Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1920

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1920 were Dorothy for girls (1,119 babies) and Robert for boys (1,451). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,063 babies born in Wisconsin in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1920

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

Girls

Arleen: 29 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Leone: 33 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ione: 58 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Germaine: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lorraine: 457 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Delphine: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Erna: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Alvina: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Marcella: 149 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Laverne: 117 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Alois: 23 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Elroy: 40 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Roman: 62 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Merlin: 65 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Norbert: 101 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Florian: 17 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ervin: 144 babies, 8× the national rate
Laverne: 58 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Harland: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lavern: 33 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Dorothy	1,119	–	2
2	Mary	920	–	1
3	Ruth	758	–	5
4	Helen	745	–	3
5	Margaret	631	–	4
6	Evelyn	465	–	12
7	Lorraine	457	↑2	70
8	Florence	397	–	16
9	Marie	375	↑7	13
10	Lucille	373	↑1	29
11	Alice	360	↓4	15
12	Virginia	350	↑1	7
13	Irene	348	↓3	17
14	Doris	341	↑4	14
15	Mildred	330	↓3	6
16	Bernice	326	↓2	40
17	Esther	286	↓2	39
18	Marion	286	↓1	43
19	Elizabeth	284	–	8
20	Betty	266	↑10	11
21	June	252	↑5	53
22	Gladys	237	↓2	22
23	Eleanor	235	↓1	25
24	Frances	218	↓3	9
25	Gertrude	213	↓1	42
26	Jean	206	↑2	33
27	Elaine	201	new	>100
28	Rose	201	↑1	20
29	Lillian	200	↓6	18
30	Marjorie	198	↓5	24
31	Grace	183	↓4	37
32	Jane	182	↓1	48
33	Dolores	178	↑3	>100
34	Marian	178	–	73
35	Ethel	172	↓3	30
36	Leona	164	↓3	89
37	Agnes	163	↓2	54
38	Catherine	161	↑7	21
39	Beatrice	155	↑3	41
40	Anna	153	↓2	10
41	Jeanette	152	new	>100
42	Genevieve	151	↑6	86
43	Marcella	149	↑3	>100
44	Phyllis	149	new	72
45	Hazel	146	↓8	34
46	Violet	146	↓6	77
47	Ann	144	↓3	49
48	Lois	143	↑2	38
49	Edna	139	↓8	27
50	Viola	134	↓11	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	1,451	–	3
2	John	1,006	–	1
3	William	677	–	2
4	Harold	598	–	12
5	Donald	592	↑4	16
6	Edward	535	–	8
7	Raymond	526	↑1	15
8	George	519	↓3	6
9	James	484	↑1	4
10	Joseph	447	↓3	7
11	Richard	378	↑5	10
12	Charles	340	↓1	5
13	Arthur	328	↑1	18
14	Kenneth	326	↓1	23
15	Walter	326	↓3	13
16	Frank	302	↑1	9
17	Clarence	259	↓2	26
18	Paul	256	↑4	14
19	Eugene	254	↑4	30
20	Howard	253	–	24
21	Henry	234	↓3	17
22	Earl	224	↑3	31
23	Ralph	218	↓4	22
24	Lawrence	208	↑2	36
25	Harry	202	↑3	21
26	Elmer	201	↑1	45
27	Leonard	200	↓6	38
28	Carl	198	↑1	27
29	Norman	188	↓5	47
30	Bernard	184	↑1	46
31	Stanley	179	↑6	40
32	Gordon	178	↑8	85
33	Francis	173	↑2	34
34	Russell	172	↑2	51
35	Lloyd	171	↑10	58
36	Thomas	167	↓4	11
37	Herbert	164	↓4	41
38	Albert	144	↓8	19
39	Edwin	144	↑4	53
40	Ervin	144	↑4	>100
41	Harvey	144	–	87
42	Clifford	142	new	59
43	Lester	142	↑4	69
44	Marvin	141	new	62
45	Roy	141	new	32
46	Melvin	140	–	54
47	Arnold	138	↓13	91
48	Leo	138	–	48
49	Vernon	138	–	65
50	Louis	135	↓11	28

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