Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1960

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1960 were Mary for girls (84 babies) and David for boys (145). Social Security records list 6,286 babies born in Wyoming in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1960

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

Girls

Shelly: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelly: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Becky: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Victoria: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tracy: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kathryn: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Laurie: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carla: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Elaine: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Terri: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kent: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brent: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brett: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dan: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Greg: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tom: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mike: 48 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Todd: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jay: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	84	↑1	1
2	Brenda	67	↑19	13
3	Susan	66	↓2	2
4	Linda	57	↓1	3
5	Lori	57	↑29	20
6	Karen	55	↑2	4
7	Debra	52	↓3	8
8	Lisa	51	↑6	6
9	Tammy	46	↓4	31
10	Cindy	45	↓4	30
11	Julie	44	↑1	28
12	Debbie	43	↓1	24
13	Teresa	43	↑3	19
14	Patricia	42	↓4	7
15	Kelly	38	↑10	52
16	Deborah	37	↑1	10
17	Kim	37	↑6	34
18	Laurie	37	↑27	37
19	Nancy	37	↑9	15
20	Sandra	37	↓5	11
21	Barbara	36	↓12	12
22	Carol	36	↓3	23
23	Kathy	32	↓1	21
24	Kathleen	30	↑6	27
25	Cynthia	29	↓18	9
26	Terri	29	↑3	49
27	Denise	28	↑8	29
28	Janet	28	↓10	32
29	Laura	28	↓3	25
30	Elizabeth	27	↑6	18
31	Pamela	26	↓11	14
32	Donna	25	↓19	5
33	Connie	24	↑10	47
34	Kathryn	22	new	82
35	Kimberly	22	↓4	26
36	Tracy	22	new	84
37	Valerie	22	↑1	65
38	Judy	21	↓5	48
39	Rhonda	21	new	44
40	Robin	21	new	33
41	Margaret	20	new	36
42	Sherry	20	new	54
43	Theresa	20	new	35
44	Cheryl	19	↓20	17
45	Paula	19	new	55
46	Becky	18	new	>100
47	Bonnie	18	new	71
48	Janice	18	↑1	41
49	Sharon	18	↓22	16
50	Vicki	18	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	145	–	1
2	Robert	134	–	5
3	James	133	–	3
4	Michael	131	–	2
5	John	117	–	4
6	Mark	110	–	6
7	Richard	89	–	8
8	William	89	–	7
9	Steven	65	–	10
10	Kevin	56	↑5	15
11	Thomas	54	↓1	9
12	Scott	51	↑5	23
13	Mike	48	↑11	36
14	Daniel	47	↑5	17
15	Charles	44	↓4	13
16	Donald	44	↓4	19
17	Timothy	44	↓1	11
18	Gary	40	↓5	22
19	Larry	39	↑1	28
20	Paul	38	↑2	18
21	Ronald	38	↓3	21
22	Jeffrey	37	↑4	14
23	Kenneth	35	↓9	16
24	Randy	35	↑8	32
25	Joseph	33	↑9	12
26	Jerry	32	↑5	37
27	Craig	31	–	41
28	Edward	30	↑16	26
29	Douglas	28	↓4	30
30	Dennis	27	↓7	31
31	Steve	27	↓2	43
32	Terry	27	↑1	34
33	Brian	26	↓12	20
34	Dale	24	↓4	54
35	Greg	23	new	83
36	Gregory	23	↓8	24
37	Patrick	23	↑13	45
38	Todd	23	new	71
39	Dan	22	new	>100
40	Gerald	22	new	62
41	Jeff	22	new	49
42	Keith	22	↓3	35
43	Kelly	22	↑3	>100
44	Tim	22	new	60
45	Tom	22	new	86
46	Bruce	21	↓10	39
47	Jay	21	↑1	78
48	George	20	new	33
49	Jim	19	new	75
50	Rodney	19	new	68

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