Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1936

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1936 were Mary for girls (1,189 babies) and Robert for boys (1,601). Social Security records list 46,346 babies born in Wisconsin in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1936

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, 7.3× the national rate
Ardis: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Corrine: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lavonne: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Darlene: 230 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marlys: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Adeline: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angeline: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marlene: 393 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bernadine: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Lavern: 28 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Laverne: 42 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Merlin: 39 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Roman: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jerome: 230 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Norbert: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lyle: 85 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rolland: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dewayne: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Arlen: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	1,189	–	1
2	Shirley	915	–	2
3	Barbara	813	↑2	3
4	Patricia	784	↓1	5
5	Carol	778	↓1	10
6	Nancy	676	↑1	8
7	Joan	524	↓1	7
8	Donna	488	–	22
9	Betty	442	–	4
10	Marlene	393	↑3	39
11	Joyce	392	↓1	12
12	Marilyn	384	↓1	13
13	Beverly	357	↑1	17
14	Dorothy	350	↓2	6
15	Janet	350	↑2	21
16	Margaret	328	↑2	9
17	Jean	313	↓2	20
18	Lois	269	↓2	26
19	Janice	263	↑6	31
20	Ruth	260	↓1	16
21	Judith	249	↑1	43
22	Helen	234	↓2	11
23	Joanne	234	↓2	48
24	Darlene	230	↓1	83
25	Arlene	228	↓1	54
26	Audrey	207	↑3	68
27	Phyllis	205	↓1	25
28	Alice	192	↑8	27
29	Virginia	189	↑1	14
30	Elaine	187	↓2	50
31	Kathleen	181	↑4	67
32	Sandra	181	new	38
33	Sharon	173	new	60
34	Delores	161	↓3	58
35	Gloria	159	↓3	32
36	Elizabeth	155	↓2	18
37	Doris	152	↓10	15
38	Joann	147	↑2	55
39	Rita	147	↓1	69
40	Yvonne	147	↑9	81
41	Jane	145	↑6	42
42	Marjorie	138	↑4	49
43	Dolores	135	↓10	30
44	Geraldine	134	↓5	41
45	Diane	132	↓3	>100
46	Marie	130	↑4	33
47	Ann	128	↑1	28
48	Karen	122	new	>100
49	Rose	116	↓6	37
50	Lorraine	114	↓13	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	1,601	–	1
2	James	1,400	–	2
3	Richard	1,213	–	5
4	John	1,068	↑1	3
5	Donald	1,002	↓1	7
6	Ronald	834	↑1	12
7	William	804	↓1	4
8	Thomas	602	–	8
9	David	596	–	10
10	Gerald	563	–	19
11	Kenneth	500	–	14
12	Roger	446	↑1	35
13	Charles	424	↓1	6
14	George	318	↑1	9
15	Edward	307	↑2	13
16	Eugene	281	↓2	29
17	Wayne	268	↑3	45
18	Paul	265	↑1	15
19	Joseph	261	↓3	11
20	Jerome	230	↑1	98
21	Raymond	220	↓3	17
22	Harold	213	–	21
23	Jack	200	–	20
24	Jerry	193	↑3	18
25	Larry	185	↑18	25
26	Dale	174	–	59
27	Daniel	169	↑5	41
28	Marvin	162	↑5	49
29	Ralph	160	↓5	31
30	Lawrence	159	↓5	37
31	Gary	157	↓1	38
32	Gordon	157	↓4	75
33	Duane	151	↓4	>100
34	Michael	148	↑7	33
35	Dennis	146	↑5	74
36	Arthur	144	↑3	30
37	Peter	143	↑1	56
38	Leroy	141	↓4	57
39	Carl	137	↓8	27
40	Frank	137	↓3	16
41	Russell	131	↑6	69
42	Walter	131	↓6	26
43	Norman	114	↓8	43
44	Leonard	109	–	54
45	Howard	107	new	40
46	Francis	104	↓4	50
47	Bruce	102	new	73
48	Douglas	98	new	78
49	Fred	98	new	36
50	Bernard	95	↓4	68

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