Most popular girls’ names in Wisconsin, 1920

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

RankNameBabies
1Dorothy1,119
2Mary920
3Ruth758
4Helen745
5Margaret631
6Evelyn465
7Lorraine457
8Florence397
9Marie375
10Lucille373
11Alice360
12Virginia350
13Irene348
14Doris341
15Mildred330
16Bernice326
17Esther286
17Marion286
19Elizabeth284
20Betty266
21June252
22Gladys237
23Eleanor235
24Frances218
25Gertrude213
RankNameBabies
26Jean206
27Elaine201
27Rose201
29Lillian200
30Marjorie198
31Grace183
32Jane182
33Dolores178
33Marian178
35Ethel172
36Leona164
37Agnes163
38Catherine161
39Beatrice155
40Anna153
41Jeanette152
42Genevieve151
43Marcella149
43Phyllis149
45Hazel146
45Violet146
47Ann144
48Lois143
49Edna139
50Viola134
51Vivian133
52Josephine132
53Shirley128
54Myrtle122
54Sylvia122
56Clara121
57Charlotte119
57Edith119
59Geraldine117
59Laverne117
61Martha116
62Louise113
62Norma113
64Arlene108
65Adeline106
65Joyce106
65Kathryn106
68Harriet105
69Eileen104
70Elsie102
71Janet101
72Mabel99
73Pearl98
74Audrey94
75Eunice91
75Katherine91
77Carol88
78Anita86
79Verna82
80Ellen80
81Loretta79
82Angeline78
82Eleanore78
84Jeanne77
85Delores75
86Laura73
86Ruby73
88Joan72
88Vera72
90Barbara71
91Emily70
92Anne69
92Patricia69
94Bertha68
95Julia67
95Rosemary67
97Kathleen65
98Caroline64
99Maxine62
100Rita61