Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1937

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1937 were Mary for girls (121 babies) and Robert for boys (119). Social Security records list 3,129 babies born in Wyoming in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1937

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

Girls

Karen: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sharon: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Darlene: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Donna: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sally: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marjorie: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Lois: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ruth: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Beverly: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rose: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Bob: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bill: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jim: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jerry: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jack: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Larry: 40 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gary: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Fred: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	121	–	1
2	Barbara	53	↑1	2
3	Patricia	49	↑4	3
4	Shirley	47	↓2	4
5	Betty	42	↓1	5
6	Carol	41	–	6
7	Donna	40	↓2	21
8	Ruth	32	↑12	15
9	Sharon	31	↑17	41
10	Beverly	28	↑3	14
11	Dorothy	27	↓3	8
12	Helen	26	↓2	12
13	Lois	26	↑11	29
14	Margaret	23	↓3	10
15	Nancy	23	↓6	7
16	Alice	20	↑5	28
17	Joan	18	↓2	9
18	Marilyn	18	↓4	13
19	Sally	18	↑16	59
20	Virginia	18	↓8	16
21	Darlene	17	↑12	72
22	Marjorie	17	↑7	57
23	Peggy	17	new	31
24	Rose	16	new	38
25	Judith	15	new	34
26	Karen	15	↑11	>100
27	Bonnie	14	↓8	64
28	Connie	14	↑14	>100
29	Dolores	14	↑14	37
30	Doris	14	↓3	22
31	Janet	14	↓3	18
32	Joyce	14	↓9	11
33	Kay	14	↑5	79
34	Phyllis	14	↓9	27
35	Janice	13	↓3	25
36	Norma	13	↓18	33
37	Roberta	13	↓3	66
38	Carolyn	12	↓22	20
39	Mildred	12	new	43
40	Anita	11	new	93
41	Carole	11	new	56
42	Elizabeth	11	↓11	17
43	Frances	11	↓21	19
44	Joann	11	↑1	58
45	Kathleen	11	new	61
46	Ann	10	new	30
47	Elaine	10	new	45
48	Myrna	10	new	>100
49	Patsy	10	new	54
50	Ramona	10	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	119	–	1
2	James	90	–	2
3	John	84	–	3
4	William	66	–	4
5	Richard	59	–	5
6	Donald	54	–	7
7	Charles	52	–	6
8	Jerry	46	↑5	17
9	George	42	↑1	10
10	Larry	40	↑2	16
11	Ronald	38	↓3	11
12	David	36	↑3	8
13	Kenneth	36	↓4	14
14	Thomas	36	–	9
15	Jack	33	↓4	23
16	Gary	24	↑3	29
17	Paul	24	↑5	15
18	Edward	21	–	13
19	Raymond	21	new	19
20	Bill	20	↑1	64
21	Fred	19	↑16	35
22	Gerald	19	↓2	20
23	Joe	19	↓6	25
24	Joseph	19	↑5	12
25	Arthur	17	↑9	31
26	Bob	17	↑23	81
27	Carl	15	↓3	28
28	Harold	15	↓3	21
29	Jim	15	↑21	82
30	Lawrence	15	new	38
31	Ralph	15	↑1	34
32	Earl	14	new	48
33	Lee	14	new	78
34	Dale	13	↑1	59
35	Frank	13	↓19	18
36	Harry	13	↓10	41
37	Edwin	12	new	89
38	Norman	12	new	43
39	Roger	12	new	36
40	Roy	12	↓7	40
41	Dennis	11	new	63
42	Don	11	↓6	51
43	Keith	11	new	>100
44	Melvin	11	↓6	50
45	Wayne	11	↓17	44
46	Alfred	10	new	60
47	Clyde	10	new	93
48	Duane	10	new	>100
49	Glen	10	new	>100
50	Albert	9	↓27	37

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