Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1954

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1954 were Mary for girls (2,397 babies) and Michael for boys (2,244). Social Security records list 85,858 babies born in Wisconsin in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1954

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: 123 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jacalyn: 49 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Geralyn: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kristi: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Luann: 112 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jean: 497 babies, 3× the national rate
Luanne: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristin: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Julie: 389 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kay: 153 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Todd: 100 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kurt: 116 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jeffrey: 1,178 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Duane: 130 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dale: 409 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terrance: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jan: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeffry: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jerome: 161 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	2,397	–	1
2	Susan	1,698	–	5
3	Debra	1,607	↑1	6
4	Linda	1,300	↓1	2
5	Barbara	1,155	–	7
6	Patricia	1,154	–	4
7	Nancy	917	↑1	9
8	Karen	883	↑1	8
9	Kathleen	869	↓2	14
10	Diane	818	–	17
11	Deborah	797	–	3
12	Sandra	755	–	13
13	Cynthia	663	–	10
14	Pamela	601	↑1	12
15	Carol	583	↓1	15
16	Jean	497	↑3	56
17	Donna	490	↑3	11
18	Sharon	478	↓1	16
19	Judith	468	↓1	30
20	Cheryl	453	↑3	22
21	Jane	424	–	49
22	Christine	392	↓6	43
23	Julie	389	↑6	70
24	Margaret	376	↓2	21
25	Joan	368	↓1	40
26	Janet	367	↑2	19
27	Ann	366	↑4	44
28	Lynn	357	↓2	63
29	Gail	340	↓2	37
30	Elizabeth	301	–	20
31	Bonnie	292	↓6	52
32	Kathryn	287	↑1	51
33	Janice	275	↓1	25
34	Marilyn	264	↑1	35
35	Catherine	252	↓1	32
36	Vicki	241	↑4	50
37	Peggy	240	↓1	48
38	Denise	223	↑7	24
39	Laura	216	new	45
40	Kathy	208	↑2	23
41	Laurie	203	new	98
42	Ruth	202	↑7	66
43	Judy	200	↓6	29
44	Sally	198	↓5	84
45	Wendy	197	new	95
46	Beverly	193	↓8	31
47	Connie	193	new	39
48	Paula	192	↓2	38
49	Jill	191	new	>100
50	Dawn	185	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	2,244	–	1
2	David	2,180	↑1	5
3	James	2,148	↓1	3
4	John	1,866	↑1	4
5	Robert	1,812	↓1	2
6	Thomas	1,616	–	8
7	Richard	1,432	–	7
8	Steven	1,387	↑1	11
9	Mark	1,379	↑1	12
10	William	1,199	↑1	6
11	Jeffrey	1,178	↑3	23
12	Daniel	1,117	–	18
13	Gary	1,112	↓5	9
14	Dennis	734	↓1	21
15	Paul	682	–	16
16	Donald	627	–	14
17	Joseph	615	↑2	13
18	Gregory	591	↑2	25
19	Kenneth	590	↑2	17
20	Ronald	562	↓3	15
21	Charles	554	↓3	10
22	Timothy	554	–	26
23	Bruce	481	–	30
24	Scott	461	↑6	40
25	Peter	423	↑6	37
26	Dale	409	↓2	50
27	Patrick	406	–	38
28	Randy	404	↑5	33
29	Larry	383	↓4	19
30	Terry	355	↑4	27
31	Kevin	351	↑7	28
32	Douglas	344	↓3	29
33	Roger	321	↓5	34
34	Stephen	320	↓2	20
35	Gerald	306	↓9	44
36	Randall	301	–	55
37	Edward	295	↓2	22
38	Brian	287	↑5	48
39	Alan	269	↓2	43
40	Wayne	234	–	41
41	Keith	233	↓2	45
42	Lawrence	217	–	39
43	Craig	216	↑3	51
44	Jeffery	191	↑5	90
45	George	190	↓4	24
46	Jerry	177	↓1	31
47	Rodney	166	↓3	66
48	Jerome	161	new	>100
49	Raymond	159	↓1	35
50	Allen	157	new	82

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