Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1985

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1985 were Jessica for girls (128 babies) and Christopher for boys (142). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,219 babies born in Wyoming in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1985

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

Girls

Kelsey: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Kayla: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Molly: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lacey: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Misty: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chelsea: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brooke: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nichole: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sheena: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alicia: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Cole: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Casey: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cody: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Travis: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Seth: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Trevor: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Jared: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Zachary: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jacob: 58 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tyler: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	128	↑1	1
2	Amanda	109	↑1	4
3	Ashley	102	↑1	2
4	Jennifer	93	↓3	3
5	Heather	72	↑1	8
6	Sarah	70	↓1	5
7	Megan	68	↑3	10
8	Nicole	60	–	7
9	Amber	51	–	16
10	Danielle	43	↑1	18
11	Stephanie	42	↓4	6
12	Brittany	40	↑6	17
13	Laura	39	↑22	14
14	Sara	39	↑22	30
15	Michelle	38	↑5	22
16	Jamie	37	↑12	27
17	Amy	36	↓2	20
18	Erin	36	↓2	26
19	Kimberly	34	↑12	19
20	Melissa	34	↓7	11
21	Tiffany	34	↓7	23
22	Andrea	32	↓10	33
23	Christina	32	↑4	12
24	Rachel	32	↓7	13
25	Lindsey	31	↑7	37
26	Elizabeth	29	↓1	9
27	Alicia	27	↑13	45
28	Crystal	27	↓9	21
29	Rebecca	27	↓7	25
30	Samantha	27	↑7	29
31	Katie	25	↑8	39
32	Katherine	23	↓9	32
33	Kayla	23	↓3	>100
34	Chelsea	22	↑4	75
35	Jenna	20	↑9	50
36	Kelsey	20	new	>100
37	Cassandra	18	new	62
38	Kelly	18	↑10	28
39	Anna	17	↑7	54
40	Emily	17	↓14	24
41	Kristen	17	↑4	38
42	Molly	17	new	>100
43	Tara	17	–	51
44	Holly	16	↑3	56
45	Lacey	16	↑4	>100
46	Lisa	16	↓13	36
47	Shannon	16	↓18	41
48	Angela	15	↓27	31
49	Brooke	15	new	>100
50	Misty	15	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	142	↑2	2
2	Michael	125	↓1	1
3	Joshua	121	↑1	4
4	Matthew	112	↓2	3
5	Andrew	82	↑18	11
6	Robert	73	↑10	8
7	Ryan	71	↓2	12
8	James	69	↑1	7
9	John	68	↑1	9
10	Daniel	66	↓2	5
11	David	64	↓4	6
12	Justin	61	↓6	15
13	Kyle	60	↑6	27
14	Brandon	58	↓2	13
15	Jacob	58	↑3	35
16	Jason	58	↓3	14
17	Nicholas	56	↑5	19
18	Zachary	56	↑19	39
19	William	54	↓4	16
20	Adam	53	↓9	22
21	Travis	52	↑7	46
22	Brian	50	↓8	18
23	Eric	49	↓6	21
24	Cody	48	↓3	52
25	Tyler	46	↑4	43
26	Thomas	43	–	25
27	Dustin	39	↑9	41
28	Aaron	37	↓1	33
29	Joseph	37	↓5	10
30	Jeremy	35	↑2	30
31	Jonathan	35	↓1	17
32	Anthony	33	↓7	20
33	Benjamin	33	↓2	31
34	Nathan	33	–	40
35	Steven	33	↓15	24
36	Jared	32	↑10	58
37	Jesse	32	↑1	51
38	Richard	31	↑6	28
39	Casey	29	new	86
40	Charles	29	↑10	34
41	Jeffrey	28	–	29
42	Shawn	28	new	55
43	Kevin	27	↓4	23
44	Patrick	26	↓4	37
45	Paul	26	↑3	42
46	Chad	25	new	57
47	Mark	25	↓12	32
48	Sean	25	↓6	38
49	Timothy	25	↓16	26
50	Bryan	21	↓5	48

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