State roster

Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,205 Wyoming births in 1920 across 205 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

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

#60Rossoutside the national top 200
#70Wyomaoutside the national top 200
#75Jessoutside the national top 200
#57Gene#173 nationally
#85Eldonoutside the national top 200
#55Fern#170 nationally
#64Ivan#179 nationally
#98Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#86Dorothea#187 nationally
#59Erma#152 nationally
#63Olive#151 nationally
#63Delbert#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary112US #1
#2Helen79US #3
#3Dorothy71US #2
#4Margaret61US #4
#5Ruth56US #5
#6Frances44US #9
#7Betty41US #11
#8Virginia36US #7
#9Alice34US #15
#10Marjorie28US #24
#11Elizabeth25US #8
#12Doris24US #14
#13Evelyn22US #12
#14Gladys22US #22
#15Hazel21US #34
#16Marie21US #13
#17Edna20US #27
#18Jean20US #33
#19Vivian20US #64
#20Anna18US #10
#21Maxine18US #81
#22Edith17US #32
#23Florence17US #16
#24Grace17US #37
#25Lois17US #38
#26Mildred17US #6
#27Phyllis17US #72
#28Esther15US #39
#29Irene15US #17
#30June15US #53
#31Eleanor14US #25
#32Geraldine14US #60
#33Barbara13US #47
#34Bernice13US #40
#35Charlotte13US #79
#36Ellen13US #92
#37Laura13US #63
#38Louise13US #19
#39Nellie13US #76
#40Audrey12US #103
#41Catherine12US #21
#42Clara12US #44
#43Emma12US #46
#44Lillian12US #18
#45Marion12US #43
#46Rose12US #20
#47Elaine11US #107
#48Ethel11US #30
#49Katherine11US #45
#50Lorraine11US #70
#51Martha11US #23
#52Shirley11US #56
#53Thelma11US #31
#54Wilma11US #78
#55Fern10US #170
#56Josephine10US #28
#57Marguerite10US #93
#58Bessie9US #71
#59Erma9US #152
#60Eva9US #58
#61Marian9US #73
#62Norma9US #69
#63Olive9US #151
#64Bertha8US #57
#65Elsie8US #51
#66Jessie8US #84
#67Kathleen8US #91
#68Roberta8US #144
#69Violet8US #77
#70Wyoma8
#71Ada7US #136
#72Beulah7US #109
#73Eileen7US #100
#74Georgia7US #113
#75Gertrude7US #42
#76Jeanne7US #114
#77Julia7US #55
#78Lucille7US #29
#79Opal7US #101
#80Pauline7US #36
#81Sarah7US #50
#82Velma7US #105
#83Wanda7US #117
#84Arlene6US #145
#85Christine6US #118
#86Dorothea6US #187
#87Eunice6US #115
#88Genevieve6US #86
#89Juanita6US #61
#90Kathryn6US #67
#91Ruby6US #26
#92Stella6US #82
#93Vera6US #75
#94Anita5US #131
#95Ann5US #49
#96Anne5US #65
#97Beatrice5US #41
#98Beverly5
#99Bonnie5US #154
#100Cora5US #137

Boys

#1Robert115US #3
#2John110US #1
#3William101US #2
#4James69US #4
#5Charles61US #5
#6George53US #6
#7Frank37US #9
#8Jack36US #20
#9Donald35US #16
#10Richard34US #10
#11Harold32US #12
#12Joseph30US #7
#13Raymond30US #15
#14Edward24US #8
#15Thomas24US #11
#16Walter24US #13
#17Kenneth23US #23
#18Paul23US #14
#19Glenn20US #80
#20Ralph20US #22
#21Harry19US #21
#22Henry19US #17
#23Carl18US #27
#24Ernest17US #37
#25David16US #25
#26Francis16US #34
#27Fred16US #33
#28Warren16US #39
#29Earl15US #31
#30Elmer15US #45
#31Floyd14US #61
#32Joe14US #35
#33Albert13US #19
#34Eugene13US #30
#35Howard13US #24
#36Lee13US #82
#37Vernon13US #65
#38Arthur12US #18
#39Clarence12US #26
#40Clyde12US #68
#41Lawrence12US #36
#42Roy12US #32
#43Wayne12US #86
#44Gordon11US #85
#45Leo11US #48
#46Lloyd11US #58
#47Melvin11US #54
#48Theodore11US #63
#49Victor11US #81
#50Leslie10US #110
#51Stanley9US #40
#52Alfred8US #42
#53Alvin8US #76
#54Billy8US #132
#55Chester8US #55
#56Clifford8US #59
#57Gene8US #173
#58Hugh8US #115
#59Jesse8US #79
#60Ross8
#61Andrew7US #49
#62Bernard7US #46
#63Delbert7US #150
#64Ivan7US #179
#65Leonard7US #38
#66Leroy7US #56
#67Louis7US #28
#68Virgil7US #101
#69Allen6US #94
#70Arnold6US #91
#71Bill6US #121
#72Claude6US #92
#73Dale6US #105
#74Glen6US #122
#75Jess6
#76Lewis6US #72
#77Marion6US #109
#78Norman6US #47
#79Ray6US #67
#80Samuel6US #44
#81Daniel5US #52
#82Don5US #148
#83Douglas5US #106
#84Edwin5US #53
#85Eldon5
#86Everett5US #95
#87Franklin5US #119
#88Frederick5US #60
#89Gerald5US #64
#90Homer5US #100
#91Jim5US #165
#92Lester5US #69
#93Marvin5US #62
#94Michael5US #50
#95Mike5US #141
#96Ronald5US #168
#97Steve5US #127
#98Tom5US #131

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑64Phyllis#27
↑55Eleanor#31
↑49Bernice#34
↑47Vivian#19
↑41Marie#16
↑41Audrey#40
↑41Wayne#43
↑40Lee#36

Falling

↓77Vera#93
↓61Anne#96
↓52Lucille#78
↓41Samuel#80
↓38Louis#67
↓35Juanita#89
↓35Kathryn#90
↓34Pauline#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.