Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1970

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1970 were Kimberly for girls (56 babies) and Michael for boys (136). Kimberly ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,463 babies born in Wyoming in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1970

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

Girls

Shawna: 20 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Shelly: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brenda: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Heather: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tina: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Stacey: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Wendy: 25 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Justin: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Shane: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Travis: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jeremy: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Troy: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chad: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Russell: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shawn: 30 babies, 2× the national rate
Gary: 29 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Kimberly	56	↑2	3
2	Amy	55	↑4	5
3	Michelle	55	↓2	4
4	Lisa	47	↓2	2
5	Jennifer	44	–	1
6	Heather	38	↑16	19
7	Tracy	36	↑6	10
8	Laura	33	↑8	13
9	Tina	33	↑11	21
10	Stephanie	32	–	17
11	Angela	31	–	6
12	Mary	31	↓4	9
13	Julie	29	↓6	11
14	Karen	28	↑13	12
15	Susan	25	↓3	15
16	Tammy	25	↑2	8
17	Wendy	25	↑2	28
18	Rebecca	23	↑19	29
19	Brenda	22	↓5	40
20	Lori	22	↓3	23
21	Dawn	21	↑5	16
22	Patricia	21	new	24
23	Shannon	21	↑5	22
24	Shawna	20	new	>100
25	Christine	19	↓16	14
26	Kelly	19	↓11	20
27	Melissa	19	↓23	7
28	Michele	17	new	31
29	Stacey	17	new	48
30	Cynthia	16	↓5	25
31	Nicole	16	new	30
32	Stacy	16	↓8	42
33	Christina	15	↑8	35
34	Debra	15	new	47
35	Elizabeth	15	↓14	18
36	Shelly	15	↑2	>100
37	Teresa	15	↑2	34
38	Donna	14	↑8	32
39	Jamie	14	new	>100
40	Pamela	14	↓5	26
41	Andrea	13	↑8	43
42	Carol	13	new	71
43	Sheila	13	↑5	75
44	Deborah	12	↓12	33
45	Gina	12	new	61
46	Heidi	12	new	81
47	Holly	12	new	74
48	Monica	12	↓5	56
49	Robin	12	new	51
50	Terri	12	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	136	–	1
2	David	95	↑3	3
3	James	95	↑1	2
4	John	92	↓1	4
5	Robert	88	↓3	5
6	Jason	64	↑3	13
7	Christopher	60	↑11	6
8	William	59	↑6	7
9	Scott	58	↓3	12
10	Brian	53	↓3	8
11	Kevin	49	↑8	14
12	Mark	47	↑1	9
13	Jeffrey	45	↓5	11
14	Richard	42	↓4	10
15	Steven	39	↓3	15
16	Thomas	36	↓5	17
17	Eric	35	↓2	18
18	Charles	32	↑5	21
19	Matthew	32	↑5	24
20	Daniel	31	↓4	19
21	Shawn	30	↑20	34
22	Gary	29	↑9	35
23	Timothy	29	↓3	20
24	Todd	29	↑3	28
25	Patrick	27	↑7	33
26	Joseph	26	–	16
27	Troy	26	↓10	41
28	Shane	25	↑7	64
29	Paul	24	↓4	23
30	Gregory	23	↑8	26
31	Travis	22	↑5	69
32	Andrew	20	↑15	32
33	Chad	20	↑4	51
34	Jeremy	19	new	70
35	Justin	19	↑9	>100
36	Anthony	18	↓8	22
37	Bryan	17	↑12	53
38	Donald	17	↓17	30
39	Douglas	17	new	36
40	Sean	17	–	37
41	Kenneth	16	↓19	25
42	Ronald	16	↓13	29
43	Jerry	15	↓4	45
44	Larry	15	new	43
45	Russell	15	new	58
46	Stephen	15	↓16	27
47	Aaron	14	new	52
48	Cory	14	↓15	>100
49	Jack	14	new	>100
50	Cody	13	new	>100

← Wyoming 1969 Wyoming: all years · US 1970 Wyoming 1971 →