Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1946

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1946 were Mary for girls (119 babies) and James for boys (148). Social Security records list 4,392 babies born in Wyoming in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1946

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

Girls

Kay: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Connie: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cheryl: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Helen: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marilyn: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Judy: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Karen: 54 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bonnie: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jim: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tom: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bill: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mike: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dale: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terry: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gary: 80 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	119	–	1
2	Linda	92	–	2
3	Patricia	67	–	3
4	Sandra	65	↑5	6
5	Sharon	63	–	9
6	Carol	55	↓2	5
7	Judy	55	–	11
8	Karen	54	–	15
9	Barbara	49	↓3	4
10	Susan	47	↑4	8
11	Nancy	45	–	7
12	Cheryl	38	↑6	27
13	Donna	37	↓3	13
14	Judith	35	↑6	10
15	Janice	34	↑18	22
16	Betty	33	↓4	14
17	Marilyn	33	↓4	29
18	Connie	31	↑6	45
19	Kathleen	30	↑4	16
20	Helen	29	↑12	36
21	Margaret	28	↓2	17
22	Carolyn	27	↓6	12
23	Shirley	27	↓8	18
24	Bonnie	26	↓2	33
25	Diane	22	↑4	19
26	Janet	22	↓5	21
27	Beverly	20	↓1	30
28	Joyce	20	–	20
29	Jean	18	↑5	37
30	Ruth	18	↑10	38
31	Alice	16	↑6	44
32	Joan	16	↓2	28
33	Pamela	16	↓2	34
34	Kay	15	new	>100
35	Jane	14	new	35
36	Sally	14	↑9	67
37	Frances	13	↑4	39
38	Kathryn	13	new	63
39	Diana	12	↓12	42
40	Dorothy	12	↓23	23
41	Patsy	12	new	85
42	Sherry	12	new	73
43	Sue	12	new	61
44	Suzanne	12	new	52
45	Ann	11	new	40
46	Cynthia	11	new	46
47	Gloria	11	↓9	26
48	Lois	11	↓4	55
49	Peggy	11	↓13	43
50	Vicki	11	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	148	↑2	1
2	Robert	144	↓1	2
3	John	141	↓1	3
4	Richard	107	–	5
5	David	90	↑1	6
6	William	83	↓1	4
7	Gary	80	↑2	12
8	Michael	69	↑6	7
9	Larry	62	↓2	11
10	Charles	57	–	9
11	Ronald	57	–	10
12	Thomas	51	↑3	8
13	Jerry	45	↑9	20
14	Dennis	44	↓2	17
15	Donald	44	↓7	13
16	Kenneth	43	↓3	15
17	George	39	↑3	16
18	Terry	33	↑6	26
19	Paul	29	↓3	18
20	Edward	22	↓1	19
21	Jim	22	↑9	73
22	Roger	22	↑1	23
23	Douglas	21	↑6	34
24	Joseph	21	↑3	14
25	Daniel	20	↑25	21
26	Jack	20	↓8	35
27	Joe	20	↑6	37
28	Frank	19	↓7	22
29	Raymond	19	↑3	25
30	Bill	18	↓13	72
31	Steven	18	↑9	28
32	Dale	17	↑16	62
33	Mike	17	new	64
34	Tom	17	↓6	87
35	Wayne	17	↑6	29
36	Lawrence	16	↑9	31
37	Stephen	16	new	24
38	Alan	14	↑4	49
39	Danny	14	new	46
40	Ernest	14	new	71
41	Gerald	14	↓16	27
42	Keith	14	new	96
43	Leonard	14	↓8	67
44	Timothy	14	new	60
45	Bruce	13	↓11	32
46	Harold	13	new	33
47	Roy	13	new	43
48	Johnny	12	new	47
49	Marvin	12	new	88
50	Patrick	12	new	59

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