Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1958

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1958 were Mary for girls (93 babies) and David for boys (150). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,003 babies born in Wyoming in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1958

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

Girls

Tammy: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laurie: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kelly: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Julie: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Peggy: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lori: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Diana: 25 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Brad: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kirk: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dan: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jim: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dean: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tom: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mike: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jack: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	93	–	1
2	Debra	86	–	6
3	Susan	85	–	2
4	Linda	72	–	3
5	Karen	62	↑4	4
6	Julie	58	↑22	23
7	Cynthia	50	↓2	8
8	Patricia	48	↓1	5
9	Barbara	46	↓1	9
10	Tammy	46	new	44
11	Carol	41	↑5	20
12	Cheryl	40	↓1	13
13	Debbie	40	↓1	24
14	Kathy	40	↑21	14
15	Sandra	39	↑3	15
16	Diane	38	↑3	18
17	Lori	37	↑9	30
18	Pamela	36	↓4	11
19	Deborah	34	↓9	7
20	Donna	34	↓5	10
21	Cindy	33	↓15	25
22	Janet	33	↓2	28
23	Nancy	33	↓10	12
24	Teresa	33	↑3	26
25	Peggy	30	↑7	42
26	Kathleen	28	↑5	21
27	Kim	28	↓2	40
28	Brenda	27	↓4	16
29	Elizabeth	26	↑4	22
30	Diana	25	↑7	45
31	Sharon	25	↓9	17
32	Kimberly	24	new	39
33	Laurie	24	new	70
34	Rebecca	24	↓17	41
35	Connie	22	↓14	50
36	Lisa	22	↓13	19
37	Laura	20	↑3	29
38	Terri	20	↑12	51
39	Christine	19	↓9	43
40	Denise	18	new	27
41	Judy	18	↓2	36
42	Kathryn	18	↑2	58
43	Rhonda	18	↓14	48
44	Valerie	18	new	64
45	Carolyn	17	new	37
46	Joyce	17	↑3	46
47	Margaret	17	↓11	31
48	Robin	17	new	32
49	Vicki	17	↓3	57
50	Ann	16	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	150	↑1	2
2	Michael	149	↓1	1
3	John	143	↑2	5
4	Robert	141	↓1	4
5	James	120	↓1	3
6	Richard	87	↑3	8
7	William	87	–	6
8	Steven	84	–	10
9	Mark	77	↓3	7
10	Thomas	70	–	9
11	Kenneth	62	↑2	14
12	Charles	54	↑2	11
13	Donald	52	↑4	18
14	Ronald	51	↑2	19
15	Scott	51	↑8	25
16	Larry	49	↑4	22
17	Kevin	47	↓6	20
18	Paul	47	↑1	15
19	Gary	43	↓4	17
20	Daniel	42	↓8	16
21	Mike	40	↑14	40
22	Timothy	39	↓4	13
23	Randy	36	↑5	32
24	Brian	35	↑26	24
25	Dale	35	↑1	46
26	Jerry	33	↓1	35
27	Dennis	32	↑9	29
28	Douglas	32	↓4	30
29	Joseph	30	↓7	12
30	Gregory	27	↓3	23
31	Edward	26	↑2	28
32	Steve	24	↓1	44
33	Stephen	23	↑1	26
34	George	22	↑3	31
35	Jeffrey	20	↓6	21
36	Jim	20	new	87
37	Kelly	20	new	>100
38	Roger	20	↑6	47
39	Terry	20	↓18	33
40	Bruce	19	↓8	36
41	Eric	19	new	50
42	Patrick	19	↓12	42
43	Anthony	18	↓3	27
44	Jack	18	↓2	80
45	Keith	18	↑2	37
46	Raymond	18	↓8	43
47	Rodney	18	new	65
48	Dean	17	new	97
49	Peter	17	new	41
50	Ricky	17	new	34

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