State roster

Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,802 Wyoming births in 1919 across 187 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

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

#68Rexoutside the national top 200
#80Wyomaoutside the national top 200
#61Fern#176 nationally
#37Erma#147 nationally
#80Nick#188 nationally
#94Bethoutside the national top 200
#95Betteoutside the national top 200
#96Elmaoutside the national top 200
#99Melbaoutside the national top 200
#72Clinton#167 nationally
#44Orville#133 nationally
#82Rudolph#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary104US #1
#2Helen58US #2
#3Margaret56US #4
#4Dorothy50US #3
#5Ruth49US #5
#6Mildred33US #6
#7Betty32US #15
#8Evelyn31US #11
#9Frances31US #9
#10Virginia31US #7
#11Maxine22US #85
#12Alice20US #13
#13Anna20US #10
#14Hazel20US #32
#15Marjorie20US #33
#16Vera20US #65
#17Elizabeth19US #8
#18Edna18US #22
#19Lois18US #40
#20Doris17US #18
#21Florence17US #14
#22Gladys17US #21
#23Irene17US #16
#24Martha17US #25
#25June16US #64
#26Lucille16US #27
#27Barbara15US #60
#28Louise15US #20
#29Rose15US #19
#30Thelma15US #31
#31Edith13US #29
#32Laura13US #71
#33Esther12US #38
#34Norma12US #83
#35Anne11US #63
#36Bertha11US #52
#37Erma11US #147
#38Ethel11US #28
#39Jean11US #37
#40Katherine11US #51
#41Lillian11US #17
#42Clara10US #43
#43Gertrude10US #39
#44Grace10US #34
#45Josephine10US #26
#46Pauline10US #36
#47Viola10US #58
#48Violet10US #74
#49Agnes9US #50
#50Bessie9US #59
#51Catherine9US #23
#52Eva9US #55
#53Georgia9US #106
#54Juanita9US #73
#55Kathryn9US #66
#56Marian9US #82
#57Marie9US #12
#58Nellie9US #69
#59Stella9US #70
#60Blanche8US #97
#61Fern8US #176
#62Harriet8US #113
#63Ida8US #57
#64Jessie8US #75
#65Ruby8US #24
#66Vivian8US #72
#67Charlotte7US #79
#68Ellen7US #92
#69Emma7US #45
#70Genevieve7US #88
#71Geraldine7US #68
#72Jane7US #53
#73Marion7US #44
#74Myrtle7US #67
#75Patricia7US #114
#76Pearl7US #56
#77Sarah7US #46
#78Shirley7US #89
#79Wilma7US #86
#80Wyoma7
#81Audrey6US #115
#82Beatrice6US #41
#83Bernice6US #42
#84Eileen6US #103
#85Elaine6US #136
#86Eleanor6US #30
#87Elsie6US #47
#88Jennie6US #93
#89Julia6US #48
#90Lola6US #142
#91Phyllis6US #84
#92Sylvia6US #77
#93Wanda6US #128
#94Beth5
#95Bette5
#96Elma5
#97Irma5US #160
#98Mae5US #99
#99Melba5
#100Nina5US #178

Boys

#1John106US #1
#2Robert103US #4
#3William83US #2
#4James68US #3
#5George60US #6
#6Charles50US #5
#7Jack39US #21
#8Edward37US #8
#9Frank36US #9
#10Donald34US #17
#11Harold30US #13
#12Richard29US #12
#13Joseph27US #7
#14Paul26US #15
#15Kenneth24US #26
#16Thomas24US #10
#17Albert22US #18
#18David20US #27
#19Walter20US #11
#20Ralph19US #22
#21Roy19US #32
#22Eugene18US #33
#23Raymond18US #14
#24Glenn16US #84
#25Harry16US #20
#26Earl15US #31
#27Arthur14US #19
#28Andrew12US #47
#29Louis12US #28
#30Carl11US #29
#31Ernest11US #36
#32Henry11US #16
#33Joe11US #35
#34Clarence10US #25
#35Francis10US #34
#36Fred10US #30
#37Lloyd10US #58
#38Russell10US #50
#39Samuel10US #43
#40Clyde9US #67
#41Elmer9US #44
#42Gilbert9US #102
#43Harvey9US #85
#44Orville9US #133
#45Bill8US #130
#46Cecil8US #78
#47Clifford8US #60
#48Glen8US #116
#49Howard8US #24
#50Lawrence8US #38
#51Leonard8US #39
#52Leroy8US #55
#53Ray8US #69
#54Anthony7US #41
#55Archie7US #142
#56Floyd7US #59
#57Herbert7US #40
#58Vernon7US #65
#59Victor7US #68
#60Allen6US #101
#61Chester6US #53
#62Dale6US #112
#63Frederick6US #64
#64Gerald6US #70
#65Lester6US #62
#66Lyle6US #153
#67Oscar6US #88
#68Rex6
#69Steve6US #125
#70Alexander5US #113
#71Alfred5US #42
#72Clinton5US #167
#73Delbert5US #157
#74Edwin5US #52
#75Everett5US #93
#76Lee5US #82
#77Leo5US #49
#78Maurice5US #108
#79Michael5US #46
#80Nick5US #188
#81Norman5US #48
#82Rudolph5US #170
#83Theodore5US #54
#84Wayne5US #90

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑58Laura#32
↑50Erma#37
↑50Earl#26
↑48Viola#47
↑39Norma#34
↑35Juanita#54
↑34Bessie#50
↑34Nellie#58

Falling

↓58Elsie#87
↓54Phyllis#91
↓45Bernice#83
↓44Ruby#65
↓39Alfred#71
↓37Marie#57
↓34Edwin#74
↓32Vivian#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.