Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1949

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1949 were Linda for girls (2,114 babies) and James for boys (2,258). Social Security records list 76,081 babies born in Wisconsin in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1949

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: 155 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lavonne: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Therese: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roxanne: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kristin: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Rosanne: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bonita: 90 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Colleen: 119 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dawn: 76 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lorna: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 37 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Merlin: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Todd: 48 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Harlan: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donn: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Duane: 150 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Myron: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Terrance: 59 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kurt: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jerome: 178 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	2,114	↑1	1
2	Mary	2,069	↓1	2
3	Susan	1,472	–	5
4	Kathleen	1,401	↑1	9
5	Barbara	1,283	↓1	4
6	Patricia	1,117	–	3
7	Sandra	963	–	6
8	Carol	827	–	8
9	Nancy	805	↑1	7
10	Karen	782	↑2	11
11	Sharon	756	↓2	10
12	Judith	707	↓1	16
13	Diane	636	–	19
14	Christine	507	↑1	30
15	Donna	488	↓1	12
16	Margaret	482	–	14
17	Jean	436	–	45
18	Jane	402	↑1	41
19	Bonnie	400	↓1	35
20	Cheryl	386	–	28
21	Pamela	378	↑3	21
22	Janice	326	–	24
23	Kathryn	303	↑10	52
24	Cynthia	302	↑2	27
25	Shirley	299	–	18
26	Janet	297	↓3	23
27	Deborah	288	new	15
28	Joan	282	↓1	36
29	Lynn	263	↑2	74
30	Elizabeth	253	–	25
31	Marilyn	250	↓2	33
32	Judy	249	↓11	20
33	Ann	242	↑8	44
34	Darlene	232	↓2	75
35	Joyce	230	–	26
36	Gail	222	↑4	51
37	Catherine	221	↓3	37
38	Ruth	213	↓2	47
39	Beverly	212	↓11	31
40	Suzanne	209	↓2	62
41	Betty	201	↓4	22
42	Gloria	194	↓3	29
43	Jeanne	193	↓1	92
44	Katherine	189	new	59
45	Sally	184	↓1	77
46	Peggy	174	↑4	38
47	Joanne	173	↓2	61
48	Rita	167	new	54
49	Carolyn	165	↓6	17
50	Ellen	165	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	2,258	–	1
2	Robert	1,989	–	2
3	Michael	1,934	↑2	5
4	John	1,892	↓1	3
5	David	1,820	↓1	6
6	Thomas	1,714	↑1	8
7	Richard	1,493	↓1	7
8	William	1,178	–	4
9	Dennis	1,040	–	16
10	Gary	965	–	12
11	Ronald	804	–	11
12	Daniel	782	↑1	22
13	Steven	708	↑3	20
14	Donald	699	↓2	13
15	Kenneth	639	↓1	15
16	Charles	630	↑1	9
17	Mark	604	↑3	24
18	Larry	566	↓3	10
19	Paul	498	↓1	17
20	Gerald	463	↓1	33
21	Gregory	429	↑2	31
22	Joseph	403	↓1	14
23	Roger	387	↓1	25
24	Bruce	386	–	26
25	Patrick	376	↑4	39
26	Dale	371	↓1	54
27	Timothy	364	–	34
28	Stephen	341	↑3	19
29	Jeffrey	332	↑5	48
30	Terry	311	↓4	28
31	Wayne	308	↑1	35
32	Edward	302	↓4	21
33	Peter	299	↑2	38
34	Douglas	284	↑2	29
35	Lawrence	276	↓2	32
36	George	246	↓6	18
37	Alan	221	↑1	45
38	Jerry	212	↓1	23
39	Raymond	189	–	30
40	Keith	179	↑4	85
41	Jerome	178	↑1	>100
42	Eugene	174	↑1	58
43	Scott	174	↑5	99
44	Allen	161	↓4	71
45	Frank	153	↑2	27
46	Duane	150	–	>100
47	Russell	147	↓6	69
48	Randall	143	new	79
49	Jack	141	↓4	47
50	Rodney	136	new	87

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