Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1923

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1923 were Dorothy for girls (1,113 babies) and Robert for boys (1,783). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,592 babies born in Wisconsin in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1923

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

Girls

Ione: 48 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Verona: 16 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Germaine: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Laverne: 156 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Leone: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Arleen: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Delores: 132 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maryann: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lorraine: 460 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Erna: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Elroy: 47 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Alois: 19 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Florian: 22 babies, 10× the national rate
Norbert: 115 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Roman: 48 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Ervin: 133 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Merlin: 43 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Anton: 33 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Laverne: 57 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Arden: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Dorothy	1,113	–	2
2	Mary	929	–	1
3	Betty	747	↑3	5
4	Ruth	698	↓1	6
5	Margaret	600	–	4
6	Helen	595	↓2	3
7	Lorraine	460	↑1	57
8	Virginia	446	↓1	7
9	Evelyn	428	–	12
10	Doris	420	↑3	11
11	Alice	357	↑1	15
12	Irene	356	↓1	17
13	Marion	341	↑3	44
14	Florence	334	↑3	18
15	June	326	↑6	42
16	Jean	305	↑3	19
17	Lucille	304	↓3	35
18	Mildred	300	↓3	8
19	Elizabeth	297	↑1	9
20	Dolores	290	↑10	83
21	Bernice	288	↓11	43
22	Marjorie	277	–	16
23	Elaine	264	↑1	87
24	Shirley	264	↑2	26
25	Marie	263	↓7	14
26	Joyce	233	↑8	>100
27	Marian	230	↑4	65
28	Lois	214	↑8	27
29	Lillian	213	↑3	20
30	Phyllis	199	↓1	45
31	Audrey	195	↑9	85
32	Esther	194	↓5	47
33	Grace	193	–	39
34	Frances	188	↓11	10
35	Gladys	188	↓10	29
36	Jeanette	171	↑5	>100
37	Eleanor	169	↓9	28
38	Jane	169	↑1	55
39	Rose	163	↓4	23
40	Patricia	161	new	56
41	Geraldine	160	↑2	58
42	Laverne	156	new	>100
43	Beatrice	154	↑1	46
44	Gertrude	152	↓7	59
45	Arlene	149	↑1	>100
46	Violet	149	↑2	86
47	Anna	143	↓2	13
48	Catherine	138	↓6	24
49	Ethel	134	↓11	38
50	Marcella	134	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	1,783	–	2
2	John	1,092	–	1
3	Donald	797	↑1	10
4	William	796	↓1	3
5	James	643	–	4
6	Richard	556	↑4	9
7	Edward	548	↓1	8
8	George	522	↓1	6
9	Harold	468	↓1	13
10	Kenneth	452	↑2	21
11	Joseph	431	–	7
12	Raymond	424	↓3	15
13	Charles	406	–	5
14	Eugene	331	–	25
15	Arthur	315	–	19
16	Frank	300	↑1	11
17	Ralph	291	↑2	23
18	Walter	287	↓2	16
19	Clarence	233	↑1	29
20	Howard	228	↑1	26
21	Lawrence	218	↑1	36
22	Paul	213	↓4	14
23	Thomas	205	↑7	12
24	Leonard	204	↑1	37
25	Henry	203	↓1	18
26	Carl	200	↑5	28
27	Gordon	199	↓1	76
28	Norman	199	↓5	44
29	Gerald	191	↑3	54
30	Earl	189	↓2	31
31	Melvin	179	↑12	48
32	Russell	175	↓3	52
33	Francis	171	–	34
34	Harry	169	↓7	22
35	Bernard	164	↓1	46
36	Warren	164	↑13	43
37	Elmer	162	↑3	57
38	Marvin	162	↓3	51
39	Jack	155	↓1	17
40	Herbert	150	↓4	40
41	Leroy	143	new	55
42	Stanley	143	–	41
43	Arnold	142	↓6	93
44	Clifford	134	↑4	65
45	Lloyd	134	↓1	59
46	Ervin	133	new	>100
47	Jerome	132	–	>100
48	Albert	129	↓2	20
49	Vernon	128	new	67
50	Frederick	127	new	60

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