Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1925

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1925 were Mary for girls (1,010 babies) and Robert for boys (1,820). Social Security records list 47,963 babies born in Wisconsin in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1925

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, 7.9× the national rate
Ione: 36 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Donald: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ardis: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Germaine: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Laverne: 156 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Carole: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Alvina: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Delores: 160 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Shirlee: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Alois: 16 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Elroy: 30 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Norbert: 107 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Roman: 37 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Merlin: 54 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Laverne: 61 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lavern: 34 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ervin: 85 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Harland: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Anton: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	1,010	↑1	1
2	Dorothy	965	↓1	2
3	Betty	812	–	3
4	Ruth	678	–	6
5	Helen	535	–	4
6	Margaret	489	–	5
7	Shirley	435	↑5	17
8	Jean	416	↑7	14
9	Lorraine	416	↓2	51
10	Virginia	411	↓1	7
11	Doris	389	↓3	8
12	Lois	352	↑14	18
13	June	333	↑3	39
14	Evelyn	331	↓4	12
15	Elaine	325	↓1	73
16	Alice	323	↓3	15
17	Patricia	305	↑12	28
18	Joyce	302	↑5	59
19	Marion	300	↓8	47
20	Florence	284	↓3	24
21	Marjorie	276	↓1	21
22	Dolores	274	↑3	64
23	Phyllis	269	↑5	40
24	Elizabeth	268	↓6	10
25	Bernice	267	↓4	46
26	Irene	253	↓4	19
27	Mildred	238	↓3	9
28	Lucille	220	↓9	41
29	Audrey	218	↑3	78
30	Geraldine	204	↑8	54
31	Marie	198	↓4	16
32	Marian	193	↓2	67
33	Carol	184	↑11	>100
34	Esther	177	↓3	56
35	Gloria	177	new	20
36	Frances	173	↓3	11
37	Rose	172	↓1	26
38	Gladys	171	↑1	33
39	Arlene	170	↓4	>100
40	Grace	165	↑6	44
41	Beverly	162	↑2	>100
42	Delores	160	↓2	>100
43	Lillian	159	↑5	25
44	Laverne	156	↑3	>100
45	Eleanor	154	↓11	31
46	Rita	151	new	48
47	Jane	148	↑2	53
48	Beatrice	147	↓6	50
49	Violet	146	↓4	92
50	Anna	144	↓9	13

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	1,820	–	1
2	John	1,090	–	2
3	Donald	1,025	–	10
4	William	863	–	3
5	James	758	–	4
6	Richard	752	–	8
7	George	537	–	6
8	Edward	507	–	9
9	Kenneth	465	↑1	19
10	Harold	417	↓1	14
11	Charles	403	↑2	5
12	Raymond	402	↓1	15
13	Joseph	389	↓1	7
14	Eugene	365	–	24
15	Walter	287	–	16
16	Frank	265	↑4	12
17	Arthur	261	↓1	20
18	Ralph	254	↓1	25
19	Thomas	250	↑2	11
20	Gerald	247	↓2	45
21	Paul	239	↓2	13
22	Clarence	219	↑3	30
23	Earl	209	↓1	31
24	Gordon	208	–	72
25	Howard	197	↑3	26
26	Henry	196	↑5	18
27	Jack	192	↓1	17
28	Marvin	185	↑6	51
29	Leonard	181	↓6	38
30	Harry	179	↑7	23
31	Carl	178	↑2	28
32	Norman	177	↓3	41
33	Francis	164	↑3	35
34	David	163	↑5	22
35	Lawrence	162	↓8	36
36	Bernard	156	↓6	48
37	Jerome	149	↓2	>100
38	Russell	147	↓6	53
39	Leroy	146	↑4	52
40	Melvin	141	↓2	50
41	Elmer	138	↑8	61
42	Roger	135	new	90
43	Albert	131	↑1	21
44	Lloyd	130	↑3	62
45	Roy	129	new	32
46	Vernon	128	↓4	67
47	Clifford	127	↓2	59
48	Arnold	125	new	95
49	Alvin	123	↑1	70
50	Frederick	123	new	65

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