Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1961

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1961 were Brenda for girls (65 babies) and David for boys (153). Brenda ranked #11 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,438 babies born in Wyoming in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1961

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

Girls

Shelley: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carrie: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Becky: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Tracy: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kelly: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Julie: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cindy: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Connie: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jill: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Vicki: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 31 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lloyd: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kent: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jim: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bill: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mike: 58 babies, 3× the national rate
Troy: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Rick: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tracy: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rodney: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Brenda	65	↑1	11
2	Lisa	64	↑6	2
3	Susan	61	–	3
4	Lori	60	↑1	14
5	Julie	59	↑6	23
6	Mary	59	↓5	1
7	Linda	51	↓3	4
8	Donna	49	↑24	7
9	Teresa	47	↑4	18
10	Cindy	46	–	33
11	Debbie	45	↑1	31
12	Patricia	45	↑2	6
13	Karen	42	↓7	5
14	Laura	40	↑15	21
15	Tammy	40	↓6	28
16	Debra	38	↓9	13
17	Elizabeth	38	↑13	19
18	Pamela	38	↑13	15
19	Barbara	37	↑2	12
20	Carol	36	↑2	24
21	Kelly	36	↓6	45
22	Sandra	36	↓2	9
23	Nancy	32	↓4	16
24	Deborah	31	↓8	10
25	Rebecca	31	new	44
26	Laurie	30	↓8	43
27	Connie	29	↑6	50
28	Janet	29	–	32
29	Michelle	29	new	34
30	Cynthia	28	↓5	8
31	Cheryl	27	↑13	20
32	Kathleen	27	↓8	29
33	Kathy	27	↓10	25
34	Tracy	27	↑2	64
35	Robin	26	↑5	27
36	Tina	23	new	41
37	Ann	22	new	54
38	Kim	21	↓21	36
39	Kimberly	21	↓4	22
40	Dawn	20	new	49
41	Jill	20	new	74
42	Rhonda	20	↓3	46
43	Sharon	20	↑6	17
44	Sherry	20	↓2	53
45	Terri	20	↓19	51
46	Christine	19	new	39
47	Jennifer	19	new	47
48	Judy	19	↓10	58
49	Vicki	19	↑1	76
50	Becky	18	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	153	–	2
2	John	153	↑3	3
3	Michael	141	↑1	1
4	Robert	130	↓2	5
5	James	124	↓2	4
6	Mark	118	–	6
7	Kevin	70	↑3	14
8	Scott	65	↑4	19
9	Steven	65	–	10
10	William	60	↓2	7
11	Thomas	59	–	9
12	Mike	58	↑1	36
13	Richard	55	↓6	8
14	Gary	54	↑4	21
15	Timothy	48	↑2	15
16	Daniel	47	↓2	17
17	Brian	43	↑16	20
18	Randy	42	↑6	33
19	Paul	41	↑1	18
20	Ronald	40	↑1	24
21	Jerry	39	↑5	37
22	Charles	38	↓7	13
23	Jeffrey	38	↓1	11
24	Terry	38	↑8	32
25	Kenneth	37	↓2	16
26	Larry	36	↓7	30
27	Gregory	33	↑9	23
28	Joseph	33	↓3	12
29	Donald	32	↓13	22
30	Douglas	31	↓1	28
31	Kelly	31	↑12	>100
32	Todd	31	↑6	46
33	Jim	30	↑16	78
34	Steve	30	↓3	45
35	Dennis	28	↓5	34
36	Patrick	28	↑1	39
37	Russell	27	new	55
38	Bruce	26	↑8	40
39	Eric	24	new	38
40	Roger	24	new	47
41	Jeff	23	–	49
42	Bill	22	new	>100
43	Rodney	22	↑7	72
44	Chris	21	new	57
45	Craig	21	↓18	43
46	Keith	21	↓4	35
47	Troy	21	new	100
48	Anthony	20	new	25
49	Greg	20	↓14	77
50	Kent	20	new	>100

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