Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1912

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1912 were Mary for girls (44 babies) and John for boys (33). Social Security records list 644 babies born in Wyoming in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1912

Names given at least 15 times in Wyoming that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Mildred: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Margaret: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mary: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

George: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Edward: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Charles: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 32 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	44	–	1
2	Margaret	21	↑8	4
3	Mildred	20	↑4	6
4	Helen	18	↓2	2
5	Elizabeth	14	↑4	8
6	Dorothy	12	↓1	3
7	Hazel	12	↑8	25
8	Grace	11	new	24
9	Virginia	11	↑8	20
10	Frances	10	↓7	9
11	Ruth	10	↓7	5
12	Edna	9	↑1	16
13	Elsie	8	↓5	42
14	Esther	8	new	33
15	Lucille	8	↑11	32
16	Vivian	8	new	84
17	Ann	7	new	47
18	Bertha	7	new	36
19	Evelyn	7	new	13
20	Jean	7	new	64
21	Louise	7	↓5	17
22	Pearl	7	new	54
23	Alice	6	↓17	11
24	Anna	6	↓12	7
25	Catherine	6	new	21
26	Doris	6	new	48
27	Florence	6	↓9	12
28	Lola	6	new	>100
29	Edith	5	new	31
30	Lillian	5	new	14
31	Marjorie	5	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	33	–	1
2	James	25	↑3	3
3	George	23	↑1	6
4	William	20	↓2	2
5	Charles	19	↑1	7
6	Edward	15	new	8
7	Robert	14	↓4	4
8	Howard	12	new	25
9	Frank	10	↑4	9
10	Henry	10	new	12
11	Richard	9	↑4	19
12	Thomas	9	↓2	10
13	Albert	8	↓1	17
14	Ernest	8	new	32
15	Eugene	8	new	41
16	Fred	8	new	26
17	Gordon	8	new	93
18	Jack	8	new	28
19	Kenneth	8	↓10	33
20	Donald	7	new	27
21	Carl	6	new	24
22	Harold	6	↓14	13
23	Joe	6	new	36
24	Joseph	6	↓13	5
25	Ralph	6	new	23
26	Clarence	5	new	21
27	Clyde	5	new	65
28	Elmer	5	new	47
29	Francis	5	new	35
30	Harry	5	↓16	16
31	Louis	5	↓24	20
32	Roy	5	new	31

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