Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1983

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1983 were Jessica for girls (138 babies) and Michael for boys (170). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,940 babies born in Wyoming in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1983

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

Girls

Lacey: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Krista: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Chelsea: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kayla: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Heidi: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Desiree: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lindsey: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Cassandra: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Amber: 65 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brittany: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 17 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Cody: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Casey: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jared: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Jeremiah: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tyler: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Luke: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shane: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Seth: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jacob: 62 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jessica	138	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	134	↓1	1
3	Amanda	109	–	3
4	Sarah	92	–	5
5	Ashley	82	↑18	4
6	Amber	65	↓1	17
7	Rebecca	62	↑2	19
8	Melissa	60	–	6
9	Nicole	60	↑1	7
10	Stephanie	60	↓3	8
11	Heather	52	↑3	9
12	Erin	49	↑5	18
13	Megan	49	↑26	21
14	Lindsey	48	↑8	35
15	Crystal	46	↓3	11
16	Amy	41	↓10	12
17	Christina	41	↑10	16
18	Elizabeth	40	↓5	10
19	Jamie	37	↑2	28
20	Andrea	36	↓4	30
21	Michelle	36	↓6	13
22	Rachel	35	↑11	20
23	Emily	33	↓4	25
24	Kimberly	33	↑2	15
25	Tiffany	33	↓5	14
26	Katherine	31	↑15	34
27	Katie	28	↑4	45
28	Kayla	28	↑16	81
29	Angela	27	↓18	22
30	Kristen	27	↑17	37
31	Sara	26	↓13	31
32	Kristin	25	↑5	42
33	Laura	25	↓4	23
34	Kelly	24	↑12	26
35	Lacey	24	new	>100
36	Mary	24	↓4	32
37	Danielle	23	↓13	29
38	Holly	23	new	48
39	Chelsea	22	new	>100
40	Heidi	22	↓4	95
41	Cassandra	20	↓7	70
42	Desiree	20	new	94
43	Tara	20	new	51
44	Brittany	19	new	64
45	Julie	18	new	46
46	Shannon	18	↓18	38
47	April	17	↓17	39
48	Kathryn	17	new	50
49	Krista	17	new	>100
50	Lauren	17	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	170	–	1
2	Christopher	162	–	2
3	Matthew	145	↑1	3
4	Joshua	128	↓1	5
5	Ryan	89	↑3	13
6	John	85	↑4	9
7	Justin	85	↓1	12
8	Jason	84	↓1	7
9	Brandon	82	↑18	17
10	James	82	↓5	6
11	David	81	–	4
12	Daniel	72	–	8
13	Robert	70	↓4	10
14	Kyle	67	↑22	34
15	Andrew	65	↑1	15
16	Jacob	62	↑6	36
17	Aaron	61	↑7	29
18	Eric	61	↑1	20
19	Joseph	60	↓6	11
20	Brian	59	↓5	14
21	Adam	54	–	18
22	Benjamin	50	↑9	32
23	William	48	↓9	16
24	Nathan	47	↑1	40
25	Scott	47	↑12	38
26	Anthony	46	↑7	22
27	Richard	45	↑5	27
28	Dustin	44	↓10	43
29	Nicholas	44	↓6	21
30	Travis	42	↓4	41
31	Jeremy	41	↓14	30
32	Steven	41	↓4	23
33	Thomas	41	↑5	24
34	Cody	38	↑11	81
35	Jared	38	↑14	56
36	Jonathan	37	↑5	19
37	Jesse	36	↓17	46
38	Jeffrey	35	↓4	28
39	Tyler	35	↓9	57
40	Zachary	35	–	50
41	Chad	33	↑6	49
42	Bryan	32	new	47
43	Charles	32	↑5	33
44	Derek	32	new	51
45	Timothy	32	↓16	26
46	Kevin	29	↓2	25
47	Sean	29	new	44
48	Mark	27	new	31
49	Paul	25	↓14	39
50	Kenneth	24	↓4	45

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