Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1959

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1959 were Susan for girls (85 babies) and David for boys (156). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,120 babies born in Wyoming in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1959

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

Girls

Roberta: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Kelly: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tammy: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Katherine: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Valerie: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cindy: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Leslie: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terri: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Peggy: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Julie: 45 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Bart: 22 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Bret: 22 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Brett: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brad: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jon: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Don: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jay: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Todd: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dale: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Susan	85	↑2	2
2	Mary	83	↓1	1
3	Linda	66	↑1	3
4	Debra	62	↓2	7
5	Tammy	56	↑5	31
6	Cindy	52	↑15	25
7	Cynthia	51	–	8
8	Karen	51	↓3	4
9	Barbara	50	–	11
10	Patricia	50	↓2	6
11	Debbie	46	↑2	20
12	Julie	45	↓6	26
13	Donna	42	↑7	5
14	Lisa	41	↑22	10
15	Sandra	38	–	13
16	Teresa	38	↑8	24
17	Deborah	36	↑2	9
18	Janet	36	↑4	28
19	Carol	35	↓8	22
20	Pamela	33	↓2	12
21	Brenda	32	↑7	16
22	Kathy	31	↓8	15
23	Kim	31	↑4	35
24	Cheryl	30	↓12	18
25	Kelly	30	new	74
26	Laura	29	↑11	30
27	Sharon	29	↑4	17
28	Nancy	26	↓5	14
29	Terri	26	↑9	46
30	Kathleen	25	↓4	23
31	Kimberly	25	↑1	33
32	Diana	24	↓2	49
33	Judy	24	↑8	41
34	Lori	24	↓17	27
35	Denise	23	↑5	29
36	Elizabeth	23	↓7	21
37	Katherine	23	new	79
38	Valerie	23	↑6	60
39	Diane	22	↓23	19
40	Peggy	22	↓15	57
41	Rebecca	21	↓7	38
42	Cathy	20	new	39
43	Connie	19	↓8	48
44	Christine	18	↓5	43
45	Laurie	18	↓12	56
46	Martha	18	new	72
47	Ann	17	↑3	44
48	Annette	17	new	64
49	Janice	17	new	37
50	Leslie	17	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	156	–	2
2	Robert	144	↑2	5
3	James	119	↑2	3
4	Michael	115	↓2	1
5	John	114	↓2	4
6	Mark	102	↑3	6
7	Richard	95	↓1	8
8	William	75	↓1	7
9	Steven	66	↓1	10
10	Thomas	61	–	9
11	Charles	58	↑1	11
12	Donald	56	↑1	19
13	Gary	55	↑6	20
14	Kenneth	52	↓3	15
15	Kevin	51	↑2	14
16	Timothy	49	↑6	12
17	Scott	46	↓2	24
18	Ronald	41	↓4	21
19	Daniel	39	↑1	18
20	Larry	38	↓4	25
21	Brian	36	↑3	22
22	Paul	36	↓4	17
23	Dennis	35	↑4	29
24	Mike	34	↓3	37
25	Douglas	33	↑3	30
26	Jeffrey	33	↑9	16
27	Craig	31	new	44
28	Gregory	30	↑2	23
29	Steve	30	↑3	41
30	Dale	29	↓5	49
31	Jerry	29	↓5	36
32	Randy	29	↓9	31
33	Terry	28	↑6	33
34	Joseph	25	↓5	13
35	Roger	25	↑3	47
36	Bruce	24	↑4	38
37	Joe	24	new	57
38	Jon	23	new	>100
39	Keith	23	↑6	39
40	Bart	22	new	>100
41	Bret	22	new	>100
42	Ricky	22	↑8	34
43	Danny	21	new	48
44	Edward	21	↓13	27
45	Brett	20	new	>100
46	Kelly	20	↓9	>100
47	Curtis	19	new	75
48	Jay	19	new	88
49	Brad	18	new	>100
50	Patrick	18	↓8	43

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