Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1950

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1950 were Linda for girls (155 babies) and John for boys (165). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,632 babies born in Wyoming in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1950

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

Girls

Cindy: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Connie: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vicki: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roberta: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Diana: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kathryn: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jim: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Edwin: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Randy: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Fred: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Scott: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jack: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Leonard: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Patrick: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	155	–	1
2	Mary	138	–	2
3	Barbara	96	↑1	4
4	Susan	79	↓1	5
5	Carol	73	–	9
6	Patricia	72	↑1	3
7	Nancy	60	↑2	6
8	Karen	56	↓2	12
9	Sandra	54	↑1	8
10	Kathleen	50	↓2	10
11	Donna	46	↑9	13
12	Margaret	45	↑2	15
13	Pamela	44	↑14	17
14	Sharon	42	↓3	11
15	Connie	39	–	44
16	Janet	38	↓3	18
17	Judy	38	↓5	25
18	Deborah	33	↑24	7
19	Janice	32	↑5	22
20	Judith	32	↓1	21
21	Cheryl	31	↓4	29
22	Vicki	28	↑7	61
23	Bonnie	27	↓2	33
24	Diana	27	↓1	47
25	Kathryn	27	↑8	46
26	Joyce	26	↑13	27
27	Betty	25	↓11	26
28	Shirley	25	–	19
29	Virginia	25	new	43
30	Peggy	23	↓5	41
31	Elizabeth	22	↓9	24
32	Gloria	22	↓1	30
33	Catherine	21	↑8	34
34	Cynthia	20	↓16	23
35	Jane	20	↑11	39
36	Kathy	20	↓6	38
37	Rebecca	20	new	36
38	Diane	19	new	16
39	Jean	19	↑4	48
40	Beverly	17	↓6	31
41	Gail	17	new	42
42	Helen	17	new	50
43	Katherine	17	↓7	58
44	Carolyn	16	↓18	20
45	Debra	16	new	59
46	Laura	16	new	63
47	Marilyn	16	↓15	37
48	Cindy	15	new	>100
49	Dorothy	15	↓4	35
50	Jo	15	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	John	165	↑1	3
2	James	152	↑1	1
3	Robert	149	↓2	2
4	David	129	↑3	5
5	Michael	120	–	4
6	Richard	107	↓2	7
7	William	102	↓1	6
8	Charles	78	↑4	9
9	Larry	74	↑2	11
10	Gary	70	↓2	10
11	Thomas	69	↓2	8
12	Steven	64	↑7	16
13	Kenneth	62	↑1	15
14	Ronald	61	↓1	12
15	Donald	53	↓5	14
16	Dennis	50	–	17
17	George	41	↓2	20
18	Daniel	40	↑3	21
19	Jerry	37	↓1	24
20	Mark	37	↑7	23
21	Stephen	36	↑4	19
22	Bruce	31	↑1	26
23	Terry	31	↓3	30
24	Patrick	28	↑4	38
25	Jack	27	↓8	48
26	Paul	27	↓2	18
27	Joseph	26	↓1	13
28	Douglas	24	↑4	28
29	Raymond	24	↑1	31
30	Danny	23	↑1	39
31	Edward	23	↓9	22
32	Gerald	23	↑8	34
33	Randy	22	new	80
34	Wayne	21	new	35
35	Dale	20	↓1	49
36	Frank	20	↑1	29
37	Fred	20	new	84
38	Alan	19	↑11	41
39	Lawrence	19	↑3	33
40	Scott	19	new	82
41	Carl	18	↑9	44
42	Leonard	18	new	77
43	Roger	18	↓14	27
44	Roy	18	↓11	51
45	Timothy	18	↓6	32
46	Edwin	16	new	>100
47	Jim	15	new	>100
48	Randall	15	new	70
49	Mike	14	↓6	>100
50	Craig	13	↓4	69

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