Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1959

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1959 were Mary for girls (1,773 babies) and David for boys (2,299). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 91,974 babies born in Wisconsin in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1959

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: 99 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kari: 63 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Barb: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Luann: 64 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jean: 403 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sue: 279 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kay: 124 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jayne: 69 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dawn: 464 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jane: 409 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Todd: 312 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kurt: 191 babies, 3× the national rate
Jeffry: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Ryan: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Dean: 285 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Randal: 91 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Terrance: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Scot: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Scott: 1,013 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lyle: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	1,773	–	1
2	Susan	1,417	–	2
3	Linda	1,121	↑2	3
4	Debra	1,082	↓1	7
5	Karen	928	↑1	4
6	Julie	916	↓2	26
7	Barbara	746	↑2	11
8	Lori	727	↑6	27
9	Patricia	722	↓2	6
10	Diane	714	↑2	19
11	Nancy	678	↓3	14
12	Cynthia	651	↓1	8
13	Kathleen	647	–	23
14	Cheryl	642	↓4	18
15	Sandra	623	–	13
16	Pamela	591	–	12
17	Donna	555	↑9	5
18	Cindy	548	–	25
19	Lisa	500	↑8	10
20	Kathy	495	↓3	15
21	Dawn	464	↑12	54
22	Carol	462	↓3	22
23	Ann	456	↑5	44
24	Kim	436	↓3	35
25	Deborah	435	↓5	9
26	Sharon	420	↓4	17
27	Laura	412	↑4	30
28	Debbie	411	↑1	20
29	Jane	409	↓5	67
30	Lynn	404	–	63
31	Jean	403	↓6	77
32	Christine	399	↓9	43
33	Laurie	384	↑5	56
34	Elizabeth	367	–	21
35	Brenda	347	–	16
36	Janet	319	–	28
37	Denise	311	–	29
38	Jill	294	↑10	86
39	Margaret	282	↑3	36
40	Tammy	281	new	31
41	Sue	279	↓1	>100
42	Peggy	277	↓10	57
43	Judy	269	↓4	41
44	Catherine	267	↑1	40
45	Wendy	267	new	83
46	Joan	264	↓5	76
47	Theresa	263	↓3	34
48	Kathryn	246	new	69
49	Bonnie	235	–	71
50	Robin	227	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	2,299	↑1	2
2	Michael	2,218	↓1	1
3	Mark	1,879	–	6
4	James	1,819	–	3
5	John	1,744	–	4
6	Robert	1,587	–	5
7	Thomas	1,369	–	9
8	Steven	1,283	–	10
9	Jeffrey	1,146	↑2	16
10	Daniel	1,090	–	18
11	Richard	1,064	↓2	8
12	Scott	1,013	–	24
13	Timothy	974	↑1	12
14	Brian	892	↑1	22
15	William	879	↓2	7
16	Kevin	823	↑2	14
17	Paul	751	↓1	17
18	Gary	666	↓1	20
19	Joseph	590	–	13
20	Randy	581	↑4	31
21	Ronald	572	↑2	21
22	Gregory	519	–	23
23	Dennis	516	↓3	29
24	Kenneth	496	↑1	15
25	Donald	487	↓4	19
26	Patrick	457	–	43
27	Peter	430	↑1	40
28	Dale	408	↓1	49
29	Bruce	405	↑2	38
30	Douglas	405	–	30
31	Charles	401	↓2	11
32	Terry	338	↑1	33
33	Randall	328	↑4	59
34	Larry	321	↓2	25
35	Keith	319	↓1	39
36	Todd	312	↑4	99
37	Steve	311	↓1	41
38	Jeff	309	↑7	52
39	Mike	307	↓4	37
40	Craig	306	↑10	44
41	Dean	285	↑2	95
42	Tim	275	↑4	60
43	Christopher	273	new	35
44	Roger	264	new	47
45	Gerald	260	↑2	61
46	Jeffery	259	↓8	55
47	Edward	250	new	27
48	Tom	242	–	82
49	Alan	241	↓8	50
50	Ricky	236	↓6	34

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