Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1956

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1956 were Debra for girls (126 babies) and Robert for boys (187). Debra ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,437 babies born in Wyoming in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1956

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

Girls

Sheryl: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Julie: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Terry: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rebecca: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Laurie: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sally: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Connie: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kathryn: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rhonda: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kim: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Dean: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mike: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Fred: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rick: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jerry: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jack: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rodney: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Allen: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Debra	126	–	2
2	Mary	96	↑2	1
3	Susan	93	–	5
4	Linda	85	↓2	3
5	Karen	79	↑1	7
6	Cynthia	63	↑3	8
7	Patricia	63	↓2	6
8	Barbara	57	↓1	9
9	Deborah	55	↓1	4
10	Sharon	48	↑13	13
11	Nancy	46	↓1	11
12	Donna	43	↑2	10
13	Rebecca	43	↑8	27
14	Carol	42	↓2	16
15	Pamela	36	↓2	12
16	Sandra	36	↓5	14
17	Diane	34	↑2	15
18	Kathleen	33	↓1	17
19	Connie	31	↓3	43
20	Julie	31	↑10	48
21	Kim	31	new	38
22	Elizabeth	30	↓4	22
23	Debbie	28	↑20	39
24	Janet	28	↓9	21
25	Cheryl	27	↓3	18
26	Laura	27	↑14	34
27	Judy	24	–	35
28	Kathryn	24	↑17	60
29	Kathy	24	↑12	20
30	Rhonda	24	↑20	62
31	Sheila	24	new	55
32	Theresa	24	new	32
33	Vicki	24	↓7	57
34	Lisa	23	new	31
35	Teresa	23	↓7	24
36	Catherine	22	new	28
37	Cindy	22	↓1	37
38	Laurie	22	new	76
39	Sherry	22	new	54
40	Brenda	21	↓5	19
41	Lori	21	new	66
42	Margaret	21	↓22	25
43	Gail	20	↑5	49
44	Janice	20	new	26
45	Jo	20	new	69
46	Katherine	20	new	67
47	Marilyn	20	↓10	70
48	Terry	19	new	91
49	Terri	18	new	81
50	Paula	17	↓12	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Robert	187	↑1	3
2	Michael	164	↑1	1
3	David	158	↓2	4
4	John	149	–	5
5	James	109	–	2
6	William	109	↑1	6
7	Richard	103	↓1	7
8	Mark	92	↑2	8
9	Steven	91	↓1	10
10	Thomas	91	↓1	9
11	Gary	69	↑2	13
12	Charles	63	↓1	11
13	Donald	59	↑1	14
14	Ronald	58	↑3	15
15	Kenneth	52	↓3	16
16	Jerry	50	↑22	35
17	Daniel	49	↓2	18
18	Bruce	43	↑14	33
19	Timothy	42	↑10	19
20	Kevin	41	↑2	22
21	Scott	41	↑2	34
22	Larry	39	↓1	21
23	Randy	39	↓4	28
24	Douglas	38	↓4	29
25	Dennis	37	↓1	26
26	Gregory	34	↑2	24
27	Paul	34	↓2	17
28	Joseph	33	↓12	12
29	Jeffrey	31	↑1	20
30	George	29	↓12	27
31	Roger	28	↑12	41
32	Patrick	26	↓1	40
33	Stephen	26	↓7	23
34	Frank	24	↑3	38
35	Terry	24	↓8	31
36	Jack	23	↑9	66
37	Rodney	22	↑5	65
38	Dale	21	↓2	50
39	Edward	21	↓6	25
40	Raymond	21	↑9	39
41	Craig	20	↓6	51
42	Alan	19	↓3	44
43	Steve	19	↑7	59
44	Allen	17	new	87
45	Brent	17	new	>100
46	Dean	17	new	99
47	Jeffery	17	new	57
48	Mike	17	new	97
49	Wayne	17	↓5	45
50	Anthony	16	↓10	30

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