Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1936

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1936 were Mary for girls (108 babies) and Robert for boys (109). Social Security records list 3,199 babies born in Wyoming in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1936

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: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bonnie: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sharon: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marjorie: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Carol: 47 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Norma: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Bill: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Larry: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jack: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gary: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jerry: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kenneth: 41 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joe: 26 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	108	↑1	1
2	Shirley	73	↓1	2
3	Barbara	63	↑1	3
4	Betty	53	↓1	4
5	Donna	48	–	22
6	Carol	47	↑4	10
7	Patricia	39	–	5
8	Dorothy	36	↓2	6
9	Nancy	36	↑4	8
10	Helen	31	↓2	11
11	Margaret	31	↑1	9
12	Virginia	27	↑7	14
13	Beverly	26	↓2	17
14	Marilyn	26	↓5	13
15	Joan	22	↑2	7
16	Carolyn	21	↑21	23
17	Jean	21	↑7	20
18	Norma	21	↑22	29
19	Bonnie	19	↑14	65
20	Ruth	19	↓4	16
21	Alice	18	↓7	27
22	Frances	18	↓4	19
23	Joyce	17	↓2	12
24	Lois	17	↓9	26
25	Phyllis	17	–	25
26	Sharon	17	↑20	60
27	Doris	16	↓5	15
28	Janet	16	↓5	21
29	Marjorie	15	↓3	49
30	Sandra	15	new	38
31	Elizabeth	14	↑11	18
32	Janice	14	new	31
33	Darlene	13	↑1	83
34	Roberta	13	↑1	64
35	Sally	13	↓5	59
36	Esther	12	↑14	>100
37	Karen	12	new	>100
38	Kay	12	↑1	98
39	Wanda	12	↑8	56
40	Charlene	11	new	>100
41	Charlotte	11	new	61
42	Connie	11	↓4	>100
43	Dolores	11	↓16	30
44	Evelyn	11	↓16	34
45	Joann	11	new	55
46	Edna	10	new	71
47	Florence	10	new	80
48	Jo	10	↓28	72
49	Leona	10	new	>100
50	Maxine	10	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	109	↑1	1
2	James	88	↑1	2
3	John	82	↓2	3
4	William	74	↑1	4
5	Richard	70	↑1	5
6	Donald	64	↓2	7
7	Charles	49	–	6
8	Ronald	44	↑2	12
9	Kenneth	41	↑3	14
10	George	40	↓2	9
11	Jack	40	↓2	20
12	Larry	40	↑1	25
13	Jerry	35	↑2	18
14	Thomas	32	↑2	8
15	David	31	↓4	10
16	Frank	26	↑1	16
17	Joe	26	↑8	23
18	Edward	24	↑13	13
19	Gary	23	↓5	38
20	Gerald	22	↓2	19
21	Bill	19	↑3	61
22	Paul	19	↑1	15
23	Albert	18	↑13	34
24	Carl	16	↑3	27
25	Harold	16	↑4	21
26	Harry	14	↑24	39
27	Marvin	14	↓5	49
28	Wayne	14	↑10	45
29	Joseph	13	↑12	11
30	Francis	12	new	50
31	Johnny	12	new	72
32	Ralph	12	↓12	31
33	Roy	12	↑11	42
34	Arthur	11	↓8	30
35	Dale	11	↓16	59
36	Don	11	↓15	51
37	Fred	11	↑3	36
38	Melvin	11	new	53
39	Eugene	10	↑8	29
40	Floyd	10	new	86
41	Leonard	10	new	54
42	Lloyd	10	new	88
43	Russell	10	new	69
44	Tom	10	new	>100
45	Tommy	10	new	91
46	Walter	10	↓11	26
47	Allen	9	new	81
48	Alvin	9	new	96
49	Bob	9	↓10	77
50	Jim	9	↓20	85

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