Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1958

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,864 babies) and Michael for boys (2,323). Social Security records list 89,961 babies born in Wisconsin in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1958

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: 126 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Barb: 43 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Luann: 73 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kari: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Luanne: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Jean: 409 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sue: 292 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kay: 139 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Heidi: 122 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jayne: 83 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 197 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Todd: 248 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dean: 243 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Randal: 79 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dale: 423 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tom: 222 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dan: 183 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dave: 149 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terrance: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Scot: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,864	–	1
2	Susan	1,471	–	2
3	Debra	1,167	–	6
4	Julie	990	↑8	23
5	Linda	979	↓1	3
6	Karen	896	–	4
7	Patricia	793	–	5
8	Nancy	768	↑1	12
9	Barbara	754	↓1	9
10	Cheryl	731	↑3	13
11	Cynthia	708	↓6	8
12	Diane	698	↓1	18
13	Kathleen	692	↑1	21
14	Lori	642	↑9	30
15	Sandra	609	–	15
16	Pamela	581	↑1	11
17	Kathy	561	↑9	14
18	Cindy	555	↓8	25
19	Carol	464	↓1	20
20	Deborah	462	↓4	7
21	Kim	433	↓1	40
22	Sharon	428	↓3	17
23	Christine	417	↑4	43
24	Jane	414	↑1	61
25	Jean	409	↓4	73
26	Donna	400	↓4	10
27	Lisa	380	↑14	19
28	Ann	377	–	47
29	Debbie	373	–	24
30	Lynn	362	↓6	60
31	Laura	348	↑7	29
32	Peggy	339	↑13	42
33	Dawn	333	↓2	84
34	Elizabeth	320	↑2	22
35	Brenda	313	↓5	16
36	Janet	309	↓3	28
37	Denise	302	↓2	27
38	Laurie	297	↓4	70
39	Judy	295	↑5	36
40	Sue	292	↑7	>100
41	Joan	285	↓4	68
42	Margaret	271	↓10	31
43	Judith	263	↓4	62
44	Theresa	246	↑5	33
45	Catherine	239	↑1	38
46	Vicki	239	new	57
47	Gail	233	↓7	72
48	Jill	227	–	98
49	Bonnie	226	↓7	63
50	Janice	226	–	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	2,323	–	1
2	David	2,226	–	2
3	Mark	1,808	↑1	7
4	James	1,769	↓1	3
5	John	1,746	–	5
6	Robert	1,512	–	4
7	Thomas	1,448	–	9
8	Steven	1,275	–	10
9	Richard	1,171	↑1	8
10	Daniel	1,096	↓1	16
11	Jeffrey	1,087	–	21
12	Scott	924	↑2	25
13	William	923	↓1	6
14	Timothy	875	↑2	13
15	Brian	824	↑2	24
16	Paul	777	↓1	15
17	Gary	756	↓4	17
18	Kevin	675	↑2	20
19	Joseph	581	↓1	12
20	Dennis	574	↓1	29
21	Donald	529	↑1	18
22	Gregory	527	↑3	23
23	Ronald	509	–	19
24	Randy	502	↓3	32
25	Kenneth	488	↓1	14
26	Patrick	466	↑4	42
27	Dale	423	–	46
28	Peter	414	↑1	41
29	Charles	411	↓3	11
30	Douglas	403	↑2	30
31	Bruce	396	↓3	36
32	Larry	359	↓1	22
33	Terry	349	↑1	33
34	Keith	316	↓1	37
35	Mike	300	↑7	40
36	Steve	292	↑5	44
37	Randall	281	↓1	62
38	Jeffery	271	↓3	59
39	Anthony	251	↑9	27
40	Todd	248	new	>100
41	Alan	247	↑3	49
42	Stephen	245	↑3	26
43	Dean	243	↓5	97
44	Ricky	241	↑5	34
45	Jeff	231	↑1	68
46	Tim	230	new	74
47	Gerald	228	↓7	58
48	Tom	222	new	96
49	Wayne	219	↓6	48
50	Craig	217	↓3	53

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