Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1954

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1954 were Mary for girls (135 babies) and Michael for boys (181). Social Security records list 6,773 babies born in Wyoming in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1954

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: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carla: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Connie: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Terri: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vicki: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sue: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Debbie: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Diana: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Julie: 21 babies, 2× the national rate
Terry: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Brad: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rick: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kim: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Rodney: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Randall: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Craig: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jack: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Martin: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Leonard: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	135	↑2	1
2	Debra	132	–	6
3	Linda	119	↓2	2
4	Susan	108	–	5
5	Patricia	86	–	4
6	Barbara	71	↑1	7
7	Cynthia	70	↑3	10
8	Deborah	69	↓2	3
9	Nancy	68	↓1	9
10	Sandra	68	↑3	13
11	Karen	58	–	8
12	Pamela	58	–	12
13	Kathleen	52	↑6	14
14	Donna	51	–	11
15	Janet	50	↑1	19
16	Carol	46	↓7	15
17	Connie	45	↓2	39
18	Sharon	41	–	16
19	Margaret	32	↑1	21
20	Judy	31	↑4	29
21	Vicki	31	↑21	50
22	Christine	28	–	43
23	Rebecca	28	↑6	26
24	Cindy	27	new	91
25	Teresa	27	↓4	34
26	Diana	26	–	57
27	Marilyn	25	↑4	35
28	Cheryl	24	↓11	22
29	Diane	24	↑5	17
30	Gloria	23	new	42
31	Kathryn	23	↑4	51
32	Catherine	22	↑12	32
33	Katherine	22	↑7	64
34	Kathy	22	↑11	23
35	Elizabeth	21	↓12	20
36	Julie	21	↑11	70
37	Janice	20	↓1	25
38	Peggy	20	↓11	48
39	Joyce	19	–	28
40	Sherry	19	↓3	62
41	Paula	18	↑8	38
42	Rhonda	18	new	71
43	Terri	18	new	100
44	Debbie	17	new	92
45	Judith	17	↓13	30
46	Robin	17	new	41
47	Brenda	16	new	18
48	Denise	16	new	24
49	Gail	16	new	37
50	Jacqueline	16	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	181	↑1	1
2	John	179	↑3	4
3	Robert	178	↓2	2
4	James	176	–	3
5	David	151	↓2	5
6	William	125	–	6
7	Steven	108	↑1	11
8	Richard	105	↓1	7
9	Thomas	93	↑3	8
10	Gary	87	↓1	9
11	Mark	83	↑5	12
12	Charles	62	↓1	10
13	Daniel	61	↑2	18
14	Donald	58	↓4	14
15	Kenneth	58	↓1	17
16	Ronald	53	↓3	15
17	Paul	50	↑4	16
18	Dennis	49	↑2	21
19	Gregory	46	↑18	25
20	Randy	42	↑5	33
21	Timothy	42	↑7	26
22	Stephen	41	↑4	20
23	Jerry	40	↓5	31
24	Joseph	39	↓1	13
25	Larry	36	↓8	19
26	Douglas	34	↓4	29
27	Scott	32	↑14	40
28	Dale	30	↑5	50
29	Rodney	29	↑3	66
30	Roger	29	↑8	34
31	Bruce	28	↓1	30
32	George	28	↓13	24
33	Craig	27	↑16	51
34	Kevin	26	↑6	28
35	Alan	25	↑4	43
36	Randall	25	new	55
37	Jack	24	↑13	57
38	Patrick	24	↓14	38
39	Terry	24	↓12	27
40	Edward	23	↓9	22
41	Jeffrey	23	↓12	23
42	Danny	22	↓6	42
43	Anthony	20	new	32
44	Carl	19	new	47
45	Frank	19	↓11	36
46	Rick	19	new	>100
47	Martin	18	new	79
48	Brad	17	new	>100
49	Keith	17	new	45
50	Kim	17	new	>100

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