Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1976

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (137 babies) and Jason for boys (124). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,744 babies born in Wyoming in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1976

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

Girls

Mandy: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Amber: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Misty: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jamie: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tiffany: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Megan: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stacy: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Holly: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tanya: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 27 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Dustin: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Casey: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Travis: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jeremiah: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cory: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Justin: 55 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shane: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jacob: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brandon: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	137	–	1
2	Heather	75	–	4
3	Amy	54	–	2
4	Angela	53	↑4	5
5	Jamie	50	↑7	18
6	Amanda	45	↑1	10
7	Melissa	43	↓2	3
8	Stephanie	42	↑7	11
9	Jessica	40	↑12	8
10	Lisa	38	↑25	9
11	Kimberly	33	↓5	7
12	Amber	31	↑7	49
13	Michelle	31	↓9	6
14	Sarah	31	↓4	15
15	Tiffany	29	↑28	32
16	Laura	26	↑15	20
17	Misty	26	↓4	46
18	Kelly	25	↑4	19
19	Stacy	24	↑22	38
20	Nicole	23	↓4	13
21	Rachel	23	↑16	23
22	Shannon	23	↑6	17
23	Christina	22	↓3	14
24	Elizabeth	21	new	16
25	Erin	21	↑9	24
26	Andrea	20	↓12	25
27	Mandy	20	↑5	100
28	Carrie	19	↑21	28
29	Rebecca	19	↓20	12
30	Sara	18	↑12	27
31	Heidi	17	↓13	70
32	Holly	17	↓2	56
33	Jaime	17	new	29
34	Julie	17	↓23	21
35	Megan	17	new	62
36	Tammy	17	new	41
37	Mary	16	↑8	22
38	Tanya	16	↓9	61
39	Tara	16	↓14	42
40	April	15	↓23	30
41	Cynthia	14	new	44
42	Jenny	14	new	>100
43	Kristi	14	new	>100
44	Wendy	14	↓11	39
45	Karen	13	new	31
46	Patricia	13	new	43
47	Sandra	13	new	59
48	Shawna	13	↓24	>100
49	Teresa	13	new	66
50	Brandi	12	↓11	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	124	↑1	2
2	Michael	102	↓1	1
3	Christopher	79	↑1	3
4	Matthew	78	↑6	9
5	David	74	↑2	4
6	Brian	73	↓1	8
7	Robert	70	↑1	7
8	John	62	↑1	6
9	Ryan	58	↑2	16
10	Jeremy	57	↑4	14
11	Justin	55	↓5	33
12	James	54	↓9	5
13	Daniel	50	↑3	10
14	Joshua	48	↓2	18
15	William	48	↓2	11
16	Travis	47	↑10	46
17	Eric	44	–	13
18	Kevin	40	↑11	15
19	Richard	38	↑6	19
20	Aaron	37	↑10	30
21	Chad	37	↓1	29
22	Thomas	34	↑6	23
23	Paul	33	↑8	28
24	Steven	33	↓5	20
25	Brandon	32	↑10	40
26	Mark	32	↓2	25
27	Nathan	32	↓9	39
28	Scott	30	↓13	24
29	Shawn	29	↓7	34
30	Timothy	29	↑7	21
31	Shane	28	↑10	57
32	Benjamin	27	↑11	32
33	Cody	27	new	>100
34	Joseph	27	↓11	12
35	Anthony	24	↓2	22
36	Dustin	23	–	82
37	Jeffrey	23	↓10	17
38	Kenneth	23	↑2	38
39	Sean	22	↓5	42
40	Donald	21	new	47
41	Jacob	21	↑6	63
42	Patrick	21	↑6	41
43	Jeremiah	20	new	93
44	Cory	19	new	83
45	Jonathan	19	new	31
46	Bryan	17	new	43
47	Charles	17	↓26	26
48	Jesse	17	new	55
49	Gregory	16	new	35
50	Casey	15	new	>100

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