Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1957

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1957 were Mary for girls (2,131 babies) and Michael for boys (2,397). Social Security records list 90,670 babies born in Wisconsin in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1957

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

Girls

Barb: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kristine: 94 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Roxane: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Geralyn: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kari: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Luann: 73 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kris: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristin: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kaye: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jean: 450 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 26 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Todd: 186 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kurt: 177 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dean: 275 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Randal: 91 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dale: 459 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeff: 226 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tom: 183 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeffry: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Duane: 139 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	2,131	–	1
2	Susan	1,576	↑1	2
3	Debra	1,419	↓1	4
4	Linda	1,046	–	3
5	Cynthia	1,039	↑4	7
6	Karen	1,010	↓1	5
7	Patricia	824	↓1	8
8	Barbara	792	↓1	9
9	Nancy	786	↓1	11
10	Cindy	784	↑12	19
11	Diane	770	↑1	17
12	Julie	736	↑6	28
13	Cheryl	698	↑1	16
14	Kathleen	680	↓4	21
15	Sandra	649	↓4	15
16	Deborah	598	↓3	6
17	Pamela	549	↓2	12
18	Carol	533	↑1	18
19	Sharon	500	↓3	14
20	Kim	462	↑4	35
21	Jean	450	↓1	67
22	Donna	425	↓5	10
23	Lori	425	↑4	45
24	Lynn	413	↓3	61
25	Jane	395	↓2	56
26	Kathy	389	↑7	20
27	Christine	381	↓2	41
28	Ann	369	↓2	44
29	Debbie	359	↑21	27
30	Brenda	326	new	13
31	Dawn	323	↑1	93
32	Margaret	320	↓4	29
33	Janet	317	↓2	23
34	Laurie	316	↑1	73
35	Denise	309	↑7	25
36	Elizabeth	306	–	22
37	Joan	301	↓7	60
38	Laura	292	↑3	31
39	Judith	290	↓10	53
40	Gail	274	↓3	54
41	Lisa	261	new	26
42	Bonnie	255	↓8	64
43	Kathryn	255	↓3	65
44	Judy	252	↑3	38
45	Peggy	250	↓1	62
46	Catherine	244	↓7	37
47	Sue	242	new	>100
48	Jill	241	↓5	100
49	Theresa	233	↓1	36
50	Janice	218	↓12	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	2,397	–	1
2	David	2,195	–	3
3	James	2,012	–	2
4	Mark	1,802	↑1	7
5	John	1,797	↓1	5
6	Robert	1,604	–	4
7	Thomas	1,424	–	9
8	Steven	1,381	–	10
9	Daniel	1,205	↑2	16
10	Richard	1,184	↓1	8
11	Jeffrey	1,136	↓1	21
12	William	970	–	6
13	Gary	814	–	13
14	Scott	755	↑1	32
15	Paul	741	↓1	18
16	Timothy	739	↑1	19
17	Brian	691	↑3	26
18	Joseph	626	–	12
19	Dennis	613	↓3	28
20	Kevin	601	↑5	20
21	Randy	588	↑1	31
22	Donald	572	↓1	15
23	Ronald	555	↑1	17
24	Kenneth	548	↓1	14
25	Gregory	545	↓6	23
26	Charles	495	–	11
27	Dale	459	↑2	50
28	Bruce	450	–	34
29	Peter	445	↓2	37
30	Patrick	429	–	41
31	Larry	428	–	22
32	Douglas	364	–	30
33	Keith	352	–	36
34	Terry	327	↑2	33
35	Jeffery	295	↑4	52
36	Randall	288	↓2	59
37	Roger	280	↑3	42
38	Dean	275	↑6	93
39	Edward	265	↓1	25
40	Gerald	262	↓5	51
41	Steve	261	new	44
42	Mike	247	new	53
43	Wayne	228	↓1	47
44	Alan	227	↓3	48
45	Stephen	227	↓8	24
46	Jeff	226	new	96
47	Craig	220	↓4	55
48	Anthony	218	↓3	27
49	Ricky	198	new	40
50	Russell	196	↓4	54

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