Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1930

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1930 were Mary for girls (1,129 babies) and Robert for boys (1,797). Social Security records list 48,659 babies born in Wisconsin in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1930

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: 30 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Arleen: 27 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Ione: 28 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Karen: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Ardis: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Laverne: 115 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carole: 44 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jeanine: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Carol: 444 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maryann: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Alois: 18 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Elroy: 28 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Norbert: 94 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Laverne: 61 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Merlin: 48 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Arden: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lavern: 36 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Roman: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Ervin: 74 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Anton: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	1,129	–	1
2	Betty	869	–	2
3	Dorothy	680	–	3
4	Shirley	624	–	11
5	Patricia	591	–	7
6	Joan	552	↑4	8
7	Joyce	526	–	18
8	Dolores	486	–	13
9	Ruth	461	↓3	10
10	Carol	444	↑5	54
11	Lois	443	↓2	17
12	Beverly	436	–	34
13	Helen	385	↑1	4
14	Jean	372	↓3	14
15	Doris	352	↑1	9
16	Donna	340	↑10	37
17	Margaret	332	↓4	5
18	Virginia	328	↓1	12
19	Marilyn	320	↑5	22
20	Barbara	315	↑3	6
21	Delores	312	–	66
22	Elaine	301	–	69
23	Lorraine	297	↓5	46
24	Phyllis	288	↓4	28
25	Audrey	285	↓6	63
26	Alice	267	↑2	20
27	Nancy	260	↑8	24
28	Elizabeth	245	↑2	15
29	Marion	233	↓4	60
30	Geraldine	227	↑4	43
31	June	224	↑1	47
32	Gloria	213	↑1	30
33	Arlene	204	↓4	>100
34	Rose	203	↑4	29
35	Irene	194	↑1	33
36	Rita	191	↑7	42
37	Marjorie	188	↓10	32
38	Janet	181	↑8	53
39	Evelyn	166	↓8	19
40	Rosemary	162	↑4	82
41	Florence	159	↑6	38
42	Marian	158	–	80
43	Bernice	152	↓3	58
44	Marie	151	↓5	26
45	Jeanette	146	↑3	>100
46	Lucille	144	↓9	59
47	Charlotte	140	↑2	75
48	Frances	138	new	16
49	Mildred	131	↓4	21
50	Jane	130	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	1,797	–	1
2	Donald	1,350	–	7
3	Richard	1,185	↑1	5
4	John	1,155	↓1	3
5	James	1,061	–	2
6	William	892	–	4
7	Kenneth	528	–	17
8	Charles	450	–	6
9	Eugene	439	–	21
10	Gerald	436	–	30
11	George	419	–	8
12	Edward	405	↑1	10
13	Thomas	396	↓1	11
14	David	389	↑3	15
15	Joseph	364	↓1	9
16	Raymond	347	↓1	16
17	Harold	288	↓1	18
18	Roger	266	↑5	58
19	Ronald	266	↑2	37
20	Paul	233	↑2	12
21	Jack	214	↑4	14
22	Ralph	213	↑2	25
23	Frank	212	↓3	13
24	Arthur	202	↓6	23
25	Walter	199	↓6	19
26	Lawrence	198	↑2	36
27	Gordon	193	↑6	77
28	Marvin	185	↓2	48
29	Jerome	180	↑2	>100
30	Howard	162	↑5	31
31	Norman	160	↓2	40
32	Clarence	158	↓2	39
33	Leroy	156	↑7	53
34	Carl	154	–	26
35	Francis	152	↑3	42
36	Leonard	151	–	45
37	Earl	147	↓5	38
38	Russell	147	↑4	60
39	Dale	134	new	64
40	Vernon	134	↑7	72
41	Bernard	133	–	52
42	Daniel	129	↓5	47
43	Herbert	124	↓16	35
44	Glenn	122	↑5	71
45	Henry	118	↓1	22
46	Melvin	117	↓7	50
47	Lloyd	114	↓2	69
48	Douglas	110	new	89
49	Roy	110	new	33
50	Wayne	110	↓2	65

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