Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1934

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1934 were Mary for girls (1,178 babies) and Robert for boys (1,514). Social Security records list 45,227 babies born in Wisconsin in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1934

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: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Germaine: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Karen: 62 babies, 5× the national rate
Dawn: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lavonne: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carla: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rosella: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Caroline: 81 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bernadine: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marcella: 57 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Duwayne: 20 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Harland: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Norbert: 72 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Laverne: 43 babies, 6× the national rate
Elroy: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lavern: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Merlin: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Terrence: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jerome: 176 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lyle: 86 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	1,178	–	1
2	Patricia	768	–	6
3	Carol	675	–	14
4	Barbara	664	↑2	3
5	Joan	630	↓1	7
6	Shirley	606	↑1	4
7	Betty	542	↓2	2
8	Nancy	531	–	10
9	Donna	464	↑1	23
10	Joyce	435	↓1	12
11	Beverly	413	↑2	22
12	Dorothy	393	↓1	5
13	Marilyn	386	↑1	17
14	Lois	370	↑1	20
15	Jean	324	↓3	16
16	Janet	302	↑1	21
17	Ruth	298	↓1	13
18	Margaret	277	↑1	8
19	Helen	249	↓1	9
20	Marlene	237	↑1	57
21	Doris	232	↓1	11
22	Arlene	231	↑2	53
23	Audrey	228	–	69
24	Virginia	228	↑3	15
25	Janice	216	↑10	68
26	Dolores	208	↓1	26
27	Joanne	206	↑5	45
28	Alice	203	↓2	25
29	Phyllis	197	↓7	28
30	Elaine	196	↓2	54
31	Delores	194	↓1	51
32	Darlene	183	↑8	90
33	Elizabeth	180	↓4	18
34	Gloria	179	↑3	30
35	Lorraine	162	↓4	56
36	Marjorie	156	↓3	41
37	Jane	154	↑7	48
38	Geraldine	153	↓4	43
39	Rita	152	↓3	63
40	Kathleen	148	↑5	74
41	Joann	145	new	50
42	June	142	↓4	46
43	Sally	137	↑7	62
44	Ann	132	new	32
45	Rose	130	↓4	37
46	Evelyn	123	↓3	29
47	Rosemary	119	new	>100
48	Jeanette	116	new	>100
49	Marion	115	↓10	86
50	Judith	108	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	1,514	–	1
2	James	1,329	↑2	2
3	Richard	1,267	–	5
4	Donald	1,237	↓2	6
5	John	1,017	–	3
6	William	749	–	4
7	Ronald	659	–	11
8	Gerald	491	↑1	22
9	Thomas	488	↓1	9
10	Kenneth	455	–	15
11	David	416	↑1	12
12	Charles	415	↓1	7
13	Roger	371	↑1	39
14	Eugene	315	↓1	24
15	George	302	–	8
16	Joseph	274	↑1	10
17	Edward	266	↓1	13
18	Raymond	254	–	19
19	Wayne	234	–	48
20	Harold	218	–	18
21	Paul	216	↑1	14
22	Carl	199	↑15	28
23	Jack	199	–	17
24	Jerome	176	–	>100
25	Frank	170	↑4	16
26	Dale	162	↑9	62
27	Duane	162	↓1	>100
28	Ralph	162	↓7	31
29	Walter	154	↓4	21
30	Daniel	151	↑2	42
31	Gordon	151	↓1	71
32	Marvin	147	↓4	44
33	Lawrence	144	↓6	34
34	Jerry	139	↑7	25
35	Leroy	139	↓2	54
36	Norman	132	↓5	38
37	Bernard	128	↑1	65
38	Earl	126	↑4	41
39	Arthur	116	↓5	29
40	Henry	116	new	27
41	Leonard	116	↓5	53
42	Russell	116	↑7	70
43	Gary	113	new	60
44	Francis	109	↓5	49
45	Fred	104	new	33
46	Larry	104	new	43
47	Douglas	100	new	72
48	Gene	100	↓1	67
49	Peter	99	↓6	61
50	Melvin	95	–	55

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