Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1945

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1945 were Mary for girls (1,780 babies) and James for boys (1,871). Social Security records list 54,926 babies born in Wisconsin in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1945

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

Girls

Kristine: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darlene: 212 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lynette: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kathleen: 719 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bette: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Judie: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Julie: 76 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Karla: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Karen: 760 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Merlin: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jerold: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Todd: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kurt: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jerome: 150 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Fredric: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Duane: 118 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dean: 107 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Terrence: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	1,780	–	1
2	Barbara	926	↑1	3
3	Carol	914	↑1	5
4	Patricia	859	↑1	4
5	Judith	848	↓3	9
6	Sandra	829	↑1	6
7	Karen	760	↑1	16
8	Sharon	757	↓2	8
9	Susan	736	↑2	10
10	Kathleen	719	↓1	19
11	Nancy	605	↓1	7
12	Diane	514	–	22
13	Linda	480	↑1	2
14	Donna	388	↓1	17
15	Judy	382	–	13
16	Jean	350	↑1	38
17	Bonnie	344	↑2	35
18	Jane	327	↑12	36
19	Janet	323	↓3	20
20	Joan	306	↓2	25
21	Janice	283	↑5	24
22	Shirley	283	↑2	14
23	Margaret	282	↓3	15
24	Marilyn	274	↓1	27
25	Betty	255	↓4	11
26	Joyce	240	↓1	18
27	Ruth	220	↓5	33
28	Beverly	213	↓1	37
29	Darlene	212	–	71
30	Cheryl	208	↓2	32
31	Elizabeth	184	↑1	26
32	Gloria	175	↑1	23
33	Virginia	171	↑5	28
34	Kathryn	164	↑5	65
35	Ann	162	↑1	39
36	Dianne	156	↑11	72
37	Lois	153	↓3	48
38	Elaine	150	↑2	44
39	Joanne	149	↓2	53
40	Dorothy	148	↓9	21
41	Carolyn	147	↓6	12
42	Diana	138	new	43
43	Sally	138	↓1	64
44	Kay	137	↑6	91
45	Pamela	132	new	42
46	Sue	132	new	66
47	Suzanne	127	↓1	68
48	Gail	123	↓4	52
49	Helen	121	↓4	31
50	Lynn	120	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	1,871	–	1
2	Robert	1,689	–	2
3	John	1,515	–	3
4	Richard	1,430	–	5
5	David	1,162	–	6
6	Thomas	1,146	–	8
7	Michael	954	↑1	9
8	William	931	↓1	4
9	Gary	828	↑1	13
10	Dennis	790	↑1	19
11	Ronald	693	↓2	10
12	Donald	609	–	12
13	Kenneth	577	–	16
14	Roger	445	↑2	22
15	Gerald	432	↓1	25
16	Charles	431	↓1	7
17	Larry	431	–	11
18	Paul	367	↑1	17
19	Daniel	336	↓1	24
20	Joseph	323	–	14
21	Wayne	269	↑3	35
22	George	252	↑1	15
23	Edward	245	↓1	18
24	Raymond	214	↑7	23
25	Peter	209	↑1	38
26	Terry	209	↑7	33
27	Dale	205	↓2	61
28	Douglas	199	↑2	29
29	Jerry	199	↓8	20
30	Bruce	193	↓1	48
31	Lawrence	185	↓4	30
32	Alan	169	↑12	52
33	Patrick	167	↑1	63
34	Steven	165	↑5	43
35	Eugene	156	↓7	50
36	Jerome	150	↓4	>100
37	Stephen	142	↑13	26
38	Mark	140	new	72
39	Frank	139	↓3	21
40	Harold	137	↓2	28
41	Timothy	137	new	70
42	Allen	132	↓5	74
43	Jack	128	↓8	32
44	Carl	123	↓1	39
45	Duane	118	–	>100
46	Russell	118	↑2	64
47	Ralph	114	↓6	44
48	Arthur	113	↑1	34
49	Dean	107	new	>100
50	Tom	105	↓8	89

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