Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1935

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1935 were Mary for girls (1,116 babies) and Robert for boys (1,534). Social Security records list 46,231 babies born in Wisconsin in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1935

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: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ione: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lavonne: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dianne: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Bernadine: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darlene: 223 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carla: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angeline: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marlene: 352 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marlys: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Duwayne: 17 babies, 11× the national rate
Merlin: 50 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Elroy: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lavern: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Laverne: 39 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Norbert: 48 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jerome: 229 babies, 5× the national rate
Terrence: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Duane: 162 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maynard: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	1,116	–	1
2	Shirley	1,083	↑4	2
3	Patricia	804	↓1	5
4	Carol	734	↓1	11
5	Barbara	696	↓1	3
6	Joan	622	↓1	7
7	Nancy	596	↑1	9
8	Donna	495	↑1	23
9	Betty	482	↓2	4
10	Joyce	394	–	12
11	Marilyn	392	↑2	14
12	Dorothy	376	–	6
13	Marlene	352	↑7	39
14	Beverly	350	↓3	20
15	Jean	327	–	18
16	Lois	321	↓2	21
17	Janet	301	↓1	22
18	Margaret	297	–	8
19	Ruth	257	↓2	15
20	Helen	246	↓1	10
21	Joanne	244	↑6	44
22	Judith	224	↑28	54
23	Darlene	223	↑9	91
24	Arlene	213	↓2	59
25	Janice	213	–	47
26	Phyllis	207	↑3	27
27	Doris	203	↓6	13
28	Elaine	202	↑2	51
29	Audrey	198	↓6	64
30	Virginia	191	↓6	16
31	Delores	190	–	57
32	Gloria	177	↑2	32
33	Dolores	176	↓7	26
34	Elizabeth	176	↓1	17
35	Kathleen	176	↑5	71
36	Alice	168	↓8	25
37	Lorraine	156	↓2	68
38	Rita	156	↑1	63
39	Geraldine	144	↓1	40
40	Joann	144	↑1	53
41	Sally	144	↑2	58
42	Diane	141	new	>100
43	Rose	140	↑2	37
44	Evelyn	139	↑2	31
45	June	138	↓3	55
46	Marjorie	137	↓10	46
47	Jane	136	↓10	43
48	Ann	130	↓4	30
49	Yvonne	129	new	98
50	Marie	127	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	1,534	–	1
2	James	1,367	–	2
3	Richard	1,268	–	5
4	Donald	1,140	–	7
5	John	1,086	–	3
6	William	730	–	4
7	Ronald	729	–	12
8	Thomas	568	↑1	9
9	David	555	↑2	11
10	Gerald	536	↓2	21
11	Kenneth	451	↓1	15
12	Charles	433	–	6
13	Roger	391	–	36
14	Eugene	300	–	26
15	George	295	–	8
16	Joseph	279	–	10
17	Edward	274	–	13
18	Raymond	255	–	17
19	Paul	248	↑2	14
20	Wayne	241	↓1	49
21	Jerome	229	↑3	96
22	Harold	213	↓2	20
23	Jack	204	–	18
24	Ralph	187	↑4	32
25	Lawrence	180	↑8	35
26	Dale	179	–	61
27	Jerry	175	↑7	22
28	Gordon	173	↑3	70
29	Duane	162	↓2	>100
30	Gary	161	↑13	44
31	Carl	154	↓9	28
32	Daniel	154	↓2	43
33	Marvin	152	↓1	45
34	Leroy	149	↑1	50
35	Norman	149	↑1	38
36	Walter	142	↓7	23
37	Frank	141	↓12	16
38	Peter	131	↑11	59
39	Arthur	127	–	29
40	Dennis	127	new	72
41	Michael	124	new	41
42	Francis	119	↑2	53
43	Larry	119	↑3	33
44	Leonard	118	↓3	54
45	Allen	107	new	83
46	Bernard	106	↓9	67
47	Russell	106	↓5	68
48	Clarence	102	new	48
49	Gene	102	↓1	66
50	Arnold	101	new	>100

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