Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1914

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1914 were Mary for girls (55 babies) and John for boys (53). Social Security records list 1,156 babies born in Wyoming in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1914

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

Girls

Elizabeth: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alice: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Margaret: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dorothy: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Arthur: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
George: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Frank: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Harold: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	55	–	1
2	Margaret	33	↑1	4
3	Dorothy	32	↑1	3
4	Helen	27	↓2	2
5	Elizabeth	24	↑1	8
6	Ruth	24	↓1	5
7	Alice	16	↑2	12
8	Frances	15	↑20	9
9	Elsie	13	↑18	46
10	Mildred	13	↓3	7
11	Virginia	13	↑3	14
12	Edna	12	new	19
13	Evelyn	12	↑29	11
14	Hazel	12	↓3	29
15	Marie	12	↓3	10
16	Ann	11	↓1	40
17	Josephine	11	↑30	23
18	Martha	11	↓5	27
19	Esther	10	↑22	35
20	Jean	10	new	54
21	Louise	10	↑10	17
22	Lucille	10	↓6	30
23	Ethel	9	↓4	21
24	Kathryn	9	new	63
25	Marjorie	9	↓4	45
26	Agnes	8	↓2	44
27	Edith	8	↓9	31
28	Irene	8	↑18	22
29	Laura	8	–	59
30	Rose	8	↓13	15
31	Anna	7	↓21	6
32	Betty	7	new	62
33	Doris	7	↓7	36
34	Ellen	7	↑5	86
35	Eva	7	new	52
36	Florence	7	↓28	13
37	Jessie	7	new	64
38	Marian	7	new	90
39	Vera	7	new	68
40	Julia	6	new	42
41	Katherine	6	↑7	48
42	Lois	6	↓12	51
43	Maxine	6	new	>100
44	Nellie	6	new	61
45	Ruby	6	↓12	24
46	Wilma	6	↓12	95
47	Amy	5	new	>100
48	Bessie	5	new	55
49	Beulah	5	new	96
50	Clara	5	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	53	–	1
2	George	41	↑3	6
3	William	40	↓1	2
4	James	30	↓1	3
5	Robert	30	↓1	4
6	Charles	28	↑1	7
7	Frank	27	↓1	9
8	Arthur	19	↑8	18
9	Joseph	16	↑10	5
10	Harold	15	↑18	14
11	Carl	14	↓2	24
12	Edward	14	↑9	8
13	Ralph	14	↑18	21
14	Raymond	13	new	16
15	Albert	12	↓1	15
16	Ernest	12	↑17	38
17	Roy	12	↑8	32
18	David	11	↑14	29
19	Fred	10	↑3	28
20	Thomas	10	↓8	11
21	Harry	9	↓4	19
22	Leslie	9	new	>100
23	Louis	9	↓3	20
24	Donald	8	↓16	23
25	Earl	7	new	33
26	Glenn	7	new	91
27	Howard	7	↑7	26
28	Joe	7	↑2	34
29	Lawrence	7	new	35
30	Richard	7	↓15	17
31	Walter	7	↓21	10
32	Jay	6	new	>100
33	Leonard	6	new	45
34	Paul	6	↓21	13
35	Clyde	5	new	63
36	Elmer	5	↓10	46
37	Eugene	5	new	43
38	Everett	5	new	90
39	Henry	5	↓10	12
40	Jack	5	↓17	27
41	Lewis	5	↓6	72

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