Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1931

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1931 were Mary for girls (1,089 babies) and Robert for boys (1,747). Social Security records list 46,622 babies born in Wisconsin in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1931

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: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Arleen: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Ione: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Carla: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Karen: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Carol: 484 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bernadine: 52 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Marcella: 88 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Monica: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryann: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Elroy: 28 babies, 9× the national rate
Roman: 35 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Harland: 19 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Laverne: 67 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Anton: 25 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Norbert: 72 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Merlyn: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jerome: 223 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lavern: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cyril: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	1,089	–	1
2	Betty	739	–	2
3	Joan	664	↑3	5
4	Patricia	633	↑1	8
5	Dorothy	561	↓2	3
6	Shirley	513	↓2	9
7	Joyce	489	–	15
8	Carol	484	↑2	46
9	Barbara	433	↑11	4
10	Jean	398	↑4	13
11	Donna	395	↑5	32
12	Lois	394	↓1	20
13	Beverly	390	↓1	31
14	Marilyn	386	↑5	19
15	Ruth	379	↓6	11
16	Dolores	356	↓8	14
17	Margaret	355	–	7
18	Helen	346	↓5	6
19	Nancy	333	↑8	17
20	Doris	314	↓5	10
21	Virginia	276	↓3	12
22	Audrey	274	↑3	64
23	Delores	274	↓2	58
24	Arlene	261	↑9	77
25	Elaine	260	↓3	72
26	Phyllis	247	↓2	29
27	Lorraine	235	↓4	49
28	Alice	233	↓2	21
29	Elizabeth	232	↓1	16
30	Geraldine	222	–	38
31	Gloria	219	↑1	23
32	Janet	197	↑6	45
33	Marion	194	↓4	66
34	June	191	↓3	44
35	Marjorie	184	↑2	34
36	Rita	184	–	48
37	Rose	173	↓3	30
38	Evelyn	169	↑1	24
39	Joanne	156	new	68
40	Lucille	155	↑6	62
41	Rosemary	147	↓1	88
42	Irene	144	↓7	37
43	Marie	141	↑1	27
44	Florence	139	↓3	43
45	Jane	129	↑5	50
46	Bernice	128	↓3	63
47	Marlene	122	new	95
48	Janice	117	new	>100
49	Mildred	115	–	26
50	Marian	113	↓8	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	1,747	–	1
2	Donald	1,271	–	7
3	Richard	1,098	–	5
4	James	1,045	↑1	2
5	John	1,042	↓1	3
6	William	796	–	4
7	Kenneth	500	–	14
8	Gerald	466	↑2	26
9	Thomas	450	↑4	10
10	Charles	419	↓2	6
11	George	381	–	8
12	Eugene	368	↓3	21
13	Edward	362	↓1	11
14	David	342	–	13
15	Joseph	317	–	9
16	Roger	317	↑2	53
17	Raymond	314	↓1	17
18	Ronald	312	↑1	27
19	Harold	271	↓2	18
20	Paul	230	–	12
21	Jerome	223	↑8	>100
22	Jack	213	↓1	15
23	Ralph	208	↓1	25
24	Frank	204	↓1	16
25	Walter	200	–	20
26	Wayne	198	↑24	58
27	Norman	192	↑4	36
28	Arthur	187	↓4	23
29	Gordon	186	↓2	76
30	Lawrence	185	↓4	38
31	Marvin	169	↓3	45
32	Duane	153	new	>100
33	Carl	147	↑1	28
34	Leroy	147	↓1	52
35	Bernard	146	↑6	54
36	Francis	140	↓1	42
37	Henry	135	↑8	22
38	Howard	133	↓8	34
39	Clarence	128	↓7	39
40	Daniel	125	↑2	44
41	Leonard	119	↓5	48
42	Earl	118	↓5	40
43	Melvin	116	↑3	51
44	Russell	116	↓6	63
45	Glenn	115	↓1	72
46	Dale	112	↓7	62
47	Fred	110	new	33
48	Herbert	110	↓5	41
49	Albert	108	new	24
50	Jerry	103	new	43

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