Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1917

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1917 were Mary for girls (89 babies) and John for boys (83). Social Security records list 2,481 babies born in Wyoming in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1917

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

Girls

Edna: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nellie: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Clara: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Marjorie: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Florence: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Martha: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alice: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Hazel: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lucille: 18 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jack: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Earl: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ralph: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kenneth: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
George: 64 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	89	–	1
2	Helen	66	–	2
3	Margaret	59	↑1	4
4	Dorothy	54	↑1	3
5	Ruth	42	↓2	5
6	Edna	33	↑7	20
7	Alice	29	–	13
8	Florence	28	↑33	14
9	Marjorie	22	↑2	36
10	Martha	22	↑20	22
11	Virginia	22	↑1	10
12	Clara	20	↑23	41
13	Mildred	19	↑3	6
14	Hazel	18	↑13	31
15	Lucille	18	↑14	29
16	Rose	18	↑15	16
17	Evelyn	17	↓9	11
18	Irene	17	↑24	17
19	Marie	17	↑18	12
20	Frances	16	↓11	9
21	Gladys	16	↑5	23
22	Elizabeth	15	↓16	8
23	Nellie	15	new	64
24	Agnes	14	↑15	48
25	Anna	14	↓5	7
26	Ethel	14	↓1	24
27	Pauline	14	↑17	33
28	Wilma	14	↑17	82
29	Edith	13	↓8	28
30	Doris	12	↓16	25
31	Esther	12	↑9	38
32	Josephine	12	↓15	21
33	Lois	12	↓23	43
34	Ruby	12	new	27
35	Thelma	12	↓16	32
36	Ann	10	↓12	44
37	Betty	10	↓4	34
38	Gertrude	10	↑10	37
39	Grace	10	↑10	30
40	Kathryn	10	↓22	60
41	Audrey	9	new	>100
42	Bertha	9	new	51
43	Bessie	9	↑3	61
44	Catherine	9	↓10	18
45	Eva	9	↓22	54
46	Lucy	9	new	88
47	Norma	9	↓9	>100
48	Vera	9	new	66
49	Bernice	8	new	42
50	Eleanor	8	↓28	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	83	–	1
2	William	82	–	2
3	George	64	↑3	6
4	James	60	–	3
5	Robert	56	↓2	4
6	Charles	52	↓1	7
7	Joseph	34	↑3	5
8	Edward	33	↑3	8
9	Frank	31	↓2	9
10	Jack	27	↓1	22
11	Harold	25	↑6	12
12	Ralph	24	↑7	21
13	Albert	21	–	18
14	Paul	21	↓6	13
15	Earl	19	↑16	32
16	Richard	18	↓4	14
17	Thomas	18	↑3	10
18	Harry	17	↑14	19
19	Kenneth	17	↓1	27
20	Walter	16	↑3	11
21	Carl	15	new	24
22	Henry	15	↓7	15
23	Eugene	14	↑20	39
24	Louis	14	↑9	23
25	Lawrence	13	new	36
26	Raymond	13	↓1	16
27	Russell	13	new	52
28	Donald	12	↓7	20
29	Ernest	12	↓1	37
30	Glenn	12	new	86
31	Joe	12	↓7	35
32	Wayne	12	new	96
33	Howard	11	↓4	26
34	Arthur	10	↓20	17
35	Roy	10	↓9	33
36	Alfred	9	↓2	43
37	David	9	↓10	28
38	Fred	9	↓16	29
39	Woodrow	9	new	73
40	Andrew	8	↓5	48
41	Clarence	8	↓25	25
42	Daniel	8	new	54
43	Francis	8	new	30
44	Lee	8	new	85
45	Lloyd	8	new	53
46	Ray	8	new	74
47	Bert	7	new	>100
48	Clifford	7	new	59
49	Dale	7	↑1	>100
50	Elmer	7	↓13	45

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