Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1913

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1913 were Mary for girls (458 babies) and John for boys (524). Social Security records list 21,916 babies born in Wisconsin in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1913

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

Girls

Verona: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Lorraine: 115 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Erna: 32 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Leone: 24 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Marcella: 76 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Alvina: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Eleanore: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Loraine: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Anita: 51 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ione: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Alois: 15 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Roman: 36 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Norbert: 52 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Anton: 36 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Erwin: 37 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ervin: 46 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sylvester: 46 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lyle: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gilbert: 68 babies, 4× the national rate
Harvey: 72 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	458	–	1
2	Helen	452	–	2
3	Dorothy	428	↑1	3
4	Margaret	379	↓1	4
5	Ruth	304	–	5
6	Evelyn	279	–	12
7	Florence	253	↑1	13
8	Alice	241	↓1	11
9	Irene	232	↑2	21
10	Mildred	215	↓1	6
11	Marie	213	↓1	10
12	Esther	196	–	32
13	Lucille	176	↑1	31
14	Lillian	172	↑5	16
15	Frances	147	↓2	9
16	Eleanor	142	↑4	34
17	Elizabeth	140	↓2	8
18	Gertrude	132	↓1	33
19	Rose	132	↑4	14
20	Anna	130	↓4	7
21	Agnes	128	↑3	41
22	Edna	128	↑4	18
23	Gladys	115	↓5	19
24	Lorraine	115	↑14	>100
25	Bernice	114	↑8	45
26	Hazel	114	↑4	27
27	Leona	110	↑5	74
28	Marion	109	–	51
29	Ann	108	↑2	46
30	Viola	107	↓9	52
31	Clara	104	↓9	36
32	Grace	99	↓3	25
33	Catherine	96	↑1	22
34	Ethel	90	↓9	20
35	Genevieve	87	↑1	84
36	Mabel	83	↑5	56
37	Josephine	82	↑2	24
38	Myrtle	81	↓11	53
39	Louise	80	↑1	17
40	Elsie	78	↓3	40
41	Marcella	76	↑8	>100
42	Violet	75	↑4	82
43	Doris	72	–	44
44	Virginia	71	new	15
45	Sylvia	68	–	72
46	Jean	67	new	60
47	Marjorie	65	new	48
48	Emma	63	↓4	38
49	Norma	61	new	>100
50	Pearl	61	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	524	–	1
2	William	348	–	2
3	Robert	326	↑1	4
4	Joseph	287	↑1	5
5	Edward	257	↑1	8
6	Harold	242	↑1	13
7	George	240	↓4	6
8	Raymond	237	↑1	18
9	Walter	227	↑1	11
10	James	182	↑4	3
11	Frank	179	↓3	9
12	Arthur	175	↑1	17
13	Clarence	174	↓2	21
14	Charles	173	↑1	7
15	Donald	152	↑2	25
16	Harry	142	↑3	15
17	Henry	132	↓5	12
18	Carl	129	↑3	23
19	Elmer	127	↓3	45
20	Earl	107	↑2	31
21	Richard	99	↓1	19
22	Herbert	95	↑5	39
23	Lawrence	92	↓5	35
24	Leonard	92	↑23	46
25	Louis	89	↑1	20
26	Norman	89	↓2	57
27	Paul	86	↑7	14
28	Francis	85	↑12	30
29	Kenneth	85	↑4	33
30	Ralph	85	↓7	22
31	Stanley	85	↓6	41
32	Albert	82	↓1	16
33	Lester	82	↑11	59
34	Howard	80	↓4	26
35	Alfred	79	↓3	42
36	Thomas	78	↓8	10
37	Eugene	75	new	43
38	Harvey	72	↓1	93
39	Leo	72	↓1	48
40	Bernard	70	new	52
41	Gilbert	68	new	>100
42	Alvin	65	–	82
43	Arnold	65	↓8	92
44	Fred	63	↑2	27
45	Melvin	62	↓4	61
46	Russell	62	new	50
47	Clifford	61	new	68
48	Edwin	61	↓19	55
49	Lloyd	61	–	67
50	Roy	61	↓11	32

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