Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1910

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1910 were Mary for girls (260 babies) and John for boys (130). Social Security records list 9,204 babies born in Wisconsin in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Wisconsin that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Erna: 24 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Alvina: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Eleanore: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Adeline: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Marcella: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Selma: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cecelia: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Angeline: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leona: 86 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Elmer: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Arnold: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gilbert: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Harvey: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Victor: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lester: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Edwin: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Norman: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leo: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lawrence: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	260	1
2	Helen	252	2
3	Margaret	244	3
4	Dorothy	207	4
5	Evelyn	186	17
6	Alice	165	10
7	Ruth	162	5
8	Mildred	147	8
9	Marie	145	9
10	Florence	134	12
11	Esther	121	38
12	Irene	113	21
13	Agnes	112	41
14	Rose	105	16
15	Anna	96	6
16	Viola	93	48
17	Gladys	89	15
18	Elizabeth	86	7
19	Frances	86	11
20	Leona	86	79
21	Gertrude	79	26
22	Clara	75	32
23	Lucille	75	31
24	Edna	74	18
25	Lillian	72	14
26	Bernice	70	58
27	Mabel	68	46
28	Ethel	66	13
29	Eleanor	64	55
30	Martha	63	28
31	Grace	62	23
32	Myrtle	62	43
33	Marion	61	59
34	Catherine	56	22
35	Hazel	56	24
36	Josephine	53	30
37	Ann	50	52
38	Pearl	50	39
39	Elsie	48	44
40	Louise	48	20
41	Sylvia	48	92
42	Emma	47	34
43	Beatrice	46	36
44	Genevieve	43	98
45	Ella	38	62
46	Adeline	37	>100
47	Doris	36	64
48	Laura	36	53
49	Verna	35	>100
50	Ruby	33	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	130	1
2	William	100	3
3	Joseph	80	6
4	Edward	74	9
5	Robert	65	4
6	George	64	5
7	Frank	57	8
8	Harold	57	18
9	Walter	57	13
10	Charles	55	7
11	Arthur	50	17
12	Clarence	50	20
13	Henry	50	10
14	Elmer	46	48
15	James	45	2
16	Albert	44	14
17	Harry	37	16
18	Carl	34	26
19	Lawrence	33	35
20	Raymond	31	19
21	Thomas	30	12
22	Earl	29	33
23	Alfred	28	38
24	Paul	27	15
25	Leo	24	51
26	Donald	23	44
27	Richard	23	21
28	Roy	23	29
29	Anthony	22	37
30	Fred	22	22
31	Herbert	22	41
32	Howard	21	27
33	Jack	21	23
34	Leonard	21	46
35	Lester	21	64
36	Ralph	21	28
37	Edwin	20	71
38	Louis	19	24
39	Norman	19	63
40	Ernest	18	31
41	Harvey	18	89
42	Kenneth	18	43
43	Theodore	18	54
44	Stanley	17	47
45	Victor	17	90
46	Bernard	16	62
47	David	16	30
48	Floyd	16	55
49	Arnold	15	>100
50	Gilbert	15	>100

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