Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1951

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1951 were Linda for girls (147 babies) and Robert for boys (180). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,120 babies born in Wyoming in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1951

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

Girls

Colleen: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peggy: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Connie: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Constance: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kathryn: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Teresa: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Cathy: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marsha: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Randy: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jack: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	147	–	1
2	Mary	115	–	2
3	Patricia	93	↑3	3
4	Susan	92	–	6
5	Barbara	73	↓2	5
6	Carol	61	↓1	11
7	Deborah	60	↑11	4
8	Kathleen	57	↑2	10
9	Karen	52	↓1	8
10	Sandra	50	↓1	9
11	Sharon	50	↑3	13
12	Donna	49	↓1	12
13	Debra	46	↑32	18
14	Nancy	46	↓7	7
15	Pamela	42	↓2	16
16	Janet	41	–	19
17	Peggy	35	↑13	40
18	Connie	34	↓3	44
19	Cynthia	33	↑15	20
20	Judy	32	↓3	26
21	Margaret	32	↓9	17
22	Cheryl	30	↓1	30
23	Betty	29	↑4	29
24	Kathryn	29	↑1	45
25	Judith	27	↓5	25
26	Janice	26	↓7	21
27	Rebecca	26	↑10	32
28	Diane	25	↑10	15
29	Shirley	24	↓1	27
30	Virginia	24	↓1	47
31	Christine	23	new	24
32	Kathy	23	↑4	35
33	Beverly	22	↑7	33
34	Carolyn	22	↑10	22
35	Diana	22	↓11	50
36	Bonnie	21	↓13	37
37	Catherine	21	↓4	34
38	Elizabeth	21	↓7	23
39	Gloria	21	↓7	31
40	Teresa	21	new	63
41	Ann	18	new	46
42	Cathy	18	new	71
43	Dorothy	18	↑6	42
44	Joan	18	new	39
45	Katherine	18	↓2	55
46	Laura	18	–	60
47	Brenda	17	new	14
48	Marilyn	17	↓1	41
49	Constance	16	new	86
50	Gail	16	↓9	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	180	↑2	2
2	John	178	↓1	3
3	James	163	↓1	1
4	Michael	151	↑1	4
5	William	128	↑2	6
6	David	125	↓2	5
7	Richard	120	↓1	7
8	Charles	93	–	9
9	Thomas	87	↑2	8
10	Gary	84	–	10
11	Ronald	71	↑3	12
12	Steven	70	–	13
13	Donald	60	↑2	15
14	Daniel	54	↑4	21
15	Kenneth	47	↓2	16
16	Larry	45	↓7	11
17	Joseph	44	↑10	14
18	Paul	44	↑8	18
19	Jerry	41	–	24
20	Stephen	41	↑1	19
21	Dennis	39	↓5	17
22	Edward	39	↑9	23
23	Bruce	37	↓1	26
24	Gregory	34	new	25
25	Mark	34	↓5	20
26	Terry	33	↓3	30
27	George	31	↓10	22
28	Patrick	31	↓4	39
29	Wayne	31	↑5	37
30	Randy	30	↑3	56
31	Timothy	30	↑14	28
32	Douglas	29	↓4	27
33	Jack	29	↓8	48
34	Gerald	25	↓2	36
35	Frank	23	↑1	31
36	Dale	22	↓1	49
37	Roger	22	↑6	29
38	Danny	20	↓8	41
39	Roy	20	↑5	52
40	Lawrence	19	↓1	33
41	Allen	18	new	72
42	Randall	18	↑6	66
43	Carl	17	↓2	43
44	Walter	17	new	42
45	Alan	15	↓7	40
46	Frederick	14	new	78
47	Jeffrey	14	new	35
48	Kevin	14	new	53
49	Micheal	14	new	97
50	Ralph	14	new	51

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