Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1912

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1912 were Mary for girls (394 babies) and John for boys (367). Social Security records list 17,573 babies born in Wisconsin in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1912

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: 26 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Erna: 30 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Alvina: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lorraine: 74 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Angeline: 49 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Loraine: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Marcella: 55 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Adeline: 56 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Carol: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Eleanore: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Gerhard: 15 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Roman: 21 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Norbert: 22 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Anton: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Erwin: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Cyril: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ervin: 30 babies, 6× the national rate
Myron: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lyle: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Arnold: 59 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	394	–	1
2	Helen	352	↑1	2
3	Margaret	346	↑1	4
4	Dorothy	343	↓2	3
5	Ruth	258	–	5
6	Evelyn	250	–	13
7	Alice	213	↑1	11
8	Florence	199	↑3	12
9	Mildred	189	–	6
10	Marie	177	↓3	10
11	Irene	171	↑1	22
12	Esther	170	↓2	33
13	Frances	146	↑5	9
14	Lucille	146	↑1	32
15	Elizabeth	135	↑2	8
16	Anna	130	–	7
17	Gertrude	129	↓3	30
18	Gladys	125	↓5	19
19	Lillian	114	↑1	14
20	Eleanor	112	↑5	39
21	Viola	112	↑7	52
22	Clara	111	↑2	34
23	Rose	111	–	15
24	Agnes	108	↓5	40
25	Ethel	103	↑8	18
26	Edna	102	↓4	16
27	Myrtle	101	↑9	50
28	Marion	98	↑3	55
29	Grace	94	↓8	24
30	Hazel	94	–	25
31	Ann	93	↑8	47
32	Leona	93	–	76
33	Bernice	90	↓4	51
34	Catherine	89	↓8	21
35	Beatrice	81	↑3	37
36	Genevieve	79	↑6	92
37	Elsie	76	↑3	42
38	Lorraine	74	↑3	>100
39	Josephine	68	↓4	28
40	Louise	68	↑6	17
41	Mabel	68	↓14	46
42	Martha	68	↓8	29
43	Doris	60	new	48
44	Emma	60	↑1	35
45	Sylvia	60	new	77
46	Violet	57	↓9	83
47	Adeline	56	new	>100
48	Loretta	55	↑2	>100
49	Marcella	55	new	>100
50	Bertha	52	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	367	–	1
2	William	252	↑3	2
3	George	229	–	6
4	Robert	219	–	4
5	Joseph	211	↑1	5
6	Edward	196	↓4	8
7	Harold	167	↑2	13
8	Frank	162	↑2	9
9	Raymond	157	↑2	18
10	Walter	154	↑2	11
11	Clarence	150	↓3	21
12	Henry	135	↑1	12
13	Arthur	133	↑1	15
14	James	124	↑2	3
15	Charles	114	↓8	7
16	Elmer	105	↑2	47
17	Donald	92	–	27
18	Lawrence	89	↑1	38
19	Harry	87	↓4	16
20	Richard	84	↑6	19
21	Carl	82	–	24
22	Earl	78	new	34
23	Ralph	77	↑22	23
24	Norman	76	↑17	61
25	Stanley	71	↑8	43
26	Louis	70	↑10	20
27	Herbert	69	↑1	39
28	Thomas	68	↑14	10
29	Edwin	65	–	54
30	Howard	64	↓6	25
31	Albert	62	↓11	17
32	Alfred	62	↑14	40
33	Kenneth	62	↓2	33
34	Paul	62	↓9	14
35	Arnold	59	new	99
36	Gordon	59	↓9	93
37	Harvey	57	↓2	91
38	Leo	57	↓1	49
39	Roy	56	new	31
40	Francis	55	↓6	35
41	Melvin	52	new	71
42	Alvin	51	↑8	86
43	Chester	51	new	55
44	Lester	51	↓14	58
45	Milton	51	↓6	64
46	Fred	50	↓23	26
47	Leonard	50	↓15	45
48	Victor	47	new	81
49	Lloyd	44	↓1	70
50	Frederick	40	↓7	51

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