Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1956

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1956 were Mary for girls (2,011 babies) and Michael for boys (2,339). Social Security records list 87,734 babies born in Wisconsin in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1956

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: 113 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Terese: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kari: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Geralyn: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Kristin: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jean: 453 babies, 3× the national rate
Luanne: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Kay: 146 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jodi: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lynn: 449 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Todd: 145 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kurt: 143 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 430 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dean: 211 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tom: 108 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Scott: 728 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Duane: 140 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeff: 121 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dave: 72 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gregg: 75 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	2,011	–	1
2	Debra	1,643	–	2
3	Susan	1,543	–	5
4	Linda	1,156	–	3
5	Karen	982	↑4	7
6	Patricia	927	↓1	6
7	Barbara	896	↓1	9
8	Nancy	880	↓1	11
9	Cynthia	837	↑3	8
10	Kathleen	773	↓2	17
11	Sandra	727	↑2	14
12	Diane	702	↓2	15
13	Deborah	701	↓2	4
14	Cheryl	686	–	18
15	Pamela	550	–	12
16	Sharon	512	↑2	13
17	Donna	500	↑3	10
18	Julie	484	↑4	48
19	Carol	481	↓3	16
20	Jean	453	↓3	65
21	Lynn	449	↑4	58
22	Cindy	434	new	37
23	Jane	417	↓4	50
24	Kim	412	↑16	38
25	Christine	396	↓4	42
26	Ann	393	–	46
27	Lori	361	↑19	66
28	Margaret	345	↑1	25
29	Judith	343	↓6	45
30	Joan	330	↓3	52
31	Janet	327	↓7	21
32	Dawn	292	↑4	92
33	Kathy	287	↑4	20
34	Bonnie	282	↓3	51
35	Laurie	282	↑8	76
36	Elizabeth	281	↓6	22
37	Gail	265	↓9	49
38	Janice	261	–	26
39	Catherine	256	↓7	28
40	Kathryn	252	↓6	60
41	Laura	244	↑4	34
42	Denise	243	↓9	23
43	Jill	241	↑1	>100
44	Peggy	231	↓9	63
45	Vicki	225	↓6	57
46	Wendy	224	↓4	95
47	Judy	210	–	35
48	Theresa	207	new	32
49	Connie	203	↓8	43
50	Debbie	194	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	2,339	↑1	1
2	David	2,216	↓1	4
3	James	1,915	–	2
4	John	1,884	↑1	5
5	Mark	1,740	↑1	8
6	Robert	1,690	↓2	3
7	Thomas	1,517	–	9
8	Steven	1,428	–	10
9	Richard	1,240	–	7
10	Jeffrey	1,109	–	20
11	Daniel	1,088	↑1	18
12	William	1,056	↓1	6
13	Gary	890	–	13
14	Paul	763	↑1	17
15	Scott	728	↑4	34
16	Dennis	670	↓2	26
17	Timothy	656	↑1	19
18	Joseph	650	↓2	12
19	Gregory	608	↓2	24
20	Brian	566	↑13	32
21	Donald	555	↓1	14
22	Randy	554	↑2	28
23	Kenneth	547	↓1	16
24	Ronald	541	↓3	15
25	Kevin	529	↑2	22
26	Charles	482	↓3	11
27	Peter	468	↓1	37
28	Bruce	453	↓3	33
29	Dale	430	↓1	50
30	Patrick	422	↓1	40
31	Larry	401	↑1	21
32	Douglas	383	↓1	29
33	Keith	337	↑5	36
34	Randall	324	↑2	54
35	Gerald	296	–	49
36	Terry	289	↓6	31
37	Stephen	283	↓3	23
38	Edward	272	↑2	25
39	Jeffery	272	↑2	57
40	Roger	270	↓1	41
41	Alan	257	↓4	44
42	Wayne	239	–	45
43	Craig	229	–	51
44	Dean	211	↑4	99
45	Anthony	209	↑1	30
46	Russell	203	↑1	52
47	Lawrence	193	↓3	42
48	George	189	↓3	27
49	Raymond	170	↑1	39
50	Jerry	168	↓1	35

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