Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1981

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (158 babies) and Joshua for boys (160). Joshua ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,310 babies born in Wyoming in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1981

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

Girls

Lindsey: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Amber: 97 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kara: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jenny: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heidi: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Misty: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anna: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brooke: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jamie: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sara: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 27 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Cody: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Casey: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shane: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyler: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jacob: 64 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Zachary: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dustin: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeremiah: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Seth: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	158	–	1
2	Amanda	137	–	3
3	Jessica	133	↑1	2
4	Sarah	109	↓1	4
5	Amber	97	↑3	20
6	Melissa	90	↓1	5
7	Amy	63	–	6
8	Heather	59	↓2	10
9	Elizabeth	55	↑2	9
10	Michelle	54	↓1	11
11	Angela	52	↓1	15
12	Erin	52	↑6	19
13	Rebecca	50	↑3	12
14	Stephanie	50	↓2	8
15	Crystal	49	↓2	16
16	Jamie	48	↓2	28
17	Nicole	48	↓2	7
18	Sara	47	↑3	26
19	Tiffany	46	↓2	14
20	Rachel	43	↑20	22
21	Christina	42	↓2	17
22	Lisa	42	↑1	18
23	Andrea	37	↑9	24
24	Lindsey	36	new	58
25	Mary	36	↑5	27
26	Kimberly	33	↓4	13
27	Laura	27	↓7	21
28	Misty	27	↓4	61
29	Megan	26	↑6	33
30	Anna	25	new	54
31	Danielle	25	↑13	30
32	Brooke	24	↑14	52
33	Katie	24	↓6	44
34	Kelly	24	↓9	23
35	Kristin	24	new	31
36	Heidi	22	↓7	84
37	Kristen	22	new	38
38	April	20	↓5	25
39	Emily	20	↑6	29
40	Samantha	20	↑9	51
41	Ashley	19	↓3	34
42	Erica	19	↓3	36
43	Julie	19	↓17	37
44	Brandy	18	new	41
45	Shannon	18	↑5	32
46	Katherine	17	↓18	39
47	Lindsay	17	↓13	47
48	Alicia	16	↓12	46
49	Holly	16	↓8	63
50	Kara	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Joshua	160	↑1	6
2	Michael	145	↓1	1
3	Matthew	129	↑1	3
4	Christopher	128	↓1	2
5	Robert	112	↑4	9
6	Justin	108	↓1	12
7	Jason	101	↓1	4
8	David	98	↓1	5
9	Daniel	91	↑6	10
10	John	91	↑1	8
11	James	87	↓3	7
12	Ryan	78	↓2	13
13	Joseph	74	↓1	11
14	Brandon	68	↑11	19
15	Jacob	64	↑14	43
16	Nicholas	63	↑2	21
17	Eric	62	–	17
18	William	60	↓4	15
19	Dustin	56	↑3	42
20	Aaron	55	–	30
21	Jeremy	55	↓5	22
22	Steven	54	↑5	28
23	Adam	53	↑3	20
24	Benjamin	48	↑11	32
25	Brian	48	↓12	14
26	Thomas	46	↓3	26
27	Travis	45	↓8	40
28	Nathan	44	↓7	36
29	Andrew	43	↓5	18
30	Anthony	40	↑1	23
31	Richard	38	↑3	27
32	Scott	37	↓2	34
33	Casey	35	new	85
34	Charles	34	↑3	31
35	Timothy	34	↓7	24
36	Jeffrey	32	–	29
37	Jesse	32	↑7	37
38	Patrick	31	↑2	38
39	Zachary	31	new	63
40	Shane	30	↑3	81
41	Cody	29	↓3	>100
42	Jonathan	29	–	16
43	Chad	28	↓11	47
44	Kenneth	27	↓11	41
45	Levi	27	new	>100
46	Kevin	26	↓7	25
47	Tyler	25	new	96
48	Shawn	24	↑2	49
49	Jeremiah	23	↓8	77
50	Kyle	23	new	52

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