Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1977

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (178 babies) and Michael for boys (136). Social Security records list 5,407 babies born in Wyoming in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1977

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

Girls

Kara: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ashley: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Amber: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Misty: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamie: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brandy: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Holly: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dawn: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 26 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Dustin: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Travis: 56 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Casey: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kristopher: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Justin: 80 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shane: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jared: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeremiah: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cory: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	178	–	1
2	Jamie	62	↑3	18
3	Heather	60	↓1	5
4	Amy	59	↓1	3
5	Jessica	56	↑4	4
6	Melissa	54	↑1	2
7	Sarah	48	↑7	11
8	Angela	47	↓4	6
9	Amanda	46	↓3	9
10	Michelle	46	↑3	7
11	Amber	45	↑1	33
12	Elizabeth	37	↑12	13
13	Kimberly	37	↓2	8
14	Stephanie	37	↓6	14
15	Nicole	36	↑5	15
16	Shannon	34	↑6	19
17	Lisa	32	↓7	12
18	Misty	32	↓1	40
19	Christina	31	↑4	16
20	Andrea	30	↑6	24
21	Julie	29	↑13	22
22	Kelly	29	↓4	10
23	Rebecca	28	↑6	17
24	Erin	26	↑1	23
25	Crystal	23	new	25
26	Sara	23	↑4	27
27	Brandy	22	new	51
28	Laura	21	↓12	20
29	Dawn	20	new	43
30	Holly	20	↑2	52
31	Heidi	18	–	81
32	Rachel	18	↓11	26
33	Tara	18	↑6	35
34	Ashley	17	new	>100
35	Mary	17	↑2	21
36	Tiffany	17	↓21	34
37	Carrie	16	↓9	28
38	Kara	16	new	>100
39	Monica	16	new	39
40	Patricia	16	↑6	47
41	Stacy	16	↓22	42
42	April	15	↓2	29
43	Brenda	14	new	91
44	Danielle	14	new	31
45	Erica	14	new	38
46	Karen	14	↓1	32
47	Anna	13	new	74
48	Jenny	13	↓6	>100
49	Lori	13	new	57
50	Susan	13	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	136	↑1	1
2	Jason	103	↓1	2
3	Christopher	92	–	3
4	Matthew	87	–	9
5	David	86	–	4
6	Justin	80	↑5	30
7	Joshua	79	↑7	14
8	James	76	↑4	5
9	John	73	↓1	7
10	Robert	72	↓3	6
11	Ryan	72	↓2	16
12	Joseph	61	↑22	10
13	Daniel	60	–	11
14	Jeremy	58	↓4	15
15	Travis	56	↑1	44
16	William	52	↓1	12
17	Kevin	47	↑1	13
18	Brian	46	↓12	8
19	Aaron	45	↑1	32
20	Benjamin	45	↑12	29
21	Mark	38	↑5	25
22	Jeffrey	37	↑15	19
23	Brandon	34	↑2	41
24	Thomas	34	↓2	22
25	Richard	32	↓6	20
26	Steven	32	↓2	23
27	Dustin	31	↑9	81
28	Chad	30	↓7	34
29	Charles	30	↑18	26
30	Eric	30	↓13	17
31	Nathan	30	↓4	36
32	Shane	30	↓1	61
33	Timothy	30	↓3	18
34	Adam	26	new	33
35	Cody	26	↓2	>100
36	Jesse	25	↑12	54
37	Paul	25	↓14	31
38	Donald	24	↑2	46
39	Shawn	24	↓10	37
40	Anthony	22	↓5	21
41	Jacob	22	–	56
42	Bryan	21	↑4	42
43	Jeremiah	21	–	69
44	Jonathan	21	↑1	28
45	Scott	21	↓17	27
46	Casey	20	↑4	>100
47	Cory	20	↓3	67
48	Patrick	20	↓6	40
49	Jared	19	new	76
50	Kenneth	19	↓12	39

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