Most popular girls’ names in Wisconsin, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	960
2	Betty	853
3	Dorothy	839
4	Ruth	606
5	Helen	507
6	Shirley	484
7	Margaret	446
8	Joyce	404
9	Virginia	403
10	Doris	396
11	Lorraine	394
12	Jean	390
13	Elaine	378
14	Lois	333
15	Audrey	332
16	Dolores	330
17	Alice	324
18	June	322
19	Patricia	307
20	Marion	301
21	Lucille	264
22	Evelyn	263
23	Bernice	261
24	Marjorie	254
25	Irene	252

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Florence	251
27	Elizabeth	238
28	Beverly	235
29	Phyllis	232
30	Mildred	213
31	Carol	211
32	Marian	206
33	Marie	200
34	Arlene	186
35	Rose	185
36	Gladys	175
36	Gloria	175
38	Delores	173
39	Geraldine	168
40	Joan	167
41	Grace	165
42	Barbara	157
43	Charlotte	154
43	Esther	154
45	Frances	147
46	Marilyn	142
47	Laverne	139
48	Eleanor	135
49	Lillian	130
50	Rita	129
51	Anna	128
52	Rosemary	127
53	Jeanette	126
54	Beatrice	124
54	Violet	124
56	Kathleen	123
57	Jane	121
58	Norma	119
59	Catherine	113
60	Jeanne	109
61	Janet	106
62	Agnes	105
63	Eileen	103
64	Gertrude	102
65	Ethel	99
65	Genevieve	99
65	Josephine	99
65	Louise	99
69	Marcella	98
70	Vivian	93
71	Sylvia	90
72	Eunice	89
73	Katherine	88
74	Leona	85
75	Pearl	84
76	Edith	77
77	Ann	76
78	Adeline	75
79	Loretta	73
80	Bette	71
80	Edna	71
80	Harriet	71
80	Kathryn	71
84	Donna	68
84	Hazel	68
84	Janice	68
87	Nancy	66
88	Pauline	64
89	Clara	63
89	Theresa	63
91	Bernadine	61
91	Maxine	61
91	Ruby	61
94	Angeline	58
94	Caroline	58
94	Eleanore	58
94	Ellen	58
98	Myrtle	57
99	Elsie	56
100	Muriel	55