Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1971

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (78 babies) and Michael for boys (136). Social Security records list 4,070 babies born in Wyoming in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1971

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, 7.4× the national rate
Jamie: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Carrie: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sheila: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Teresa: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brenda: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tina: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Stephanie: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stacy: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shannon: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Justin: 31 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Cory: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Travis: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shane: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Troy: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shawn: 34 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	78	↑4	1
2	Michelle	63	↑1	2
3	Amy	44	↓1	5
4	Kimberly	40	↓3	4
5	Stephanie	36	↑5	11
6	Lisa	35	↓2	3
7	Tina	33	↑2	20
8	Dawn	32	↑13	14
9	Heather	31	↓3	12
10	Angela	30	↑1	6
11	Julie	30	↑2	10
12	Melissa	30	↑15	7
13	Shannon	29	↑10	21
14	Teresa	28	↑23	34
15	Christine	27	↑10	18
16	Mary	25	↓4	9
17	Tammy	23	↓1	8
18	Brenda	22	↑1	43
19	Carrie	22	new	55
20	Jamie	22	↑19	>100
21	Stacy	22	↑11	32
22	Laura	21	↓14	16
23	Lori	20	↓3	25
24	Rebecca	20	↓6	23
25	Cynthia	19	↑5	24
26	Kelly	19	–	22
27	Nicole	19	↑4	27
28	Christina	18	↑5	30
29	Wendy	17	↓12	29
30	Tonya	16	new	45
31	Tracy	16	↓24	13
32	Becky	15	new	>100
33	Patricia	15	↓11	26
34	Sheila	15	↑9	81
35	Heidi	14	↑11	77
36	Misty	14	new	>100
37	Sandra	14	new	31
38	Susan	14	↓23	17
39	Traci	14	new	>100
40	Elizabeth	13	↓5	19
41	Kristi	13	new	>100
42	Monica	13	↑6	48
43	Tanya	13	new	72
44	Jodi	12	new	94
45	Melanie	12	new	66
46	Renee	12	new	73
47	Robin	12	↑2	51
48	Tamara	12	new	80
49	Andrea	11	↓8	35
50	Debra	11	↓16	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	136	–	1
2	David	93	–	3
3	Robert	80	↑2	5
4	John	76	–	4
5	James	71	↓2	2
6	Jason	64	–	8
7	Christopher	61	–	6
8	Brian	54	↑2	9
9	William	52	↓1	7
10	Scott	50	↓1	10
11	Kevin	46	–	14
12	Matthew	46	↑7	19
13	Daniel	44	↑7	20
14	Jeffrey	43	↓1	12
15	Charles	41	↑3	22
16	Richard	41	↓2	11
17	Steven	37	↓2	16
18	Mark	35	↓6	13
19	Shawn	34	↑2	28
20	Paul	32	↑9	24
21	Travis	32	↑10	61
22	Chad	31	↑11	29
23	Justin	31	↑12	>100
24	Eric	28	↓7	18
25	Joseph	28	↑1	15
26	Shane	26	↑2	60
27	Donald	25	↑11	34
28	Timothy	24	↓5	21
29	Troy	24	↓2	46
30	Aaron	22	↑17	41
31	Kenneth	22	↑10	25
32	Todd	22	↓8	30
33	Andrew	21	↓1	33
34	Ronald	21	↑8	31
35	Patrick	19	↓10	35
36	Sean	19	↑4	36
37	Thomas	19	↓21	17
38	Gregory	18	↓8	26
39	Stephen	17	↑7	27
40	Cory	16	↑8	>100
41	Jeremy	16	↓7	45
42	Ryan	15	new	51
43	Gary	14	↓21	38
44	Brent	13	new	73
45	Clinton	13	new	>100
46	Edward	13	new	32
47	Frank	13	new	54
48	George	13	new	42
49	Russell	13	↓4	64
50	Tony	13	new	62

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