Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1972

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (99 babies) and Michael for boys (113). Social Security records list 3,907 babies born in Wyoming in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1972

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

Girls

Stacey: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Stephanie: 54 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tara: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Heidi: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Heather: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Wendy: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shannon: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Stacy: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Christina: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tonya: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Justin: 40 babies, 6× the national rate
Shane: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Travis: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Russell: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Troy: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ryan: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Terry: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Aaron: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	99	–	1
2	Stephanie	54	↑3	8
3	Michelle	51	↓1	2
4	Amy	50	↓1	5
5	Heather	48	↑4	9
6	Kimberly	47	↓2	4
7	Lisa	41	↓1	3
8	Angela	33	↑2	6
9	Rebecca	32	↑15	14
10	Shannon	29	↑3	22
11	Nicole	27	↑16	10
12	Tina	26	↓5	18
13	Christina	25	↑15	26
14	Dawn	24	↓6	20
15	Wendy	24	↑14	29
16	Lori	23	↑7	28
17	Melissa	23	↓5	7
18	Stacey	23	new	41
19	Tara	23	new	38
20	Julie	22	↓9	12
21	Susan	22	↑17	24
22	Elizabeth	21	↑18	15
23	Mary	20	↓7	13
24	Stacy	20	↓3	33
25	Tammy	20	↓8	11
26	Tonya	18	↑4	37
27	Tracy	18	↑4	19
28	Andrea	17	↑21	30
29	Denise	16	new	35
30	Christine	15	↓15	16
31	Heidi	15	↑4	64
32	Kelly	15	↓6	23
33	April	14	new	48
34	Deborah	14	new	43
35	Laura	14	↓13	17
36	Misty	13	–	>100
37	Patricia	13	↓4	27
38	Shawna	13	new	>100
39	Tamara	13	↑9	84
40	Brenda	12	↓22	44
41	Carrie	12	↓22	53
42	Jill	12	new	62
43	Jody	12	new	>100
44	Karen	12	new	21
45	Tanya	12	↓2	54
46	Katherine	11	new	69
47	Melanie	11	↓2	42
48	Amanda	10	new	76
49	Barbara	10	new	58
50	Catherine	10	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	113	–	1
2	Robert	90	↑1	6
3	Brian	77	↑5	8
4	David	69	↓2	4
5	Jason	69	↑1	7
6	Christopher	68	↑1	2
7	John	66	↓3	5
8	James	56	↓3	3
9	Eric	44	↑15	16
10	Matthew	41	↑2	10
11	Daniel	40	↑2	15
12	Justin	40	↑11	60
13	Mark	39	↑5	18
14	Scott	38	↓4	11
15	Steven	37	↑2	19
16	Richard	36	–	14
17	Thomas	36	↑20	20
18	Shane	35	↑8	55
19	Jeffrey	34	↓5	17
20	William	33	↓11	9
21	Kevin	31	↓10	13
22	Travis	31	↓1	57
23	Troy	31	↑6	49
24	Chad	30	↓2	25
25	Ryan	29	↑17	39
26	Joseph	27	↓1	12
27	Shawn	27	↓8	28
28	Aaron	23	↑2	40
29	Donald	22	↓2	36
30	Paul	22	↓10	24
31	Patrick	20	↑4	35
32	Charles	19	↓17	23
33	Russell	19	↑16	69
34	Kenneth	18	↓3	27
35	Timothy	18	↓7	21
36	Bryan	17	new	45
37	Jeremy	17	↑4	42
38	Keith	16	new	38
39	Andrew	15	↓6	30
40	Ronald	15	↓6	32
41	Sean	15	↓5	33
42	Stephen	15	↓3	29
43	Terry	15	new	62
44	Todd	15	↓12	31
45	Gary	14	↓2	41
46	Cody	13	new	>100
47	Anthony	12	new	22
48	Brandon	12	new	63
49	Chris	12	new	82
50	Douglas	12	new	43

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