Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1955

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1955 were Debra for girls (127 babies) and David for boys (194). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,521 babies born in Wyoming in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1955

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

Girls

Penny: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Connie: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Diana: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Julie: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cindy: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Peggy: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Vicki: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terri: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Brent: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Randall: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Scott: 37 babies, 2× the national rate
Rodney: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	127	↑1	4
2	Linda	104	↑1	3
3	Susan	98	↑1	5
4	Mary	97	↓3	1
5	Patricia	78	–	6
6	Karen	73	↑5	8
7	Barbara	72	↓1	7
8	Deborah	60	–	2
9	Cynthia	53	↓2	11
10	Nancy	53	↓1	9
11	Sandra	46	↓1	13
12	Carol	45	↑4	15
13	Pamela	44	↓1	12
14	Donna	41	–	10
15	Janet	40	–	20
16	Connie	39	↑1	35
17	Kathleen	39	↓4	17
18	Elizabeth	37	↑17	21
19	Diane	35	↑10	14
20	Margaret	35	↓1	24
21	Rebecca	35	↑2	27
22	Cheryl	34	↑6	19
23	Sharon	33	↓5	16
24	Diana	30	↑2	55
25	Peggy	28	↑13	51
26	Vicki	27	↓5	52
27	Judy	26	↓7	32
28	Teresa	26	↓3	26
29	Bonnie	25	new	45
30	Julie	25	↑6	67
31	Gloria	24	↓1	47
32	Denise	23	↑16	23
33	Shirley	23	new	37
34	Betty	22	new	36
35	Brenda	22	↑12	18
36	Cindy	21	↓12	79
37	Marilyn	21	↓10	49
38	Paula	21	↑3	39
39	Ann	20	new	43
40	Laura	20	new	41
41	Kathy	19	↓7	22
42	Lynn	19	new	62
43	Debbie	18	↑1	63
44	Judith	18	↑1	31
45	Kathryn	18	↓14	59
46	Rita	18	new	72
47	Vickie	18	new	68
48	Gail	17	↑1	42
49	Jane	17	new	50
50	Rhonda	17	↓8	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	194	↑4	2
2	Robert	185	↑1	4
3	Michael	177	↓2	1
4	John	148	↓2	5
5	James	138	↓1	3
6	Richard	116	↑2	7
7	William	115	↓1	6
8	Steven	93	↓1	10
9	Thomas	86	–	8
10	Mark	77	↑1	9
11	Charles	71	↑1	11
12	Kenneth	63	↑3	15
13	Gary	62	↓3	12
14	Donald	59	–	14
15	Daniel	57	↓2	17
16	Joseph	55	↑8	13
17	Ronald	46	↓1	18
18	George	43	↑14	26
19	Randy	43	↑1	30
20	Douglas	41	↑6	29
21	Larry	39	↑4	19
22	Kevin	38	↑12	27
23	Scott	37	↑4	38
24	Dennis	36	↓6	23
25	Paul	36	↓8	16
26	Stephen	34	↓4	21
27	Terry	34	↑12	28
28	Gregory	33	↓9	24
29	Timothy	32	↓8	22
30	Jeffrey	29	↑11	20
31	Patrick	29	↑7	41
32	Bruce	25	↓1	32
33	Edward	25	↑7	25
34	Randall	25	↑2	53
35	Craig	24	↓2	50
36	Dale	22	↓8	52
37	Frank	22	↑8	34
38	Jerry	22	↓15	33
39	Alan	21	↓4	43
40	Anthony	21	↑3	31
41	Gerald	21	new	48
42	Rodney	21	↓13	65
43	Roger	20	↓13	37
44	Wayne	19	new	44
45	Jack	18	↓8	60
46	Keith	17	↑3	39
47	Glenn	16	new	59
48	Martin	16	↓1	77
49	Raymond	16	new	36
50	Steve	16	new	72

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