Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1946

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1946 were Mary for girls (1,972 babies) and James for boys (2,189). Social Security records list 67,431 babies born in Wisconsin in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1946

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: 59 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ruthann: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marlys: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lavonne: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marilynn: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dawn: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Holly: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lorna: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lynn: 214 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bonita: 65 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Duwayne: 18 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Norbert: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Merlin: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Todd: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Duane: 150 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kurt: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Terrance: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jerome: 161 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jeffery: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lyle: 56 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	1,972	–	1
2	Barbara	1,172	–	4
3	Patricia	1,128	↑1	3
4	Susan	1,049	↑5	8
5	Sandra	992	↑1	6
6	Carol	985	↓3	5
7	Judith	971	↓2	10
8	Kathleen	958	↑2	16
9	Sharon	919	↓1	9
10	Karen	842	↓3	15
11	Nancy	782	–	7
12	Diane	660	–	19
13	Linda	631	–	2
14	Donna	505	–	13
15	Judy	474	–	11
16	Jean	418	–	37
17	Bonnie	410	–	33
18	Margaret	390	↑5	17
19	Janet	374	–	21
20	Janice	363	↑1	22
21	Cheryl	340	↑9	27
22	Joan	337	↓2	28
23	Jane	323	↓5	35
24	Shirley	323	↓2	18
25	Marilyn	291	↓1	29
26	Betty	273	↓1	14
27	Suzanne	261	↑20	52
28	Joyce	249	↓2	20
29	Beverly	247	↓1	30
30	Darlene	241	↓1	71
31	Ruth	234	↓4	38
32	Ann	219	↑3	40
33	Lynn	214	↑17	94
34	Carolyn	213	↑7	12
35	Christine	209	new	50
36	Gloria	202	↓4	26
37	Kathryn	201	↓3	63
38	Pamela	194	↑7	34
39	Elizabeth	184	↓8	25
40	Virginia	184	↓7	31
41	Sue	182	↑5	61
42	Dorothy	180	↓2	23
43	Joanne	180	↓4	57
44	Lois	177	↓7	55
45	Jeanne	176	new	83
46	Rita	164	new	56
47	Dianne	163	↓11	76
48	Ellen	155	new	58
49	Kay	154	↓5	>100
50	Rosemary	154	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	2,189	–	1
2	Robert	1,940	–	2
3	John	1,859	–	3
4	Richard	1,784	–	5
5	Thomas	1,394	↑1	8
6	David	1,375	↓1	6
7	Michael	1,244	–	7
8	William	1,143	–	4
9	Dennis	1,036	↑1	17
10	Gary	967	↓1	12
11	Ronald	891	–	10
12	Donald	757	–	13
13	Kenneth	675	–	15
14	Charles	550	↑2	9
15	Larry	530	↑2	11
16	Daniel	487	↑3	21
17	Gerald	470	↓2	27
18	Roger	455	↓4	23
19	Paul	421	↓1	18
20	Wayne	332	↑1	29
21	Joseph	328	↓1	14
22	Terry	305	↑4	26
23	Edward	295	–	19
24	Dale	288	↑3	62
25	Steven	283	↑9	28
26	Bruce	262	↑4	32
27	Jerry	260	↑2	20
28	George	255	↓6	16
29	Peter	254	↓4	38
30	Patrick	250	↑3	59
31	Mark	220	↑7	58
32	Raymond	218	↓8	25
33	Lawrence	215	↓2	31
34	Alan	208	↓2	49
35	Douglas	207	↓7	34
36	Gregory	207	new	56
37	Timothy	197	↑4	60
38	Jeffrey	188	new	78
39	Allen	179	↑3	74
40	Stephen	179	↓3	24
41	Jack	176	↑2	35
42	Eugene	175	↓7	57
43	Jerome	161	↓7	>100
44	Frank	156	↓5	22
45	Russell	154	↑1	66
46	Duane	150	↓1	>100
47	Harold	147	↓7	33
48	Keith	142	new	96
49	Tom	137	↑1	87
50	Carl	126	↓6	39

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