Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1950

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1950 were Mary for girls (2,062 babies) and James for boys (2,135). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 76,004 babies born in Wisconsin in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1950

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

Girls

Jacalyn: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kristine: 114 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lavonne: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lynn: 312 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dawn: 88 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kristin: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jean: 445 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roxanne: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kay: 153 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bonita: 86 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kurt: 68 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donn: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Harlan: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Duane: 123 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Todd: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Terrance: 58 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lyle: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jerome: 166 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeffery: 73 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Mary	2,062	↑1	2
2	Linda	1,883	↓1	1
3	Susan	1,529	–	5
4	Barbara	1,303	↑1	4
5	Kathleen	1,277	↓1	10
6	Patricia	1,142	–	3
7	Sandra	861	–	8
8	Nancy	841	↑1	6
9	Karen	813	↑1	12
10	Carol	744	↓2	9
11	Diane	669	↑2	16
12	Sharon	666	↓1	11
13	Judith	642	↓1	21
14	Christine	563	–	28
15	Deborah	492	↑12	7
16	Donna	446	↓1	13
17	Jean	445	–	48
18	Jane	438	–	39
19	Bonnie	422	–	33
20	Margaret	406	↓4	15
21	Cheryl	377	↓1	29
22	Cynthia	369	↑2	23
23	Janet	366	↑3	18
24	Pamela	352	↓3	17
25	Janice	351	↓3	22
26	Kathryn	334	↓3	46
27	Lynn	312	↑2	76
28	Joan	295	–	40
29	Catherine	270	↑8	34
30	Shirley	270	↓5	19
31	Elizabeth	267	↓1	24
32	Ann	251	↑1	45
33	Gail	247	↑3	42
34	Beverly	230	↑5	31
35	Marilyn	218	↓4	37
36	Judy	217	↓4	25
37	Peggy	199	↑9	41
38	Ruth	198	–	49
39	Joyce	194	↓4	27
40	Betty	190	↑1	26
41	Sally	188	↑4	78
42	Darlene	183	↓8	79
43	Suzanne	183	↓3	71
44	Kathy	179	new	38
45	Vicki	177	new	61
46	Constance	175	new	85
47	Gloria	166	↓5	30
48	Connie	163	new	44
49	Rita	163	↓1	56
50	Julie	162	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	2,135	–	1
2	Michael	2,040	↑1	4
3	Robert	1,950	↓1	2
4	John	1,941	–	3
5	Thomas	1,776	↑1	8
6	David	1,773	↓1	5
7	Richard	1,433	–	7
8	Gary	1,207	↑2	10
9	William	1,207	↓1	6
10	Dennis	961	↓1	17
11	Steven	888	↑2	16
12	Daniel	788	–	21
13	Mark	725	↑4	23
14	Ronald	722	↓3	12
15	Donald	689	↓1	14
16	Kenneth	609	↓1	15
17	Charles	606	↓1	9
18	Paul	562	↑1	18
19	Gregory	540	↑2	25
20	Larry	506	↓2	11
21	Joseph	426	↑1	13
22	Roger	405	↑1	27
23	Bruce	394	↑1	26
24	Timothy	392	↑3	32
25	Jeffrey	391	↑4	43
26	Gerald	384	↓6	34
27	Patrick	374	↓2	38
28	Dale	369	↓2	49
29	Stephen	330	↓1	19
30	Douglas	317	↑4	28
31	Edward	297	↑1	22
32	Peter	291	↑1	37
33	Terry	291	↓3	30
34	Wayne	281	↓3	35
35	Lawrence	249	–	33
36	George	244	–	20
37	Keith	218	↑3	78
38	Scott	216	↑5	82
39	Alan	208	↓2	41
40	Allen	193	↑4	71
41	Raymond	181	↓2	31
42	Jerry	172	↓4	24
43	Jerome	166	↓2	>100
44	Jack	165	↑5	48
45	Randall	161	↑3	70
46	Eugene	145	↓4	58
47	Brian	140	new	79
48	Craig	137	new	69
49	Randy	135	new	80
50	Frank	133	↓5	29

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