Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1929

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1929 were Mary for girls (1,130 babies) and Robert for boys (1,762). Social Security records list 47,706 babies born in Wisconsin in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1929

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: 33 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Arleen: 25 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ione: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Lavon: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Carole: 37 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Laverne: 116 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Arlene: 222 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ardis: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Avis: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carol: 368 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Duwayne: 15 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Elroy: 40 babies, 12× the national rate
Gaylord: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Norbert: 95 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Laverne: 60 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Anton: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Harland: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Merlin: 42 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Roman: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jerome: 178 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	1,130	–	1
2	Betty	866	–	2
3	Dorothy	756	–	3
4	Shirley	682	–	9
5	Patricia	514	↑2	10
6	Ruth	511	↓1	8
7	Joyce	498	↑2	23
8	Dolores	467	↓2	14
9	Lois	436	↑1	17
10	Joan	402	↑10	13
11	Jean	396	↑1	12
12	Beverly	387	↑4	39
13	Margaret	377	↑2	5
14	Helen	376	↓6	4
15	Carol	368	↑4	63
16	Doris	362	↓5	6
17	Virginia	347	↓4	11
18	Lorraine	327	↓4	42
19	Audrey	316	↓2	58
20	Phyllis	296	↑1	24
21	Delores	295	↑3	74
22	Elaine	290	↓4	67
23	Barbara	264	↑3	7
24	Marilyn	243	↑10	33
25	Marion	239	–	53
26	Donna	234	↑13	47
27	Marjorie	233	↑4	30
28	Alice	227	↓5	21
29	Arlene	222	↑6	>100
30	Elizabeth	222	↓3	15
31	Evelyn	209	↓3	19
32	June	209	↓10	48
33	Gloria	195	↑10	28
34	Geraldine	190	↓4	43
35	Nancy	189	new	32
36	Irene	188	↓3	29
37	Lucille	185	↓1	57
38	Rose	180	↓6	26
39	Marie	165	↓1	22
40	Bernice	162	↓11	55
41	Grace	162	↑3	54
42	Marian	162	↓2	75
43	Rita	151	↑2	52
44	Rosemary	146	↑3	80
45	Mildred	139	↓3	18
46	Janet	138	↑4	82
47	Florence	133	↓10	35
48	Jeanette	129	↑1	>100
49	Charlotte	119	new	73
50	Lillian	118	↓2	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	1,762	–	1
2	Donald	1,292	–	7
3	John	1,069	–	3
4	Richard	1,064	↑1	6
5	James	1,010	↓1	2
6	William	905	–	4
7	Kenneth	543	–	18
8	Charles	426	↑3	5
9	Eugene	415	–	20
10	Gerald	396	↑5	33
11	George	376	↓3	8
12	Thomas	373	↑4	11
13	Edward	369	↓3	10
14	Joseph	351	–	9
15	Raymond	340	↓2	15
16	Harold	324	↓4	16
17	David	320	↑1	17
18	Arthur	256	↑2	22
19	Walter	231	↑4	19
20	Frank	222	↓1	12
21	Ronald	214	↑9	45
22	Paul	213	↓1	13
23	Roger	204	↑5	64
24	Ralph	203	↓7	26
25	Jack	200	–	14
26	Marvin	188	–	46
27	Herbert	187	↑12	25
28	Lawrence	184	↓4	38
29	Norman	184	–	40
30	Clarence	180	↑1	37
31	Jerome	178	↓4	>100
32	Earl	173	↑1	36
33	Gordon	168	↓11	79
34	Carl	166	↓2	28
35	Howard	153	↑3	31
36	Leonard	148	–	42
37	Daniel	147	↑12	47
38	Francis	147	↓4	39
39	Melvin	136	↑5	49
40	Leroy	135	–	51
41	Bernard	130	↓6	52
42	Russell	126	↑3	56
43	Louis	124	new	32
44	Henry	120	↓7	21
45	Lloyd	120	↓3	62
46	Harry	119	↓3	27
47	Vernon	117	↓1	71
48	Wayne	116	new	69
49	Glenn	110	↓1	80
50	Harvey	108	new	90

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