Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1934

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1934 were Mary for girls (105 babies) and Robert for boys (109). Social Security records list 2,965 babies born in Wyoming in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1934

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

Girls

Bonnie: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donna: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marjorie: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alice: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Beverly: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lois: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Bob: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Larry: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Don: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bill: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jack: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Fred: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	105	–	1
2	Betty	67	–	2
3	Shirley	51	↑3	4
4	Barbara	49	↓1	3
5	Patricia	42	↑3	6
6	Donna	41	↓1	23
7	Dorothy	37	↓3	5
8	Margaret	28	↑9	8
9	Joan	27	↑2	7
10	Alice	26	↓1	25
11	Beverly	26	↓4	22
12	Carol	26	↑2	14
13	Helen	26	↑2	9
14	Lois	25	↑12	20
15	Nancy	23	↓2	10
16	Ruth	23	↓6	13
17	Bonnie	22	↑15	58
18	Frances	21	↑1	19
19	Joyce	21	↑3	12
20	Marilyn	21	↑3	17
21	Virginia	20	↓9	15
22	Jean	19	↑8	16
23	Marjorie	19	↑8	41
24	Norma	17	–	24
25	Phyllis	17	↓9	28
26	Joanne	14	↑23	45
27	Wilma	14	–	73
28	Darlene	13	↓3	90
29	Doris	13	↓11	11
30	Edna	13	new	55
31	Evelyn	13	↓10	29
32	Peggy	13	new	36
33	Charlotte	12	↑11	72
34	Dolores	12	↓14	26
35	Esther	12	new	91
36	Ann	11	↑6	32
37	Janet	11	↓1	21
38	Lucille	11	new	84
39	Roberta	11	new	>100
40	Jo	10	new	75
41	Sally	10	↓2	62
42	Ethel	9	↑4	78
43	Geraldine	9	new	43
44	Joann	9	new	50
45	June	9	↓4	46
46	Kay	9	new	>100
47	Mildred	9	↓10	35
48	Pat	9	new	>100
49	Clara	8	new	76
50	Delores	8	↓10	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	109	–	1
2	James	94	–	2
3	John	87	–	3
4	Donald	74	↑1	6
5	William	69	↓1	4
6	Richard	61	–	5
7	Charles	53	–	7
8	Jack	40	↑2	17
9	George	37	↓1	8
10	Ronald	34	↓1	11
11	Thomas	33	↑3	9
12	Larry	30	↑13	43
13	Raymond	24	↑20	19
14	Don	22	↑7	50
15	Frank	22	↓3	16
16	Kenneth	20	↓3	15
17	David	19	↓6	12
18	Joe	19	↑14	26
19	Bill	18	↑23	59
20	Fred	18	↑8	33
21	Jerry	18	↑1	25
22	Bob	17	↑13	75
23	Eugene	17	new	24
24	Gerald	17	↓9	22
25	Harold	17	↓8	18
26	Carl	14	↑1	28
27	Edward	14	↑10	13
28	Gary	14	↑15	60
29	Albert	13	↓10	32
30	Billy	13	↑1	20
31	Dick	13	↑5	>100
32	Jim	13	↑7	90
33	Ralph	13	↓17	31
34	Roy	13	↑12	35
35	Bobby	12	new	23
36	Leroy	12	new	54
37	Dean	11	new	>100
38	Earl	11	new	41
39	Francis	11	new	49
40	Howard	11	new	37
41	Paul	11	↓12	14
42	Roger	11	↓8	39
43	Duane	10	new	>100
44	Joseph	10	↓26	10
45	Keith	10	–	>100
46	Walter	10	↓5	21
47	Wayne	10	↓17	48
48	Dale	9	↓28	62
49	Gilbert	9	new	>100
50	Lawrence	9	new	34

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