Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,601
2	James	1,400
3	Richard	1,213
4	John	1,068
5	Donald	1,002
6	Ronald	834
7	William	804
8	Thomas	602
9	David	596
10	Gerald	563
11	Kenneth	500
12	Roger	446
13	Charles	424
14	George	318
15	Edward	307
16	Eugene	281
17	Wayne	268
18	Paul	265
19	Joseph	261
20	Jerome	230
21	Raymond	220
22	Harold	213
23	Jack	200
24	Jerry	193
25	Larry	185

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dale	174
27	Daniel	169
28	Marvin	162
29	Ralph	160
30	Lawrence	159
31	Gary	157
31	Gordon	157
33	Duane	151
34	Michael	148
35	Dennis	146
36	Arthur	144
37	Peter	143
38	Leroy	141
39	Carl	137
39	Frank	137
41	Russell	131
41	Walter	131
43	Norman	114
44	Leonard	109
45	Howard	107
46	Francis	104
47	Bruce	102
48	Douglas	98
48	Fred	98
50	Bernard	95
51	Melvin	92
52	Clarence	91
53	Frederick	90
54	Allen	88
54	Henry	88
56	Allan	85
56	Lyle	85
58	Lloyd	82
59	Anthony	80
59	Earl	80
59	Gene	80
62	Patrick	78
62	Philip	78
64	Dean	77
65	Harry	76
66	Albert	75
67	Arnold	74
67	Glenn	74
69	Stanley	73
70	Louis	70
70	Theodore	70
72	Roland	64
72	Roy	64
74	Edwin	63
74	Herbert	63
76	Clifford	62
77	Alan	61
77	Don	61
77	Warren	61
80	Lee	60
80	Vernon	60
82	Harvey	59
82	Phillip	59
84	Alvin	58
85	Glen	55
86	Alfred	54
86	Keith	54
88	Leon	53
88	Tom	53
90	Ernest	50
90	Jon	50
90	Rodney	50
93	Bill	46
94	Gilbert	44
94	Victor	44
96	Norbert	43
97	Floyd	42
97	Laverne	42
97	Leo	42
100	Bob	41