Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1922

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1922 were Mary for girls (130 babies) and John for boys (142). Social Security records list 3,409 babies born in Wyoming in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1922

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

Girls

Patricia: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nellie: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marjorie: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lois: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Betty: 76 babies, 2.6× the national rate
June: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Barbara: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shirley: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Elsie: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Jack: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Donald: 57 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joe: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	130	–	1
2	Betty	76	↑3	6
3	Helen	73	–	3
4	Dorothy	72	↓2	2
5	Margaret	47	↓1	4
6	Marjorie	46	↑1	16
7	Ruth	43	↓1	5
8	Virginia	36	↑1	7
9	Evelyn	31	↓1	13
10	Elizabeth	30	↑4	9
11	Lois	26	↑5	35
12	Alice	22	↓2	15
13	Doris	22	↑2	11
14	Jean	22	↑9	20
15	Barbara	21	↑17	40
16	Shirley	21	new	39
17	Ethel	20	↑28	32
18	June	20	↓1	45
19	Patricia	20	↑31	69
20	Edith	19	↓1	34
21	Mildred	19	↓10	8
22	Rose	19	↑27	23
23	Thelma	19	new	31
24	Irene	18	↑22	17
25	Anna	17	↓13	12
26	Frances	17	↓13	10
27	Josephine	16	↑10	27
28	Marie	16	↓6	14
29	Nellie	16	↓2	83
30	Edna	15	↓10	29
31	Elsie	15	new	59
32	Louise	15	↓3	22
33	Maxine	14	↓15	82
34	Anne	13	new	66
35	Esther	13	↑9	44
36	Eva	13	↓11	64
37	Gladys	13	↓2	25
38	Lillian	13	↑9	19
39	Norma	13	↓1	46
40	Wilma	13	↓9	77
41	Hazel	12	↓13	37
42	Kathryn	12	↓9	73
43	Lucille	12	↓22	33
44	Phyllis	12	↓20	53
45	Catherine	11	↓3	24
46	Donna	11	new	>100
47	Fern	11	new	>100
48	Florence	11	↓22	18
49	Violet	11	new	86
50	Vivian	11	↓20	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	John	142	↑2	1
2	Robert	129	↓1	2
3	William	114	↓1	3
4	James	100	–	4
5	Charles	66	–	5
6	Donald	57	↑1	12
7	George	54	↓1	6
8	Jack	47	↑1	18
9	Richard	40	↑3	9
10	Joseph	39	↑10	7
11	Frank	35	↓3	10
12	Edward	29	↓1	8
13	Kenneth	28	–	21
14	Thomas	28	–	11
15	Raymond	25	↑8	16
16	Harry	21	↑12	22
17	Joe	20	↑13	35
18	Paul	20	↑6	14
19	Albert	19	↑6	20
20	Arthur	19	↑1	19
21	Harold	19	↓11	13
22	Henry	18	–	17
23	Walter	18	↓7	15
24	Clarence	17	↑2	29
25	Ralph	17	↓7	23
26	Fred	15	↑7	33
27	Dale	13	↑14	89
28	Eugene	13	↑4	25
29	Melvin	13	↑7	50
30	David	12	↓3	24
31	Wayne	12	new	78
32	Keith	11	new	>100
33	Leo	11	new	51
34	Russell	11	new	49
35	Stanley	11	new	41
36	Warren	11	↓19	45
37	Douglas	10	new	>100
38	Everett	10	↑7	98
39	Francis	10	↓1	34
40	Gordon	10	new	76
41	Louis	10	↑2	27
42	Vernon	10	new	68
43	Bob	9	new	>100
44	Dean	9	new	>100
45	Earl	9	↓30	31
46	Elmer	9	↓15	54
47	Howard	9	↓13	26
48	Lawrence	9	–	36
49	Lee	9	new	83
50	Leroy	9	new	55

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