Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1978

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (130 babies) and Michael for boys (145). Social Security records list 5,677 babies born in Wyoming in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1978

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

Girls

Amber: 55 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Misty: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heidi: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jamie: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brandi: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vanessa: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Erin: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Holly: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Natalie: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Crystal: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dustin: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Travis: 55 babies, 4× the national rate
Shane: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Casey: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jeremiah: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristopher: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Justin: 80 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kyle: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cory: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	130	–	1
2	Jessica	69	↑3	3
3	Amy	66	↑1	4
4	Heather	66	↓1	5
5	Melissa	64	↑1	2
6	Amber	55	↑5	30
7	Amanda	52	↑2	6
8	Christina	52	↑11	15
9	Jamie	48	↓7	20
10	Stephanie	47	↑4	16
11	Sarah	45	↓4	8
12	Crystal	43	↑13	18
13	Michelle	42	↓3	9
14	Rebecca	40	↑9	17
15	Erin	39	↑9	21
16	Angela	37	↓8	7
17	Lisa	37	–	11
18	Misty	34	–	43
19	Kelly	31	↑3	12
20	Andrea	30	–	23
21	Shannon	29	↓5	22
22	Kimberly	28	↓9	13
23	Laura	28	↑5	19
24	Elizabeth	26	↓12	14
25	Julie	26	↓4	26
26	Nicole	26	↓11	10
27	Mary	24	↑8	24
28	Rachel	23	↑4	25
29	Tiffany	23	↑7	32
30	Sara	21	↓4	28
31	Christine	20	new	29
32	Tara	20	↑1	40
33	Brandi	19	new	61
34	Heidi	19	↓3	83
35	Megan	19	new	41
36	Brandy	18	↓9	37
37	Holly	18	↓7	55
38	Stacy	18	↑3	44
39	April	17	↑3	27
40	Vanessa	16	new	76
41	Natalie	15	new	66
42	Carrie	14	↓5	35
43	Christy	14	new	59
44	Leslie	14	new	63
45	Mandy	14	new	96
46	Alicia	13	new	58
47	Dana	13	new	71
48	Desiree	13	new	>100
49	Kara	13	↓11	>100
50	Katie	13	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	145	–	1
2	Jason	131	–	2
3	Christopher	127	–	3
4	James	97	↑4	5
5	Matthew	94	↓1	6
6	David	87	↓1	4
7	Joshua	87	–	12
8	John	81	↑1	7
9	Justin	80	↓3	28
10	Robert	72	–	8
11	Ryan	64	–	14
12	Brian	61	↑6	9
13	William	61	↑3	13
14	Joseph	58	↓2	10
15	Travis	55	–	46
16	Eric	51	↑14	16
17	Jeremy	51	↓3	18
18	Daniel	47	↓5	11
19	Aaron	41	–	32
20	Nathan	40	↑11	36
21	Charles	39	↑8	27
22	Nicholas	39	new	25
23	Timothy	39	↑10	17
24	Dustin	37	↑3	68
25	Shane	35	↑7	65
26	Steven	35	–	24
27	Kevin	34	↓10	15
28	Richard	34	↓3	21
29	Jeffrey	33	↓7	19
30	Andrew	32	new	22
31	Mark	32	↓10	26
32	Patrick	32	↑16	42
33	Scott	30	↑12	30
34	Benjamin	29	↓14	34
35	Jacob	28	↑6	50
36	Thomas	28	↓12	23
37	Adam	27	↓3	29
38	Chad	27	↓10	35
39	Paul	27	↓2	33
40	Shawn	27	↓1	39
41	Brandon	26	↓18	40
42	Anthony	25	↓2	20
43	Jesse	24	↓7	51
44	Jeremiah	23	↓1	81
45	Jonathan	22	↓1	31
46	Casey	21	–	92
47	Cody	21	↓12	>100
48	Kyle	21	new	63
49	Sean	21	new	45
50	Bryan	20	↓8	43

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