Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1980

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (184 babies) and Michael for boys (174). Social Security records list 7,138 babies born in Wyoming in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1980

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: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Amber: 69 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Misty: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lindsay: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Katie: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lindsey: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jamie: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 19 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Cody: 35 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lucas: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jeremiah: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyler: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Clinton: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shane: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cory: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dustin: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Luke: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	184	–	1
2	Amanda	131	–	2
3	Sarah	92	↑2	5
4	Jessica	82	↑2	3
5	Melissa	82	↓2	4
6	Heather	77	↓2	6
7	Amy	72	↑2	8
8	Amber	69	–	22
9	Michelle	63	↓2	10
10	Angela	54	↑3	12
11	Elizabeth	50	↑5	9
12	Stephanie	50	↑6	13
13	Crystal	49	↓3	18
14	Jamie	48	↓3	24
15	Nicole	47	↑2	7
16	Rebecca	46	↓2	17
17	Tiffany	43	↑10	14
18	Erin	41	↑8	20
19	Christina	39	↑6	15
20	Laura	37	↑15	21
21	Sara	36	↑9	27
22	Kimberly	35	↓7	11
23	Lisa	34	↓4	16
24	Misty	30	↓4	49
25	Kelly	28	↓2	19
26	Julie	27	↑5	32
27	Katie	27	↑7	44
28	Katherine	26	↑18	35
29	Heidi	25	↑13	79
30	Mary	24	↓6	25
31	Christine	23	new	41
32	Andrea	22	↓20	28
33	April	22	↓11	26
34	Lindsay	22	new	71
35	Megan	22	↓7	30
36	Alicia	21	new	47
37	Tara	21	↑1	43
38	Ashley	20	new	40
39	Erica	20	↓6	34
40	Rachel	20	↓11	23
41	Holly	19	↑4	52
42	Brandi	18	↓6	63
43	Carrie	18	↑7	46
44	Danielle	18	↓3	33
45	Emily	18	new	31
46	Brooke	17	↑3	57
47	Karen	16	new	54
48	Kathryn	16	new	50
49	Samantha	16	↓6	58
50	Shannon	16	↓29	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	174	–	1
2	Joshua	136	↑1	7
3	Christopher	132	↑1	2
4	Matthew	119	↑4	6
5	Justin	110	↑6	13
6	Jason	108	↓4	3
7	David	107	↓2	4
8	James	94	↓1	5
9	Robert	87	↑1	9
10	Ryan	84	↓1	15
11	John	81	↓5	8
12	Joseph	81	↑3	10
13	Brian	71	↓1	12
14	William	66	↑2	14
15	Daniel	63	↓1	11
16	Jeremy	62	↓3	18
17	Eric	61	↑2	16
18	Nicholas	54	↓1	17
19	Travis	54	↑3	37
20	Aaron	51	↑7	34
21	Nathan	51	↑4	36
22	Dustin	49	↑20	44
23	Thomas	49	↑3	25
24	Andrew	48	↓3	19
25	Brandon	48	↑7	31
26	Adam	44	↓3	22
27	Steven	44	↑14	28
28	Timothy	43	↓10	20
29	Jacob	39	↓9	43
30	Scott	39	–	33
31	Anthony	38	↑2	24
32	Chad	38	↑6	39
33	Kenneth	38	new	41
34	Richard	38	↓5	26
35	Benjamin	37	↓11	32
36	Jeffrey	36	↓5	27
37	Charles	35	↓9	29
38	Cody	35	↑1	>100
39	Kevin	34	↓5	23
40	Patrick	33	↑5	38
41	Jeremiah	32	↓4	76
42	Jonathan	32	new	21
43	Shane	30	↑1	69
44	Jesse	29	↓1	45
45	Mark	28	↓5	30
46	Jared	25	–	61
47	Lucas	25	new	98
48	Stephen	25	new	40
49	Samuel	22	↑1	54
50	Shawn	22	↓15	47

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