Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1953

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1953 were Linda for girls (140 babies) and Robert for boys (187). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,762 babies born in Wyoming in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1953

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

Girls

Terri: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colleen: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Connie: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Terry: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Debra: 129 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Teresa: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Diana: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sherry: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kim: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dean: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rodney: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Patrick: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Steve: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Linda	140	–	2
2	Debra	129	↑3	7
3	Mary	127	↓1	1
4	Susan	97	↓1	5
5	Patricia	95	↓1	4
6	Deborah	93	↑2	3
7	Barbara	86	↑2	6
8	Nancy	67	↓1	8
9	Carol	65	↑2	16
10	Cynthia	65	–	12
11	Karen	62	↓5	9
12	Pamela	54	↑6	10
13	Sandra	54	↓1	11
14	Donna	45	↑1	13
15	Connie	43	↑13	47
16	Janet	42	↓3	19
17	Cheryl	39	↑4	28
18	Sharon	39	↑1	15
19	Kathleen	35	↓3	14
20	Margaret	35	↓6	20
21	Teresa	31	new	42
22	Christine	29	↑3	32
23	Elizabeth	29	↑7	21
24	Judy	29	↓4	27
25	Bonnie	28	↓1	45
26	Diana	26	↑15	55
27	Peggy	26	↓4	44
28	Dorothy	25	new	49
29	Rebecca	25	↓3	24
30	Laura	24	↑15	51
31	Marilyn	24	new	36
32	Judith	23	↓10	30
33	Betty	22	↑1	33
34	Diane	22	↓5	17
35	Kathryn	22	–	48
36	Janice	21	↓5	22
37	Sherry	21	new	70
38	Beverly	20	↓6	34
39	Joyce	20	↓2	26
40	Katherine	20	↓2	63
41	Shirley	20	↓1	29
42	Vicki	20	↑5	61
43	Carolyn	19	↑1	25
44	Catherine	19	↓17	35
45	Kathy	19	↓28	23
46	Colleen	18	–	>100
47	Julie	18	new	74
48	Jean	17	new	52
49	Paula	17	new	40
50	Terry	17	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Robert	187	↑2	1
2	Michael	186	–	3
3	David	183	↑1	5
4	James	158	↑1	2
5	John	154	↓4	4
6	William	135	–	6
7	Richard	122	–	7
8	Steven	86	↑2	11
9	Gary	80	↓1	10
10	Donald	77	↑1	14
11	Charles	73	↑1	9
12	Thomas	72	↓3	8
13	Ronald	69	↑1	15
14	Kenneth	59	↑3	17
15	Daniel	57	–	20
16	Mark	56	↓3	12
17	Larry	53	↓1	18
18	Jerry	50	↑6	29
19	George	45	↑3	22
20	Dennis	44	↓2	19
21	Paul	41	↓2	16
22	Douglas	38	↑13	27
23	Joseph	38	↓2	13
24	Patrick	38	↑7	39
25	Randy	38	↑2	35
26	Stephen	38	↓6	21
27	Terry	38	↑5	30
28	Timothy	36	↑1	26
29	Jeffrey	33	new	25
30	Bruce	32	↓5	28
31	Edward	28	↓8	23
32	Rodney	28	↑6	58
33	Dale	27	↓3	48
34	Frank	27	↑6	33
35	Raymond	25	↓1	34
36	Danny	23	new	41
37	Gregory	23	↓1	24
38	Roger	23	↓12	31
39	Alan	21	↑9	43
40	Kevin	21	↑5	36
41	Scott	21	new	46
42	Joe	18	new	66
43	Roy	18	↑7	55
44	Dean	17	↓5	>100
45	Gerald	17	↓17	42
46	Lawrence	17	new	37
47	Steve	17	↓5	84
48	Allen	16	new	81
49	Craig	16	↓6	60
50	Jack	16	new	57

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