Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1986

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1986 were Jessica for girls (98 babies) and Christopher for boys (125). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,506 babies born in Wyoming in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1986

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: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Kayla: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chelsea: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Whitney: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Megan: 62 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Andrea: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Amber: 51 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sara: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Amy: 38 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Mathew: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jeremiah: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shane: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cody: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jacob: 64 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Craig: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tyler: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cory: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Casey: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	98	–	1
2	Ashley	88	↑1	2
3	Amanda	83	↓1	3
4	Jennifer	80	–	4
5	Sarah	78	↑1	5
6	Megan	62	↑1	11
7	Stephanie	54	↑4	6
8	Amber	51	↑1	13
9	Brittany	49	↑3	8
10	Heather	48	↓5	9
11	Nicole	42	↓3	7
12	Amy	38	↑5	22
13	Whitney	38	new	32
14	Sara	33	–	27
15	Elizabeth	32	↑11	10
16	Melissa	32	↑4	12
17	Laura	30	↓4	20
18	Andrea	29	↑4	36
19	Christina	29	↑4	19
20	Crystal	29	↑8	25
21	Danielle	29	↓11	16
22	Rebecca	29	↑7	26
23	Samantha	29	↑7	21
24	Michelle	28	↓9	23
25	Emily	27	↑15	24
26	Kimberly	25	↓7	18
27	Rachel	25	↓3	15
28	Kayla	24	↑5	64
29	Tiffany	24	↓8	17
30	Jamie	23	↓14	34
31	Angela	22	↑17	33
32	Courtney	21	new	35
33	Erin	21	↓15	30
34	Kelsey	21	↑2	>100
35	Lindsey	21	↓10	39
36	Katie	19	↓5	38
37	Mary	18	new	37
38	Alicia	17	↓11	45
39	Allison	17	new	42
40	Chelsea	17	↓6	73
41	Katherine	17	↓9	28
42	Kristen	15	↓1	41
43	Lauren	15	new	14
44	Brianna	14	new	>100
45	Lisa	14	↑1	40
46	Anna	13	↓7	51
47	April	13	new	53
48	Brittney	13	new	65
49	Christine	13	new	47
50	Erica	13	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	125	–	2
2	Michael	118	–	1
3	Matthew	101	↑1	3
4	Joshua	97	↓1	4
5	Andrew	93	–	8
6	Ryan	81	↑1	11
7	Daniel	79	↑3	6
8	Kyle	68	↑5	23
9	Jacob	64	↑6	31
10	James	62	↓2	7
11	Justin	61	↑1	14
12	Robert	61	↓6	9
13	David	59	↓2	5
14	John	57	↓5	10
15	Brandon	54	↓1	13
16	Brian	54	↑6	20
17	Nicholas	50	–	17
18	William	49	↑1	15
19	Tyler	48	↑6	40
20	Adam	43	–	24
21	Anthony	43	↑11	19
22	Eric	42	↑1	22
23	Jason	42	↓7	18
24	Dustin	37	↑3	42
25	Jeremy	35	↑5	28
26	Joseph	35	↑3	12
27	Cody	34	↓3	56
28	Kevin	34	↑15	21
29	Patrick	34	↑15	39
30	Steven	33	↑5	25
31	Zachary	33	↓13	38
32	Benjamin	32	↑1	30
33	Jesse	32	↑4	48
34	Nathan	32	–	43
35	Aaron	31	↓7	33
36	Travis	31	↓15	49
37	Thomas	30	↓11	26
38	Timothy	30	↑11	27
39	Charles	29	↑1	34
40	Sean	29	↑8	37
41	Shane	27	new	67
42	Paul	26	↑3	45
43	Scott	24	new	44
44	Jordan	23	new	53
45	Jonathan	22	↓14	16
46	Mark	22	↑1	35
47	Cory	21	new	68
48	Richard	21	↓10	29
49	Chad	20	↓3	59
50	Samuel	20	new	52

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