Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1948

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1948 were Linda for girls (229 babies) and John for boys (175). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,414 babies born in Wyoming in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1948

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

Girls

Vicki: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Connie: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roberta: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Glenda: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diana: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sherry: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Teresa: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Charlotte: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Pamela: 44 babies, 2× the national rate
Kathy: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Tom: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dan: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mike: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Randy: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Jim: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bill: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dale: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Steve: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joe: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	229	–	1
2	Mary	113	–	2
3	Patricia	78	↑2	4
4	Susan	78	↑4	5
5	Barbara	72	↑1	3
6	Sandra	69	↑1	6
7	Sharon	69	↑2	9
8	Nancy	64	↑2	7
9	Carol	61	↓6	8
10	Karen	56	↑2	12
11	Donna	50	–	11
12	Pamela	44	↑35	22
13	Kathleen	43	–	10
14	Connie	38	↑1	43
15	Judith	38	↑2	15
16	Margaret	36	↓2	13
17	Cheryl	35	↑2	25
18	Judy	35	↓14	16
19	Shirley	32	↑2	20
20	Carolyn	29	↑18	14
21	Janice	29	↓3	23
22	Cynthia	28	new	27
23	Diana	28	↑5	48
24	Bonnie	27	↓8	34
25	Christine	27	new	35
26	Betty	26	↓1	18
27	Janet	25	↓5	24
28	Peggy	25	↓4	38
29	Marilyn	24	↓6	33
30	Sherry	21	↑15	61
31	Vicki	21	↑18	81
32	Virginia	21	↓5	36
33	Joyce	20	↓13	21
34	Diane	19	–	19
35	Kathy	19	↓5	55
36	Kathryn	18	↑1	54
37	Catherine	17	new	41
38	Charlotte	17	new	69
39	Dorothy	17	↓10	29
40	Gloria	17	↓8	28
41	Paula	17	new	52
42	Jacqueline	16	new	58
43	Joan	16	new	37
44	Roberta	16	new	>100
45	Beverly	15	↓19	31
46	Elizabeth	15	↓5	26
47	Glenda	15	new	92
48	Phyllis	15	new	46
49	Teresa	15	new	82
50	Ann	14	↓19	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	John	175	↑1	3
2	Robert	175	↓1	2
3	James	139	–	1
4	David	114	↑2	5
5	William	111	–	4
6	Richard	104	↓2	7
7	Michael	82	–	6
8	Ronald	75	↑3	10
9	Larry	73	–	11
10	Thomas	71	↑4	8
11	Gary	69	↓1	12
12	Charles	67	↑1	9
13	Dennis	61	↓5	17
14	Donald	58	↓2	14
15	Kenneth	53	–	15
16	Jerry	50	–	21
17	Paul	37	↑3	18
18	Steven	35	↑3	23
19	George	34	↓2	16
20	Edward	33	↓2	19
21	Terry	31	↓2	26
22	Bruce	28	↑19	28
23	Mike	28	↑17	68
24	Joe	25	↑5	47
25	Roger	25	↑10	24
26	Danny	24	↑11	39
27	Dale	22	↑9	56
28	Joseph	21	↓3	13
29	Patrick	21	new	48
30	Raymond	21	–	27
31	Stephen	21	↓8	20
32	Tom	21	new	94
33	Walter	21	new	35
34	Daniel	20	↓10	22
35	Douglas	20	↑3	33
36	Gregory	20	new	32
37	Jack	20	↓9	43
38	Steve	20	new	60
39	Jim	18	↓8	86
40	Mark	18	new	29
41	Bill	17	new	84
42	Gerald	17	↓15	30
43	Wayne	17	↓17	34
44	Dan	15	↓1	>100
45	Fred	15	↓1	66
46	Randy	15	new	99
47	Don	14	new	91
48	Frank	14	↓26	25
49	Johnny	14	new	52
50	Louis	14	new	64

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