Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1937

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1937 were Mary for girls (1,273 babies) and Robert for boys (1,657). Social Security records list 47,116 babies born in Wisconsin in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1937

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: 23 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Germaine: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bonita: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Adeline: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lavonne: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Corrine: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darlene: 238 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karen: 160 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Monica: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kathleen: 255 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Duwayne: 15 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Harland: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Norbert: 58 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Elroy: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Merlin: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Laverne: 35 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lavern: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Jerome: 198 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Duane: 139 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maynard: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	1,273	–	1
2	Patricia	890	↑2	3
3	Barbara	849	–	2
4	Carol	835	↑1	6
5	Nancy	675	↑1	7
6	Shirley	666	↓4	4
7	Donna	537	↑1	21
8	Joan	496	↓1	9
9	Betty	420	–	5
10	Beverly	391	↑3	14
11	Janet	360	↑4	18
12	Joyce	357	↓1	11
13	Judith	347	↑8	34
14	Marilyn	334	↓2	13
15	Janice	326	↑4	25
16	Marlene	323	↓6	40
17	Jean	302	–	23
18	Margaret	302	↓2	10
19	Lois	299	↓1	29
20	Dorothy	292	↓6	8
21	Ruth	291	↓1	15
22	Joanne	262	↑1	51
23	Kathleen	255	↑8	61
24	Sharon	243	↑9	41
25	Darlene	238	↓1	72
26	Elaine	238	↑4	45
27	Sandra	231	↑5	26
28	Arlene	213	↓3	60
29	Diane	194	↑16	76
30	Helen	189	↓8	12
31	Virginia	189	↓2	16
32	Phyllis	184	↓5	27
33	Sally	175	new	59
34	Gloria	167	↑1	32
35	Karen	160	↑13	>100
36	Alice	156	↓8	28
37	Audrey	156	↓11	85
38	Doris	151	↓1	22
39	Jane	150	↑2	42
40	Elizabeth	149	↓4	17
41	Delores	146	↓7	68
42	Rose	143	↑7	38
43	Joann	140	↓5	58
44	Yvonne	138	↓4	77
45	Ann	137	↑2	30
46	Marjorie	134	↓4	57
47	Susan	131	new	97
48	Rita	126	↓9	69
49	Marie	124	↓3	35
50	Bonnie	116	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	1,657	–	1
2	James	1,347	–	2
3	Richard	1,235	–	5
4	John	1,094	–	3
5	Donald	989	–	7
6	Ronald	880	–	11
7	William	823	–	4
8	David	797	↑1	8
9	Thomas	725	↓1	9
10	Gerald	611	–	20
11	Kenneth	473	–	14
12	Charles	447	↑1	6
13	Roger	402	↓1	36
14	Edward	295	↑1	13
15	Joseph	292	↑4	12
16	George	268	↓2	10
17	Paul	254	↑1	15
18	Eugene	252	↓2	33
19	Gary	243	↑12	29
20	Wayne	242	↓3	44
21	Raymond	236	–	19
22	Larry	217	↑3	16
23	Michael	207	↑11	27
24	Jerome	198	↓4	100
25	Harold	191	↓3	21
26	Jerry	191	↓2	17
27	Lawrence	181	↑3	38
28	Daniel	177	↓1	39
29	Dale	172	↓3	59
30	Jack	171	↓7	23
31	Ralph	156	↓2	34
32	Arthur	150	↑4	31
33	Frank	147	↑7	18
34	Dennis	146	↑1	63
35	Duane	139	↓2	>100
36	Marvin	138	↓8	49
37	Carl	137	↑2	28
38	Walter	137	↑4	26
39	Leroy	135	↓1	56
40	Gordon	133	↓8	75
41	Russell	131	–	67
42	Peter	125	↓5	52
43	Norman	124	–	43
44	Bruce	111	↑3	70
45	Frederick	107	new	68
46	Allen	102	new	76
47	Henry	102	new	30
48	Bernard	101	↑2	73
49	Francis	101	↓3	55
50	Gene	97	new	61

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