Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1943

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1943 were Mary for girls (102 babies) and John for boys (128). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,058 babies born in Wyoming in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1943

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

Girls

Sharon: 88 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Janice: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sally: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Donna: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kathleen: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Karen: 51 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bonnie: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jim: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Floyd: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Mike: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bill: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ray: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dale: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tommy: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	102	–	1
2	Sharon	88	–	8
3	Linda	73	↑3	4
4	Barbara	66	–	2
5	Nancy	57	↑8	9
6	Carol	56	↓3	5
7	Karen	51	↑1	15
8	Patricia	47	↓3	3
9	Donna	46	↑1	17
10	Judy	45	↓3	13
11	Sandra	43	↓2	6
12	Kathleen	38	↑18	22
13	Carolyn	37	↓1	11
14	Judith	37	↓3	7
15	Betty	35	–	10
16	Janice	35	↑3	26
17	Dorothy	31	↑8	19
18	Janet	31	–	20
19	Shirley	26	↓3	12
20	Bonnie	25	↓6	34
21	Joyce	24	↑11	16
22	Helen	22	↑6	28
23	Beverly	21	↑6	32
24	Margaret	21	↓4	14
25	Ruth	21	↑13	33
26	Frances	19	↓5	31
27	Marilyn	18	↓4	27
28	Susan	18	↓4	18
29	Virginia	17	↓12	25
30	Alice	16	new	38
31	Ann	15	–	37
32	Gloria	15	↑8	30
33	Sally	15	↑1	57
34	Connie	14	↓7	59
35	Diana	14	↑9	62
36	Elizabeth	14	–	23
37	Joan	14	↓15	21
38	Phyllis	14	new	39
39	Carole	13	–	42
40	Cheryl	13	new	>100
41	Diane	13	↓6	24
42	Charlotte	12	new	47
43	Edith	12	new	>100
44	Jean	12	↓2	36
45	Kathy	12	new	>100
46	Lois	11	↓9	43
47	Lynn	11	new	>100
48	Elaine	10	new	46
49	Kay	10	↓2	81
50	Pamela	10	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	John	128	–	3
2	Robert	128	–	2
3	James	124	–	1
4	Richard	83	↑1	5
5	David	76	↑4	6
6	William	71	↓2	4
7	Ronald	65	↑5	9
8	Larry	58	↓2	12
9	Charles	56	↑1	7
10	Donald	56	↓3	11
11	Gary	52	↓3	16
12	Jerry	49	↓1	17
13	Thomas	46	↑5	8
14	Kenneth	38	↓1	15
15	George	37	↓1	14
16	Dennis	34	↑3	20
17	Jim	29	↑6	75
18	Michael	27	↓1	10
19	Raymond	25	↑2	22
20	Paul	24	↑9	19
21	Daniel	23	new	25
22	Edward	23	–	18
23	Jack	22	↓8	34
24	Bill	21	↑2	65
25	Frank	21	↑12	21
26	Roger	21	↑14	24
27	Ralph	20	new	40
28	Dale	18	new	59
29	Wayne	18	↑3	41
30	Carl	16	↑5	33
31	Joe	16	↓4	35
32	Lawrence	16	↑6	32
33	Ray	16	↑9	84
34	Terry	16	↓1	49
35	Eugene	15	new	47
36	Floyd	15	↑10	>100
37	Fred	15	↓9	45
38	Mike	15	↓8	90
39	Tommy	15	new	77
40	Albert	14	↓6	43
41	Bob	14	new	>100
42	Douglas	14	↓22	28
43	Earl	14	new	60
44	Leonard	14	↑4	55
45	Harold	13	↓21	27
46	Henry	13	new	31
47	Howard	13	new	48
48	Walter	13	new	26
49	Clifford	12	new	94
50	Gerald	12	↓34	23

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