Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1968

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1968 were Lisa for girls (69 babies) and Michael for boys (169). Social Security records list 3,849 babies born in Wyoming in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1968

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

Girls

Shannon: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Stacey: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wendy: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carol: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brenda: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Julie: 34 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tracy: 26 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Justin: 20 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Brett: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jack: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chad: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Troy: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shawn: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Todd: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jerry: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	69	–	1
2	Michelle	66	–	2
3	Tammy	35	↑15	8
4	Jennifer	34	↑18	4
5	Julie	34	↑10	16
6	Wendy	33	↑2	31
7	Kimberly	30	↓3	3
8	Laura	30	↑11	11
9	Mary	28	↓6	6
10	Amy	27	↓4	13
11	Susan	27	↓6	10
12	Tracy	26	↑31	25
13	Tina	25	↓1	18
14	Brenda	24	↓5	34
15	Shannon	24	↑32	53
16	Angela	22	↑4	7
17	Carol	21	new	49
18	Lori	21	↓8	22
19	Stacey	21	new	55
20	Sandra	20	new	26
21	Christine	19	–	14
22	Pamela	18	↑5	20
23	Rebecca	18	↑10	33
24	Cynthia	17	↓11	19
25	Kelly	17	↓18	12
26	Melissa	17	↓15	5
27	Teresa	17	↑3	30
28	Karen	16	↑1	9
29	Stephanie	16	↓12	23
30	Dawn	15	↓16	21
31	Donna	15	new	24
32	Cindy	14	↓7	67
33	Heidi	14	new	89
34	Michele	14	↑15	29
35	Nancy	14	new	39
36	Leslie	13	↓13	66
37	Patricia	13	↑9	15
38	Paula	13	↑12	45
39	Rhonda	13	new	42
40	Dana	12	↓1	70
41	Debra	12	↓13	38
42	Kathleen	12	new	40
43	Sheila	12	new	59
44	Toni	12	new	>100
45	Andrea	11	↓7	48
46	Denise	11	new	35
47	Diana	11	new	71
48	Leah	11	new	>100
49	Robin	11	↓15	43
50	Stacy	11	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	169	–	1
2	David	102	–	2
3	James	102	↑2	4
4	Robert	95	–	5
5	John	88	↓2	3
6	Mark	53	↑1	7
7	William	48	↑4	6
8	Brian	47	↑7	10
9	Kevin	47	↑10	17
10	Richard	46	↓4	8
11	Steven	46	↓1	15
12	Todd	41	↑1	28
13	Scott	39	↓5	14
14	Timothy	38	↓5	13
15	Eric	36	↑8	22
16	Jeffrey	33	↑1	11
17	Troy	32	↑1	40
18	Daniel	31	↓2	18
19	Thomas	29	↓7	12
20	Patrick	28	↑5	30
21	Paul	28	↓7	19
22	Christopher	27	↓2	9
23	Joseph	25	↑5	16
24	Shawn	25	↑7	43
25	Donald	23	↑2	29
26	Gregory	23	↓4	26
27	Kenneth	23	↓6	23
28	Ronald	23	↑1	25
29	Gary	21	↑4	32
30	Jerry	21	↑6	44
31	Charles	20	↓5	20
32	Justin	20	new	>100
33	Kelly	20	↑5	97
34	Douglas	19	↓4	33
35	Matthew	19	↑14	24
36	Edward	18	↑5	31
37	Jason	18	↓2	47
38	Sean	18	new	37
39	Anthony	17	↓15	21
40	Brett	16	new	>100
41	Chad	15	↓1	>100
42	Craig	15	new	41
43	Jack	15	new	>100
44	Rodney	14	new	42
45	Russell	14	↑1	56
46	Shane	14	↑1	>100
47	Stephen	14	↑3	27
48	Travis	14	new	>100
49	Bradley	13	new	57
50	George	13	new	36

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