Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1942

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1942 were Mary for girls (96 babies) and John for boys (138). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,818 babies born in Wyoming in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1942

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: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sharon: 86 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roberta: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Bonnie: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peggy: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sally: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Donna: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Judy: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Karen: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Virginia: 28 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Mike: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jim: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bill: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jack: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gary: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stanley: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Larry: 74 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Fred: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Terry: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	96	–	1
2	Sharon	86	–	11
3	Carol	55	↑2	5
4	Barbara	53	↓1	2
5	Patricia	52	↓1	3
6	Linda	47	↑3	4
7	Judy	46	↓1	15
8	Karen	46	↑2	16
9	Sandra	46	↓1	6
10	Donna	40	↑1	20
11	Judith	38	↓4	7
12	Carolyn	36	↑11	10
13	Nancy	36	↑1	8
14	Bonnie	33	↑2	34
15	Betty	31	↓3	9
16	Shirley	28	↓1	12
17	Virginia	28	↑4	23
18	Janet	27	–	19
19	Janice	25	↑5	25
20	Margaret	25	↑7	14
21	Frances	24	↑9	30
22	Joan	24	↑21	18
23	Marilyn	24	↓4	27
24	Susan	24	↑26	21
25	Dorothy	23	↓12	17
26	Peggy	23	↑5	42
27	Connie	21	↑2	70
28	Helen	20	↓11	26
29	Beverly	19	↓9	32
30	Kathleen	19	↑6	24
31	Ann	17	new	38
32	Joyce	17	↓6	13
33	Roberta	16	↑8	66
34	Sally	16	new	56
35	Diane	14	new	28
36	Elizabeth	14	↑4	22
37	Lois	14	↓12	44
38	Ruth	14	↓10	33
39	Carole	13	new	35
40	Gloria	13	new	31
41	Darlene	12	new	78
42	Jean	12	↓7	36
43	Martha	12	↓6	29
44	Diana	11	new	68
45	Geraldine	11	new	47
46	Glenda	11	new	89
47	Kay	11	↓14	75
48	Marie	11	↓4	43
49	Patsy	11	–	57
50	Wanda	11	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	John	138	↑2	3
2	Robert	130	↓1	2
3	James	108	↓1	1
4	William	85	–	4
5	Richard	81	↑1	5
6	Larry	74	↑3	12
7	Donald	60	↑3	10
8	Gary	58	↓3	18
9	David	56	↓2	6
10	Charles	51	↓2	7
11	Jerry	45	↑2	16
12	Ronald	44	↓1	9
13	Kenneth	41	↑3	15
14	George	38	–	14
15	Jack	34	↑5	34
16	Gerald	32	↑21	22
17	Michael	32	↑1	13
18	Thomas	29	↓6	8
19	Dennis	27	↓4	20
20	Douglas	27	new	23
21	Raymond	27	↑6	24
22	Edward	23	↑1	17
23	Jim	22	↓6	74
24	Harold	21	new	27
25	Joseph	21	↑1	11
26	Bill	20	↑2	65
27	Joe	20	↓2	33
28	Fred	19	↑15	46
29	Paul	18	↓8	19
30	Mike	16	new	>100
31	Stanley	16	new	56
32	Wayne	16	↓10	41
33	Terry	15	new	52
34	Albert	13	↑12	40
35	Carl	13	↑1	36
36	Don	13	new	72
37	Frank	13	↓18	21
38	Lawrence	13	↓7	30
39	Lyle	13	new	>100
40	Roger	13	↓8	25
41	Melvin	12	–	60
42	Ray	12	↑2	84
43	Tom	12	↓8	89
44	Alfred	11	new	76
45	Dick	11	↑4	>100
46	Floyd	11	new	>100
47	Keith	11	new	>100
48	Leonard	11	new	57
49	Ted	11	new	>100
50	Arthur	10	new	29

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