Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1932

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1932 were Mary for girls (1,118 babies) and Robert for boys (1,611). Social Security records list 46,165 babies born in Wisconsin in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1932

Names given at least 15 times in Wisconsin that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Arleen: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Ione: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Adeline: 55 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Germaine: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ardis: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Laverne: 88 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Monica: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marcella: 84 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carol: 534 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Karen: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Norbert: 75 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Laverne: 54 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Merlin: 46 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Roman: 24 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Harland: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jerome: 222 babies, 6× the national rate
Anton: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lavern: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Elroy: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lyle: 106 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	1,118	–	1
2	Joan	740	↑1	5
3	Patricia	677	↑1	6
4	Betty	672	↓2	2
5	Shirley	553	↑1	9
6	Carol	534	↑2	32
7	Barbara	524	↑2	3
8	Dorothy	483	↓3	4
9	Donna	475	↑2	29
10	Joyce	468	↓3	12
11	Beverly	460	↑2	28
12	Lois	433	–	20
13	Marilyn	424	↑1	16
14	Nancy	405	↑5	13
15	Jean	345	↓5	15
16	Ruth	336	↓1	11
17	Margaret	335	–	7
18	Helen	324	–	8
19	Audrey	285	↑3	61
20	Dolores	277	↓4	18
21	Elaine	264	↑4	68
22	Delores	260	↑1	56
23	Phyllis	255	↑3	30
24	Doris	251	↓4	10
25	Virginia	242	↓4	14
26	Arlene	232	↓2	80
27	Janet	229	↑5	35
28	Gloria	224	↑3	25
29	Lorraine	218	↓2	55
30	Alice	214	↓2	21
31	Geraldine	201	↓1	42
32	Joanne	197	↑7	62
33	Elizabeth	188	↓4	17
34	Marlene	169	↑13	78
35	Rita	163	↑1	53
36	Marion	162	↓3	73
37	Janice	158	↑11	94
38	June	157	↓4	44
39	Rose	153	↓2	33
40	Evelyn	152	↓2	23
41	Marjorie	150	↓6	37
42	Darlene	144	new	>100
43	Rosemary	131	↓2	100
44	Lucille	123	↓4	63
45	Irene	122	↓3	43
46	Mildred	122	↑3	26
47	Jane	120	↓2	49
48	Marian	120	↑2	86
49	Bernice	114	↓3	71
50	Frances	114	new	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	1,611	–	1
2	Donald	1,298	–	7
3	Richard	1,171	–	5
4	James	1,073	–	2
5	John	999	–	3
6	William	768	–	4
7	Ronald	485	↑11	16
8	Kenneth	477	↓1	14
9	Thomas	463	–	10
10	Gerald	439	↓2	24
11	Charles	415	↓1	6
12	David	372	↑2	12
13	George	363	↓2	8
14	Eugene	347	↓2	22
15	Edward	321	↓2	11
16	Joseph	308	↓1	9
17	Roger	300	↓1	50
18	Raymond	289	↓1	19
19	Harold	264	–	18
20	Wayne	238	↑6	57
21	Paul	234	↓1	13
22	Jerome	222	↓1	>100
23	Jack	212	↓1	17
24	Frank	210	–	15
25	Ralph	193	↓2	27
26	Arthur	178	↑2	25
27	Duane	173	↑5	>100
28	Lawrence	167	↑2	35
29	Walter	166	↓4	21
30	Gordon	165	↓1	81
31	Daniel	161	↑9	42
32	Marvin	160	↓1	46
33	Carl	157	–	28
34	Dale	151	↑12	61
35	Norman	143	↓8	37
36	Earl	132	↑6	41
37	Francis	127	↓1	43
38	Clarence	125	↑1	40
39	Russell	119	↑5	63
40	Henry	117	↓3	23
41	Leroy	115	↓7	53
42	Howard	111	↓4	36
43	Bernard	109	↓8	60
44	Leonard	108	↓3	48
45	Allen	107	new	80
46	Lyle	106	new	>100
47	Lloyd	104	new	71
48	Fred	103	↓1	33
49	Gene	103	new	64
50	Albert	102	↓1	26

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