Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1933

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,042 babies) and Robert for boys (1,445). Social Security records list 43,735 babies born in Wisconsin in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1933

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: 29 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Germaine: 30 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Lavon: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ardis: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lavonne: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bernadine: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Monica: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Karen: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dona: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dawn: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Harland: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Norbert: 63 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Elroy: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Laverne: 40 babies, 6× the national rate
Jerome: 188 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lavern: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Merlin: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Duane: 161 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ervin: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lyle: 78 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,042	–	1
2	Patricia	631	↑1	6
3	Carol	630	↑3	20
4	Joan	622	↓2	5
5	Betty	561	↓1	2
6	Barbara	560	↑1	3
7	Shirley	521	↓2	9
8	Nancy	488	↑6	11
9	Joyce	473	↑1	12
10	Donna	469	↓1	24
11	Dorothy	440	↓3	4
12	Jean	362	↑3	14
13	Beverly	350	↓2	26
14	Marilyn	348	↓1	16
15	Lois	329	↓3	19
16	Ruth	318	–	13
17	Janet	304	↑10	25
18	Helen	297	–	8
19	Margaret	295	↓2	7
20	Doris	238	↑4	10
21	Marlene	233	↑13	50
22	Phyllis	233	↑1	28
23	Audrey	227	↓4	59
24	Arlene	222	↑2	74
25	Dolores	221	↓5	21
26	Alice	216	↑4	22
27	Virginia	213	↓2	15
28	Elaine	209	↓7	61
29	Elizabeth	206	↑4	17
30	Delores	195	↓8	52
31	Lorraine	185	↓2	54
32	Joanne	179	–	56
33	Marjorie	176	↑8	41
34	Geraldine	174	↓3	42
35	Janice	169	↑2	81
36	Rita	164	↓1	53
37	Gloria	163	↓9	31
38	June	154	–	45
39	Marion	151	↓3	73
40	Darlene	150	↑2	96
41	Rose	141	↓2	35
42	Irene	125	↑3	46
43	Evelyn	119	↓3	30
44	Jane	118	↑3	47
45	Kathleen	118	new	77
46	Lucille	114	↓2	78
47	Grace	113	new	69
48	Marie	113	new	33
49	Marian	112	↓1	89
50	Sally	112	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	1,445	–	1
2	Donald	1,195	–	7
3	Richard	1,167	–	5
4	James	1,155	–	2
5	John	1,049	–	3
6	William	696	–	4
7	Ronald	589	–	12
8	Thomas	502	↑1	10
9	Gerald	483	↑1	22
10	Kenneth	481	↓2	15
11	Charles	385	–	6
12	David	378	–	13
13	Eugene	337	↑1	23
14	Roger	312	↑3	48
15	George	311	↓2	8
16	Edward	264	↓1	11
17	Joseph	260	↓1	9
18	Raymond	260	–	19
19	Wayne	253	↑1	52
20	Harold	236	↓1	18
21	Ralph	216	↑4	29
22	Paul	210	↓1	14
23	Jack	197	–	17
24	Jerome	188	↓2	>100
25	Walter	173	↑4	21
26	Duane	161	↑1	>100
27	Lawrence	160	↑1	38
28	Marvin	160	↑4	44
29	Frank	156	↓5	16
30	Gordon	152	–	71
31	Norman	148	↑4	37
32	Daniel	147	↓1	42
33	Leroy	142	↑8	56
34	Arthur	132	↓8	25
35	Dale	127	↓1	65
36	Leonard	125	↑8	47
37	Carl	123	↓4	28
38	Bernard	120	↑5	63
39	Francis	119	↓2	45
40	Albert	111	↑10	30
41	Jerry	111	new	31
42	Earl	110	↓6	41
43	Peter	105	new	60
44	Franklin	103	new	33
45	Clarence	100	↓7	43
46	Howard	100	↓4	36
47	Gene	99	↑2	66
48	Theodore	97	new	68
49	Russell	94	↓10	67
50	Melvin	93	new	51

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