Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1965

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1965 were Lisa for girls (87 babies) and Michael for boys (137). Social Security records list 4,568 babies born in Wyoming in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1965

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, 3.9× the national rate
Connie: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cindy: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Wendy: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Laurie: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brenda: 38 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carol: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Robin: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rebecca: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tina: 30 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dale: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Troy: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jay: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mike: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shawn: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Russell: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	87	–	1
2	Mary	47	–	2
3	Susan	45	↑3	5
4	Brenda	38	–	23
5	Karen	37	↑2	3
6	Kimberly	33	↑12	4
7	Wendy	33	new	39
8	Julie	32	–	14
9	Michelle	30	↑10	18
10	Tina	30	↑13	29
11	Kelly	29	↑20	30
12	Linda	29	↓2	8
13	Robin	29	↑2	33
14	Cindy	27	↑14	53
15	Patricia	27	↓1	6
16	Dawn	26	↑18	26
17	Carol	25	–	42
18	Cheryl	25	↑15	31
19	Elizabeth	25	↑5	16
20	Rebecca	25	↑6	41
21	Amy	24	new	35
22	Tammy	24	↓19	11
23	Christine	23	↑24	21
24	Connie	23	↑15	61
25	Jennifer	22	↑18	20
26	Pamela	22	↑15	12
27	Sandra	22	↓5	15
28	Tracy	22	new	36
29	Barbara	21	↓2	25
30	Deborah	21	↑10	13
31	Kathleen	21	new	34
32	Kim	21	–	43
33	Laurie	20	↓12	60
34	Lori	20	↓25	19
35	Rhonda	20	↑10	37
36	Michele	19	new	48
37	Angela	17	new	10
38	Laura	17	↓33	17
39	Paula	17	↑3	49
40	Sheila	17	new	50
41	Shelly	17	new	98
42	Debra	16	↓30	27
43	Stephanie	16	↑7	44
44	Teresa	16	↓28	24
45	Cynthia	15	↓25	9
46	Jill	15	↓2	51
47	Sharon	15	new	22
48	Debbie	14	↓37	62
49	Janet	14	–	55
50	Kathy	14	↓14	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	137	↑2	1
2	John	121	↓1	2
3	Robert	105	↑1	5
4	David	97	↓2	3
5	James	89	–	4
6	Mark	67	–	7
7	Richard	62	↑2	8
8	William	57	↓1	6
9	Kevin	48	↑1	13
10	Thomas	48	↑2	9
11	Scott	47	↓3	15
12	Paul	45	↑3	16
13	Steven	44	↓2	14
14	Jeffrey	41	↑7	10
15	Kenneth	39	↑7	21
16	Daniel	37	↑1	17
17	Brian	35	↓4	19
18	Joseph	34	↑1	11
19	Timothy	32	↑1	12
20	Charles	31	↑3	20
21	Todd	31	↓5	30
22	Gary	30	↑8	27
23	Ronald	29	↑5	24
24	Troy	29	↑12	53
25	Douglas	28	↑19	32
26	Stephen	27	↑20	28
27	Christopher	25	↓2	18
28	Donald	25	↓10	26
29	Dale	24	new	83
30	Gregory	23	↑8	23
31	Matthew	23	↑3	36
32	Eric	22	↑1	25
33	Mike	22	↓19	51
34	Rodney	21	new	33
35	Patrick	20	↓4	31
36	Andrew	17	↓1	37
37	Anthony	17	↓8	22
38	Frank	17	new	43
39	Jay	17	new	90
40	Jerry	17	↓1	41
41	Randy	17	↑4	42
42	Shawn	17	new	69
43	Russell	16	new	58
44	Alan	15	new	59
45	Carl	15	new	54
46	Edward	15	↓9	29
47	George	15	↓21	34
48	Jeffery	15	new	47
49	Craig	14	↓6	46
50	Roger	14	new	49

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