Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1944

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1944 were Mary for girls (105 babies) and Robert for boys (140). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,039 babies born in Wyoming in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1944

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

Girls

Roberta: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cheryl: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Connie: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Judy: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bonnie: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sharon: 64 babies, 2× the national rate
Karen: 46 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Glen: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Bob: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Tom: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jim: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Don: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jack: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bill: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joe: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jerry: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dennis: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	105	–	1
2	Linda	74	↑1	3
3	Sharon	64	↓1	8
4	Barbara	59	–	2
5	Judy	59	↑5	12
6	Carol	52	–	5
7	Patricia	50	↑1	4
8	Judith	49	↑6	9
9	Nancy	49	↓4	7
10	Karen	46	↓3	16
11	Betty	36	↑4	10
12	Donna	34	↓3	17
13	Kathleen	34	↓1	20
14	Sandra	34	↓3	6
15	Carolyn	32	↓2	11
16	Cheryl	31	↑24	36
17	Janet	30	↑1	21
18	Susan	30	↑10	13
19	Shirley	27	–	15
20	Bonnie	25	–	34
21	Joyce	25	–	18
22	Dorothy	23	↓5	19
23	Virginia	23	↑6	26
24	Beverly	22	↓1	35
25	Marilyn	22	↑2	27
26	Elizabeth	20	↑10	23
27	Joan	20	↑10	22
28	Jean	19	↑16	37
29	Margaret	19	↓5	14
30	Alice	17	–	38
31	Connie	17	↑3	51
32	Frances	17	↓6	33
33	Janice	17	↓17	28
34	Ruth	16	↓9	32
35	Diane	15	↑6	24
36	Helen	15	↓14	31
37	Roberta	15	new	70
38	Gloria	14	↓6	25
39	Ann	13	↓8	39
40	Rose	13	new	52
41	Georgia	12	new	>100
42	Lois	12	↑4	47
43	Marjorie	12	new	85
44	Pat	12	new	>100
45	Phyllis	12	↓7	40
46	Vicki	12	new	>100
47	Charlene	11	new	>100
48	Darlene	11	new	76
49	Elaine	11	↓1	46
50	Kay	11	↓1	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	140	↑1	2
2	John	132	↓1	3
3	James	115	–	1
4	William	93	↑2	4
5	Richard	80	↓1	5
6	Charles	67	↑3	7
7	David	60	↓2	6
8	Gary	57	↑3	15
9	Jerry	55	↑3	19
10	Donald	54	–	11
11	Ronald	51	↓4	10
12	Larry	50	↓4	12
13	Kenneth	48	↑1	16
14	George	47	↑1	14
15	Dennis	46	↑1	20
16	Thomas	45	↓3	8
17	Michael	44	↑1	9
18	Jack	31	↑5	30
19	Roger	28	↑7	23
20	Joe	25	↑11	33
21	Joseph	25	new	13
22	Edward	24	–	18
23	Harold	23	↑22	27
24	Bob	22	↑17	>100
25	Jim	22	↓8	68
26	Don	21	new	72
27	Paul	21	↓7	17
28	Frank	19	↓3	21
29	Fred	18	↑8	47
30	Tom	18	new	87
31	Terry	17	↑3	43
32	Gerald	16	↑18	24
33	Glen	16	new	>100
34	Raymond	16	↓15	22
35	Bill	15	↓11	66
36	Carl	15	↓6	36
37	Wayne	15	↓8	37
38	Dale	14	↓10	61
39	Ray	14	↓6	86
40	Walter	14	↑8	26
41	Melvin	13	new	67
42	Ralph	13	↓15	42
43	Stephen	13	new	28
44	Alan	12	new	55
45	Albert	12	↓5	44
46	Harry	12	new	49
47	Keith	12	new	>100
48	Daniel	11	↓27	25
49	Lawrence	11	↓17	32
50	Leroy	11	new	78

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