Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1911

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1911 were Mary for girls (278 babies) and John for boys (163). Social Security records list 9,812 babies born in Wisconsin in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1911

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

Girls

Leone: 22 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Erna: 24 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Lorraine: 49 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Loraine: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Rosella: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Marcella: 34 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Adeline: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Frieda: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angeline: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Regina: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Ervin: 20 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Gordon: 28 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Harvey: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Arnold: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lester: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gilbert: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Elmer: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bernard: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Edwin: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clarence: 67 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	278	–	1
2	Dorothy	261	↑2	4
3	Helen	254	↓1	2
4	Margaret	240	↓1	3
5	Ruth	189	↑2	5
6	Evelyn	173	↓1	16
7	Marie	161	↑2	9
8	Alice	159	↓2	11
9	Mildred	132	↓1	8
10	Esther	131	↑1	34
11	Florence	128	↓1	12
12	Irene	125	–	21
13	Gladys	119	↑4	18
14	Gertrude	115	↑7	30
15	Lucille	99	↑8	32
16	Anna	93	↓1	6
17	Elizabeth	93	↑1	7
18	Frances	92	↑1	10
19	Agnes	90	↓6	39
20	Lillian	89	↑5	13
21	Grace	87	↑10	23
22	Edna	82	↑2	17
23	Rose	77	↓9	14
24	Clara	76	↓2	33
25	Eleanor	74	↑4	49
26	Catherine	73	↑8	20
27	Mabel	72	–	43
28	Viola	72	↓12	47
29	Bernice	67	↓3	51
30	Hazel	67	↑5	25
31	Marion	66	↑2	58
32	Leona	59	↓12	76
33	Ethel	58	↓5	15
34	Martha	58	↓4	28
35	Josephine	54	↑1	29
36	Myrtle	51	↓4	50
37	Violet	51	new	83
38	Beatrice	50	↑5	37
39	Ann	49	↓2	53
40	Elsie	49	↓1	41
41	Lorraine	49	new	>100
42	Genevieve	46	↑2	93
43	Laura	45	↑5	57
44	Pearl	44	↓6	48
45	Emma	42	↓3	35
46	Louise	41	↓6	19
47	Virginia	41	new	26
48	Edith	38	new	31
49	Harriet	36	new	>100
50	Loretta	36	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	163	–	1
2	Edward	99	↑2	9
3	George	96	↑3	4
4	Robert	90	↑1	5
5	William	89	↓3	2
6	Joseph	77	↓3	6
7	Charles	70	↑3	7
8	Clarence	67	↑4	23
9	Harold	67	↓1	16
10	Frank	64	↓3	8
11	Raymond	61	↑9	19
12	Walter	60	↓3	12
13	Henry	50	–	11
14	Arthur	48	↓3	18
15	Harry	42	↑2	13
16	James	40	↓1	3
17	Donald	36	↑9	36
18	Elmer	35	↓4	48
19	Lawrence	35	–	37
20	Albert	34	↓4	15
21	Carl	32	↓3	26
22	Bernard	30	↑24	54
23	Fred	29	↑7	22
24	Howard	29	↑8	28
25	Paul	29	↓1	17
26	Richard	29	↑1	20
27	Gordon	28	new	97
28	Herbert	28	↑3	41
29	Edwin	27	↑8	60
30	Lester	27	↑5	65
31	Kenneth	26	↑11	40
32	Leonard	26	↑2	46
33	Stanley	26	↑11	44
34	Francis	23	new	33
35	Harvey	23	↑6	91
36	Louis	23	↑2	21
37	Leo	22	↓12	51
38	Clifford	21	new	62
39	Milton	21	new	70
40	Ervin	20	new	>100
41	Norman	20	↓2	63
42	Thomas	20	↓21	10
43	Frederick	19	new	52
44	Michael	19	new	38
45	Ralph	19	↓9	24
46	Alfred	18	↓23	39
47	Jack	18	↓14	25
48	Lloyd	18	new	74
49	Theodore	18	↓6	56
50	Alvin	17	new	89

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