Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Wisconsin, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,189
2	Shirley	915
3	Barbara	813
4	Patricia	784
5	Carol	778
6	Nancy	676
7	Joan	524
8	Donna	488
9	Betty	442
10	Marlene	393
11	Joyce	392
12	Marilyn	384
13	Beverly	357
14	Dorothy	350
14	Janet	350
16	Margaret	328
17	Jean	313
18	Lois	269
19	Janice	263
20	Ruth	260
21	Judith	249
22	Helen	234
22	Joanne	234
24	Darlene	230
25	Arlene	228
26	Audrey	207
27	Phyllis	205
28	Alice	192
29	Virginia	189
30	Elaine	187
31	Kathleen	181
31	Sandra	181
33	Sharon	173
34	Delores	161
35	Gloria	159
36	Elizabeth	155
37	Doris	152
38	Joann	147
38	Rita	147
38	Yvonne	147
41	Jane	145
42	Marjorie	138
43	Dolores	135
44	Geraldine	134
45	Diane	132
46	Marie	130
47	Ann	128
48	Karen	122
49	Rose	116
50	Lorraine	114

Recorded as boys

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
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