Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1921

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1921 were Dorothy for girls (1,199 babies) and Robert for boys (1,637). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,014 babies born in Wisconsin in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1921

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: 31 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Germaine: 30 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Verona: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Leone: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Ione: 47 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Laverne: 135 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 501 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marvel: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maryann: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Delores: 84 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Alois: 22 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Elroy: 45 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Roman: 59 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Rueben: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Norbert: 116 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Anton: 45 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Merlin: 56 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Gaylord: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Harland: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ervin: 112 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Dorothy	1,199	–	2
2	Mary	950	–	1
3	Ruth	816	–	5
4	Helen	748	–	3
5	Margaret	694	–	4
6	Lorraine	501	↑1	61
7	Evelyn	470	↓1	12
8	Virginia	436	↑4	6
9	Alice	418	↑2	15
10	Florence	409	↓2	17
11	Lucille	407	↓1	31
12	Betty	398	↑8	8
13	Irene	392	–	18
14	Mildred	392	↑1	7
15	Doris	391	↓1	13
16	Marjorie	336	↑14	16
17	Bernice	335	↓1	39
18	Marion	326	–	43
19	Elizabeth	322	–	10
20	Marie	322	↓11	14
21	Jean	278	↑5	25
22	Esther	268	↓5	42
23	Frances	252	↑1	9
24	Elaine	244	↑3	97
25	June	244	↓4	50
26	Lillian	231	↑3	19
27	Gladys	226	↓5	24
28	Dolores	217	↑5	>100
29	Marian	208	↑5	69
30	Grace	206	↑1	35
31	Eleanor	197	↓8	29
32	Shirley	196	new	44
33	Jane	195	↓1	47
34	Gertrude	188	↓9	46
35	Ethel	184	–	32
36	Rose	173	↓8	20
37	Anna	168	↑3	11
38	Lois	168	↑10	38
39	Phyllis	163	↑5	60
40	Catherine	161	↓2	23
41	Audrey	160	new	82
42	Violet	160	↑4	81
43	Beatrice	155	↓4	41
44	Leona	153	↓8	92
45	Jeanette	150	↓4	>100
46	Marcella	141	↓3	>100
47	Josephine	138	new	28
48	Edith	136	new	33
49	Genevieve	136	↓7	90
50	Laverne	135	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	1,637	–	2
2	John	1,061	–	1
3	William	801	–	3
4	Donald	692	↑1	13
5	George	615	↑3	6
6	James	609	↑3	4
7	Edward	543	↓1	8
8	Raymond	526	↓1	16
9	Harold	503	↓5	12
10	Joseph	432	–	7
11	Richard	431	–	10
12	Charles	366	–	5
13	Kenneth	362	↑1	22
14	Frank	324	↑2	9
15	Arthur	320	↓2	19
16	Walter	289	↓1	15
17	Eugene	276	↑2	26
18	Ralph	265	↑5	23
19	Clarence	257	↓2	28
20	Howard	256	–	27
21	Earl	234	↑1	31
22	Leonard	234	↑5	39
23	Warren	230	new	24
24	Paul	222	↓6	14
25	Lawrence	219	↓1	37
26	Norman	219	↑3	46
27	Henry	218	↓6	17
28	Harry	208	↓3	21
29	Thomas	201	↑7	11
30	Carl	199	↓2	30
31	Bernard	178	↓1	45
32	Francis	175	↑1	35
33	Gerald	174	new	60
34	Melvin	170	↑12	53
35	Herbert	168	↑2	42
36	Elmer	166	↓10	48
37	Gordon	162	↓5	84
38	Lester	159	↑5	66
39	Russell	159	↓5	52
40	Edwin	157	↓1	54
41	Leroy	155	new	55
42	Jack	154	new	18
43	Stanley	154	↓12	41
44	Albert	152	↓6	20
45	Lloyd	145	↓10	58
46	Roy	144	↓1	32
47	Arnold	143	–	91
48	Alvin	141	new	73
49	Louis	138	↑1	29
50	Leo	137	↓2	50

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