Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1918

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1918 were Dorothy for girls (966 babies) and Robert for boys (1,117). Dorothy ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,201 babies born in Wisconsin in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1918

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: 30 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Hildegarde: 19 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Ione: 61 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Arvilla: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Germaine: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Alvina: 42 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Leone: 38 babies, 7× the national rate
Erna: 46 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Eleanore: 87 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Adeline: 144 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Alois: 24 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Norbert: 107 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Merlin: 52 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Elroy: 27 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Roman: 44 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Ervin: 129 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Laverne: 45 babies, 6× the national rate
Gaylord: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Benedict: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Anton: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Dorothy	966	–	3
2	Mary	873	–	1
3	Helen	841	–	2
4	Ruth	826	–	5
5	Margaret	692	–	4
6	Evelyn	510	–	11
7	Florence	451	–	14
8	Alice	422	↑2	13
9	Marie	405	↑2	12
10	Lucille	396	↑2	29
11	Mildred	383	↓2	6
12	Irene	366	↓4	16
13	Virginia	365	↑1	7
14	Lorraine	355	↑4	69
15	Bernice	343	↑1	41
16	Esther	311	↓3	38
17	Elizabeth	297	↓2	9
18	Marion	291	↓1	45
19	Frances	288	–	8
20	Doris	281	↑5	19
21	Eleanor	251	↓1	26
22	Gladys	245	↑4	22
23	Rose	242	↓2	17
24	Lillian	231	↓1	15
25	Grace	223	↑3	31
26	Agnes	205	↑1	47
27	Gertrude	202	↓5	39
28	June	196	↑2	66
29	Anna	193	↓5	10
30	Jean	183	↑19	37
31	Ethel	182	↑2	28
32	Josephine	181	↑4	24
33	Catherine	178	↑2	20
34	Beatrice	177	↑5	40
35	Viola	175	↑6	59
36	Betty	174	↑11	21
37	Hazel	173	↓6	33
38	Violet	173	↓1	83
39	Leona	171	↓5	79
40	Marjorie	170	↑2	34
41	Edna	167	↓12	23
42	Clara	166	new	43
43	Jane	165	↓5	53
44	Genevieve	162	–	81
45	Dolores	160	new	>100
46	Marian	156	↓14	76
47	Ann	149	↓7	44
48	Adeline	144	new	>100
49	Vivian	144	new	72
50	Elsie	134	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Robert	1,117	–	4
2	John	1,053	–	1
3	William	650	–	2
4	Edward	558	↑1	8
5	George	558	↓1	6
6	Raymond	492	↑2	15
7	Harold	488	–	13
8	James	460	↑1	3
9	Joseph	455	↓3	7
10	Donald	432	–	18
11	Charles	411	↑2	5
12	Frank	377	↓1	9
13	Walter	370	↓1	11
14	Arthur	325	–	17
15	Richard	319	↑1	12
16	Clarence	305	↓1	23
17	Kenneth	301	–	27
18	Henry	237	–	16
19	Ralph	231	↑3	22
20	Howard	227	↑5	26
21	Leonard	224	↓1	41
22	Elmer	217	↑6	44
23	Earl	215	↑4	31
24	Paul	208	↓1	14
25	Eugene	197	↑4	35
26	Bernard	193	↑17	47
27	Carl	189	↓8	25
28	Norman	187	↓2	49
29	Lawrence	186	↓5	38
30	Harry	182	↓9	20
31	Lester	173	↑3	62
32	Gordon	169	–	85
33	Thomas	169	↑2	10
34	Francis	164	↓3	30
35	Herbert	163	↑3	40
36	Roy	162	↑1	32
37	Lloyd	157	↑3	51
38	Louis	154	↓8	24
39	Albert	152	↓6	19
40	Edwin	149	↓1	55
41	Russell	149	↑6	50
42	Melvin	147	↑2	56
43	Stanley	145	↓1	36
44	Arnold	142	↑1	92
45	Clifford	139	new	60
46	Leo	135	↓10	48
47	Marvin	134	new	68
48	Alfred	133	↓7	42
49	Chester	133	–	54
50	Ervin	129	–	>100

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