Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1915

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1915 were Mary for girls (57 babies) and William for boys (84). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,846 babies born in Wyoming in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1915

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

Girls

Thelma: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Irene: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Louise: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Frances: 24 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jack: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Donald: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Fred: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kenneth: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Charles: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate
William: 84 babies, 2× the national rate
Ralph: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	57	–	1
2	Helen	46	↑2	2
3	Margaret	39	↓1	4
4	Dorothy	38	↓1	3
5	Ruth	32	↑1	5
6	Frances	24	↑2	9
7	Anna	19	↑24	7
8	Elizabeth	19	↓3	8
9	Evelyn	19	↑4	10
10	Irene	19	↑18	17
11	Louise	19	↑10	18
12	Mildred	18	↓2	6
13	Thelma	18	new	30
14	Virginia	16	↓3	12
15	Alice	15	↓8	13
16	Edna	15	↓4	20
17	Florence	15	↑19	14
18	Marie	15	↓3	11
19	Hazel	13	↓5	26
20	Lillian	13	new	15
21	Ellen	12	↑13	88
22	Lois	12	↑20	47
23	Rose	12	↑7	16
24	Emma	11	new	40
25	Eva	11	↑10	55
26	Grace	11	new	27
27	Jean	11	↓7	48
28	Lucille	11	↓6	29
29	Marjorie	11	↓4	39
30	Martha	11	↓12	25
31	Ann	10	↓15	43
32	Bernice	10	new	42
33	Edith	10	↓6	31
34	Elsie	10	↓25	41
35	Esther	9	↓16	33
36	Mae	9	new	89
37	Agnes	8	↓11	45
38	Alma	8	new	70
39	Bessie	8	↑9	57
40	Betty	8	↓8	53
41	June	8	new	96
42	Maxine	8	↑1	98
43	Sylvia	8	new	67
44	Bertha	7	new	46
45	Blanche	7	new	87
46	Doris	7	↓13	34
47	Gladys	7	new	21
48	Kathryn	7	↓24	60
49	Marguerite	7	new	85
50	Nellie	7	↓6	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	William	84	↑2	2
2	John	74	↓1	1
3	James	58	↑1	3
4	Robert	52	↑1	4
5	Charles	51	↑1	7
6	George	36	↓4	6
7	Joseph	33	↑2	5
8	Frank	24	↓1	9
9	Harold	20	↑1	12
10	Donald	19	↑14	20
11	Jack	19	↑29	27
12	Edward	15	–	8
13	Fred	15	↑6	26
14	Kenneth	15	new	28
15	Ralph	15	↓2	21
16	Raymond	15	↓2	16
17	Arthur	14	↓9	18
18	Clarence	14	new	24
19	Walter	14	↑12	11
20	Albert	13	↓5	17
21	Harry	13	–	19
22	Joe	13	↑6	38
23	David	12	↓5	31
24	Melvin	12	new	60
25	Thomas	11	↓5	10
26	Andrew	10	new	46
27	Chester	10	new	54
28	Earl	10	↓3	33
29	Ernest	10	↓13	35
30	Howard	10	↓3	25
31	Louis	10	↓8	23
32	Paul	10	↑2	13
33	Roy	10	↓16	32
34	Elmer	9	↑2	45
35	Gerald	9	new	78
36	Lawrence	9	↓7	37
37	Richard	9	↓7	15
38	Francis	8	new	29
39	Max	8	new	>100
40	Alfred	7	new	42
41	Eugene	7	↓4	41
42	Martin	7	new	79
43	Wilbur	7	new	92
44	Arnold	6	new	91
45	Glen	6	new	>100
46	Leo	6	new	47
47	Leslie	6	↓25	>100
48	Lloyd	6	new	62
49	Norman	6	new	50
50	Wayne	6	new	97

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