Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1916

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1916 were Mary for girls (95 babies) and John for boys (72). Social Security records list 2,120 babies born in Wyoming in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1916

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

Girls

Lois: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marjorie: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elsie: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alice: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ruth: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Doris: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jack: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kenneth: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clarence: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Fred: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ralph: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Paul: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	95	–	1
2	Helen	56	–	2
3	Ruth	55	↑2	5
4	Margaret	48	↓1	4
5	Dorothy	41	↓1	3
6	Elizabeth	30	↑2	8
7	Alice	28	↑8	13
8	Evelyn	23	↑1	11
9	Frances	23	↓3	9
10	Lois	20	↑12	43
11	Marjorie	20	↑18	37
12	Virginia	19	↑2	10
13	Edna	17	↑3	19
14	Doris	16	↑32	32
15	Elsie	15	↑19	48
16	Mildred	15	↓4	6
17	Josephine	14	new	21
18	Kathryn	14	↑30	60
19	Thelma	14	↓6	29
20	Anna	13	↓13	7
21	Edith	12	↑12	28
22	Eleanor	12	new	27
23	Eva	12	↑2	55
24	Ann	11	↑7	40
25	Ethel	11	new	25
26	Gladys	11	↑21	22
27	Hazel	11	↓8	31
28	Jean	11	↓1	45
29	Lucille	11	↓1	30
30	Martha	11	–	24
31	Rose	11	↓8	15
32	Anne	10	new	53
33	Betty	10	↑7	44
34	Catherine	10	new	20
35	Clara	10	new	39
36	Louise	10	↓25	18
37	Marie	10	↓19	12
38	Norma	10	new	>100
39	Agnes	9	↓2	50
40	Esther	9	↓5	34
41	Florence	9	↓24	14
42	Irene	9	↓32	17
43	Katherine	9	new	51
44	Pauline	9	new	33
45	Wilma	9	new	82
46	Bessie	8	↓7	56
47	Ella	8	new	81
48	Gertrude	8	new	35
49	Grace	8	↓23	26
50	Leona	8	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	72	↑1	1
2	William	62	↓1	2
3	Robert	58	↑1	4
4	James	53	↓1	3
5	Charles	48	–	6
6	George	44	–	7
7	Frank	34	↑1	9
8	Paul	26	↑24	12
9	Jack	25	↑2	26
10	Joseph	23	↓3	5
11	Edward	21	↑1	8
12	Richard	21	↑25	15
13	Albert	20	↑7	17
14	Arthur	19	↑3	18
15	Henry	19	new	14
16	Clarence	18	↑2	24
17	Harold	18	↓8	13
18	Kenneth	18	↓4	27
19	Ralph	18	↓4	21
20	Thomas	18	↑5	10
21	Donald	15	↓11	20
22	Fred	15	↓9	29
23	Walter	15	↓4	11
24	Joe	14	↓2	35
25	Raymond	14	↓9	16
26	Roy	14	↑7	33
27	David	13	↓4	28
28	Ernest	10	↑1	36
29	Howard	10	↑1	25
30	Cecil	9	new	80
31	Earl	9	↓3	32
32	Harry	9	↓11	19
33	Louis	9	↓2	22
34	Alfred	8	↑6	43
35	Andrew	8	↓9	46
36	Edwin	8	new	53
37	Elmer	8	↓3	45
38	Leonard	8	new	42
39	Mike	8	new	>100
40	Stanley	8	new	34
41	Vernon	8	new	75
42	Allen	7	new	>100
43	Eugene	7	↓2	39
44	Floyd	7	new	60
45	Martin	7	↓3	81
46	Victor	7	new	78
47	Byron	6	new	>100
48	Chester	6	↓21	54
49	Clyde	6	new	62
50	Dale	6	new	>100

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