Most popular girls’ names in Wisconsin, 1917

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	892
2	Mary	838
3	Helen	773
4	Ruth	692
5	Margaret	678
6	Evelyn	487
7	Florence	417
8	Irene	406
9	Mildred	383
10	Alice	374
11	Marie	365
12	Lucille	363
13	Esther	304
13	Virginia	304
15	Elizabeth	293
16	Bernice	291
17	Marion	282
18	Lorraine	277
19	Frances	268
20	Eleanor	262
21	Rose	241
22	Gertrude	239
23	Lillian	232
24	Anna	222
25	Doris	217

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gladys	214
27	Agnes	189
28	Grace	186
29	Edna	183
30	June	182
31	Hazel	181
32	Marian	179
33	Ethel	178
34	Leona	176
35	Catherine	175
36	Josephine	165
37	Violet	157
38	Jane	155
39	Beatrice	150
40	Ann	145
40	Viola	145
42	Marjorie	140
42	Myrtle	140
44	Genevieve	138
45	Marcella	133
46	Edith	132
47	Betty	130
48	Pearl	129
49	Jean	128
50	Lois	126
51	Martha	124
52	Anne	121
53	Clara	119
54	Adeline	114
54	Charlotte	114
54	Louise	114
57	Harriet	112
57	Mabel	112
59	Elsie	110
59	Verna	110
61	Dolores	106
61	Katherine	106
63	Elaine	105
63	Kathryn	105
63	Sylvia	105
66	Jeanette	103
67	Phyllis	97
68	Loretta	95
68	Norma	95
70	Emily	93
70	Ruby	93
72	Julia	89
73	Geraldine	88
74	Joyce	86
75	Vera	85
76	Vivian	82
77	Eunice	81
78	Laura	79
79	Anita	73
79	Eleanore	73
79	Janet	73
82	Ellen	72
83	Caroline	71
83	Sophie	71
85	Emma	70
86	Marguerite	69
87	Bertha	67
87	Carol	67
87	Stella	67
90	Angeline	66
90	Fern	66
92	Wilma	65
93	Audrey	64
93	Regina	64
95	Eva	63
95	Mae	63
97	Arlene	61
97	Eileen	61
99	Ella	59
100	Laverne	58