Popular baby names in Wyoming, 1988

The most popular baby names in Wyoming in 1988 were Jessica for girls (96 babies) and Michael for boys (100). Social Security records list 4,401 babies born in Wyoming in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Wyoming in 1988

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: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kayla: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Anna: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Amy: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Whitney: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jamie: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Amber: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Katie: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Samantha: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alyssa: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Casey: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Seth: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cody: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Trevor: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Shawn: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Austin: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dustin: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cameron: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shane: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Wyoming, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	96	↑1	1
2	Ashley	88	↓1	2
3	Amanda	65	–	3
4	Sarah	58	↑1	4
5	Samantha	50	↑1	8
6	Jennifer	49	↓2	5
7	Amber	43	↑4	15
8	Kayla	42	↑6	20
9	Brittany	41	–	6
10	Heather	38	↓2	14
11	Megan	32	↓1	12
12	Nicole	31	↓5	9
13	Amy	30	↑2	29
14	Stephanie	28	↓2	7
15	Elizabeth	25	↑5	10
16	Danielle	24	↓3	17
17	Emily	24	↑10	18
18	Melissa	24	↑8	16
19	Whitney	24	–	39
20	Courtney	22	↑27	24
21	Jamie	22	–	45
22	Kimberly	22	–	25
23	Tiffany	22	↑12	13
24	Rachel	21	↓6	19
25	Anna	20	new	54
26	Chelsea	19	↑7	33
27	Katie	19	↑2	40
28	Michelle	19	↓12	21
29	Christina	18	↑17	22
30	Erin	18	↓13	37
31	Kelsey	18	↓6	64
32	Alyssa	17	↑7	47
33	Crystal	17	↑1	28
34	Laura	17	↓11	23
35	Lindsey	17	new	48
36	Sara	16	↓6	30
37	Katherine	15	↓13	27
38	Lauren	15	new	11
39	Lisa	15	new	43
40	Rebecca	15	↓8	26
41	Shannon	14	new	56
42	Allison	13	↑8	46
43	Andrea	13	new	35
44	Brittney	13	↑1	52
45	Angela	12	new	38
46	Holly	12	↑2	72
47	Kelly	12	↓5	32
48	Alisha	11	new	>100
49	Cassandra	11	↓11	59
50	Erica	11	↓14	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	100	–	1
2	Joshua	83	↑1	4
3	Christopher	79	↑1	2
4	Matthew	78	↓2	3
5	Daniel	61	↑2	8
6	Andrew	55	↑10	5
7	Ryan	54	↓1	13
8	Robert	52	↑9	10
9	James	48	↓4	9
10	Justin	45	↑2	7
11	Cody	43	↑3	43
12	John	43	↑3	11
13	Anthony	41	↑11	18
14	Kyle	41	↓3	21
15	Tyler	41	↓7	33
16	Brandon	40	↓6	17
17	Joseph	40	↑4	12
18	Thomas	36	↑10	23
19	William	36	↓10	16
20	Zachary	36	↑9	29
21	David	34	↓8	6
22	Aaron	33	↑9	31
23	Jacob	33	↓4	28
24	Nicholas	33	↓4	14
25	Dustin	32	↑2	48
26	Jason	32	↓1	27
27	Adam	31	↓4	26
28	Casey	28	new	83
29	Eric	28	↑5	19
30	Jeremy	28	↑11	35
31	Timothy	28	new	25
32	Travis	28	↑7	41
33	Steven	27	↓7	24
34	Charles	26	↑2	37
35	Jordan	26	↑12	52
36	Mark	26	↑6	39
37	Nathan	26	↓4	44
38	Brian	25	↓20	22
39	Jeffrey	24	↓7	36
40	Kevin	23	↑3	20
41	Richard	23	↑7	32
42	Benjamin	22	↓20	30
43	Kenneth	22	new	51
44	Shawn	21	↑2	61
45	Austin	20	new	63
46	Jesse	20	↓11	55
47	Patrick	20	new	42
48	Bradley	19	new	57
49	Sean	19	↓12	38
50	Seth	19	↓5	90

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