Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1979

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (137 babies) and Michael for boys (154). Social Security records list 6,427 babies born in Wyoming in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1979

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: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kara: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Amber: 69 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Misty: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lindsey: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mindy: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heidi: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katie: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brandi: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brooke: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 21 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Cody: 28 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Tyler: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jeremiah: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cory: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jacob: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shane: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dustin: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Zachary: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jared: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	137	–	1
2	Amanda	122	↑5	3
3	Melissa	90	↑2	2
4	Heather	81	–	7
5	Sarah	77	↑6	6
6	Jessica	74	↓4	4
7	Michelle	74	↑6	10
8	Amber	69	↓2	22
9	Amy	62	↓6	5
10	Crystal	47	↑2	18
11	Jamie	47	↓2	19
12	Andrea	45	↑8	26
13	Angela	45	↑3	8
14	Rebecca	45	–	17
15	Kimberly	39	↑7	12
16	Elizabeth	38	↑8	11
17	Nicole	38	↑9	9
18	Stephanie	38	↓8	15
19	Lisa	37	↓2	13
20	Misty	36	↓2	42
21	Shannon	35	–	25
22	April	34	↑17	23
23	Kelly	31	↓4	16
24	Mary	31	↑3	24
25	Christina	30	↓17	14
26	Erin	30	↓11	21
27	Tiffany	29	↑2	28
28	Megan	28	↑7	31
29	Rachel	24	↓1	27
30	Sara	24	–	30
31	Julie	23	↓6	29
32	Mandy	23	↑13	>100
33	Erica	22	new	32
34	Katie	22	↑16	63
35	Laura	22	↓12	20
36	Brandi	21	↓3	61
37	Mindy	21	new	81
38	Tara	21	↓6	38
39	Leslie	20	↑5	65
40	Brandy	19	↓4	39
41	Danielle	18	new	33
42	Heidi	18	↓8	83
43	Samantha	18	new	66
44	Wendy	18	new	64
45	Holly	17	↓8	48
46	Katherine	17	new	36
47	Lindsey	17	new	>100
48	Susan	17	new	51
49	Brooke	16	new	85
50	Carrie	16	↓8	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	154	–	1
2	Jason	126	–	3
3	Joshua	121	↑4	9
4	Christopher	107	↓1	2
5	David	100	↑1	4
6	John	89	↑2	7
7	James	87	↓3	5
8	Matthew	81	↓3	6
9	Ryan	80	↑2	14
10	Robert	79	–	8
11	Justin	78	↓2	22
12	Brian	77	–	10
13	Jeremy	65	↑4	16
14	Daniel	64	↑4	12
15	Joseph	63	↓1	11
16	William	57	↓3	13
17	Nicholas	55	↑5	15
18	Timothy	52	↑5	18
19	Eric	51	↓3	17
20	Jacob	48	↑15	45
21	Andrew	47	↑9	20
22	Travis	47	↓7	36
23	Adam	46	↑14	23
24	Benjamin	44	↑10	33
25	Nathan	44	↓5	37
26	Thomas	43	↑10	26
27	Aaron	40	↓8	32
28	Charles	40	↓7	28
29	Richard	39	↓1	25
30	Scott	39	↑3	29
31	Jeffrey	35	↓2	24
32	Brandon	34	↑9	35
33	Anthony	33	↑9	21
34	Kevin	31	↓7	19
35	Shawn	31	↑5	43
36	Paul	30	↑3	34
37	Jeremiah	29	↑7	81
38	Chad	28	–	38
39	Cody	28	↑8	>100
40	Mark	28	↓9	30
41	Steven	28	↓15	27
42	Dustin	27	↓18	62
43	Jesse	27	–	50
44	Shane	27	↓19	67
45	Patrick	26	↓13	39
46	Jared	25	new	65
47	Cory	24	new	82
48	Zachary	23	new	74
49	Levi	21	new	>100
50	Samuel	21	new	55

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