Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1960

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1960 were Mary for girls (1,793 babies) and David for boys (2,318). Social Security records list 93,005 babies born in Wisconsin in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1960

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: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Terese: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kristine: 109 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kari: 68 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jean: 429 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kay: 142 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jayne: 67 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Julianne: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jodi: 110 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Therese: 86 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Jeffry: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Todd: 417 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kurt: 200 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dean: 282 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Randal: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terrance: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dale: 401 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Scott: 1,077 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Duane: 141 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jay: 244 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	1,793	–	1
2	Susan	1,351	–	2
3	Lori	1,037	↑5	20
4	Julie	962	↑2	28
5	Linda	962	↓2	3
6	Debra	901	↓2	8
7	Karen	884	↓2	4
8	Barbara	738	↓1	12
9	Diane	681	↑1	22
10	Lisa	675	↑9	6
11	Patricia	655	↓2	7
12	Nancy	650	↓1	15
13	Sandra	645	↑2	11
14	Kathleen	611	↓1	27
15	Cheryl	591	↓1	17
16	Cynthia	571	↓4	9
17	Pamela	547	↓1	14
18	Laurie	521	↑15	37
19	Donna	496	↓2	5
20	Kim	487	↑4	34
21	Cindy	475	↓3	30
22	Christine	455	↑10	40
23	Dawn	455	↓2	57
24	Brenda	453	↑11	13
25	Laura	444	↑2	25
26	Jean	429	↑5	86
27	Kathy	412	↓7	21
28	Lynn	405	↑2	64
29	Deborah	400	↓4	10
30	Sharon	400	↓4	16
31	Jane	395	↓2	67
32	Carol	386	↓10	23
33	Ann	371	↓10	51
34	Tammy	355	↑6	31
35	Debbie	348	↓7	24
36	Elizabeth	333	↓2	18
37	Janet	325	↓1	32
38	Denise	313	↓1	29
39	Wendy	313	↑6	63
40	Jill	299	↓2	76
41	Theresa	293	↑6	35
42	Joan	286	↑4	80
43	Teresa	257	new	19
44	Margaret	253	↓5	36
45	Judy	250	↓2	48
46	Kelly	245	new	52
47	Catherine	243	↓3	42
48	Amy	236	new	77
49	Judith	235	new	74
50	Robin	228	–	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	2,318	–	1
2	Michael	2,150	–	2
3	Mark	1,938	–	6
4	James	1,741	–	3
5	John	1,693	–	4
6	Robert	1,580	–	5
7	Thomas	1,372	–	9
8	Steven	1,337	–	10
9	Jeffrey	1,284	–	14
10	Daniel	1,162	–	17
11	Scott	1,077	↑1	23
12	Timothy	1,043	↑1	11
13	Richard	1,033	↓2	8
14	Brian	946	–	20
15	William	911	–	7
16	Kevin	846	–	15
17	Paul	779	–	18
18	Joseph	603	↑1	12
19	Gary	595	↓1	22
20	Gregory	549	↑2	24
21	Randy	539	↓1	32
22	Ronald	517	↓1	21
23	Donald	508	↑2	19
24	Kenneth	500	–	16
25	Dennis	487	↓2	31
26	Patrick	449	–	45
27	Peter	441	–	42
28	Todd	417	↑8	71
29	Charles	413	↑2	13
30	Dale	401	↓2	54
31	Bruce	384	↓2	39
32	Douglas	380	↓2	30
33	Craig	327	↑7	41
34	Terry	316	↓2	34
35	Randall	310	↓2	59
36	Jeff	303	↑2	49
37	Keith	303	↓2	35
38	Jeffery	299	↑8	55
39	Mike	299	–	36
40	Christopher	291	↑3	29
41	Anthony	286	new	25
42	Dean	282	↓1	94
43	Steve	281	↓6	43
44	Larry	276	↓10	28
45	Edward	258	↑2	26
46	Alan	250	↑3	50
47	Jay	244	new	78
48	Tim	242	↓6	60
49	Roger	227	↓5	47
50	Gerald	216	↓5	62

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