Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Wisconsin, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,780
2	Barbara	926
3	Carol	914
4	Patricia	859
5	Judith	848
6	Sandra	829
7	Karen	760
8	Sharon	757
9	Susan	736
10	Kathleen	719
11	Nancy	605
12	Diane	514
13	Linda	480
14	Donna	388
15	Judy	382
16	Jean	350
17	Bonnie	344
18	Jane	327
19	Janet	323
20	Joan	306
21	Janice	283
21	Shirley	283
23	Margaret	282
24	Marilyn	274
25	Betty	255
26	Joyce	240
27	Ruth	220
28	Beverly	213
29	Darlene	212
30	Cheryl	208
31	Elizabeth	184
32	Gloria	175
33	Virginia	171
34	Kathryn	164
35	Ann	162
36	Dianne	156
37	Lois	153
38	Elaine	150
39	Joanne	149
40	Dorothy	148
41	Carolyn	147
42	Diana	138
42	Sally	138
44	Kay	137
45	Pamela	132
45	Sue	132
47	Suzanne	127
48	Gail	123
49	Helen	121
50	Lynn	120

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,871
2	Robert	1,689
3	John	1,515
4	Richard	1,430
5	David	1,162
6	Thomas	1,146
7	Michael	954
8	William	931
9	Gary	828
10	Dennis	790
11	Ronald	693
12	Donald	609
13	Kenneth	577
14	Roger	445
15	Gerald	432
16	Charles	431
16	Larry	431
18	Paul	367
19	Daniel	336
20	Joseph	323
21	Wayne	269
22	George	252
23	Edward	245
24	Raymond	214
25	Peter	209
25	Terry	209
27	Dale	205
28	Douglas	199
28	Jerry	199
30	Bruce	193
31	Lawrence	185
32	Alan	169
33	Patrick	167
34	Steven	165
35	Eugene	156
36	Jerome	150
37	Stephen	142
38	Mark	140
39	Frank	139
40	Harold	137
40	Timothy	137
42	Allen	132
43	Jack	128
44	Carl	123
45	Duane	118
45	Russell	118
47	Ralph	114
48	Arthur	113
49	Dean	107
50	Tom	105