State roster

Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,945 Wyoming births in 1918 across 196 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

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

#50Keithoutside the national top 200
#83Rexoutside the national top 200
#85Betteoutside the national top 200
#86Billieoutside the national top 200
#67Della#177 nationally
#48Don#153 nationally
#61Fern#164 nationally
#98Altaoutside the national top 200
#99Bettieoutside the national top 200
#81Nina#176 nationally
#77Jim#165 nationally
#78Elaine#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary106US #1
#2Dorothy73US #3
#3Margaret68US #4
#4Helen58US #2
#5Ruth57US #5
#6Virginia47US #7
#7Alice34US #13
#8Frances32US #8
#9Mildred32US #6
#10Evelyn27US #11
#11Florence26US #14
#12Elizabeth25US #9
#13Jean25US #37
#14Betty22US #21
#15Edith22US #30
#16Lois21US #42
#17Marjorie21US #34
#18Hazel19US #33
#19Lucille19US #29
#20Marie19US #12
#21Ruby18US #27
#22Esther17US #38
#23Grace17US #31
#24Josephine17US #24
#25Agnes16US #47
#26Doris16US #19
#27Maxine16US #87
#28Edna15US #23
#29Elsie15US #49
#30Martha15US #25
#31Thelma15US #32
#32Irene14US #16
#33June14US #66
#34Vivian14US #72
#35Jessie13US #75
#36Louise13US #18
#37Phyllis13US #80
#38Bernice12US #41
#39Katherine12US #50
#40Lillian12US #15
#41Anna11US #10
#42Anne11US #54
#43Catherine11US #20
#44Ethel11US #28
#45Eva11US #55
#46Leona11US #79
#47Lorraine11US #69
#48Rose11US #17
#49Vera11US #68
#50Alma10US #73
#51Barbara10US #60
#52Bertha10US #51
#53Gladys10US #22
#54Kathryn10US #63
#55Marguerite10US #86
#56Pearl10US #56
#57Velma10US #103
#58Wilma10US #82
#59Eleanor9US #26
#60Emma9US #46
#61Fern9US #164
#62Gertrude9US #39
#63Mabel9US #74
#64Pauline9US #35
#65Beulah8US #104
#66Clara8US #43
#67Della8US #177
#68Eileen8US #110
#69Ellen8US #92
#70Ida8US #57
#71Julia8US #48
#72Myrtle8US #62
#73Norma8US #98
#74Stella8US #67
#75Ann7US #44
#76Blanche7US #96
#77Cora7US #124
#78Elaine7US #152
#79Georgia7US #107
#80Marion7US #45
#81Nina7US #176
#82Olive7US #143
#83Beatrice6US #40
#84Bessie6US #61
#85Bette6
#86Billie6
#87Erma6US #153
#88Eunice6US #111
#89Juanita6US #85
#90Laura6US #64
#91Nancy6US #102
#92Nellie6US #65
#93Patricia6US #133
#94Roberta6US #142
#95Viola6US #59
#96Ada5US #123
#97Alberta5US #122
#98Alta5
#99Bettie5
#100Charlotte5US #78

Boys

#1John114US #1
#2Robert87US #4
#3William74US #2
#4James65US #3
#5Charles62US #5
#6George48US #6
#7Frank41US #9
#8Harry30US #20
#9Jack30US #21
#10Clarence28US #23
#11Richard25US #12
#12Donald24US #18
#13Edward24US #8
#14Thomas24US #10
#15Kenneth23US #27
#16Harold22US #13
#17Arthur21US #17
#18Fred21US #33
#19Roy21US #32
#20Joseph20US #7
#21Paul19US #14
#22Henry18US #16
#23David16US #28
#24Joe16US #34
#25Ralph16US #22
#26Lawrence15US #38
#27Walter15US #11
#28Raymond14US #15
#29Carl13US #25
#30Lloyd13US #51
#31Albert12US #19
#32Alfred12US #42
#33Warren12US #90
#34Eugene11US #35
#35Francis11US #30
#36Floyd10US #61
#37Louis10US #24
#38Melvin10US #56
#39Clifford9US #60
#40Edwin9US #55
#41Elmer9US #44
#42Gerald9US #72
#43Glenn9US #84
#44Herbert9US #40
#45Howard9US #26
#46Lee9US #86
#47Daniel8US #52
#48Don8US #153
#49Ernest8US #37
#50Keith8
#51Leonard8US #41
#52Norman8US #49
#53Ray8US #69
#54Benjamin7US #79
#55Cecil7US #82
#56Dale7US #111
#57Gilbert7US #105
#58Martin7US #81
#59Marvin7US #68
#60Max7US #106
#61Wayne7US #91
#62Glen6US #125
#63Harvey6US #88
#64Leo6US #48
#65Leroy6US #57
#66Lewis6US #74
#67Sam6US #75
#68Samuel6US #43
#69Stanley6US #36
#70Vernon6US #66
#71Willard6US #83
#72Alvin5US #80
#73Arnold5US #92
#74Chester5US #54
#75Claude5US #95
#76Earl5US #31
#77Jim5US #165
#78Lester5US #62
#79Lyle5US #145
#80Mike5US #127
#81Morris5US #101
#82Oliver5US #130
#83Rex5
#84Victor5US #63
#85Wilbur5US #97

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑46Vivian#34
↑42Pearl#56
↑41Jean#13
↑38Maxine#27
↑38Louise#36
↑35Alma#50
↑32Lillian#40
↑31Clarence#10

Falling

↓69Nellie#92
↓61Earl#76
↓54Clara#66
↓41Bessie#84
↓39Ann#75
↓37Pauline#64
↓35Erma#87
↓32Rose#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.