Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1957

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1957 were Mary for girls (108 babies) and Michael for boys (166). Social Security records list 6,277 babies born in Wyoming in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1957

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

Girls

Becky: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Charlene: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colleen: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cindy: 68 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Connie: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Peggy: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rita: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rhonda: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lori: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Debbie: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Kent: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ray: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dale: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mike: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Steve: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jay: 15 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	108	↑1	1
2	Debra	103	↓1	4
3	Susan	88	–	2
4	Linda	73	–	3
5	Cynthia	69	↑1	7
6	Cindy	68	↑31	19
7	Patricia	59	–	8
8	Barbara	56	–	9
9	Karen	50	↓4	5
10	Deborah	48	↓1	6
11	Cheryl	44	↑14	16
12	Debbie	43	↑11	27
13	Nancy	38	↓2	11
14	Pamela	37	↑1	12
15	Donna	36	↓3	10
16	Carol	34	↓2	18
17	Rebecca	34	↓4	34
18	Sandra	34	↓2	15
19	Diane	31	↓2	17
20	Janet	31	↑4	23
21	Connie	30	↓2	47
22	Sharon	30	↓12	14
23	Lisa	29	↑11	26
24	Brenda	28	↑16	13
25	Kim	28	↓4	35
26	Lori	28	↑15	45
27	Teresa	28	↑8	24
28	Julie	26	↓8	28
29	Rhonda	26	↑1	52
30	Christine	25	new	41
31	Kathleen	25	↓13	21
32	Peggy	25	new	62
33	Elizabeth	23	↓11	22
34	Janice	22	↑10	32
35	Kathy	22	↓6	20
36	Margaret	22	↑6	29
37	Diana	20	new	43
38	Gail	20	↑5	54
39	Judy	20	↓12	38
40	Laura	20	↓14	31
41	Rita	20	new	78
42	Becky	18	new	>100
43	Catherine	18	↓7	37
44	Kathryn	18	↓16	65
45	Theresa	18	↓13	36
46	Vicki	18	↓13	51
47	Bonnie	17	new	64
48	Charlene	16	new	>100
49	Joyce	16	new	40
50	Terri	16	↓1	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	166	↑1	1
2	David	155	↑1	3
3	Robert	143	↓2	4
4	James	138	↑1	2
5	John	133	↓1	5
6	Mark	112	↑2	7
7	William	106	↓1	6
8	Steven	93	↑1	10
9	Richard	91	↓2	8
10	Thomas	70	–	9
11	Kevin	61	↑9	20
12	Daniel	55	↑5	16
13	Kenneth	55	↑2	14
14	Charles	54	↓2	11
15	Gary	52	↓4	13
16	Ronald	51	↓2	17
17	Donald	47	↓4	15
18	Timothy	46	↑1	19
19	Paul	44	↑8	18
20	Larry	41	↑2	22
21	Terry	41	↑14	33
22	Joseph	40	↑6	12
23	Scott	40	↓2	32
24	Douglas	39	–	30
25	Jerry	35	↓9	35
26	Dale	33	↑12	50
27	Gregory	33	↓1	23
28	Randy	32	↓5	31
29	Jeffrey	31	–	21
30	Patrick	30	↑2	41
31	Steve	30	↑12	44
32	Bruce	29	↓14	34
33	Edward	28	↑6	25
34	Stephen	28	↓1	24
35	Mike	27	↑13	53
36	Dennis	26	↓11	28
37	George	26	↓7	29
38	Raymond	23	↑2	39
39	Alan	21	↑3	48
40	Anthony	19	↑10	27
41	Frank	19	↓7	38
42	Jack	19	↓6	67
43	Randall	18	new	59
44	Roger	18	↓13	42
45	Gerald	17	new	51
46	Joe	17	new	57
47	Keith	17	new	36
48	Kent	17	new	>100
49	Ray	17	new	>100
50	Brian	16	new	26

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