Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Wisconsin, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,699
2	Judith	961
3	Barbara	945
4	Carol	938
5	Patricia	863
6	Sharon	862
7	Sandra	852
8	Karen	825
9	Kathleen	715
10	Nancy	660
11	Susan	643
12	Diane	465
13	Donna	413
14	Linda	406
15	Judy	403
16	Janet	402
17	Jean	384
18	Joan	346
19	Bonnie	337
20	Margaret	311
21	Betty	305
22	Ruth	279
23	Marilyn	273
24	Shirley	270
25	Joyce	264
26	Janice	254
27	Beverly	238
28	Cheryl	237
29	Darlene	235
30	Jane	227
31	Dorothy	184
32	Elizabeth	176
33	Gloria	174
33	Lois	174
35	Carolyn	168
36	Ann	161
36	Joanne	161
38	Virginia	158
39	Kathryn	150
40	Elaine	147
41	Carole	144
42	Sally	142
43	Rita	126
44	Gail	123
45	Helen	122
45	Suzanne	122
47	Dianne	121
48	Alice	120
48	Joann	120
50	Kay	118

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,914
2	Robert	1,707
3	John	1,480
4	Richard	1,435
5	David	1,161
6	Thomas	1,159
7	William	958
8	Michael	771
9	Ronald	731
10	Gary	730
11	Dennis	700
12	Donald	641
13	Kenneth	573
14	Gerald	517
15	Charles	436
16	Roger	435
17	Larry	411
18	Daniel	361
19	Paul	323
20	Joseph	305
21	Jerry	276
22	Edward	272
23	George	267
24	Wayne	241
25	Dale	215
25	Peter	215
27	Lawrence	207
28	Eugene	201
29	Bruce	192
30	Douglas	191
31	Raymond	186
32	Jerome	181
33	Terry	175
34	Patrick	165
35	Jack	157
36	Frank	153
37	Allen	148
38	Harold	142
39	Steven	133
40	Walter	126
41	Ralph	125
42	Tom	124
43	Carl	123
44	Alan	122
44	Duane	122
46	Keith	115
47	Gordon	114
47	Russell	114
49	Arthur	113
50	Stephen	108