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Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,120 Wyoming births in 1916 across 159 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Wyoming more than they say America.

#47Byronoutside the national top 200
#58Deanoutside the national top 200
#66Jeanne#176 nationally
#68Patricia#174 nationally
#87May#190 nationally
#59Douglas#151 nationally
#64Lyle#153 nationally
#39Mike#125 nationally
#64Irma#149 nationally
#76Elaine#161 nationally
#88Nina#170 nationally
#61Flora#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary95US #1
#2Helen56US #2
#3Ruth55US #5
#4Margaret48US #4
#5Dorothy41US #3
#6Elizabeth30US #8
#7Alice28US #13
#8Evelyn23US #11
#9Frances23US #9
#10Lois20US #43
#11Marjorie20US #37
#12Virginia19US #10
#13Edna17US #19
#14Doris16US #32
#15Elsie15US #48
#16Mildred15US #6
#17Josephine14US #21
#18Kathryn14US #60
#19Thelma14US #29
#20Anna13US #7
#21Edith12US #28
#22Eleanor12US #27
#23Eva12US #55
#24Ann11US #40
#25Ethel11US #25
#26Gladys11US #22
#27Hazel11US #31
#28Jean11US #45
#29Lucille11US #30
#30Martha11US #24
#31Rose11US #15
#32Anne10US #53
#33Betty10US #44
#34Catherine10US #20
#35Clara10US #39
#36Louise10US #18
#37Marie10US #12
#38Norma10US #111
#39Agnes9US #50
#40Esther9US #34
#41Florence9US #14
#42Irene9US #17
#43Katherine9US #51
#44Pauline9US #33
#45Wilma9US #82
#46Bessie8US #56
#47Ella8US #81
#48Gertrude8US #35
#49Grace8US #26
#50Leona8US #75
#51Lillian8US #16
#52Nellie8US #61
#53Opal8US #91
#54Annie7US #36
#55Barbara7US #74
#56Ellen7US #87
#57Marguerite7US #78
#58Marian7US #72
#59Vera7US #66
#60Bernice6US #42
#61Flora6US #141
#62Georgia6US #108
#63Inez6US #107
#64Irma6US #149
#65Janet6US #142
#66Jeanne6US #176
#67Myrtle6US #58
#68Patricia6US #174
#69Sarah6US #52
#70Stella6US #63
#71Violet6US #83
#72Audrey5US #119
#73Beatrice5US #38
#74Bertha5US #49
#75Charlotte5US #80
#76Elaine5US #161
#77Emma5US #41
#78Genevieve5US #76
#79Ida5US #54
#80Jeanette5US #135
#81Jennie5US #79
#82Jessie5US #68
#83Julia5US #46
#84June5US #86
#85Marion5US #47
#86Maxine5US #96
#87May5US #190
#88Nina5US #170

Boys

#1John72US #1
#2William62US #2
#3Robert58US #4
#4James53US #3
#5Charles48US #6
#6George44US #7
#7Frank34US #9
#8Paul26US #12
#9Jack25US #26
#10Joseph23US #5
#11Edward21US #8
#12Richard21US #15
#13Albert20US #17
#14Arthur19US #18
#15Henry19US #14
#16Clarence18US #24
#17Harold18US #13
#18Kenneth18US #27
#19Ralph18US #21
#20Thomas18US #10
#21Donald15US #20
#22Fred15US #29
#23Walter15US #11
#24Joe14US #35
#25Raymond14US #16
#26Roy14US #33
#27David13US #28
#28Ernest10US #36
#29Howard10US #25
#30Cecil9US #80
#31Earl9US #32
#32Harry9US #19
#33Louis9US #22
#34Alfred8US #43
#35Andrew8US #46
#36Edwin8US #53
#37Elmer8US #45
#38Leonard8US #42
#39Mike8US #125
#40Stanley8US #34
#41Vernon8US #75
#42Allen7US #101
#43Eugene7US #39
#44Floyd7US #60
#45Martin7US #81
#46Victor7US #78
#47Byron6
#48Chester6US #54
#49Clyde6US #62
#50Dale6US #121
#51Everett6US #91
#52Francis6US #31
#53Gerald6US #76
#54Herbert6US #40
#55Michael6US #44
#56Ben5US #119
#57Carl5US #23
#58Dean5
#59Douglas5US #151
#60Glen5US #122
#61Glenn5US #84
#62Lawrence5US #38
#63Lloyd5US #58
#64Lyle5US #153
#65Marvin5US #66
#66Max5US #105
#67Morris5US #97
#68Peter5US #50
#69Wilbur5US #94
#70Willard5US #69
#71Woodrow5US #64

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑34Eleanor#22
↑34Pauline#44
↑33Catherine#34
↑32Doris#14
↑30Kathryn#18
↑25Richard#12
↑24Paul#8
↑23Gertrude#48

Falling

↓53Emma#77
↓44Maxine#86
↓43June#84
↓35Ellen#56
↓32Irene#42
↓31Lillian#51
↓30Bertha#74
↓28Bernice#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.