Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1947

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1947 were Mary for girls (2,255 babies) and James for boys (2,346). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 76,281 babies born in Wisconsin in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1947

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: 92 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Roxanne: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kristin: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bonita: 95 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dawn: 76 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Karla: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carla: 89 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kay: 183 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jean: 444 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 35 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Laverne: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Todd: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kurt: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Duane: 158 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lyle: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jerome: 178 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terrance: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Harlan: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jeffery: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Mary	2,255	–	2
2	Linda	1,822	↑11	1
3	Susan	1,302	↑1	8
4	Barbara	1,255	↓2	4
5	Patricia	1,179	↓2	3
6	Sandra	1,134	↓1	5
7	Kathleen	1,079	↑1	11
8	Carol	973	↓2	6
9	Sharon	963	–	9
10	Judith	906	↓3	12
11	Karen	861	↓1	13
12	Nancy	860	↓1	7
13	Diane	758	↓1	18
14	Donna	571	–	10
15	Jean	444	↑1	40
16	Cheryl	440	↑5	24
17	Margaret	421	↑1	16
18	Judy	420	↓3	14
19	Jane	407	↑4	36
20	Janice	393	–	22
21	Bonnie	388	↓4	35
22	Janet	355	↓3	23
23	Joan	340	↓1	30
24	Shirley	318	–	19
25	Marilyn	308	–	29
26	Christine	297	↑9	45
27	Betty	279	↓1	17
28	Pamela	271	↑10	28
29	Suzanne	259	↓2	53
30	Darlene	255	–	71
31	Lynn	253	↑2	75
32	Cynthia	252	new	33
33	Joyce	250	↓5	20
34	Beverly	247	↓5	31
35	Gloria	225	↑1	27
36	Ann	219	↓4	41
37	Kathryn	219	–	55
38	Elizabeth	217	↑1	25
39	Joanne	211	↑4	56
40	Jeanne	199	↑5	86
41	Ruth	198	↓10	44
42	Gail	196	new	49
43	Virginia	195	↓3	34
44	Sue	192	↓3	69
45	Lois	184	↓1	63
46	Kay	183	↑3	>100
47	Carolyn	182	↓13	15
48	Sally	176	new	70
49	Ellen	169	↓1	61
50	Connie	159	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	2,346	–	1
2	Robert	2,172	–	2
3	John	1,930	–	3
4	Richard	1,791	–	5
5	David	1,715	↑1	6
6	Thomas	1,660	↓1	8
7	Michael	1,599	–	7
8	William	1,265	–	4
9	Dennis	1,157	–	17
10	Gary	1,111	–	12
11	Ronald	965	–	11
12	Donald	757	–	13
13	Kenneth	677	–	15
14	Larry	611	↑1	10
15	Daniel	584	↑1	22
16	Charles	566	↓2	9
17	Paul	514	↑2	18
18	Gerald	484	↓1	28
19	Steven	434	↑6	24
20	Roger	415	↓2	25
21	Gregory	405	↑15	33
22	Joseph	401	↓1	14
23	Terry	358	↓1	26
24	Wayne	350	↓4	30
25	Dale	341	↓1	63
26	Bruce	315	–	29
27	Edward	312	↓4	19
28	Mark	310	↑3	47
29	Peter	299	–	36
30	George	295	↓2	16
31	Patrick	287	↓1	53
32	Jerry	276	↓5	20
33	Douglas	269	↑2	31
34	Lawrence	257	↓1	32
35	Timothy	247	↑2	52
36	Jeffrey	244	↑2	66
37	Stephen	235	↑3	21
38	Alan	228	↓4	45
39	Raymond	215	↓7	27
40	Eugene	207	↑2	59
41	Allen	206	↓2	73
42	Frank	182	↑2	23
43	Jerome	178	–	>100
44	Russell	173	↑1	69
45	Tom	163	↑4	87
46	Keith	162	↑2	91
47	Jack	160	↓6	37
48	Duane	158	↓2	>100
49	Carl	145	↑1	40
50	Philip	138	new	57

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