Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1975

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (119 babies) and Michael for boys (131). Social Security records list 4,378 babies born in Wyoming in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1975

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, 9.1× the national rate
Jamie: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mandy: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Misty: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heidi: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Amber: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brandi: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tanya: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Andrea: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Holly: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Justin: 72 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dustin: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Jared: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Travis: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nathan: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jacob: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ryan: 53 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joshua: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sean: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brandon: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	119	–	1
2	Heather	80	–	3
3	Amy	62	–	2
4	Michelle	58	↑2	6
5	Melissa	40	↑5	4
6	Kimberly	39	↑1	7
7	Amanda	34	↑30	14
8	Angela	34	↓3	5
9	Rebecca	33	↑3	11
10	Sarah	32	↑35	17
11	Julie	30	↑11	18
12	Jamie	28	↑13	68
13	Misty	28	↓2	47
14	Andrea	27	–	28
15	Stephanie	25	↓11	9
16	Nicole	24	↑15	10
17	April	22	↑11	25
18	Heidi	22	↑1	66
19	Amber	21	↑19	59
20	Christina	21	↑3	12
21	Jessica	21	↑8	13
22	Kelly	21	↓7	16
23	Christine	20	new	22
24	Shawna	20	↑22	>100
25	Tara	20	↓8	41
26	Crystal	19	↓2	43
27	Dawn	19	↑7	23
28	Shannon	19	↓15	21
29	Tanya	19	↑1	50
30	Holly	17	new	55
31	Laura	17	↓11	20
32	Mandy	17	new	>100
33	Wendy	17	↓6	33
34	Erin	16	↑5	38
35	Lisa	16	↓14	8
36	Lori	16	new	39
37	Rachel	16	↑3	26
38	Tonya	16	↑11	45
39	Brandi	15	↑11	88
40	Emily	15	new	48
41	Stacy	15	↓6	34
42	Sara	14	↓26	54
43	Tiffany	14	new	37
44	Kari	13	↓1	>100
45	Mary	13	↓37	19
46	Samantha	13	new	>100
47	Stacey	13	new	44
48	Brandy	12	↓16	57
49	Carrie	12	↓16	29
50	Jill	12	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	131	↑1	1
2	Jason	110	↓1	2
3	James	78	↑3	4
4	Christopher	74	↓1	3
5	Brian	72	↑3	8
6	Justin	72	↑4	37
7	David	71	–	5
8	Robert	66	↓4	6
9	John	60	↓4	7
10	Matthew	57	↓1	9
11	Ryan	53	↑1	23
12	Joshua	48	↑6	26
13	William	48	↓2	10
14	Jeremy	46	↑15	24
15	Scott	45	↑6	17
16	Daniel	40	↑3	11
17	Eric	39	↑6	13
18	Nathan	35	↑30	45
19	Steven	35	↑7	18
20	Chad	34	↓6	27
21	Charles	33	↑3	25
22	Shawn	33	–	31
23	Joseph	32	↓7	12
24	Mark	32	↓7	19
25	Richard	31	↓5	16
26	Travis	30	↓13	51
27	Jeffrey	29	↑1	14
28	Thomas	29	↑6	20
29	Kevin	28	↓2	15
30	Aaron	26	↓15	32
31	Paul	26	↑2	29
32	Andrew	25	↓2	28
33	Anthony	25	↓1	21
34	Sean	25	new	40
35	Brandon	24	↑4	44
36	Dustin	21	↑4	96
37	Timothy	21	↑1	22
38	Adam	20	↑5	38
39	Jared	20	new	100
40	Kenneth	18	↓9	35
41	Shane	17	↓16	57
42	Todd	17	new	43
43	Benjamin	16	new	36
44	Bradley	16	new	52
45	Craig	16	new	58
46	Gary	16	new	50
47	Jacob	16	↓1	75
48	Patrick	16	↓11	39
49	Douglas	15	new	55
50	Keith	15	new	49

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