Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1922

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1922 were Dorothy for girls (1,049 babies) and Robert for boys (1,635). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,905 babies born in Wisconsin in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1922

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: 27 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Germaine: 27 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ione: 41 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Carole: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Delores: 112 babies, 6× the national rate
Leone: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Laverne: 136 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 447 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Valeria: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marcella: 144 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Alois: 21 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Roman: 59 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Merlin: 69 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Elroy: 40 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Florian: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Harland: 27 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Norbert: 100 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Anton: 36 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ervin: 114 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lavern: 39 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Dorothy	1,049	–	2
2	Mary	969	–	1
3	Ruth	745	–	5
4	Helen	660	–	3
5	Margaret	591	–	4
6	Betty	517	↑6	6
7	Virginia	499	↑1	7
8	Lorraine	447	↓2	56
9	Evelyn	423	↓2	13
10	Bernice	366	↑7	41
11	Irene	361	↑2	17
12	Alice	360	↓3	15
13	Doris	359	↑2	11
14	Lucille	355	↓3	33
15	Mildred	340	↓1	8
16	Marion	329	↑2	42
17	Florence	315	↓7	18
18	Marie	303	↑2	14
19	Jean	295	↑2	20
20	Elizabeth	294	↓1	9
21	June	287	↑4	45
22	Marjorie	276	↓6	16
23	Frances	237	–	10
24	Elaine	233	–	>100
25	Gladys	227	↑2	25
26	Shirley	216	↑6	39
27	Esther	214	↓5	44
28	Eleanor	207	↑3	28
29	Phyllis	207	↑10	53
30	Dolores	204	↓2	>100
31	Marian	201	↓2	67
32	Lillian	197	↓6	19
33	Grace	191	↓3	38
34	Joyce	174	new	>100
35	Rose	174	↑1	23
36	Lois	172	↑2	35
37	Gertrude	171	↓3	48
38	Ethel	169	↓3	32
39	Jane	162	↓6	55
40	Audrey	159	↑1	89
41	Jeanette	154	↑4	>100
42	Catherine	152	↓2	24
43	Geraldine	151	new	58
44	Beatrice	147	↓1	43
45	Anna	145	↓8	12
46	Arlene	144	new	>100
47	Marcella	144	↓1	>100
48	Violet	144	↓6	86
49	Norma	142	new	46
50	Hazel	136	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	1,635	–	2
2	John	1,055	–	1
3	William	771	–	3
4	Donald	738	–	12
5	James	603	↑1	4
6	Edward	545	↑1	8
7	George	524	↓2	6
8	Harold	480	↑1	13
9	Raymond	475	↓1	16
10	Richard	462	↑1	9
11	Joseph	425	↓1	7
12	Kenneth	414	↑1	21
13	Charles	389	↓1	5
14	Eugene	317	↑3	25
15	Arthur	314	–	19
16	Walter	303	–	15
17	Frank	268	↓3	10
18	Paul	240	↑6	14
19	Ralph	236	↓1	23
20	Clarence	231	↓1	29
21	Howard	229	↓1	26
22	Lawrence	221	↑3	36
23	Norman	219	↑3	44
24	Henry	218	↑3	17
25	Leonard	212	↓3	38
26	Gordon	198	↑11	76
27	Harry	197	↑1	22
28	Earl	194	↓7	31
29	Russell	179	↑10	49
30	Thomas	176	↓1	11
31	Carl	174	↓1	30
32	Gerald	171	↑1	58
33	Francis	165	↓1	34
34	Bernard	163	↓3	46
35	Marvin	161	new	56
36	Herbert	154	↓1	40
37	Arnold	152	↑10	94
38	Jack	151	↑4	18
39	Edwin	148	↑1	52
40	Elmer	148	↓4	54
41	Roy	147	↑5	32
42	Stanley	145	↑1	41
43	Melvin	143	↓9	50
44	Lloyd	140	↑1	59
45	Harvey	139	new	88
46	Albert	137	↓2	20
47	Jerome	137	new	>100
48	Clifford	136	new	63
49	Warren	135	↓26	45
50	Louis	134	↓1	27

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