Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1927

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1927 were Mary for girls (124 babies) and Robert for boys (133). Social Security records list 3,052 babies born in Wyoming in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1927

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: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Donna: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lois: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Phyllis: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shirley: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Norma: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Betty: 94 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Patricia: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Leslie: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jack: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	124	↑1	1
2	Betty	94	↓1	3
3	Helen	58	↑1	4
4	Dorothy	45	↓1	2
5	Lois	41	↑8	19
6	Margaret	40	↓1	5
7	Shirley	40	–	9
8	Barbara	32	↑2	10
9	Jean	29	–	14
10	Ruth	29	↓4	6
11	Patricia	28	↑5	18
12	Evelyn	26	↑2	15
13	Doris	25	↑4	7
14	Phyllis	25	↑6	29
15	Virginia	23	↓4	8
16	Norma	22	↑11	26
17	Alice	21	↓5	17
18	Frances	19	↓10	12
19	Marjorie	19	–	25
20	Donna	17	↑12	70
21	Maxine	17	↑20	87
22	Elizabeth	15	↑6	13
23	Lillian	15	new	32
24	Marie	15	↑6	20
25	Edith	14	↑19	48
26	Ruby	14	new	30
27	Anna	13	↓3	16
28	Joyce	13	new	35
29	Kathleen	13	new	83
30	Mildred	13	↓15	11
31	Rose	13	↑11	23
32	Vivian	13	new	77
33	Ann	12	new	59
34	Josephine	12	↑2	39
35	Ellen	11	↓2	93
36	Irene	11	↓13	21
37	Elsie	10	↓15	72
38	Juanita	10	↓12	55
39	Laura	10	↓10	82
40	Roberta	10	new	>100
41	Wanda	10	new	66
42	Catherine	9	new	31
43	Clara	9	new	63
44	Florence	9	↓10	28
45	Geraldine	9	↓10	58
46	Ida	9	new	84
47	Louise	9	↑1	27
48	Wilma	9	↓10	68
49	Beatrice	8	new	67
50	Beverly	8	↓7	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	133	–	1
2	John	100	–	2
3	William	79	–	4
4	James	75	–	3
5	Charles	74	↑1	5
6	Donald	62	↑1	8
7	Richard	53	↑2	6
8	George	51	↓3	7
9	Jack	42	↓1	16
10	Harold	30	↑5	14
11	Kenneth	29	↑6	18
12	Frank	27	↑2	12
13	Joseph	25	–	9
14	Thomas	24	↓4	11
15	Edward	22	↓4	10
16	David	18	↑4	21
17	Harry	18	↑4	25
18	Joe	18	↑29	30
19	Walter	18	↑6	17
20	Carl	17	↓1	26
21	Paul	17	↓9	13
22	Albert	16	↑8	23
23	Leslie	15	new	>100
24	Raymond	15	↓6	15
25	Roy	15	↓3	34
26	Arthur	14	↓2	22
27	Dale	14	↑17	81
28	Eugene	14	↓12	20
29	Bill	13	↑19	69
30	Gerald	13	↓3	38
31	Clyde	12	new	68
32	Fred	12	↓3	35
33	Glen	12	↓1	>100
34	Lawrence	12	–	37
35	Bob	11	↑8	100
36	Clarence	11	↓10	32
37	Don	11	–	90
38	Edwin	11	new	57
39	Glenn	11	↑7	76
40	Keith	11	–	>100
41	Leroy	11	new	51
42	Ralph	11	↓14	24
43	Ray	11	new	60
44	Wayne	11	↓9	67
45	Elmer	10	new	61
46	Floyd	10	new	53
47	Jim	10	new	>100
48	Jimmie	10	new	>100
49	Lloyd	10	↓8	58
50	Louis	10	new	29

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