Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1916

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1916 were Dorothy for girls (903 babies) and John for boys (932). Dorothy ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 43,589 babies born in Wisconsin in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1916

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: 29 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Hildegarde: 21 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Lorraine: 255 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Meta: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Loraine: 43 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Leone: 35 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Marcella: 130 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Erna: 46 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Eleanore: 87 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ione: 41 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Alois: 29 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Elroy: 28 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Gerhard: 15 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Roman: 62 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Norbert: 89 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Anton: 65 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Hilbert: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lavern: 24 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ervin: 114 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Erwin: 70 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Dorothy	903	–	3
2	Helen	857	↑1	2
3	Mary	838	↓1	1
4	Ruth	692	–	5
5	Margaret	656	–	4
6	Evelyn	509	–	11
7	Florence	436	↑2	14
8	Mildred	422	↑3	6
9	Marie	414	↓1	12
10	Irene	371	–	17
11	Alice	364	↓4	13
12	Lucille	360	–	30
13	Esther	317	–	34
14	Bernice	308	–	42
15	Elizabeth	280	–	8
16	Marion	277	↑4	47
17	Eleanor	275	↑1	27
18	Frances	269	↓2	9
19	Gertrude	258	↓2	35
20	Lorraine	255	↑16	>100
21	Gladys	243	↓2	22
22	Virginia	233	↑2	10
23	Anna	219	–	7
24	Agnes	211	↑2	50
25	Doris	210	↓4	32
26	Edna	206	↑1	19
27	Lillian	205	↓2	16
28	Grace	198	↑2	26
29	Rose	196	↓7	15
30	Viola	191	↑4	59
31	Ethel	189	↑10	25
32	Catherine	185	↓3	20
33	Leona	185	↓1	75
34	Marian	174	↑11	72
35	Hazel	170	↓4	31
36	Ann	169	↑1	40
37	Clara	154	↓2	39
38	Genevieve	148	↑2	76
39	Beatrice	146	↓1	38
40	Myrtle	142	↓7	58
41	Violet	142	↓2	83
42	Sylvia	141	↑7	69
43	Josephine	140	↓15	21
44	June	140	new	86
45	Jean	136	new	45
46	Jane	133	new	62
47	Marcella	130	new	>100
48	Elsie	128	↓6	48
49	Marjorie	124	new	37
50	Martha	120	↓4	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	932	–	1
2	Robert	861	–	4
3	William	633	–	2
4	George	535	↑1	7
5	Edward	524	↓1	8
6	Raymond	464	↑2	16
7	Joseph	448	–	5
8	Harold	445	↓2	13
9	James	388	–	3
10	Charles	346	↑2	6
11	Frank	340	–	9
12	Walter	340	↓2	11
13	Donald	327	↑2	20
14	Arthur	287	↓1	18
15	Clarence	260	↓1	24
16	Henry	257	–	14
17	Kenneth	256	↑3	27
18	Richard	244	↑5	15
19	Carl	233	↓2	23
20	Elmer	221	↓2	45
21	Norman	210	↑7	48
22	Lawrence	205	↑11	38
23	Earl	201	↑2	32
24	Leonard	193	↑6	42
25	Howard	188	↑2	25
26	Paul	188	↓4	12
27	Harry	184	↓6	19
28	Ralph	183	↓9	21
29	Francis	167	↓3	31
30	Herbert	165	↑7	40
31	Stanley	165	↓2	34
32	Albert	162	↑2	17
33	Bernard	156	↑3	49
34	Eugene	155	↑1	39
35	Lester	155	↓11	59
36	Edwin	148	↑2	53
37	Melvin	145	new	57
38	Thomas	142	↑2	10
39	Arnold	138	↑5	89
40	Alvin	137	↑7	82
41	Leo	135	↓9	47
42	Gordon	132	↑1	90
43	Louis	132	↓12	22
44	Chester	130	↑6	54
45	Frederick	130	new	52
46	Harvey	130	new	92
47	Roy	129	↓8	33
48	Alfred	125	↓7	43
49	Fred	121	↓7	29
50	Lloyd	119	new	58

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