Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1928

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1928 were Mary for girls (1,130 babies) and Robert for boys (1,874). Social Security records list 48,899 babies born in Wisconsin in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1928

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: 53 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Germaine: 41 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Arleen: 24 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Darleen: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Laverne: 175 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Erna: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marcella: 115 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dawn: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ardis: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carole: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Elroy: 30 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Norbert: 100 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Roman: 37 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Merlin: 45 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lavern: 35 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Laverne: 53 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Anton: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Harland: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jerome: 198 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gaylord: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	1,130	–	1
2	Betty	841	–	2
3	Dorothy	795	–	3
4	Shirley	591	–	10
5	Ruth	529	–	6
6	Dolores	491	↑9	20
7	Patricia	458	↑3	11
8	Helen	451	–	4
9	Joyce	451	↓3	30
10	Lois	417	↓1	18
11	Doris	410	–	7
12	Jean	395	↑1	12
13	Virginia	380	↑1	9
14	Lorraine	375	↓2	39
15	Margaret	371	↓8	5
16	Beverly	346	↑3	46
17	Audrey	335	↑1	60
18	Elaine	324	↓2	68
19	Carol	296	↑7	77
20	Joan	295	↑7	27
21	Phyllis	270	↑2	26
22	June	267	↑2	44
23	Alice	256	↓6	19
24	Delores	255	↑11	94
25	Marion	255	↓3	47
26	Barbara	246	↑4	8
27	Elizabeth	243	↓6	14
28	Evelyn	238	↓8	17
29	Bernice	211	↓4	53
30	Geraldine	210	↑3	50
31	Marjorie	207	↓2	29
32	Rose	205	↑7	24
33	Irene	203	↓2	28
34	Marilyn	200	↑7	38
35	Arlene	197	↓1	>100
36	Lucille	192	↓4	51
37	Florence	186	↓1	32
38	Marie	182	↓10	21
39	Donna	180	new	61
40	Marian	178	–	71
41	Laverne	175	↑3	>100
42	Mildred	165	↓5	15
43	Gloria	163	↓5	25
44	Grace	149	↑2	52
45	Rita	144	↑4	57
46	Frances	143	↓3	13
47	Rosemary	143	↓5	88
48	Lillian	132	↑2	35
49	Jeanette	130	↓1	>100
50	Janet	127	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	1,874	–	1
2	Donald	1,316	–	7
3	John	1,097	–	2
4	James	1,022	–	3
5	Richard	993	–	6
6	William	913	–	4
7	Kenneth	520	–	17
8	George	466	–	8
9	Eugene	464	↑3	20
10	Edward	416	↓1	10
11	Charles	401	↓1	5
12	Harold	384	↑1	14
13	Raymond	374	↓2	16
14	Joseph	344	–	9
15	Gerald	338	–	41
16	Thomas	305	–	11
17	Ralph	267	↑3	24
18	David	266	↑4	19
19	Frank	254	↓1	12
20	Arthur	250	↓1	22
21	Paul	232	–	13
22	Gordon	226	↑11	77
23	Walter	224	↓6	18
24	Lawrence	208	↑3	38
25	Jack	204	↓2	15
26	Marvin	202	↑3	46
27	Jerome	198	↑4	>100
28	Roger	194	↑11	71
29	Norman	190	↑3	39
30	Ronald	185	↑14	50
31	Clarence	179	↓7	35
32	Carl	177	↓4	28
33	Earl	176	↓7	37
34	Francis	170	↑1	40
35	Bernard	166	↑2	49
36	Leonard	162	↓11	42
37	Henry	157	↑5	21
38	Howard	152	↓8	31
39	Herbert	151	↑9	25
40	Leroy	144	↓6	51
41	Albert	142	new	23
42	Lloyd	140	↑1	59
43	Harry	134	↓7	26
44	Melvin	133	↓6	48
45	Russell	130	–	55
46	Vernon	129	–	70
47	Clifford	122	↑2	68
48	Glenn	122	new	76
49	Daniel	117	↓8	47
50	Stanley	117	new	45

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