Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1941

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1941 were Mary for girls (109 babies) and Robert for boys (113). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,617 babies born in Wyoming in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1941

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

Girls

Connie: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sharon: 82 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kay: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Judy: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Karen: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bonnie: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lois: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Donna: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marilyn: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alice: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Jim: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bob: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gary: 77 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bill: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wayne: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harry: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dennis: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jack: 22 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	109	–	1
2	Sharon	82	↑1	15
3	Barbara	66	↑1	2
4	Patricia	65	↓2	3
5	Carol	57	–	4
6	Judy	55	↑5	16
7	Judith	43	↑1	6
8	Sandra	42	↑7	9
9	Linda	41	↑4	5
10	Karen	39	↓1	19
11	Donna	36	↓1	20
12	Betty	32	–	7
13	Dorothy	31	↑6	14
14	Nancy	30	↓7	8
15	Shirley	29	↓9	10
16	Bonnie	28	↑9	33
17	Helen	28	↑6	24
18	Janet	27	↑24	18
19	Marilyn	27	↓3	30
20	Beverly	26	↓2	29
21	Virginia	25	↑11	23
22	Alice	24	↑6	34
23	Carolyn	24	↓1	11
24	Janice	23	↓4	22
25	Lois	22	↑5	43
26	Joyce	21	↓12	13
27	Margaret	21	↓10	12
28	Ruth	20	↓7	28
29	Connie	19	new	79
30	Frances	17	↑9	31
31	Peggy	17	↑6	39
32	Evelyn	16	new	50
33	Kay	16	↓4	70
34	Phyllis	15	new	35
35	Jean	14	↓9	32
36	Kathleen	14	↑4	36
37	Martha	14	new	25
38	Norma	13	↓7	47
39	Charlotte	12	↑4	55
40	Elizabeth	12	new	21
41	Roberta	12	↓17	72
42	Georgia	11	↑5	>100
43	Joan	11	↓16	17
44	Marie	11	new	42
45	Elaine	10	↑1	44
46	Jo	10	↑2	66
47	June	10	new	90
48	Kathryn	10	new	87
49	Patsy	10	new	52
50	Susan	10	↓12	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	113	–	2
2	James	95	↑1	1
3	John	88	↓1	3
4	William	83	↑1	4
5	Gary	77	↑3	19
6	Richard	75	↓2	5
7	David	64	↑3	7
8	Charles	59	↓1	6
9	Larry	58	↓3	11
10	Donald	53	↑1	10
11	Ronald	43	↑1	9
12	Thomas	42	↑2	8
13	Jerry	40	↓4	14
14	George	34	↑3	13
15	Dennis	32	↑3	23
16	Kenneth	29	↓1	15
17	Jim	23	↑9	80
18	Michael	23	↑2	16
19	Frank	22	↑3	21
20	Jack	22	↓7	32
21	Paul	22	↑3	18
22	Wayne	22	↑8	37
23	Edward	21	↓7	17
24	Harry	18	↑24	48
25	Joe	18	↓6	30
26	Joseph	18	↓1	12
27	Raymond	18	↑2	22
28	Bill	17	↑3	68
29	Walter	17	↑11	26
30	Bob	15	new	>100
31	Lawrence	15	↑1	34
32	Roger	15	↓11	25
33	Gene	14	new	72
34	Henry	14	new	28
35	Tom	14	↓7	88
36	Carl	13	–	29
37	Gerald	13	↓14	20
38	Howard	13	new	47
39	Ralph	13	↓6	38
40	Bruce	12	new	51
41	Melvin	12	↑3	56
42	Dale	11	↑5	59
43	Fred	11	↓16	43
44	Ray	11	↑1	83
45	Alan	10	new	84
46	Albert	10	new	40
47	Allen	10	↓1	73
48	Daniel	10	new	31
49	Dick	10	new	>100
50	Leroy	10	new	67

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