State roster

Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,481 Wyoming births in 1917 across 182 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

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

#47Bertoutside the national top 200
#53Keithoutside the national top 200
#61Lynnoutside the national top 200
#54Leland#191 nationally
#66Tedoutside the national top 200
#82Wyomaoutside the national top 200
#88Garnetoutside the national top 200
#59Don#167 nationally
#87Eloise#191 nationally
#86Cleo#189 nationally
#99Renaoutside the national top 200
#52Erma#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary89US #1
#2Helen66US #2
#3Margaret59US #4
#4Dorothy54US #3
#5Ruth42US #5
#6Edna33US #20
#7Alice29US #13
#8Florence28US #14
#9Marjorie22US #36
#10Martha22US #22
#11Virginia22US #10
#12Clara20US #41
#13Mildred19US #6
#14Hazel18US #31
#15Lucille18US #29
#16Rose18US #16
#17Evelyn17US #11
#18Irene17US #17
#19Marie17US #12
#20Frances16US #9
#21Gladys16US #23
#22Elizabeth15US #8
#23Nellie15US #64
#24Agnes14US #48
#25Anna14US #7
#26Ethel14US #24
#27Pauline14US #33
#28Wilma14US #82
#29Edith13US #28
#30Doris12US #25
#31Esther12US #38
#32Josephine12US #21
#33Lois12US #43
#34Ruby12US #27
#35Thelma12US #32
#36Ann10US #44
#37Betty10US #34
#38Gertrude10US #37
#39Grace10US #30
#40Kathryn10US #60
#41Audrey9US #117
#42Bertha9US #51
#43Bessie9US #61
#44Catherine9US #18
#45Eva9US #54
#46Lucy9US #88
#47Norma9US #108
#48Vera9US #66
#49Bernice8US #42
#50Eleanor8US #26
#51Elsie8US #50
#52Erma8US #148
#53Ida8US #56
#54Jean8US #40
#55Jessie8US #70
#56June8US #73
#57Mabel8US #68
#58Violet8US #84
#59Anne7US #53
#60Emma7US #46
#61Genevieve7US #77
#62Katherine7US #49
#63Leona7US #80
#64Marian7US #74
#65Maxine7US #93
#66Velma7US #99
#67Wanda7US #140
#68Barbara6US #67
#69Beulah6US #102
#70Blanche6US #91
#71Ella6US #83
#72Lillian6US #15
#73Lorraine6US #116
#74Louise6US #19
#75Myrtle6US #58
#76Naomi6US #133
#77Olive6US #138
#78Stella6US #62
#79Verna6US #124
#80Vivian6US #79
#81Winifred6US #141
#82Wyoma6
#83Ada5US #119
#84Alberta5US #122
#85Alma5US #71
#86Cleo5US #189
#87Eloise5US #191
#88Garnet5
#89Geraldine5US #89
#90Inez5US #110
#91Jeanne5US #166
#92Juanita5US #87
#93Julia5US #47
#94Kathleen5US #101
#95Lola5US #143
#96Mae5US #96
#97Opal5US #95
#98Pearl5US #57
#99Rena5
#100Sylvia5US #69

Boys

#1John83US #1
#2William82US #2
#3George64US #6
#4James60US #3
#5Robert56US #4
#6Charles52US #7
#7Joseph34US #5
#8Edward33US #8
#9Frank31US #9
#10Jack27US #22
#11Harold25US #12
#12Ralph24US #21
#13Albert21US #18
#14Paul21US #13
#15Earl19US #32
#16Richard18US #14
#17Thomas18US #10
#18Harry17US #19
#19Kenneth17US #27
#20Walter16US #11
#21Carl15US #24
#22Henry15US #15
#23Eugene14US #39
#24Louis14US #23
#25Lawrence13US #36
#26Raymond13US #16
#27Russell13US #52
#28Donald12US #20
#29Ernest12US #37
#30Glenn12US #86
#31Joe12US #35
#32Wayne12US #96
#33Howard11US #26
#34Arthur10US #17
#35Roy10US #33
#36Alfred9US #43
#37David9US #28
#38Fred9US #29
#39Woodrow9US #73
#40Andrew8US #48
#41Clarence8US #25
#42Daniel8US #54
#43Francis8US #30
#44Lee8US #85
#45Lloyd8US #53
#46Ray8US #74
#47Bert7
#48Clifford7US #59
#49Dale7US #120
#50Elmer7US #45
#51Gerald7US #69
#52Gordon7US #84
#53Keith7
#54Leland7US #191
#55Peter7US #50
#56Stanley7US #34
#57Alvin6US #81
#58Bill6US #147
#59Don6US #167
#60Jesse6US #79
#61Lynn6
#62Mike6US #126
#63Norman6US #46
#64Orville6US #134
#65Samuel6US #42
#66Ted6
#67Willard6US #80
#68Allen5US #100
#69Archie5US #142
#70Bruce5US #156
#71Cecil5US #83
#72Chester5US #56
#73Clyde5US #64
#74Jacob5US #130
#75Leo5US #47
#76Leslie5US #107
#77Lewis5US #70
#78Max5US #104
#79Philip5US #66
#80Vernon5US #71
#81Victor5US #78
#82Willis5US #140

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑37Lawrence#25
↑36Carl#21
↑33Florence#8
↑32Bertha#42
↑32Woodrow#39
↑31Audrey#41
↑31Glenn#30
↑29Nellie#23

Falling

↓44Opal#97
↓41Cecil#71
↓39Vernon#80
↓38Louise#74
↓36Elsie#51
↓35Victor#81
↓28Eleanor#50
↓27Anne#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.