Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1918

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1918 were Mary for girls (106 babies) and John for boys (114). Social Security records list 2,945 babies born in Wyoming in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1918

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

Girls

Maxine: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jean: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lois: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Agnes: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Virginia: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Alice: 34 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Elsie: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Edith: 22 babies, 2× the national rate
Marjorie: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Clarence: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jack: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kenneth: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Fred: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Roy: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Harry: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joe: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lawrence: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	106	–	1
2	Dorothy	73	↑2	3
3	Margaret	68	–	4
4	Helen	58	↓2	2
5	Ruth	57	–	5
6	Virginia	47	↑5	7
7	Alice	34	–	13
8	Frances	32	↑12	8
9	Mildred	32	↑4	6
10	Evelyn	27	↑7	11
11	Florence	26	↓3	14
12	Elizabeth	25	↑10	9
13	Jean	25	new	37
14	Betty	22	↑23	21
15	Edith	22	↑14	30
16	Lois	21	↑17	42
17	Marjorie	21	↓8	34
18	Hazel	19	↓4	33
19	Lucille	19	↓4	29
20	Marie	19	↓1	12
21	Ruby	18	↑13	27
22	Esther	17	↑9	38
23	Grace	17	↑16	31
24	Josephine	17	↑8	24
25	Agnes	16	↓1	47
26	Doris	16	↑4	19
27	Maxine	16	new	87
28	Edna	15	↓22	23
29	Elsie	15	new	49
30	Martha	15	↓20	25
31	Thelma	15	↑4	32
32	Irene	14	↓14	16
33	June	14	new	66
34	Vivian	14	new	72
35	Jessie	13	new	75
36	Louise	13	new	18
37	Phyllis	13	new	80
38	Bernice	12	↑11	41
39	Katherine	12	new	50
40	Lillian	12	new	15
41	Anna	11	↓16	10
42	Anne	11	new	54
43	Catherine	11	↑1	20
44	Ethel	11	↓18	28
45	Eva	11	–	55
46	Leona	11	new	79
47	Lorraine	11	new	69
48	Rose	11	↓32	17
49	Vera	11	↓1	68
50	Alma	10	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	114	–	1
2	Robert	87	↑3	4
3	William	74	↓1	2
4	James	65	–	3
5	Charles	62	↑1	5
6	George	48	↓3	6
7	Frank	41	↑2	9
8	Harry	30	↑10	20
9	Jack	30	↑1	21
10	Clarence	28	↑31	23
11	Richard	25	↑5	12
12	Donald	24	↑16	18
13	Edward	24	↓5	8
14	Thomas	24	↑3	10
15	Kenneth	23	↑4	27
16	Harold	22	↓5	13
17	Arthur	21	↑17	17
18	Fred	21	↑20	33
19	Roy	21	↑16	32
20	Joseph	20	↓13	7
21	Paul	19	↓7	14
22	Henry	18	–	16
23	David	16	↑14	28
24	Joe	16	↑7	34
25	Ralph	16	↓13	22
26	Lawrence	15	↓1	38
27	Walter	15	↓7	11
28	Raymond	14	↓2	15
29	Carl	13	↓8	25
30	Lloyd	13	↑15	51
31	Albert	12	↓18	19
32	Alfred	12	↑4	42
33	Warren	12	new	90
34	Eugene	11	↓11	35
35	Francis	11	↑8	30
36	Floyd	10	new	61
37	Louis	10	↓13	24
38	Melvin	10	new	56
39	Clifford	9	↑9	60
40	Edwin	9	new	55
41	Elmer	9	↑9	44
42	Gerald	9	new	72
43	Glenn	9	↓13	84
44	Herbert	9	new	40
45	Howard	9	↓12	26
46	Lee	9	↓2	86
47	Daniel	8	↓5	52
48	Don	8	new	>100
49	Ernest	8	↓20	37
50	Keith	8	new	>100

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