Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1951

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1951 were Mary for girls (2,252 babies) and Michael for boys (2,298). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 81,562 babies born in Wisconsin in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1951

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: 189 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jacalyn: 35 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kristin: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lavonne: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Heidi: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dawn: 94 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lynette: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rosanne: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lynn: 329 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roxanne: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 29 babies, 6× the national rate
Duane: 149 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Todd: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 414 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dean: 175 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lyle: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeffrey: 557 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jerome: 177 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kurt: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeffery: 88 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Mary	2,252	–	2
2	Linda	1,842	–	1
3	Susan	1,496	–	6
4	Patricia	1,391	↑2	3
5	Kathleen	1,223	–	10
6	Barbara	1,182	↓2	5
7	Nancy	932	↑1	7
8	Sandra	894	↓1	9
9	Karen	878	–	8
10	Diane	755	↑1	15
11	Judith	699	↑2	25
12	Carol	694	↓2	11
13	Deborah	687	↑2	4
14	Christine	685	–	24
15	Sharon	632	↓3	13
16	Debra	513	new	18
17	Donna	474	↓1	12
18	Jane	443	–	43
19	Cynthia	433	↑3	20
20	Jean	430	↓3	49
21	Pamela	426	↑3	16
22	Margaret	421	↓2	17
23	Bonnie	419	↓4	37
24	Cheryl	411	↓3	30
25	Janice	388	–	21
26	Janet	372	↓3	19
27	Lynn	329	–	72
28	Joan	313	–	39
29	Kathryn	303	↓3	45
30	Elizabeth	302	↑1	23
31	Ann	279	↑1	46
32	Gail	268	↑1	36
33	Catherine	249	↓4	34
34	Judy	239	↑2	26
35	Shirley	234	↓5	27
36	Marilyn	232	↓1	41
37	Peggy	229	–	40
38	Ellen	211	new	68
39	Beverly	209	↓5	33
40	Joanne	204	new	73
41	Joyce	201	↓2	28
42	Ruth	201	↓4	53
43	Julie	193	↑7	99
44	Kristine	189	new	>100
45	Kathy	188	↓1	35
46	Jacqueline	184	new	56
47	Vicki	182	↓2	58
48	Darlene	181	↓6	79
49	Katherine	180	new	55
50	Sally	178	↓9	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Michael	2,298	↑1	4
2	James	2,201	↓1	1
3	John	1,961	↑1	3
4	Robert	1,912	↓1	2
5	David	1,898	↑1	5
6	Thomas	1,898	↓1	8
7	Richard	1,491	–	7
8	William	1,304	↑1	6
9	Gary	1,263	↓1	10
10	Dennis	1,042	–	17
11	Steven	1,036	–	13
12	Mark	989	↑1	20
13	Daniel	850	↓1	21
14	Donald	732	↑1	15
15	Kenneth	667	↑1	16
16	Ronald	665	↓2	12
17	Charles	624	–	9
18	Paul	576	–	18
19	Jeffrey	557	↑6	35
20	Gregory	514	↓1	25
21	Larry	500	↓1	11
22	Joseph	492	↓1	14
23	Bruce	486	–	26
24	Gerald	428	↑2	36
25	Timothy	423	↓1	28
26	Dale	414	↑2	49
27	Douglas	403	↑3	27
28	Patrick	379	↓1	39
29	Roger	375	↓7	29
30	Stephen	359	↓1	19
31	Peter	331	↑1	38
32	Edward	327	↓1	23
33	Terry	315	–	30
34	Wayne	278	–	37
35	Lawrence	270	–	33
36	Scott	264	↑2	68
37	Keith	256	–	59
38	George	243	↓2	22
39	Alan	240	–	40
40	Randall	229	↑5	66
41	Craig	214	↑7	63
42	Raymond	193	↓1	32
43	Allen	182	↓3	72
44	Jerry	178	↓2	24
45	Randy	178	↑4	56
46	Jerome	177	↓3	>100
47	Dean	175	new	>100
48	Brian	173	↓1	75
49	Kevin	170	new	53
50	Russell	158	new	73

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