Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1924

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1924 were Dorothy for girls (1,087 babies) and Robert for boys (1,938). Dorothy ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 49,625 babies born in Wisconsin in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1924

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

Girls

Germaine: 38 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Ione: 46 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Arleen: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Delores: 162 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Leone: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Laverne: 148 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ardis: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Maryann: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 466 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Elaine: 340 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Armin: 16 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Elroy: 52 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Alois: 23 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Norbert: 127 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Merlin: 59 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Florian: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Roman: 39 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Arden: 22 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Anton: 29 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Laverne: 56 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Dorothy	1,087	–	2
2	Mary	976	–	1
3	Betty	845	–	4
4	Ruth	708	–	6
5	Helen	617	↑1	3
6	Margaret	576	↓1	5
7	Lorraine	466	–	52
8	Doris	442	↑2	9
9	Virginia	439	↓1	7
10	Evelyn	367	↓1	12
11	Marion	360	↑2	46
12	Shirley	347	↑12	19
13	Alice	342	↓2	15
14	Elaine	340	↑9	73
15	Jean	335	↑1	16
16	June	326	↓1	45
17	Florence	316	↓3	20
18	Elizabeth	296	↑1	11
19	Lucille	295	↓2	37
20	Marjorie	291	↑2	17
21	Bernice	290	–	47
22	Irene	282	↓10	18
23	Joyce	279	↑3	83
24	Mildred	279	↓6	8
25	Dolores	276	↓5	75
26	Lois	272	↑2	22
27	Marie	270	↓2	14
28	Phyllis	244	↑2	44
29	Patricia	235	↑11	35
30	Marian	228	↓3	64
31	Esther	199	↑1	51
32	Audrey	194	↓1	84
33	Frances	194	↑1	10
34	Eleanor	193	↑3	29
35	Arlene	186	↑10	>100
36	Rose	179	↑3	25
37	Jeanette	178	↓1	>100
38	Geraldine	171	↑3	58
39	Gladys	170	↓4	30
40	Delores	162	new	>100
41	Anna	153	↑6	13
42	Beatrice	153	↑1	50
43	Beverly	153	new	>100
44	Carol	152	new	>100
45	Violet	152	↑1	88
46	Grace	150	↓13	43
47	Laverne	148	↓5	>100
48	Lillian	148	↓19	23
49	Jane	147	↓11	53
50	Agnes	139	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	1,938	–	1
2	John	1,156	–	2
3	Donald	932	–	10
4	William	859	–	3
5	James	729	–	4
6	Richard	662	–	8
7	George	534	↑1	6
8	Edward	516	↓1	9
9	Harold	472	–	13
10	Kenneth	465	–	19
11	Raymond	443	↑1	15
12	Joseph	412	↓1	7
13	Charles	394	–	5
14	Eugene	360	–	25
15	Walter	313	↑3	16
16	Arthur	301	↓1	20
17	Ralph	258	–	23
18	Gerald	248	↑11	49
19	Paul	235	↑3	14
20	Frank	234	↓4	12
21	Thomas	229	↑2	11
22	Earl	228	↑8	33
23	Leonard	221	↑1	38
24	Gordon	218	↑3	75
25	Clarence	209	↓6	29
26	Jack	201	↑13	17
27	Lawrence	200	↓6	36
28	Howard	194	↓8	26
29	Norman	192	↓1	42
30	Bernard	188	↑5	46
31	Henry	185	↓6	18
32	Russell	183	–	52
33	Carl	171	↓7	27
34	Marvin	166	↑4	50
35	Jerome	162	↑12	>100
36	Francis	160	↓3	34
37	Harry	157	↓3	22
38	Melvin	157	↓7	48
39	David	155	new	24
40	Stanley	153	↑2	40
41	Louis	150	new	28
42	Vernon	148	↑7	68
43	Leroy	145	↓2	53
44	Albert	142	↑4	21
45	Clifford	141	↓1	64
46	Herbert	138	↓6	41
47	Lloyd	134	↓2	61
48	Daniel	133	new	47
49	Elmer	131	↓12	57
50	Alvin	128	new	73

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