Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1949

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1949 were Linda for girls (205 babies) and Robert for boys (156). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,543 babies born in Wyoming in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1949

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: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Connie: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Diana: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Katherine: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sherry: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kathryn: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Karen: 67 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Bill: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tom: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jack: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mike: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Steve: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Patrick: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Roy: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Craig: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	205	–	1
2	Mary	113	–	2
3	Susan	80	↑1	5
4	Barbara	67	↑1	4
5	Carol	67	↑4	8
6	Karen	67	↑4	11
7	Patricia	65	↓4	3
8	Kathleen	56	↑5	9
9	Nancy	56	↓1	7
10	Sandra	55	↓4	6
11	Sharon	47	↓4	10
12	Judy	44	↑6	20
13	Janet	41	↑14	23
14	Margaret	39	↑2	14
15	Connie	34	↓1	43
16	Betty	31	↑10	22
17	Cheryl	31	–	28
18	Cynthia	30	↑4	27
19	Judith	30	↓4	16
20	Donna	29	↓9	12
21	Bonnie	28	↑3	35
22	Elizabeth	28	↑24	25
23	Diana	27	–	48
24	Janice	27	↓3	24
25	Peggy	27	↑3	38
26	Carolyn	26	↓6	17
27	Pamela	26	↓15	21
28	Shirley	26	↓9	18
29	Vicki	26	↑2	70
30	Kathy	25	↑5	42
31	Gloria	24	↑9	29
32	Marilyn	24	↓3	33
33	Kathryn	23	↑3	52
34	Beverly	22	↑11	31
35	Christine	22	↓10	30
36	Katherine	21	new	59
37	Ann	19	↑13	44
38	Frances	18	new	49
39	Joyce	18	↓6	26
40	Sherry	18	↓10	68
41	Catherine	17	↓4	37
42	Deborah	16	new	15
43	Jean	16	new	45
44	Alice	15	new	53
45	Dorothy	15	↓6	32
46	Jane	15	new	41
47	Rose	15	new	66
48	Ruth	15	new	47
49	Georgia	14	new	>100
50	Penny	14	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	156	↑1	2
2	John	155	↓1	3
3	James	150	–	1
4	Richard	137	↑2	7
5	Michael	129	↑2	5
6	William	128	↓1	4
7	David	108	↓3	6
8	Gary	70	↑3	12
9	Thomas	70	↑1	8
10	Donald	68	↑4	13
11	Larry	64	↓2	10
12	Charles	63	–	9
13	Ronald	61	↓5	11
14	Kenneth	60	↑1	15
15	George	54	↑4	18
16	Dennis	46	↓3	16
17	Jack	42	↑20	47
18	Jerry	42	↓2	23
19	Steven	40	↓1	20
20	Terry	38	↑1	28
21	Daniel	35	↑13	22
22	Edward	35	↓2	21
23	Bruce	34	↓1	26
24	Paul	34	↓7	17
25	Stephen	30	↑6	19
26	Joseph	29	↑2	14
27	Mark	29	↑13	24
28	Patrick	29	↑1	39
29	Roger	28	↓4	25
30	Raymond	25	–	30
31	Danny	24	↓5	40
32	Douglas	23	↑3	29
33	Roy	23	new	51
34	Dale	21	↓7	54
35	Gregory	20	↑1	31
36	Steve	20	↑2	68
37	Frank	19	↑11	27
38	Bill	18	↑3	>100
39	Timothy	18	new	34
40	Gerald	17	↑2	33
41	Joe	17	↓17	52
42	Lawrence	16	new	32
43	Mike	16	↓20	88
44	Stanley	16	new	60
45	Tom	16	↓13	>100
46	Craig	15	new	77
47	Phillip	15	new	66
48	Walter	15	↓15	37
49	Alan	14	new	45
50	Carl	14	new	43

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