Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1927

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1927 were Mary for girls (1,119 babies) and Robert for boys (1,908). Social Security records list 48,891 babies born in Wisconsin in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1927

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, 10.8× the national rate
Arleen: 33 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ione: 33 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ardis: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Laverne: 156 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bernadine: 57 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dawn: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Delores: 202 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carole: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Marcella: 110 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Verlyn: 20 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Alois: 16 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Elroy: 40 babies, 12× the national rate
Norbert: 108 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Harland: 21 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Merlin: 61 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Arden: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Roman: 32 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Anton: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Aloysius: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	1,119	–	1
2	Betty	901	–	3
3	Dorothy	869	–	2
4	Shirley	631	↑2	9
5	Ruth	615	↓1	6
6	Joyce	447	↑2	35
7	Margaret	431	–	5
8	Helen	427	↓3	4
9	Lois	420	↑5	19
10	Patricia	407	↑9	18
11	Doris	405	↓1	7
12	Lorraine	396	↓1	44
13	Jean	388	↓1	14
14	Virginia	382	↓5	8
15	Dolores	360	↑1	34
16	Elaine	359	↓3	69
17	Alice	336	–	17
18	Audrey	334	↓3	62
19	Beverly	323	↑9	57
20	Evelyn	292	↑2	15
21	Elizabeth	269	↑6	13
22	Marion	268	↓2	51
23	Phyllis	268	↑6	29
24	June	255	↓6	43
25	Bernice	251	↓2	49
26	Carol	243	↑5	>100
27	Joan	233	↑13	41
28	Marie	229	↑5	20
29	Marjorie	222	↓5	25
30	Barbara	218	↑12	10
31	Irene	212	↓6	21
32	Lucille	212	↓11	45
33	Geraldine	211	↑6	58
34	Arlene	206	–	>100
35	Delores	202	↑3	>100
36	Florence	195	↓10	28
37	Mildred	195	↓7	11
38	Gloria	182	↓1	22
39	Rose	181	↓4	23
40	Marian	178	↓8	74
41	Marilyn	176	↑5	46
42	Rosemary	162	new	86
43	Frances	159	↑2	12
44	Laverne	156	↑3	>100
45	Gladys	155	↓9	37
46	Grace	151	↓5	50
47	Esther	141	↓3	65
48	Jeanette	141	new	>100
49	Rita	136	↑1	54
50	Lillian	134	↓1	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	1,908	–	1
2	Donald	1,161	↑1	8
3	John	1,134	↓1	2
4	James	916	↑1	3
5	Richard	915	↑1	6
6	William	875	↓2	4
7	Kenneth	551	↑1	18
8	George	467	↓1	7
9	Edward	455	–	10
10	Charles	443	↑2	5
11	Raymond	441	↓1	15
12	Eugene	427	↑2	20
13	Harold	411	↓2	14
14	Joseph	366	↓1	9
15	Gerald	323	↑1	38
16	Thomas	268	↓1	11
17	Walter	261	↑3	17
18	Frank	250	↑4	12
19	Arthur	248	↓1	22
20	Ralph	240	↓1	24
21	Paul	235	↓4	13
22	David	217	↑7	21
23	Jack	215	↑10	16
24	Clarence	208	↑1	32
25	Leonard	200	↑9	40
26	Earl	194	↓5	33
27	Lawrence	193	↓4	37
28	Carl	191	↑3	26
29	Marvin	189	↑3	47
30	Howard	187	↑9	28
31	Jerome	184	↓7	>100
32	Norman	184	↓6	39
33	Gordon	174	↓6	74
34	Leroy	152	↑7	51
35	Francis	148	↑1	36
36	Harry	147	↑2	25
37	Bernard	146	↓2	50
38	Melvin	141	↓1	48
39	Roger	140	↑7	84
40	Frederick	138	↑3	64
41	Daniel	136	↓1	46
42	Henry	136	↓12	19
43	Lloyd	135	↓1	58
44	Ronald	134	new	63
45	Russell	131	↓17	54
46	Vernon	131	↓1	71
47	Louis	119	↓3	29
48	Herbert	117	new	42
49	Clifford	116	↑1	65
50	Alfred	115	new	45

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