Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1945

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1945 were Mary for girls (102 babies) and Robert for boys (128). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,768 babies born in Wyoming in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1945

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, 2.7× the national rate
Marilyn: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cheryl: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Diana: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Karen: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Judy: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bonnie: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Bill: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tom: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Don: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jim: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jack: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Terry: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	102	–	1
2	Linda	93	–	2
3	Patricia	73	↑4	4
4	Carol	54	↑2	5
5	Sharon	54	↓2	8
6	Barbara	49	↓2	3
7	Judy	46	↓2	13
8	Karen	45	↑2	16
9	Sandra	42	↑5	6
10	Donna	37	↑2	17
11	Nancy	37	↓2	7
12	Betty	35	↓1	11
13	Marilyn	32	↑12	27
14	Susan	32	↑4	10
15	Shirley	29	↑4	14
16	Carolyn	28	↓1	12
17	Dorothy	28	↑5	21
18	Cheryl	27	↓2	32
19	Margaret	27	↑10	15
20	Judith	25	↓12	9
21	Janet	24	↓4	20
22	Bonnie	21	↓2	35
23	Kathleen	21	↓10	19
24	Connie	19	↑7	47
25	Virginia	19	↓2	28
26	Beverly	18	↓2	37
27	Diana	18	new	43
28	Joyce	18	↓7	18
29	Diane	16	↑6	22
30	Joan	16	↓3	25
31	Pamela	16	new	42
32	Helen	15	↑4	31
33	Janice	15	–	24
34	Jean	15	↓6	38
35	Elizabeth	14	↓9	26
36	Peggy	14	new	45
37	Alice	13	↓7	41
38	Gloria	13	–	23
39	Jo	13	new	60
40	Ruth	13	↓6	33
41	Frances	12	↓9	34
42	Phyllis	12	↑3	40
43	Georgia	11	↓2	>100
44	Lois	11	↓2	48
45	Sally	11	new	64
46	Anita	10	new	100
47	Charlotte	10	new	55
48	Evelyn	10	new	57
49	Katherine	10	new	82
50	Glenda	9	new	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	128	–	2
2	John	122	–	3
3	James	104	–	1
4	Richard	96	↑1	5
5	William	71	↓1	4
6	David	66	↑1	6
7	Larry	64	↑5	11
8	Donald	63	↑2	12
9	Gary	61	↓1	13
10	Charles	54	↓4	7
11	Ronald	49	–	10
12	Dennis	45	↑3	19
13	Kenneth	42	–	16
14	Michael	42	↑3	9
15	Thomas	40	↑1	8
16	Paul	32	↑11	17
17	Bill	27	↑18	66
18	Jack	27	–	32
19	Edward	26	↑3	18
20	George	26	↓6	15
21	Frank	25	↑7	21
22	Jerry	25	↓13	20
23	Roger	25	↓4	22
24	Terry	22	↑7	33
25	Gerald	19	↑7	25
26	Don	18	–	73
27	Joseph	18	↓6	14
28	Tom	18	↑2	89
29	Douglas	17	new	29
30	Jim	17	↓5	68
31	Arthur	16	new	34
32	Raymond	16	↑2	23
33	Joe	15	↓13	36
34	Bruce	14	new	48
35	Leonard	14	new	57
36	Carl	13	–	39
37	Fred	13	↓8	51
38	Melvin	13	↑3	78
39	Stanley	12	new	59
40	Steven	12	new	43
41	Wayne	12	↓4	35
42	Alan	11	↑2	52
43	Eugene	11	new	50
44	Jon	11	new	>100
45	Lawrence	11	↑4	30
46	Leroy	11	↑4	83
47	Bob	10	↓23	>100
48	Dale	10	↓10	61
49	Dan	10	new	>100
50	Daniel	10	↓2	24

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