Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1955

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1955 were Mary for girls (2,200 babies) and David for boys (2,403). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 86,460 babies born in Wisconsin in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1955

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: 104 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Heidi: 74 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Geralyn: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rae: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jean: 499 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kay: 150 babies, 3× the national rate
Luann: 86 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristin: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Jodi: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Therese: 66 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Todd: 125 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lyle: 55 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kurt: 128 babies, 3× the national rate
Duane: 137 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dale: 412 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dean: 175 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Scott: 589 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeff: 81 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terrance: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Allan: 95 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	2,200	–	1
2	Debra	1,660	↑1	4
3	Susan	1,631	↓1	5
4	Linda	1,236	–	3
5	Patricia	1,036	↑1	6
6	Barbara	1,008	↓1	7
7	Nancy	933	–	9
8	Kathleen	866	↑1	17
9	Karen	853	↓1	8
10	Diane	822	–	14
11	Deborah	755	–	2
12	Cynthia	718	↑1	11
13	Sandra	676	↓1	13
14	Cheryl	624	↑6	19
15	Pamela	608	↓1	12
16	Carol	574	↓1	15
17	Jean	499	↓1	60
18	Sharon	455	–	16
19	Jane	446	↑2	50
20	Donna	441	↓3	10
21	Christine	430	↑1	40
22	Julie	398	↑1	67
23	Judith	386	↓4	31
24	Janet	383	↑2	20
25	Lynn	370	↑3	62
26	Ann	349	↑1	43
27	Joan	340	↓2	46
28	Gail	331	↑1	42
29	Margaret	325	↓5	24
30	Elizabeth	316	–	21
31	Bonnie	306	–	45
32	Catherine	296	↑3	28
33	Denise	272	↑5	23
34	Kathryn	257	↓2	59
35	Peggy	255	↑2	51
36	Dawn	249	↑14	>100
37	Kathy	249	↑3	22
38	Janice	247	↓5	25
39	Vicki	235	↓3	52
40	Kim	223	new	75
41	Connie	220	↑6	35
42	Wendy	219	↑3	90
43	Laurie	209	↓2	91
44	Jill	207	↑5	>100
45	Laura	200	↓6	41
46	Lori	199	new	89
47	Judy	194	↓4	32
48	Robin	192	new	33
49	Paula	187	↓1	39
50	Colleen	180	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	2,403	↑1	2
2	Michael	2,365	↓1	1
3	James	1,976	–	3
4	Robert	1,768	↑1	4
5	John	1,766	↓1	5
6	Mark	1,595	↑3	9
7	Thomas	1,530	↓1	8
8	Steven	1,394	–	10
9	Richard	1,247	↓2	7
10	Jeffrey	1,141	↑1	20
11	William	1,137	↓1	6
12	Daniel	1,101	–	17
13	Gary	1,083	–	12
14	Dennis	796	–	23
15	Paul	736	–	16
16	Joseph	616	↑1	13
17	Gregory	613	↑1	24
18	Timothy	605	↑4	22
19	Scott	589	↑5	38
20	Donald	569	↓4	14
21	Ronald	560	↓1	18
22	Kenneth	522	↓3	15
23	Charles	506	↓2	11
24	Randy	501	↑4	30
25	Bruce	462	↓2	32
26	Peter	443	↓1	35
27	Kevin	432	↑4	27
28	Dale	412	↓2	52
29	Patrick	411	↓2	41
30	Terry	382	–	28
31	Douglas	381	↑1	29
32	Larry	377	↓3	19
33	Brian	373	↑5	40
34	Stephen	315	–	21
35	Gerald	306	–	48
36	Randall	300	–	53
37	Alan	289	↑2	43
38	Keith	287	↑3	39
39	Roger	276	↓6	37
40	Edward	270	↓3	25
41	Jeffery	267	↑3	73
42	Wayne	228	↓2	44
43	Craig	227	–	50
44	Lawrence	219	↓2	42
45	George	206	–	26
46	Anthony	186	new	31
47	Russell	181	new	57
48	Dean	175	new	>100
49	Jerry	168	↓3	33
50	Raymond	168	↓1	36

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