Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1919

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1919 were Dorothy for girls (1,015 babies) and Robert for boys (1,152). Dorothy ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,124 babies born in Wisconsin in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1919

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

Girls

Hildegarde: 16 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Arleen: 20 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Verona: 21 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Erna: 41 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Leone: 30 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ione: 42 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Elda: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Delores: 55 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Laverne: 99 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marcella: 129 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Alois: 21 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Roman: 61 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Norbert: 93 babies, 10× the national rate
Elroy: 28 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Anton: 60 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Ervin: 128 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Merlin: 34 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lavern: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Erwin: 52 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Laverne: 36 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Dorothy	1,015	–	3
2	Mary	771	–	1
3	Ruth	748	↑1	5
4	Helen	707	↓1	2
5	Margaret	674	–	4
6	Evelyn	484	–	11
7	Alice	392	↑1	13
8	Florence	391	↓1	14
9	Lorraine	375	↑5	62
10	Irene	370	↑2	16
11	Lucille	370	↓1	27
12	Mildred	353	↓1	6
13	Virginia	328	–	7
14	Bernice	316	↑1	42
15	Esther	307	↑1	38
16	Marie	294	↓7	12
17	Marion	283	↑1	44
18	Doris	280	↑2	18
19	Elizabeth	264	↓2	8
20	Gladys	252	↑2	21
21	Frances	248	↓2	9
22	Eleanor	224	↓1	30
23	Lillian	215	↑1	17
24	Gertrude	207	↑3	39
25	Marjorie	207	↑15	33
26	June	202	↑2	64
27	Grace	201	↓2	34
28	Jean	188	↑2	37
29	Rose	182	↓6	19
30	Betty	180	↑6	15
31	Jane	176	↑12	53
32	Ethel	174	↓1	28
33	Leona	168	↑6	90
34	Marian	165	↑12	82
35	Agnes	164	↓9	50
36	Dolores	162	↑9	>100
37	Hazel	155	–	32
38	Anna	153	↓9	10
39	Viola	150	↓4	58
40	Violet	149	↓2	74
41	Edna	144	–	22
42	Beatrice	139	↓8	41
43	Josephine	134	↓11	26
44	Ann	133	↑3	49
45	Catherine	131	↓12	23
46	Marcella	129	new	>100
47	Adeline	127	↑1	>100
48	Genevieve	125	↓4	88
49	Charlotte	124	new	79
50	Lois	122	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Robert	1,152	–	4
2	John	960	–	1
3	William	569	–	2
4	Harold	508	↑3	13
5	George	502	–	6
6	Edward	470	↓2	8
7	Joseph	466	↑2	7
8	Raymond	456	↓2	14
9	Donald	443	↑1	17
10	James	400	↓2	3
11	Charles	346	–	5
12	Walter	344	↑1	11
13	Kenneth	300	↑4	26
14	Arthur	298	–	19
15	Clarence	296	↑1	25
16	Richard	290	↓1	12
17	Frank	281	↓5	9
18	Henry	234	–	16
19	Ralph	221	–	22
20	Howard	217	–	24
21	Leonard	217	–	39
22	Paul	214	↑2	15
23	Eugene	213	↑2	33
24	Norman	203	↑4	48
25	Earl	195	↓2	31
26	Lawrence	195	↑3	38
27	Elmer	185	↓5	44
28	Harry	181	↑2	20
29	Carl	164	↓2	29
30	Albert	156	↑9	18
31	Bernard	156	↓5	45
32	Thomas	155	↑1	10
33	Herbert	148	↑2	40
34	Arnold	147	↑10	94
35	Francis	145	↓1	34
36	Russell	145	↑5	50
37	Stanley	143	↑6	37
38	Alfred	137	↑10	42
39	Louis	133	↓1	28
40	Gordon	132	↓8	86
41	Harvey	131	new	85
42	Chester	129	↑7	53
43	Edwin	128	↓3	52
44	Ervin	128	↑6	>100
45	Lloyd	128	↓8	58
46	Melvin	127	↓4	56
47	Lester	126	↓16	62
48	Leo	123	↓2	49
49	Vernon	119	new	65
50	Gerald	117	new	70

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