Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1987

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1987 were Ashley for girls (101 babies) and Michael for boys (95). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,638 babies born in Wyoming in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1987

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: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kelsey: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tara: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kayla: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Erin: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Whitney: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Samantha: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jamie: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Amy: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chelsea: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 16 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Seth: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Cody: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyler: 57 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trevor: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Casey: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jared: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shawn: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dustin: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jesse: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	101	↑1	2
2	Jessica	99	↓1	1
3	Amanda	81	–	3
4	Jennifer	67	–	4
5	Sarah	60	–	5
6	Samantha	53	↑17	11
7	Nicole	47	↑4	8
8	Heather	44	↑2	9
9	Brittany	42	–	7
10	Megan	41	↓4	12
11	Amber	40	↓3	15
12	Stephanie	39	↓5	6
13	Danielle	38	↑8	14
14	Kayla	35	↑14	27
15	Amy	31	↓3	24
16	Michelle	29	↑8	21
17	Erin	28	↑16	34
18	Rachel	28	↑9	17
19	Whitney	28	↓6	32
20	Elizabeth	27	↓5	10
21	Jamie	24	↑9	39
22	Kimberly	23	↑4	23
23	Laura	23	↓6	22
24	Katherine	22	↑17	28
25	Kelsey	22	↑9	67
26	Melissa	22	↓10	13
27	Emily	21	↓2	19
28	Lacey	21	new	>100
29	Katie	20	↑7	38
30	Sara	20	↓16	29
31	Tara	20	new	69
32	Rebecca	19	↓10	25
33	Chelsea	18	↑7	47
34	Crystal	18	↓14	26
35	Tiffany	18	↓6	18
36	Erica	16	↑14	31
37	Alicia	14	↑1	46
38	Cassandra	14	new	68
39	Alyssa	13	new	60
40	April	13	↑7	58
41	Ashlee	13	new	>100
42	Kelly	13	new	30
43	Kristen	13	↓1	42
44	Mary	13	↓7	37
45	Brittney	12	↑3	61
46	Christina	12	↓27	20
47	Courtney	12	↓15	33
48	Holly	12	new	71
49	Krista	12	new	>100
50	Allison	11	↓11	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	95	↑1	1
2	Matthew	85	↑1	3
3	Joshua	78	↑1	4
4	Christopher	70	↓3	2
5	James	66	↑5	8
6	Ryan	63	–	13
7	Daniel	61	–	7
8	Tyler	57	↑11	39
9	William	55	↑9	15
10	Brandon	52	↑5	14
11	Kyle	52	↓3	22
12	Justin	51	↓1	9
13	David	50	–	5
14	Cody	48	↑13	49
15	John	48	↓1	11
16	Andrew	47	↓11	6
17	Robert	46	↓5	10
18	Brian	45	↓2	20
19	Jacob	44	↓10	31
20	Nicholas	41	↓3	16
21	Joseph	40	↑5	12
22	Benjamin	37	↑10	28
23	Adam	36	↓3	27
24	Anthony	36	↓3	17
25	Jason	36	↓2	23
26	Steven	36	↑4	25
27	Dustin	34	↓3	44
28	Thomas	33	↑9	24
29	Zachary	32	↑2	33
30	Jonathan	30	↑15	18
31	Aaron	28	↑4	34
32	Jeffrey	28	new	32
33	Nathan	28	↑1	45
34	Eric	27	↓12	21
35	Jesse	27	↓2	55
36	Charles	26	↑3	35
37	Sean	26	↑3	40
38	Scott	25	↑5	43
39	Travis	24	↓3	42
40	Jared	23	new	58
41	Jeremy	23	↓16	29
42	Mark	23	↑4	36
43	Kevin	22	↓15	19
44	Samuel	22	↑6	50
45	Seth	22	new	89
46	Shawn	22	new	59
47	Jordan	20	↓3	52
48	Richard	20	–	30
49	Stephen	19	new	38
50	Cory	18	↓3	62

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