Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1952

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1952 were Linda for girls (133 babies) and John for boys (184). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,365 babies born in Wyoming in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1952

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: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Anita: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peggy: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cathy: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Katherine: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bonnie: 30 babies, 2× the national rate
Connie: 28 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Don: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Dan: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dean: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rodney: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Steve: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Micheal: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Randy: 31 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	133	–	1
2	Mary	115	–	2
3	Susan	92	↑1	5
4	Patricia	86	↓1	3
5	Debra	79	↑8	9
6	Karen	67	↑3	8
7	Nancy	62	↑7	7
8	Deborah	61	↓1	4
9	Barbara	60	↓4	6
10	Cynthia	51	↑9	18
11	Carol	47	↓5	12
12	Sandra	46	↓2	10
13	Janet	43	↑3	19
14	Margaret	41	↑7	21
15	Donna	40	↓3	13
16	Kathleen	40	↓8	11
17	Kathy	39	↑15	29
18	Pamela	39	↓3	17
19	Sharon	39	↓8	14
20	Judy	38	–	26
21	Cheryl	36	↑1	31
22	Judith	35	↑3	25
23	Peggy	32	↓6	43
24	Bonnie	30	↑12	41
25	Christine	30	↑6	20
26	Rebecca	29	↑1	30
27	Catherine	28	↑10	34
28	Connie	28	↓10	44
29	Diane	28	↓1	16
30	Elizabeth	28	↑8	22
31	Janice	28	↓5	23
32	Beverly	27	↑1	35
33	Cathy	25	↑9	56
34	Betty	24	↓11	32
35	Kathryn	24	↓11	48
36	Jane	23	new	42
37	Joyce	23	new	27
38	Katherine	23	↑7	59
39	Ann	22	↑2	45
40	Shirley	22	↓11	28
41	Diana	21	↓6	51
42	Brenda	20	↑5	15
43	Jo	20	new	55
44	Carolyn	19	↓10	24
45	Laura	19	↑1	53
46	Colleen	18	new	>100
47	Vicki	18	new	61
48	Rita	17	new	66
49	Anita	16	new	91
50	Gail	16	–	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	John	184	↑1	3
2	Michael	174	↑2	4
3	Robert	166	↓2	2
4	David	156	↑2	5
5	James	147	↓2	1
6	William	133	↓1	6
7	Richard	123	–	7
8	Gary	92	↑2	10
9	Thomas	85	–	8
10	Steven	80	↑2	11
11	Donald	70	↑2	13
12	Charles	67	↓4	9
13	Mark	65	↑12	17
14	Ronald	63	↓3	15
15	Daniel	58	↓1	20
16	Larry	58	–	14
17	Kenneth	57	↓2	16
18	Dennis	52	↑3	18
19	Paul	48	↓1	19
20	Stephen	47	–	21
21	Joseph	44	↓4	12
22	George	36	↑5	22
23	Edward	34	↓1	23
24	Jerry	34	↓5	26
25	Bruce	33	↓2	25
26	Roger	33	↑11	30
27	Randy	31	↑3	41
28	Gerald	26	↑6	39
29	Timothy	26	↑2	27
30	Dale	25	↑6	46
31	Patrick	24	↓3	37
32	Terry	24	↓6	29
33	Peter	23	new	36
34	Raymond	23	new	33
35	Douglas	21	↓3	28
36	Gregory	21	↓12	24
37	Harold	21	new	51
38	Rodney	20	new	84
39	Dean	19	new	>100
40	Frank	19	↓5	32
41	Keith	19	new	49
42	Steve	19	new	85
43	Craig	18	new	59
44	Don	18	new	>100
45	Kevin	18	↑3	43
46	Eugene	17	new	71
47	Russell	17	new	70
48	Alan	16	↓3	42
49	Micheal	16	–	94
50	Roy	16	↓11	55

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