158	↓8	26
39	Kathryn	150	–	68
40	Elaine	147	↓5	46
41	Carole	144	↑4	43
42	Sally	142	↓2	59
43	Rita	126	↓5	54
44	Gail	123	↑5	56
45	Helen	122	↓1	31
46	Suzanne	122	↑2	78
47	Dianne	121	–	90
48	Alice	120	new	38
49	Joann	120	↓7	65
50	Kay	118	new	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	1,914	–	1
2	Robert	1,707	–	2
3	John	1,480	–	3
4	Richard	1,435	–	5
5	David	1,161	–	6
6	Thomas	1,159	–	8
7	William	958	–	4
8	Michael	771	↑1	9
9	Ronald	731	↓1	10
10	Gary	730	↑3	15
11	Dennis	700	↓1	20
12	Donald	641	↓1	11
13	Kenneth	573	↓1	16
14	Gerald	517	–	24
15	Charles	436	–	7
16	Roger	435	–	23
17	Larry	411	–	12
18	Daniel	361	–	25
19	Paul	323	↑1	17
20	Joseph	305	↓1	13
21	Jerry	276	↑5	19
22	Edward	272	↓1	18
23	George	267	↓1	14
24	Wayne	241	↓1	37
25	Dale	215	–	61
26	Peter	215	↑1	40
27	Lawrence	207	↑2	32
28	Eugene	201	↑3	48
29	Bruce	192	↑7	51
30	Douglas	191	↓6	34
31	Raymond	186	↓1	22
32	Jerome	181	↓4	>100
33	Terry	175	↓1	43
34	Patrick	165	↑1	64
35	Jack	157	↑4	30
36	Frank	153	↓3	21
37	Allen	148	↑1	77
38	Harold	142	↓4	27
39	Steven	133	↑7	52
40	Walter	126	↑8	26
41	Ralph	125	↓4	42
42	Tom	124	new	87
43	Carl	123	↓1	36
44	Alan	122	↑5	55
45	Duane	122	↓1	>100
46	Keith	115	↓1	>100
47	Gordon	114	new	>100
48	Russell	114	↓8	63
49	Arthur	113	↓6	29
50	Stephen	108	↓9	28

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