Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1962

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1962 were Mary for girls (1,464 babies) and Michael for boys (2,091). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 87,844 babies born in Wisconsin in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1962

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: 127 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kay: 167 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kari: 81 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jayne: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sue: 227 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jean: 322 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Therese: 67 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jodi: 121 babies, 3× the national rate
Lynn: 393 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Patti: 117 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 215 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Todd: 795 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dean: 279 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeffry: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dale: 318 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Daniel: 1,218 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Allan: 62 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rory: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Scott: 1,388 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rick: 160 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	1,464	–	2
2	Susan	1,132	–	3
3	Lisa	1,104	↑1	1
4	Lori	981	↓1	11
5	Julie	929	–	22
6	Linda	884	–	5
7	Karen	825	–	4
8	Debra	700	–	15
9	Sandra	591	↑1	10
10	Barbara	585	↓1	14
11	Patricia	535	–	6
12	Dawn	514	↑1	50
13	Kathleen	511	↓1	29
14	Pamela	509	↑5	13
15	Diane	506	↓1	26
16	Cheryl	495	↓1	24
17	Kim	491	↑6	37
18	Laurie	484	↓1	42
19	Brenda	480	↑1	12
20	Ann	460	↑5	56
21	Nancy	452	↓5	19
22	Christine	436	–	39
23	Laura	434	↓2	21
24	Lynn	393	↑3	71
25	Carol	388	↑1	28
26	Cynthia	388	↓8	8
27	Donna	372	↓3	7
28	Sharon	369	–	17
29	Cindy	368	–	34
30	Tammy	367	↑3	23
31	Deborah	354	↑5	9
32	Jane	348	–	73
33	Kathy	346	↓3	27
34	Denise	344	↑1	30
35	Michelle	344	↑7	31
36	Kelly	324	↑8	38
37	Jean	322	↓6	95
38	Elizabeth	309	↓4	20
39	Connie	284	↑6	51
40	Jill	284	–	72
41	Amy	277	↑2	61
42	Wendy	277	↓1	64
43	Theresa	275	↓4	40
44	Renee	262	new	76
45	Margaret	261	↑3	43
46	Debbie	260	↓9	32
47	Janet	252	↓9	35
48	Jennifer	252	new	41
49	Beth	241	new	66
50	Jacqueline	238	↓3	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Michael	2,091	↑1	1
2	David	2,067	↓1	2
3	John	1,800	–	3
4	Mark	1,668	–	6
5	James	1,632	–	4
6	Robert	1,472	–	5
7	Scott	1,388	↑4	11
8	Jeffrey	1,260	–	10
9	Thomas	1,242	↓2	9
10	Daniel	1,218	–	17
11	Steven	1,160	↓2	12
12	Brian	946	–	20
13	Timothy	903	–	16
14	Richard	872	↑1	8
15	Todd	795	↑3	30
16	Paul	776	–	19
17	Kevin	759	–	14
18	William	745	↓4	7
19	Joseph	647	–	13
20	Gary	535	–	22
21	Gregory	515	–	21
22	Kenneth	452	↑4	18
23	Ronald	445	↓1	25
24	Donald	443	↓1	23
25	Douglas	433	↑3	27
26	Patrick	403	↑1	40
27	Charles	392	↑3	15
28	Peter	377	↓3	43
29	Christopher	376	↑2	26
30	Randy	375	↓6	35
31	Dennis	327	↓2	37
32	Bruce	320	↑4	41
33	Dale	318	↓1	62
34	Anthony	317	↑6	24
35	Jeffery	297	↑2	45
36	Keith	292	↑2	36
37	Jeff	280	↓4	44
38	Dean	279	↑3	86
39	Craig	276	↓4	51
40	Eric	270	↑7	33
41	Terry	252	↓2	34
42	Mike	249	↓8	39
43	Steve	242	↑1	46
44	Jay	227	↑5	80
45	Larry	223	↓3	31
46	Alan	215	↓1	53
47	Kurt	215	new	>100
48	Edward	214	–	29
49	Randall	213	↓3	64
50	Andrew	211	new	49

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