Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1914

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1914 were Helen for girls (552 babies) and John for boys (662). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 27,628 babies born in Wisconsin in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1914

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: 33 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Lorraine: 144 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Marcella: 97 babies, 7× the national rate
Ione: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Loraine: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Eleanore: 43 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Adeline: 81 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Erna: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angeline: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carol: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 67 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Elroy: 17 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Roman: 40 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Merlin: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Ervin: 68 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Anton: 37 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Erwin: 39 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Laverne: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lyle: 46 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hugo: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Helen	552	↑1	2
2	Mary	541	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	532	–	3
4	Margaret	427	–	4
5	Ruth	416	–	5
6	Evelyn	292	–	11
7	Alice	281	↑1	12
8	Marie	265	↑3	10
9	Mildred	256	↑1	7
10	Florence	252	↓3	13
11	Lucille	240	↑2	30
12	Irene	238	↓3	22
13	Esther	225	↓1	35
14	Gladys	182	↑9	20
15	Elizabeth	174	↑2	8
16	Bernice	173	↑9	43
17	Frances	172	↓2	9
18	Gertrude	171	–	32
19	Rose	170	–	15
20	Eleanor	169	↓4	28
21	Lillian	169	↓7	16
22	Anna	159	↓2	6
23	Lorraine	144	↑1	>100
24	Viola	138	↑6	57
25	Marion	137	↑3	50
26	Catherine	135	↑7	18
27	Agnes	130	↓6	44
28	Ann	129	↑1	40
29	Leona	128	↓2	79
30	Edna	124	↓8	19
31	Ethel	124	↑3	21
32	Doris	122	↑11	36
33	Virginia	121	↑11	14
34	Grace	120	↓2	25
35	Josephine	112	↑2	23
36	Myrtle	111	↑2	60
37	Genevieve	104	↓2	76
38	Hazel	100	↓12	29
39	Marcella	97	↑2	>100
40	Louise	96	↓1	17
41	Sylvia	91	↑4	70
42	Martha	89	new	27
43	Clara	88	↓12	37
44	Beatrice	86	new	38
45	Mabel	85	↓9	58
46	Adeline	81	new	>100
47	Elsie	80	↓7	46
48	Pearl	80	↑2	56
49	Norma	77	–	>100
50	Jane	74	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	662	–	1
2	Robert	466	↑1	4
3	William	422	↓1	2
4	Edward	347	↑1	8
5	Joseph	332	↓1	5
6	George	327	↑1	6
7	Harold	313	↓1	14
8	Raymond	312	–	16
9	Frank	259	↑2	9
10	Clarence	249	↑3	22
11	Charles	244	↑3	7
12	Walter	235	↓3	10
13	James	226	↓3	3
14	Arthur	221	↓2	18
15	Donald	187	–	23
16	Henry	168	↑1	12
17	Elmer	157	↑2	46
18	Kenneth	155	↑11	30
19	Lawrence	147	↑4	35
20	Richard	146	↑1	17
21	Carl	143	↓3	24
22	Earl	142	↓2	33
23	Howard	141	↑11	26
24	Albert	130	↑8	15
25	Paul	130	↑2	13
26	Harry	129	↓10	19
27	Norman	124	↓1	54
28	Ralph	122	↑2	21
29	Lester	118	↑4	57
30	Leo	113	↑9	47
31	Leonard	111	↓7	45
32	Stanley	109	↓1	39
33	Edwin	108	↑15	53
34	Francis	108	↓6	31
35	Herbert	107	↓13	42
36	Louis	107	↓11	20
37	Alfred	102	↓2	41
38	Eugene	101	↓1	43
39	Thomas	99	↓3	11
40	Gordon	91	new	88
41	Bernard	90	↓1	50
42	Fred	90	↑2	28
43	Alvin	87	↓1	78
44	Arnold	86	↓1	97
45	Melvin	80	–	59
46	Harvey	78	↓8	95
47	Frederick	77	new	52
48	Roy	77	↑2	32
49	Ernest	76	new	38
50	Victor	75	new	76

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