Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1926

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1926 were Mary for girls (960 babies) and Robert for boys (1,869). Social Security records list 47,418 babies born in Wisconsin in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1926

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: 35 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Germaine: 22 babies, 8× the national rate
Ione: 40 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Leone: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bernadine: 61 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Delores: 173 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Laverne: 139 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Elaine: 378 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Eleanore: 58 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maryann: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Vilas: 17 babies, 31.9× the national rate
Elroy: 28 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Florian: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Norbert: 115 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Lavern: 40 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Laverne: 63 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Roman: 33 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Harland: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Anton: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jerome: 206 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	960	–	1
2	Betty	853	↑1	3
3	Dorothy	839	↓1	2
4	Ruth	606	–	6
5	Helen	507	–	4
6	Shirley	484	↑1	14
7	Margaret	446	↓1	5
8	Joyce	404	↑10	44
9	Virginia	403	↑1	8
10	Doris	396	↑1	7
11	Lorraine	394	↓2	53
12	Jean	390	↓4	12
13	Elaine	378	↑2	68
14	Lois	333	↓2	19
15	Audrey	332	↑14	60
16	Dolores	330	↑6	49
17	Alice	324	↓1	17
18	June	322	↓5	40
19	Patricia	307	↓2	23
20	Marion	301	↓1	47
21	Lucille	264	↑7	43
22	Evelyn	263	↓8	13
23	Bernice	261	↑2	45
24	Marjorie	254	↓3	22
25	Irene	252	↑1	21
26	Florence	251	↓6	26
27	Elizabeth	238	↓3	11
28	Beverly	235	↑13	74
29	Phyllis	232	↓6	33
30	Mildred	213	↓3	9
31	Carol	211	↑2	>100
32	Marian	206	–	70
33	Marie	200	↓2	18
34	Arlene	186	↑5	>100
35	Rose	185	↑2	25
36	Gladys	175	↑2	35
37	Gloria	175	↓2	20
38	Delores	173	↑4	>100
39	Geraldine	168	↓9	54
40	Joan	167	new	51
41	Grace	165	↓1	46
42	Barbara	157	new	16
43	Charlotte	154	new	78
44	Esther	154	↓10	62
45	Frances	147	↓9	10
46	Marilyn	142	new	65
47	Laverne	139	↓3	>100
48	Eleanor	135	↓3	32
49	Lillian	130	↓6	28
50	Rita	129	↓4	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	1,869	–	1
2	John	1,064	–	2
3	Donald	1,050	–	9
4	William	858	–	4
5	James	821	–	3
6	Richard	759	–	7
7	George	478	–	6
8	Kenneth	477	↑1	18
9	Edward	447	↓1	10
10	Raymond	440	↑2	15
11	Harold	405	↓1	14
12	Charles	398	↓1	5
13	Joseph	390	–	8
14	Eugene	375	–	23
15	Thomas	268	↑4	11
16	Gerald	264	↑4	41
17	Paul	264	↑4	13
18	Arthur	250	↓1	20
19	Ralph	249	↓1	24
20	Walter	245	↓5	17
21	Earl	235	↑2	32
22	Frank	233	↓6	12
23	Lawrence	214	↑12	36
24	Jerome	206	↑13	>100
25	Clarence	193	↓3	29
26	Norman	183	↑6	39
27	Gordon	181	↓3	76
28	Russell	179	↑10	52
29	David	175	↑5	22
30	Henry	175	↓4	19
31	Carl	174	–	26
32	Marvin	173	↓4	50
33	Jack	172	↓6	16
34	Leonard	163	↓5	38
35	Bernard	158	↑1	49
36	Francis	156	↓3	35
37	Melvin	149	↑3	47
38	Harry	146	↓8	25
39	Howard	146	↓14	27
40	Daniel	145	new	46
41	Leroy	144	↓2	51
42	Lloyd	136	↑2	60
43	Frederick	135	↑7	64
44	Louis	130	new	30
45	Vernon	128	↑1	66
46	Roger	126	↓4	89
47	Roy	125	↓2	34
48	Harvey	123	new	90
49	Albert	118	↓6	21
50	Clifford	118	↓3	62

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