Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1953

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1953 were Mary for girls (2,132 babies) and Michael for boys (2,309). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,268 babies born in Wisconsin in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1953

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: 160 babies, 6× the national rate
Julianne: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jacalyn: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Luann: 81 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heidi: 45 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kaye: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Jean: 467 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Luanne: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kristin: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Julie: 321 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Todd: 83 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lyle: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kurt: 90 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tim: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeffrey: 896 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Duane: 131 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Greg: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dale: 396 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dean: 170 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	2,132	–	1
2	Susan	1,594	↑1	5
3	Linda	1,506	↓1	2
4	Debra	1,275	↑5	7
5	Barbara	1,210	–	6
6	Patricia	1,127	↓2	4
7	Kathleen	937	↓1	14
8	Nancy	927	↓1	8
9	Karen	871	↓1	9
10	Diane	787	↑3	17
11	Deborah	765	–	3
12	Sandra	757	↓2	11
13	Cynthia	643	↑4	12
14	Carol	614	–	16
15	Pamela	565	↑6	10
16	Christine	563	↓4	32
17	Sharon	522	↓1	15
18	Judith	495	↓3	30
19	Jean	467	↑3	52
20	Donna	454	↓2	13
21	Jane	452	↓2	43
22	Margaret	391	↓2	20
23	Cheryl	382	–	28
24	Joan	365	↑2	37
25	Bonnie	353	–	45
26	Lynn	328	↑6	67
27	Gail	326	↑2	39
28	Janet	321	↓4	19
29	Julie	321	↑5	74
30	Elizabeth	297	–	21
31	Ann	296	–	46
32	Janice	286	↓5	22
33	Kathryn	286	↓5	48
34	Catherine	252	↓1	35
35	Marilyn	244	–	36
36	Peggy	239	↑2	44
37	Judy	231	↓1	27
38	Beverly	226	↓1	34
39	Sally	209	↑6	81
40	Vicki	205	↓1	61
41	Joyce	202	↑5	26
42	Kathy	197	↓2	23
43	Shirley	187	↓1	29
44	Jeanne	184	new	97
45	Denise	183	↑5	31
46	Paula	179	new	40
47	Ellen	173	↑1	76
48	Jacqueline	172	new	58
49	Ruth	167	↓5	62
50	Rebecca	166	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	2,309	–	3
2	James	2,082	–	2
3	David	2,044	–	5
4	Robert	1,802	↑1	1
5	John	1,717	↓1	4
6	Thomas	1,662	–	8
7	Richard	1,504	–	7
8	Gary	1,242	–	10
9	Steven	1,223	–	11
10	Mark	1,189	↑1	12
11	William	1,135	↓1	6
12	Daniel	974	–	20
13	Dennis	924	–	19
14	Jeffrey	896	–	25
15	Paul	634	↑4	16
16	Donald	625	↓1	14
17	Ronald	608	–	15
18	Charles	597	–	9
19	Joseph	577	↑1	13
20	Gregory	572	↑1	24
21	Kenneth	555	↓5	17
22	Timothy	523	↑1	26
23	Bruce	451	↑1	28
24	Dale	396	↑1	48
25	Larry	388	↓3	18
26	Gerald	375	↑2	42
27	Patrick	369	↓1	39
28	Roger	364	↑3	31
29	Douglas	357	↓2	27
30	Scott	356	↑2	46
31	Peter	336	↓2	38
32	Stephen	325	↓2	21
33	Randy	315	↑1	35
34	Terry	297	↓1	30
35	Edward	280	–	23
36	Randall	250	–	64
37	Alan	248	↑4	43
38	Kevin	238	↑6	36
39	Keith	236	–	47
40	Wayne	234	–	40
41	George	226	↓3	22
42	Lawrence	214	↓5	37
43	Brian	206	↑3	53
44	Rodney	191	new	58
45	Jerry	179	↑2	29
46	Craig	175	↓4	60
47	Dean	170	↓4	>100
48	Raymond	165	↓3	34
49	Jeffery	148	new	>100
50	Anthony	147	new	32

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