Most popular girls’ names in Wisconsin, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Dorothy	1,199
2	Mary	950
3	Ruth	816
4	Helen	748
5	Margaret	694
6	Lorraine	501
7	Evelyn	470
8	Virginia	436
9	Alice	418
10	Florence	409
11	Lucille	407
12	Betty	398
13	Irene	392
13	Mildred	392
15	Doris	391
16	Marjorie	336
17	Bernice	335
18	Marion	326
19	Elizabeth	322
19	Marie	322
21	Jean	278
22	Esther	268
23	Frances	252
24	Elaine	244
24	June	244

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	231
27	Gladys	226
28	Dolores	217
29	Marian	208
30	Grace	206
31	Eleanor	197
32	Shirley	196
33	Jane	195
34	Gertrude	188
35	Ethel	184
36	Rose	173
37	Anna	168
37	Lois	168
39	Phyllis	163
40	Catherine	161
41	Audrey	160
41	Violet	160
43	Beatrice	155
44	Leona	153
45	Jeanette	150
46	Marcella	141
47	Josephine	138
48	Edith	136
48	Genevieve	136
50	Laverne	135
51	Edna	134
51	Hazel	134
53	Agnes	133
53	Joyce	133
55	Geraldine	131
56	Viola	130
56	Vivian	130
58	Charlotte	127
59	Norma	126
60	Arlene	124
60	Pearl	124
62	Adeline	117
62	Ann	117
64	Carol	116
65	Clara	114
65	Katherine	114
67	Ruby	110
68	Louise	109
69	Elsie	108
69	Janet	108
71	Eileen	107
72	Patricia	106
73	Harriet	103
74	Martha	101
75	Rita	99
76	Sylvia	97
77	Myrtle	96
78	Kathleen	92
78	Kathryn	92
80	Mabel	90
81	Verna	89
82	Barbara	88
82	Eunice	88
84	Ellen	86
85	Angeline	85
86	Delores	84
87	Jeanne	82
88	Caroline	77
89	Laura	76
89	Rosemary	76
91	Anne	73
91	Loretta	73
93	Joan	70
94	Anita	68
94	Vera	68
96	Fern	61
97	Pauline	60
98	Maxine	59
99	Emily	58
100	Beverly	57