Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1929

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1929 were Mary for girls (106 babies) and Robert for boys (137). Social Security records list 3,050 babies born in Wyoming in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1929

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: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wilma: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Barbara: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shirley: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Beverly: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Norma: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Betty: 100 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lois: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marjorie: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Wayne: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dale: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jack: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Harry: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joe: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ronald: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Frank: 39 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	106	↑1	1
2	Betty	100	↓1	2
3	Barbara	52	↑4	7
4	Helen	52	↑2	4
5	Dorothy	48	↓2	3
6	Shirley	47	↓2	9
7	Margaret	46	↑1	5
8	Patricia	32	↑2	10
9	Donna	28	↑8	47
10	Lois	28	↓1	17
11	Doris	27	↑1	6
12	Ruth	27	↓7	8
13	Norma	25	↑1	25
14	Mildred	21	↑25	18
15	Alice	20	–	21
16	Jean	20	↓5	12
17	Beverly	19	↑3	39
18	Evelyn	19	–	19
19	Marjorie	19	↓3	30
20	Joan	18	↑11	13
21	Anna	17	↑1	20
22	Joyce	17	↑22	23
23	Virginia	17	↓4	11
24	Wilma	15	new	66
25	Catherine	14	new	34
26	Dolores	14	new	14
27	Frances	14	↑3	16
28	Carol	13	–	63
29	Elizabeth	13	new	15
30	Florence	13	↓6	35
31	Lillian	13	↑16	40
32	Ramona	13	new	>100
33	Bonnie	12	new	86
34	Phyllis	12	↓21	24
35	Clara	11	–	65
36	Delores	11	new	74
37	Edith	11	↓14	59
38	Esther	11	new	71
39	Wanda	11	↑10	61
40	Bernice	10	new	55
41	Carolyn	10	new	77
42	Ethel	10	new	56
43	Josephine	10	new	45
44	Louise	10	↓12	31
45	Marilyn	10	↓11	33
46	Maxine	10	new	85
47	Rose	10	↓22	26
48	Charlotte	9	↑2	73
49	Edna	9	↓20	51
50	Eva	9	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	137	–	1
2	William	101	↑1	4
3	John	88	↓1	3
4	Donald	73	–	7
5	James	64	–	2
6	Charles	58	↑1	5
7	George	51	↑1	8
8	Jack	50	↑1	14
9	Richard	46	↓3	6
10	Frank	39	↑2	12
11	Kenneth	30	↓1	18
12	Harry	28	↑14	27
13	Raymond	26	↑14	15
14	Joseph	24	↑7	9
15	Thomas	24	–	11
16	Joe	22	↑4	30
17	Paul	22	–	13
18	David	21	↓2	17
19	Edward	21	↓5	10
20	Eugene	19	↓2	20
21	Arthur	18	↑1	22
22	Harold	18	↓11	16
23	Walter	18	↑6	19
24	Wayne	18	↑26	69
25	Gerald	17	↑13	33
26	Ralph	17	↓2	26
27	Dale	15	↓4	73
28	Ronald	15	↑21	45
29	Alfred	14	↑6	41
30	Bob	14	↓11	89
31	Fred	14	↓6	34
32	Keith	14	new	>100
33	Roy	14	↓5	35
34	Albert	13	new	24
35	Bill	13	↓22	63
36	Billy	13	↑8	23
37	Howard	13	↓5	31
38	Leslie	13	new	>100
39	Floyd	12	↓2	58
40	Lawrence	12	new	38
41	Edwin	11	new	66
42	Henry	11	new	21
43	Louis	11	↑4	32
44	Clarence	10	↓5	37
45	Dean	10	–	>100
46	Don	10	new	78
47	Earl	10	↓16	36
48	Gene	10	↓7	68
49	Lloyd	10	new	62
50	Ray	10	new	57

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