Popular baby names in Wisconsin, 1941

The most popular baby names in Wisconsin in 1941 were Mary for girls (1,312 babies) and James for boys (1,647). Social Security records list 51,495 babies born in Wisconsin in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wisconsin in 1941

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: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Darleen: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lavonne: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Darlene: 260 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Karen: 827 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marlys: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Monica: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Corinne: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marlene: 196 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kathleen: 451 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Duwayne: 15 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Norbert: 55 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Roman: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Laverne: 39 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lavern: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Terrance: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Fredric: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jerome: 193 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Merlin: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jerold: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wisconsin, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	1,312	–	1
2	Judith	1,176	–	6
3	Barbara	972	↑2	2
4	Patricia	959	–	3
5	Carol	888	↓2	4
6	Karen	827	↑1	19
7	Sandra	689	↑1	9
8	Nancy	683	↓2	8
9	Sharon	678	–	15
10	Kathleen	451	↑4	36
11	Donna	440	–	20
12	Joan	427	↓2	17
13	Janet	385	–	18
14	Judy	363	↑3	16
15	Susan	355	↑7	27
16	Janice	343	↑3	22
17	Shirley	338	↓5	10
18	Jean	329	↑2	32
19	Joyce	320	↓4	13
20	Bonnie	318	↑7	33
21	Diane	317	↑2	40
22	Betty	301	↓4	7
23	Margaret	271	↑2	12
24	Beverly	261	↓8	29
25	Darlene	260	↑1	76
26	Ruth	254	↓2	28
27	Marilyn	253	↓6	30
28	Dorothy	228	↑2	14
29	Linda	212	↑5	5
30	Virginia	212	↑2	23
31	Carolyn	210	↑12	11
32	Gloria	210	↑4	26
33	Joanne	201	↓5	54
34	Lois	201	↓3	43
35	Marlene	196	↓6	83
36	Jane	177	↑6	46
37	Elizabeth	169	↑1	21
38	Helen	167	↓5	24
39	Elaine	160	↓4	44
40	Joann	158	↑10	58
41	Kay	153	↓1	70
42	Phyllis	139	↑2	35
43	Ann	132	↓6	37
44	Sally	126	↑2	61
45	Arlene	124	↓4	77
46	Marjorie	113	new	71
47	Carole	112	↑1	48
48	Alice	111	↓9	34
49	Marie	110	new	42
50	Audrey	107	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	1,647	↑1	1
2	Robert	1,645	↓1	2
3	Richard	1,340	↑1	5
4	John	1,281	↓1	3
5	David	1,051	↑1	7
6	Thomas	1,035	↓1	8
7	William	925	–	4
8	Ronald	856	–	9
9	Donald	655	–	10
10	Gerald	587	–	20
11	Kenneth	549	–	15
12	Gary	524	↑3	19
13	Dennis	508	↓1	23
14	Charles	480	↓1	6
15	Michael	478	↑1	16
16	Roger	428	↓2	25
17	Larry	379	–	11
18	Paul	305	↑3	18
19	Joseph	299	–	12
20	Wayne	272	–	37
21	Daniel	262	↑3	31
22	Edward	250	↓4	17
23	George	245	–	13
24	Jerry	241	↓2	14
25	Eugene	221	–	42
26	Peter	221	↑3	44
27	Raymond	216	–	22
28	Dale	212	–	59
29	Lawrence	212	↑1	34
30	Jerome	193	↓4	>100
31	Harold	190	–	24
32	Carl	161	↑3	29
33	Bruce	152	↓1	51
34	Frank	150	↑3	21
35	Patrick	149	↑3	70
36	Jack	140	↑5	32
37	Ralph	133	↓4	38
38	Gordon	119	↓4	92
39	Douglas	117	↑4	53
40	Russell	115	↑2	75
41	Arthur	113	new	33
42	Terry	113	↑6	64
43	Frederick	112	↑1	69
44	Duane	111	↓8	>100
45	Walter	111	↓6	26
46	Allen	110	↓6	73
47	Philip	107	new	52
48	Leroy	105	↑1	67
49	Bernard	100	new	87
50	Gene	100	↓3	72

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