Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1928

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1928 were Betty for girls (114 babies) and Robert for boys (111). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 3,052 babies born in Wyoming in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1928

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

Girls

Donna: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shirley: 58 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Betty: 114 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Beverly: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Edith: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lois: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Phyllis: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ruth: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Barbara: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marjorie: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Bill: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Bob: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dale: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jack: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kenneth: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Betty	114	↑1	2
2	Mary	108	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	59	↑1	3
4	Shirley	58	↑3	10
5	Ruth	46	↑5	6
6	Helen	42	↓3	4
7	Barbara	39	↑1	8
8	Margaret	37	↓2	5
9	Lois	30	↓4	18
10	Patricia	30	↑1	11
11	Jean	27	↓2	12
12	Doris	23	↑1	7
13	Phyllis	23	↑1	26
14	Norma	21	↑2	23
15	Alice	20	↑2	19
16	Marjorie	20	↑3	29
17	Donna	19	↑3	61
18	Evelyn	19	↓6	17
19	Virginia	19	↓4	9
20	Beverly	17	↑30	46
21	Irene	17	↑15	28
22	Anna	16	↑5	16
23	Edith	15	↑2	56
24	Florence	15	↑20	32
25	Rose	15	↑6	24
26	Martha	14	new	22
27	Thelma	14	new	40
28	Carol	12	new	77
29	Edna	12	new	45
30	Frances	12	↓12	13
31	Joan	12	new	27
32	Louise	12	↑15	31
33	Marie	12	↓9	21
34	Marilyn	12	new	38
35	Clara	11	↑8	65
36	Elsie	11	↑1	73
37	Lucille	11	new	51
38	Marian	11	new	71
39	Mildred	11	↓9	15
40	Pauline	11	new	48
41	Elaine	10	new	68
42	Ella	10	new	100
43	Geraldine	10	↑2	50
44	Joyce	10	↓16	30
45	June	10	new	44
46	Kathryn	10	new	99
47	Lillian	10	↓24	35
48	Peggy	10	new	76
49	Wanda	10	↓8	63
50	Charlotte	9	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	111	–	1
2	John	93	–	2
3	William	91	–	4
4	Donald	72	↑2	7
5	James	65	↓1	3
6	Richard	64	↑1	6
7	Charles	53	↓2	5
8	George	47	–	8
9	Jack	46	–	15
10	Kenneth	35	↑1	17
11	Harold	33	↓1	14
12	Frank	27	–	12
13	Bill	26	↑16	64
14	Edward	25	↑1	10
15	Thomas	23	↓1	11
16	David	20	–	19
17	Paul	20	↑4	13
18	Eugene	19	↑10	20
19	Bob	18	↑16	95
20	Joe	18	↓2	30
21	Joseph	18	↓8	9
22	Arthur	17	↑4	22
23	Dale	17	↑4	75
24	Ralph	17	↑18	24
25	Fred	16	↑7	36
26	Harry	16	↓9	26
27	Raymond	16	↓3	16
28	Roy	16	↓3	34
29	Walter	15	↓10	18
30	Glen	14	↑3	>100
31	Earl	13	new	37
32	Howard	13	new	31
33	Marvin	13	new	46
34	Vernon	13	new	70
35	Alfred	12	new	33
36	Carl	12	↓16	28
37	Floyd	12	↑9	54
38	Gerald	12	↓8	41
39	Clarence	11	↓3	35
40	Duane	11	new	>100
41	Gene	11	new	62
42	Leonard	11	new	42
43	Norman	11	new	39
44	Billy	10	new	27
45	Dean	10	new	>100
46	Dick	10	new	>100
47	Louis	10	↑3	32
48	Max	10	new	>100
49	Ronald	10	new	50
50	Wayne	10	↓6	69

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