Most popular girls’ names in Wisconsin, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,089
2	Betty	739
3	Joan	664
4	Patricia	633
5	Dorothy	561
6	Shirley	513
7	Joyce	489
8	Carol	484
9	Barbara	433
10	Jean	398
11	Donna	395
12	Lois	394
13	Beverly	390
14	Marilyn	386
15	Ruth	379
16	Dolores	356
17	Margaret	355
18	Helen	346
19	Nancy	333
20	Doris	314
21	Virginia	276
22	Audrey	274
22	Delores	274
24	Arlene	261
25	Elaine	260

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	247
27	Lorraine	235
28	Alice	233
29	Elizabeth	232
30	Geraldine	222
31	Gloria	219
32	Janet	197
33	Marion	194
34	June	191
35	Marjorie	184
35	Rita	184
37	Rose	173
38	Evelyn	169
39	Joanne	156
40	Lucille	155
41	Rosemary	147
42	Irene	144
43	Marie	141
44	Florence	139
45	Jane	129
46	Bernice	128
47	Marlene	122
48	Janice	117
49	Mildred	115
50	Marian	113
51	Darlene	111
52	Jeanette	109
53	Charlotte	106
54	Kathleen	102
54	Theresa	102
56	Grace	101
57	Ann	98
57	Frances	98
57	Norma	98
60	Gladys	95
61	Catherine	92
62	Beatrice	88
62	Marcella	88
62	Sally	88
65	Louise	83
66	Anna	81
67	Jeanne	79
67	Lillian	79
69	Jacqueline	78
69	Laverne	78
71	Eleanor	76
71	Joann	76
73	Esther	75
74	Vivian	74
75	Violet	72
76	Gertrude	71
77	Kathryn	70
78	Eileen	68
79	Bonnie	66
79	Edith	66
79	Josephine	66
79	Loretta	66
83	Caroline	63
83	Ellen	63
85	Carole	62
85	Yvonne	62
87	Eunice	61
88	Agnes	60
89	Clara	59
90	Sylvia	57
91	Maxine	56
92	Ethel	53
93	Bernadine	52
93	Ramona	52
95	Anita	49
95	Carolyn	49
97	Genevieve	48
98	Harriet	46
98	Leona	46
98	Pauline	46