Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1948

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1948 were Mary for girls (2,171 babies) and James for boys (2,190). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 74,070 babies born in Wisconsin in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1948

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: 119 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kristin: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Roxanne: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Bonita: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dawn: 71 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marlene: 165 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kay: 160 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeannine: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jean: 408 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 29 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lyle: 67 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Duane: 150 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jerome: 176 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terrance: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Harlan: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Scott: 138 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Todd: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 347 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dean: 102 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Mary	2,171	–	2
2	Linda	1,978	–	1
3	Susan	1,432	–	5
4	Barbara	1,295	–	3
5	Kathleen	1,144	↑2	10
6	Patricia	1,118	↓1	4
7	Sandra	1,019	↓1	6
8	Carol	879	–	8
9	Sharon	851	–	9
10	Nancy	837	↑2	7
11	Judith	795	↓1	15
12	Karen	792	↓1	12
13	Diane	687	–	19
14	Donna	530	–	11
15	Christine	417	↑11	35
16	Margaret	409	↑1	13
17	Jean	408	↓2	47
18	Bonnie	392	↑3	34
19	Jane	368	–	39
20	Cheryl	359	↓4	25
21	Judy	322	↓3	16
22	Janice	321	↓2	23
23	Janet	307	↓1	24
24	Pamela	295	↑4	22
25	Shirley	292	↓1	20
26	Cynthia	278	↑6	27
27	Joan	271	↓4	37
28	Beverly	257	↑6	31
29	Marilyn	253	↓4	33
30	Elizabeth	244	↑8	26
31	Lynn	242	–	80
32	Darlene	235	↓2	77
33	Kathryn	235	↑4	54
34	Catherine	221	new	41
35	Joyce	217	↓2	21
36	Ruth	214	↑5	45
37	Betty	210	↓10	18
38	Suzanne	208	↓9	66
39	Gloria	204	↓4	28
40	Gail	201	↑2	51
41	Ann	193	↓5	44
42	Jeanne	191	↓2	95
43	Carolyn	190	↑4	14
44	Sally	190	↑4	72
45	Joanne	183	↓6	65
46	Lois	173	↓1	70
47	Marlene	165	new	>100
48	Kay	160	↓2	>100
49	Sue	160	↓5	78
50	Peggy	159	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	2,190	–	1
2	Robert	1,978	–	2
3	John	1,968	–	3
4	David	1,674	↑1	5
5	Michael	1,671	↑2	6
6	Richard	1,599	↓2	7
7	Thomas	1,594	↓1	8
8	William	1,204	–	4
9	Dennis	1,022	–	17
10	Gary	992	–	12
11	Ronald	816	–	10
12	Donald	745	–	14
13	Daniel	676	↑2	22
14	Kenneth	658	↓1	15
15	Larry	624	↓1	11
16	Steven	579	↑3	23
17	Charles	576	↓1	9
18	Paul	480	↓1	18
19	Gerald	478	↓1	30
20	Mark	417	↑8	29
21	Joseph	415	↑1	13
22	Roger	398	↓2	24
23	Gregory	389	↓2	32
24	Bruce	359	↑2	28
25	Dale	347	–	56
26	Terry	343	↓3	26
27	Timothy	320	↑8	38
28	Edward	313	↓1	19
29	Patrick	313	↑2	48
30	George	302	–	16
31	Stephen	300	↑6	20
32	Wayne	280	↓8	34
33	Lawrence	276	↑1	31
34	Jeffrey	273	↑2	58
35	Peter	272	↓6	37
36	Douglas	270	↓3	33
37	Jerry	243	↓5	21
38	Alan	238	–	46
39	Raymond	192	–	27
40	Allen	180	↑1	72
41	Russell	177	↑3	67
42	Jerome	176	↑1	>100
43	Eugene	173	↓3	61
44	Keith	170	↑2	89
45	Jack	157	↑2	43
46	Duane	150	↑2	>100
47	Frank	150	↓5	25
48	Scott	138	new	>100
49	Carl	133	–	42
50	Frederick	123	new	75

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