Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1962

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1962 were Lisa for girls (66 babies) and David for boys (157). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,851 babies born in Wyoming in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1962

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: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vicki: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Suzanne: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bonnie: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Debbie: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cindy: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Katherine: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Peggy: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lori: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Diana: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dan: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Tom: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Greg: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Troy: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeff: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Steve: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rodney: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jim: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mike: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	66	↑1	1
2	Lori	63	↑2	11
3	Brenda	59	↓2	12
4	Mary	52	↑2	2
5	Susan	52	↓2	3
6	Tammy	44	↑9	23
7	Debbie	42	↑4	32
8	Linda	42	↓1	5
9	Julie	41	↓4	22
10	Karen	39	↑3	4
11	Cindy	38	↓1	34
12	Pamela	38	↑6	13
13	Cynthia	36	↑17	8
14	Debra	36	↑2	15
15	Nancy	34	↑8	19
16	Teresa	34	↓7	18
17	Cheryl	33	↑14	24
18	Kimberly	32	↑21	16
19	Michelle	32	↑10	31
20	Patricia	32	↓8	6
21	Deborah	29	↑3	9
22	Elizabeth	29	↓5	20
23	Sandra	29	↓1	10
24	Kathy	28	↑9	27
25	Carol	27	↓5	28
26	Laura	26	↓12	21
27	Sharon	26	↑16	17
28	Barbara	25	↓9	14
29	Kelly	25	↓8	38
30	Tina	24	↑6	33
31	Diana	23	new	57
32	Laurie	23	↓6	42
33	Suzanne	23	new	65
34	Donna	22	↓26	7
35	Connie	21	↓8	51
36	Denise	21	new	30
37	Robin	21	↓2	25
38	Bonnie	20	new	79
39	Rebecca	20	↓14	47
40	Vicki	20	↑9	85
41	Wendy	20	new	64
42	Janet	19	↓14	35
43	Judy	19	↑5	63
44	Kim	19	↓6	37
45	Rhonda	19	↓3	45
46	Dawn	18	↓6	50
47	Diane	17	new	26
48	Stephanie	17	new	70
49	Terri	17	↓4	54
50	Tracy	17	↓16	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	157	–	2
2	John	140	–	3
3	Robert	129	↑1	5
4	Michael	106	↓1	1
5	James	104	–	4
6	Mark	96	–	6
7	Richard	75	↑6	8
8	Scott	66	–	11
9	William	61	↑1	7
10	Steven	60	↓1	12
11	Kevin	58	↓4	14
12	Thomas	52	↓1	9
13	Daniel	51	↑3	17
14	Kenneth	49	↑11	18
15	Paul	46	↑4	19
16	Charles	45	↑6	15
17	Jeffrey	45	↑6	10
18	Donald	42	↑11	23
19	Brian	41	↓2	20
20	Gary	40	↓6	22
21	Timothy	37	↓6	16
22	Mike	36	↓10	39
23	Todd	36	↑9	30
24	Jeff	34	↑17	44
25	Steve	34	↑9	46
26	Jerry	33	↓5	38
27	Douglas	31	↑3	27
28	Terry	30	↓4	34
29	Joseph	27	↓1	13
30	Randy	26	↓12	35
31	Craig	25	↑14	51
32	Gregory	25	↓5	21
33	Stephen	24	new	28
34	Troy	23	↑13	67
35	Alan	21	new	53
36	Greg	21	↑13	77
37	Jeffery	21	new	45
38	Larry	21	↓12	31
39	Patrick	21	↓3	40
40	Raymond	21	new	48
41	Roger	21	↓1	47
42	Dale	20	new	62
43	Eric	20	↓4	33
44	Kelly	20	↓13	>100
45	Matthew	20	new	56
46	Randall	20	new	64
47	Rodney	20	↓4	76
48	George	19	new	32
49	Joe	19	new	59
50	Christopher	18	new	26

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