Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1930

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1930 were Mary for girls (109 babies) and Robert for boys (151). Social Security records list 3,085 babies born in Wyoming in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1930

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: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bonnie: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shirley: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Patricia: 47 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Beverly: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Helen: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Norma: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marjorie: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Keith: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Bob: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dale: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Don: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jack: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marvin: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Stanley: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Clarence: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	109	–	1
2	Betty	101	–	2
3	Helen	56	↑1	4
4	Dorothy	54	↑1	3
5	Shirley	50	↑1	11
6	Patricia	47	↑2	7
7	Barbara	44	↓4	6
8	Donna	38	↑1	37
9	Margaret	32	↓2	5
10	Virginia	29	↑13	12
11	Ruth	26	↑1	10
12	Doris	24	↓1	9
13	Norma	24	–	25
14	Alice	23	↑1	20
15	Lois	21	↓5	17
16	Evelyn	20	↑2	19
17	Beverly	19	–	34
18	Joan	19	↑2	8
19	Marjorie	19	–	32
20	Nancy	18	new	24
21	Phyllis	18	↑13	28
22	Bonnie	17	↑11	78
23	Frances	16	↑4	16
24	Jean	16	↓8	14
25	Marilyn	15	↑20	22
26	Ruby	15	new	36
27	Gladys	14	new	48
28	Louise	14	↑16	31
29	Elizabeth	13	–	15
30	Jacqueline	13	new	74
31	June	13	new	47
32	Mildred	13	↓18	21
33	Eva	12	↑17	86
34	Gloria	12	new	30
35	Grace	12	new	62
36	Irene	12	new	33
37	Joyce	12	↓15	18
38	Maxine	12	↑8	93
39	Rose	12	↑8	29
40	Billie	11	new	79
41	Carol	11	↓13	54
42	Dolores	11	↓16	13
43	Lorraine	11	new	46
44	Edith	10	↓7	61
45	Julia	10	new	90
46	Edna	9	↑3	51
47	Geraldine	9	new	43
48	Kathleen	9	new	84
49	Marie	9	new	26
50	Martha	9	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	151	–	1
2	John	88	↑1	3
3	James	87	↑2	2
4	William	76	↓2	4
5	Donald	65	↓1	7
6	Richard	60	↑3	5
7	Charles	59	↓1	6
8	George	49	↓1	8
9	Jack	44	↓1	14
10	Harold	27	↑12	18
11	Kenneth	26	–	17
12	Raymond	26	↑1	16
13	David	24	↑5	15
14	Frank	24	↓4	13
15	Thomas	23	–	11
16	Edward	19	↑3	10
17	Dale	18	↑10	64
18	Billy	17	↑18	20
19	Bob	17	↑11	88
20	Clarence	17	↑24	39
21	Carl	16	new	26
22	Don	16	↑24	68
23	Walter	16	–	19
24	Albert	15	↑10	24
25	Earl	15	↑22	38
26	Harry	15	↓14	28
27	Keith	15	↑5	>100
28	Marvin	15	new	48
29	Ralph	15	↓3	25
30	Stanley	15	new	49
31	Joseph	14	↓17	9
32	Melvin	14	new	50
33	Fred	13	↓2	32
34	Jerry	13	new	51
35	Bill	12	–	59
36	Daniel	12	new	47
37	Glen	12	new	>100
38	Jim	12	new	>100
39	Joe	12	↓23	27
40	Francis	11	new	42
41	Paul	11	↓24	12
42	Pete	11	new	>100
43	Ronald	11	↓15	37
44	Glenn	10	new	71
45	Leonard	10	new	45
46	Tony	10	new	>100
47	Ernest	9	new	43
48	Gene	9	–	70
49	Larry	9	new	>100
50	Leroy	9	new	53

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