Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1952

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1952 were Mary for girls (2,241 babies) and Michael for boys (2,311). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,579 babies born in Wisconsin in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1952

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

Girls

Geralyn: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kristine: 200 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Heidi: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristin: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dawn: 125 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Merry: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Kay: 172 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jacalyn: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jean: 442 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jayne: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Jeffry: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Terrance: 69 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Todd: 71 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lyle: 59 babies, 3× the national rate
Dean: 188 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kurt: 88 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeffrey: 695 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeffery: 122 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Allan: 108 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jerome: 166 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	2,241	–	2
2	Linda	1,596	–	1
3	Susan	1,521	–	5
4	Patricia	1,245	–	3
5	Barbara	1,233	↑1	6
6	Kathleen	1,087	↓1	11
7	Nancy	955	–	7
8	Karen	865	↑1	8
9	Debra	797	↑7	9
10	Sandra	793	↓2	10
11	Deborah	777	↑2	4
12	Christine	776	↑2	20
13	Diane	760	↓3	16
14	Carol	675	↓2	12
15	Judith	580	↓4	25
16	Sharon	568	↓1	14
17	Cynthia	531	↑2	18
18	Donna	496	↓1	13
19	Jane	463	↓1	42
20	Margaret	448	↑2	21
21	Pamela	444	–	17
22	Jean	442	↓2	50
23	Cheryl	399	↑1	31
24	Janet	386	↑2	19
25	Bonnie	367	↓2	41
26	Joan	343	↑2	37
27	Janice	328	↓2	23
28	Kathryn	320	↑1	48
29	Gail	312	↑3	39
30	Elizabeth	304	–	22
31	Ann	295	–	45
32	Lynn	288	↓5	71
33	Catherine	274	–	34
34	Julie	251	↑9	85
35	Marilyn	230	↑1	38
36	Judy	221	↓2	26
37	Beverly	213	↑2	35
38	Peggy	213	↓1	43
39	Vicki	213	↑8	61
40	Kathy	210	↑5	29
41	Kristine	200	↑3	>100
42	Shirley	200	↓7	28
43	Connie	195	new	44
44	Ruth	194	↓2	57
45	Sally	187	↑5	81
46	Joyce	186	↓5	27
47	Katherine	185	↑2	59
48	Ellen	184	↓10	70
49	Victoria	174	new	74
50	Denise	172	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	2,311	–	4
2	James	2,268	–	1
3	David	1,999	↑2	5
4	John	1,961	↓1	3
5	Robert	1,854	↓1	2
6	Thomas	1,744	–	8
7	Richard	1,444	–	7
8	Gary	1,236	↑1	10
9	Steven	1,231	↑2	11
10	William	1,173	↓2	6
11	Mark	1,036	↑1	17
12	Daniel	990	↑1	20
13	Dennis	927	↓3	18
14	Jeffrey	695	↑5	31
15	Donald	673	↓1	13
16	Kenneth	623	↓1	16
17	Ronald	614	↓1	15
18	Charles	612	↓1	9
19	Paul	599	↓1	19
20	Joseph	537	↑2	12
21	Gregory	504	↓1	24
22	Larry	463	↓1	14
23	Timothy	462	↑2	27
24	Bruce	453	↓1	25
25	Dale	395	↑1	46
26	Patrick	392	↑2	37
27	Douglas	377	–	28
28	Gerald	377	↓4	39
29	Peter	376	↑2	36
30	Stephen	374	–	21
31	Roger	372	↓2	30
32	Scott	340	↑4	54
33	Terry	329	–	29
34	Randy	310	↑11	41
35	Edward	281	↓3	23
36	Randall	269	↑4	63
37	Lawrence	258	↓2	35
38	George	255	–	22
39	Keith	248	↓2	49
40	Wayne	241	↓6	38
41	Alan	237	↓2	42
42	Craig	189	↓1	59
43	Dean	188	↑4	>100
44	Kevin	182	↑5	43
45	Raymond	177	↓3	33
46	Brian	172	↑2	64
47	Jerry	168	↓3	26
48	Jerome	166	↓2	>100
49	Russell	162	↑1	70
50	Allen	151	↓7	78

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