Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1926

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1926 were Betty for girls (118 babies) and Robert for boys (128). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 2,993 babies born in Wyoming in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1926

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

Girls

Marian: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Elsie: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Betty: 118 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shirley: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jean: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Barbara: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lois: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Patricia: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Edna: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Phyllis: 18 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jack: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Roy: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gerald: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Betty	118	↑1	3
2	Mary	116	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	64	–	2
4	Helen	58	–	4
5	Margaret	43	–	5
6	Ruth	36	–	6
7	Shirley	34	↑5	14
8	Frances	32	↑1	10
9	Jean	32	↑7	12
10	Barbara	30	–	16
11	Virginia	27	–	8
12	Alice	26	↓4	17
13	Lois	26	↑1	19
14	Evelyn	25	↑5	13
15	Mildred	23	↑29	9
16	Patricia	23	↓3	23
17	Doris	21	↑5	7
18	Marian	21	new	70
19	Marjorie	19	↓12	22
20	Phyllis	18	↓2	33
21	Edna	17	↑11	38
22	Elsie	16	new	69
23	Irene	16	↑18	21
24	Anna	14	↑1	15
25	Esther	14	↓2	62
26	Juanita	14	new	52
27	Norma	14	↓12	29
28	Elizabeth	13	↓2	11
29	Laura	13	new	81
30	Marie	13	↑13	18
31	Martha	13	↓10	24
32	Donna	12	↑6	90
33	Ellen	12	↑7	100
34	Florence	12	–	26
35	Geraldine	12	new	54
36	Josephine	12	new	37
37	June	12	↓20	40
38	Wilma	12	new	67
39	Elaine	11	new	68
40	Joan	11	new	51
41	Maxine	11	↓13	85
42	Rose	11	new	25
43	Beverly	10	new	74
44	Edith	10	↓17	42
45	Eileen	10	new	92
46	Gladys	10	new	35
47	Katherine	10	new	72
48	Louise	10	–	27
49	Maria	10	new	>100
50	Pauline	10	↓5	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	128	–	1
2	John	101	↑1	2
3	William	92	↓1	4
4	James	78	–	3
5	George	59	↑1	6
6	Charles	53	↓1	5
7	Donald	53	–	9
8	Jack	39	↑1	16
9	Richard	38	↓1	7
10	Thomas	32	↑3	11
11	Edward	27	↑1	10
12	Paul	27	↑3	13
13	Joseph	26	↑5	8
14	Frank	25	–	12
15	Harold	24	↓4	14
16	Eugene	22	↑17	23
17	Kenneth	22	↓7	18
18	Raymond	22	↓2	15
19	Carl	18	new	26
20	David	18	↑10	22
21	Harry	18	↓2	25
22	Roy	18	–	34
23	Earl	17	↑3	32
24	Arthur	16	↓7	20
25	Walter	16	↓5	17
26	Clarence	15	↓5	29
27	Gerald	15	↑15	41
28	Ralph	15	↑1	24
29	Fred	14	↓6	31
30	Albert	12	↓5	21
31	Clifford	12	new	62
32	Glen	12	new	>100
33	Henry	12	↓6	19
34	Lawrence	12	–	36
35	Wayne	12	↑2	68
36	Calvin	11	↑4	65
37	Don	11	↓6	96
38	Ernest	11	↓6	37
39	Howard	11	new	27
40	Keith	11	↑8	>100
41	Lloyd	11	↑3	60
42	Stanley	11	↓4	43
43	Bob	10	new	>100
44	Dale	10	↑2	84
45	Dean	10	new	>100
46	Glenn	10	↑1	75
47	Joe	10	↓19	33
48	Bill	9	new	74
49	Gene	9	↓8	91
50	Gordon	9	new	76

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