Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1982

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (166 babies) and Michael for boys (161). Social Security records list 7,394 babies born in Wyoming in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1982

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

Girls

Kayla: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Heidi: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Miranda: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lacey: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Misty: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Amber: 81 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cassandra: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Samantha: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brittany: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lindsey: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Tyler: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cody: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shane: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luke: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jeremiah: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Casey: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Dustin: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jesse: 55 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Zachary: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	166	–	1
2	Jessica	128	↑1	2
3	Amanda	109	↓1	3
4	Sarah	101	–	4
5	Amber	81	–	18
6	Amy	63	↑1	10
7	Stephanie	63	↑7	7
8	Melissa	61	↓2	5
9	Rebecca	56	↑4	15
10	Nicole	52	↑7	6
11	Angela	51	–	16
12	Crystal	51	↑3	9
13	Elizabeth	48	↓4	8
14	Heather	48	↓6	12
15	Michelle	45	↓5	11
16	Andrea	44	↑7	27
17	Erin	44	↓5	20
18	Sara	44	–	28
19	Emily	43	↑20	24
20	Tiffany	40	↓1	13
21	Jamie	39	↓5	29
22	Lindsey	37	↑2	40
23	Ashley	36	↑18	17
24	Danielle	36	↑7	31
25	Samantha	35	↑15	44
26	Kimberly	34	–	14
27	Christina	33	↓6	19
28	Shannon	31	↑17	38
29	Laura	30	↓2	22
30	April	29	↑8	32
31	Katie	28	↑2	45
32	Mary	28	↓7	30
33	Rachel	28	↓13	21
34	Cassandra	26	new	62
35	Lisa	26	↓13	23
36	Heidi	25	–	86
37	Kristin	25	↓2	37
38	Misty	25	↓10	74
39	Megan	24	↓10	34
40	Carrie	23	new	57
41	Katherine	23	↑5	36
42	Lindsay	23	↑5	39
43	Brandi	22	new	55
44	Kayla	22	new	>100
45	Christine	20	new	46
46	Kelly	20	↓12	25
47	Kristen	20	↓10	33
48	Leslie	19	new	60
49	Alicia	18	↓1	53
50	Brandy	16	↓6	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	161	↑1	1
2	Christopher	157	↑2	2
3	Joshua	150	↓2	7
4	Matthew	127	↓1	3
5	James	110	↑6	6
6	Justin	110	–	12
7	Jason	100	–	4
8	Ryan	95	↑4	13
9	Robert	88	↓4	9
10	John	86	–	8
11	David	85	↓3	5
12	Daniel	77	↓3	10
13	Joseph	69	–	11
14	William	66	↑4	15
15	Brian	62	↑10	14
16	Andrew	59	↑13	17
17	Jeremy	57	↑4	28
18	Dustin	56	↑1	42
19	Eric	55	↓2	20
20	Jesse	55	↑17	43
21	Adam	53	↑2	19
22	Jacob	53	↓7	41
23	Nicholas	52	↓7	22
24	Aaron	50	↓4	30
25	Nathan	49	↑3	36
26	Travis	49	↑1	39
27	Brandon	48	↓13	18
28	Steven	45	↓6	26
29	Timothy	45	↑6	24
30	Tyler	45	↑17	66
31	Benjamin	44	↓7	33
32	Richard	43	↓1	27
33	Anthony	39	↓3	21
34	Jeffrey	39	↑2	29
35	Paul	39	new	35
36	Kyle	38	↑14	47
37	Scott	36	↓5	34
38	Thomas	36	↓12	23
39	Shawn	35	↑9	52
40	Zachary	34	↓1	55
41	Jonathan	33	↑1	16
42	Patrick	33	↓4	37
43	Bradley	32	new	51
44	Kevin	32	↑2	25
45	Cody	31	↓4	95
46	Kenneth	31	↓2	45
47	Chad	30	↓4	48
48	Charles	30	↓14	31
49	Jared	30	new	54
50	Shane	30	↓10	84

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