Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1917

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1917 were Dorothy for girls (892 babies) and Robert for boys (965). Dorothy ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,103 babies born in Wisconsin in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1917

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: 17 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Leone: 32 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Alvina: 42 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 277 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ione: 46 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Erna: 41 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Marcella: 133 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Eleanore: 73 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Loraine: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Adeline: 114 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Alois: 29 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Elroy: 37 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Hilbert: 19 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Norbert: 111 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Florian: 27 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Roman: 48 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Ervin: 123 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Merlin: 35 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Laverne: 41 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Anton: 47 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Dorothy	892	–	3
2	Mary	838	↑1	1
3	Helen	773	↓1	2
4	Ruth	692	–	5
5	Margaret	678	–	4
6	Evelyn	487	–	11
7	Florence	417	–	14
8	Irene	406	↑2	17
9	Mildred	383	↓1	6
10	Alice	374	↑1	13
11	Marie	365	↓2	12
12	Lucille	363	–	29
13	Esther	304	–	38
14	Virginia	304	↑8	10
15	Elizabeth	293	–	8
16	Bernice	291	↓2	42
17	Marion	282	↓1	45
18	Lorraine	277	↑2	>100
19	Frances	268	↓1	9
20	Eleanor	262	↓3	26
21	Rose	241	↑8	16
22	Gertrude	239	↓3	37
23	Lillian	232	↑4	15
24	Anna	222	↓1	7
25	Doris	217	–	25
26	Gladys	214	↓5	23
27	Agnes	189	↓3	48
28	Grace	186	–	30
29	Edna	183	↓3	20
30	June	182	↑14	73
31	Hazel	181	↑4	31
32	Marian	179	↑2	74
33	Ethel	178	↓2	24
34	Leona	176	↓1	80
35	Catherine	175	↓3	18
36	Josephine	165	↑7	21
37	Violet	157	↑4	84
38	Jane	155	↑8	55
39	Beatrice	150	–	39
40	Ann	145	↓4	44
41	Viola	145	↓11	59
42	Marjorie	140	↑7	36
43	Myrtle	140	↓3	58
44	Genevieve	138	↓6	77
45	Marcella	133	↑2	>100
46	Edith	132	new	28
47	Betty	130	new	34
48	Pearl	129	new	57
49	Jean	128	↓4	40
50	Lois	126	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Robert	965	↑1	4
2	John	953	↓1	1
3	William	683	–	2
4	George	551	–	6
5	Edward	510	–	8
6	Joseph	499	↑1	5
7	Harold	479	↑1	12
8	Raymond	428	↓2	16
9	James	393	–	3
10	Donald	380	↑3	20
11	Frank	368	–	9
12	Walter	357	–	11
13	Charles	329	↓3	7
14	Arthur	292	–	17
15	Clarence	270	–	25
16	Richard	256	↑2	14
17	Kenneth	255	–	27
18	Henry	253	↓2	15
19	Carl	245	–	24
20	Leonard	217	↑4	41
21	Harry	215	↑6	19
22	Ralph	213	↑6	21
23	Paul	204	↑3	13
24	Lawrence	201	↓2	36
25	Howard	198	–	26
26	Norman	196	↓5	46
27	Earl	194	↓4	32
28	Elmer	182	↓8	45
29	Eugene	178	↑5	39
30	Louis	167	↑13	23
31	Francis	162	↓2	30
32	Gordon	157	↑10	84
33	Albert	154	↓1	18
34	Lester	154	↑1	61
35	Thomas	154	↑3	10
36	Leo	149	↑5	47
37	Roy	149	↑10	33
38	Herbert	144	↓8	40
39	Edwin	141	↓3	55
40	Lloyd	140	↑10	53
41	Alfred	138	↑7	43
42	Stanley	138	↓11	34
43	Bernard	137	↓10	49
44	Melvin	136	↓7	57
45	Arnold	131	↓6	91
46	Fred	131	↑3	29
47	Russell	130	new	52
48	Frederick	129	↓3	51
49	Chester	126	↓5	56
50	Ervin	123	new	>100

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