What is the most popular baby name in Wisconsin?

On a heavy SSA book, Wisconsin's cumulative #1 boy is Robert (104,997 births) and #1 girl is Mary (84,302 births) since 1910.

How have baby names changed in Wisconsin over the decades?

Wisconsin is TREND-LED today: latest-year leaders already differ from the all-time book on both sexes. Decade #1s moved from John/Dorothy (1910s) to Oliver/Charlotte (2020s).

How many babies are named in Wisconsin?

Our data covers 2,824,501 name registrations in Wisconsin for the top 50 boys and top 50 girls names (DENSE volume stamp · #17 of 51 jurisdictions). The SSA records all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year, from 1910 through 2025.

State name profile

Most Popular Baby Names in Wisconsin

The boys' and girls' names most often given in Wisconsin, ranked by total recorded births in Social Security Administration state data, 1910–2025.

Compiled byNameAlmanac, Independent data publisher

Robert
#1 boy name: Mary
#1 girl name: 2,824,501
Births recorded: 1910–2025
Years covered

Wisconsin's all-time #1 names are Robert for boys and Mary for girls, based on 2,824,501 SSA birth registrations since 1910.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wisconsin has recorded 2,824,501 births across its top 50 boy and top 50 girl names since 1910. Robert leads all boys with 104,997 births, while Mary tops the girls with 84,302. This profile covers decade-by-decade leaders and the full top-50 rankings for both sexes.

Robert #1 boy name
Mary #1 girl name
2,824,501 births recorded

Where Wisconsin sits by recorded name volume

Wisconsin: 6,655,644 SSA name registrations (DENSE · rank 17/51). Inventory signal only, orthogonal to the top-50 lists below.

Wisconsin vs all states by SSA name registrations

Where this state's disclosed SSA name-state registration total sits among every tracked jurisdiction

6,655,644 17th of 51 higher than 34 of 51 states

Jurisdictions, banded by SSA name-registration count

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source Social Security Administration state baby-name files · 2026-08-11

Wisconsin naming snapshot

According to SSA state files through 2025, Mary is #1 of 84,302 cumulative SSA births in Wisconsin ≠ Charlotte #1 of 926 2025 girl names at all-time rank #51; Robert is #1 of 104,997 cumulative SSA births in Wisconsin ≠ Oliver #1 of 887 2025 boy names at all-time rank #51.

Charlotte
2025 girls #1, all-time #51: Mary
all-time girls #1, 2025 #51: Oliver
2025 boys #1, all-time #51: Robert
all-time boys #1, 2025 #51

Both sexes in Wisconsin already split latest-year vs all-time leaders, cumulative totals since 1910 and 2025 use different denominators.

Data updated Aug 2026

Both sexes trend-led

What a heavy registry book shows for Wisconsin

Wisconsin sits in the heaviest third of SSA name-state registration totals (6,655,644 · DENSE · #17/51). Cumulative top-50 leaders are Robert (104,997 boy births) and Mary (84,302 girl births) across 2,824,501 top-50 registrations since 1910. Both sexes are TREND-LED: the latest 2025 #1 differs from the all-time cumulative #1 on each side. Boy top-50 share 1,745,877 vs 1,078,624 for girls.

In Wisconsin, the latest SSA year #1 differs from the all-time cumulative #1 for both boys and girls, a dual trend split against the long book.

Coverage notes on a heavy state file

Decade-by-decade data for Wisconsin extends back to 1910. In the 1910s, the #1 boy name was John and the #1 girl name was Dorothy. By the 2020s, the top names had shifted to Oliver for boys and Charlotte for girls.

SSA state files include any name appearing five or more times in a given state-year; lower-frequency names are suppressed for privacy. Figures are comparable across all 50 states and DC. Alternate spellings (Sophia vs Sofia) are separate names; middle names are not tracked. This page is for informational and research purposes.

Charlotte

282
Eleanor

195
Sophia

195
Evelyn

194
Emma

192
Amelia

186
Nora

185
Olivia

182
Violet

172
Lainey

162

What this shows Charlotte leads 2025 girls in Wisconsin; Mary remains the all-time cumulative #1 at rank #51 in 2025.

Oliver

336
Theodore

323
Henry

307
Liam

274
Noah

245
Hudson

209
Jack

201
James

199
Cooper

197
Levi

194

What this shows Oliver leads 2025 boys in Wisconsin; Robert remains the all-time cumulative #1 at rank #51 in 2025.

Mary

84,302
Patricia

37,383
Susan

37,134
Barbara

35,320
Jennifer

34,305
Elizabeth

31,158
Linda

29,989
Karen

28,218
Carol

27,545
Kathleen

26,902

What this shows Mary leads Wisconsin girls with 84,302 recorded births.

Robert

104,997
James

98,755
John

97,289
Michael

96,746
David

83,588
William

65,688
Richard

63,821
Thomas

62,756
Daniel

52,095
Joseph

47,187

What this shows Robert leads Wisconsin boys with 104,997 recorded births.

Decade-by-Decade Leaders

The #1 boy and girl name in Wisconsin for each decade

How we calculated this

For each decade, we sum every year's SSA state-level birth count per name, then take the single name with the highest ten-year total for each sex. A name can lead a decade with a strong single peak year or with steady, moderate demand across all ten years, the total treats both the same way.

Decade	Top Boy	Births	Top Girl	Births
1910s	John	6,608	Dorothy	6,391
1920s	Robert	17,677	Mary	10,093
1930s	Robert	16,068	Mary	11,731
1940s	James	19,782	Mary	18,027
1950s	Michael	22,844	Mary	21,063
1960s	Michael	20,026	Lisa	12,077
1970s	Michael	14,546	Jennifer	15,609
1980s	Michael	12,942	Jennifer	9,778
1990s	Jacob	8,810	Emily	5,728
2000s	Jacob	5,359	Emma	4,187
2010s	Mason	3,351	Olivia	3,333
2020s	Oliver	1,954	Charlotte	1,602

Boy Top 50 Boy Names

#	Name	Total Births
1	Robert	104,997
2	James	98,755
3	John	97,289
4	Michael	96,746
5	David	83,588
6	William	65,688
7	Richard	63,821
8	Thomas	62,756
9	Daniel	52,095
10	Joseph	47,187
11	Donald	42,542
12	Mark	40,485
13	Steven	38,047
14	Matthew	35,429
15	Paul	33,541
16	Charles	32,556
17	Jeffrey	32,023
18	Andrew	31,514
19	Kenneth	31,388
20	Brian	31,381
21	Christopher	31,255
22	Scott	30,339
23	Timothy	29,771
24	Ronald	27,447
25	Gary	25,416
26	Kevin	24,573
27	Ryan	24,309
28	Joshua	23,563
29	Jacob	23,540
30	Jason	23,137
31	Dennis	22,665
32	Anthony	22,220
33	Edward	22,188
34	Nicholas	21,675
35	Benjamin	20,340
36	Eric	20,316
37	George	20,131
38	Gerald	19,363
39	Peter	19,214
40	Patrick	19,052
41	Gregory	17,727
42	Raymond	16,783
43	Adam	15,982
44	Roger	15,410
45	Jack	15,364
46	Tyler	15,226
47	Nathan	14,390
48	Douglas	14,317
49	Justin	14,198
50	Alexander	14,138

Girl Top 50 Girl Names

#	Name	Total Births
1	Mary	84,302
2	Patricia	37,383
3	Susan	37,134
4	Barbara	35,320
5	Jennifer	34,305
6	Elizabeth	31,158
7	Linda	29,989
8	Karen	28,218
9	Carol	27,545
10	Kathleen	26,902
11	Nancy	26,884
12	Margaret	25,774
13	Sandra	23,874
14	Dorothy	23,613
15	Lisa	23,153
16	Sarah	21,957
17	Ruth	20,851
18	Amy	20,541
19	Jessica	20,432
20	Julie	20,101
21	Jean	19,012
22	Judith	18,850
23	Michelle	18,739
24	Diane	18,643
25	Sharon	18,565
26	Donna	18,542
27	Emily	18,352
28	Betty	18,313
29	Debra	17,830
30	Amanda	17,246
31	Helen	17,103
32	Christine	16,751
33	Nicole	16,710
34	Laura	16,636
35	Rebecca	16,555
36	Joan	16,288
37	Shirley	16,139
38	Melissa	15,093
39	Ashley	14,703
40	Ann	14,538
41	Jane	14,333
42	Janet	14,236
43	Evelyn	14,139
44	Cynthia	13,480
45	Kathryn	13,315
46	Kelly	13,268
47	Angela	13,040
48	Pamela	12,970
49	Stephanie	12,965
50	Lori	12,834

Read with Wisconsin

Nearest ABS peers for a heavy-registry state (Wisconsin · DENSE · TREND-LED).

DENSE TREND-LED

Tennessee · DENSE

7,123,698 SSA registrations (near-scale with Wisconsin; ABS Δ 468,054). Leader lane may differ from Wisconsin's TREND-LED.

Minnesota · DENSE

6,163,259 SSA registrations (near-scale with Wisconsin; ABS Δ 492,385). Leader lane may differ from Wisconsin's TREND-LED.

Alabama · DENSE

6,143,935 SSA registrations (near-scale with Wisconsin; ABS Δ 511,709). Leader lane may differ from Wisconsin's TREND-LED.

Louisiana · DENSE

6,049,317 SSA registrations (near-scale with Wisconsin; ABS Δ 606,327). Leader lane may differ from Wisconsin's TREND-LED.

Massachusetts (volume-lane contrast)

Near Wisconsin on SSA registration volume yet stamps HEAVY vs DENSE.

Why names rise and fall

Wisconsin stamps DENSE · TREND-LED - read the matching SSA methodology before quoting state leaders.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files, 1910–2025 (ssa.gov).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

Read our methodology - heavy-registry states: how cumulative leaders and latest-year splits are computed.

According to the Social Security Administration, as of June 2026 this profile draws directly on the agency's state-level public-use files, which document 6,696,687 state-level records across all 51 reporting jurisdictions spanning 1910-2025.