Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1935

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1935 were Shirley for girls (100 babies) and John for boys (101). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,023 babies born in Wyoming in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1935

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: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jo: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Beverly: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marjorie: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alice: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marilyn: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lois: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Dale: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gary: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bill: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Larry: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Don: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Jack: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marvin: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Earl: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ralph: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	100	↑2	2
2	Mary	97	↓1	1
3	Betty	61	↓1	4
4	Barbara	48	–	3
5	Donna	42	↑1	23
6	Dorothy	42	↑1	6
7	Patricia	33	↓2	5
8	Helen	31	↑5	10
9	Marilyn	30	↑11	14
10	Carol	29	↑2	11
11	Beverly	26	–	20
12	Margaret	26	↓4	8
13	Nancy	25	↑2	9
14	Alice	24	↓4	25
15	Lois	23	↓1	21
16	Ruth	22	–	15
17	Joan	21	↓8	7
18	Frances	18	–	19
19	Virginia	18	↑2	16
20	Jo	17	↑20	73
21	Joyce	17	↓2	12
22	Doris	16	↑7	13
23	Janet	16	↑14	22
24	Jean	16	↓2	18
25	Phyllis	16	–	27
26	Marjorie	15	↓3	46
27	Dolores	14	↑7	26
28	Evelyn	14	↑3	31
29	Peggy	14	↑3	36
30	Sally	14	↑11	58
31	Martha	13	new	24
32	Wilma	13	↓5	70
33	Bonnie	12	↓16	62
34	Darlene	12	↓6	91
35	Roberta	12	↑4	77
36	Ann	11	–	30
37	Carolyn	11	new	28
38	Connie	11	new	>100
39	Kay	11	↑7	>100
40	Norma	11	↓16	29
41	Patsy	11	new	56
42	Elizabeth	10	new	17
43	Joanne	10	↓17	44
44	Juanita	10	new	72
45	June	10	–	55
46	Sharon	10	new	96
47	Wanda	10	new	49
48	Ellen	9	new	95
49	Elsie	9	new	>100
50	Esther	9	↓15	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	John	101	↑2	3
2	Robert	96	↓1	1
3	James	83	↓1	2
4	Donald	68	–	7
5	William	68	–	4
6	Richard	61	–	5
7	Charles	56	–	6
8	George	41	↑1	8
9	Jack	40	↓1	18
10	Ronald	31	–	12
11	David	27	↑6	11
12	Kenneth	27	↑4	15
13	Larry	27	↓1	33
14	Gary	25	↑14	44
15	Jerry	25	↑6	22
16	Thomas	23	↓5	9
17	Frank	21	↓2	16
18	Gerald	21	↑6	21
19	Dale	19	↑29	61
20	Ralph	19	↑13	32
21	Don	18	↓7	51
22	Marvin	18	new	45
23	Paul	18	↑18	14
24	Bill	17	↓5	60
25	Joe	17	↓7	25
26	Arthur	16	new	29
27	Carl	15	↓1	28
28	Earl	15	↑10	46
29	Harold	14	↓4	20
30	Jim	14	↑2	90
31	Edward	13	↓4	13
32	Henry	13	new	27
33	Leroy	13	↑3	50
34	Raymond	13	↓21	17
35	Walter	13	↑11	23
36	Albert	12	↓7	31
37	Gene	12	new	66
38	Wayne	12	↑9	49
39	Bob	11	↓17	81
40	Fred	11	↓20	34
41	Joseph	11	↑3	10
42	Keith	11	↑3	>100
43	Lee	11	new	80
44	Roy	11	↓10	40
45	Stanley	11	new	56
46	Alfred	10	new	63
47	Eugene	10	↓24	26
48	Leo	10	new	92
49	Dick	9	↓18	>100
50	Harry	9	new	37

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