State roster

Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,085 Wyoming births in 1930 across 200 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

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

#42Peteoutside the national top 200
#62Josieoutside the national top 200
#74Myrnaoutside the national top 200
#46Tony#163 nationally
#77Gary#194 nationally
#63Darrell#173 nationally
#93Betteoutside the national top 200
#94Donaoutside the national top 200
#27Keith#130 nationally
#62Dan#165 nationally
#38Jim#125 nationally
#75Dick#161 nationally

Girls

#1Mary109US #1
#2Betty101US #2
#3Helen56US #4
#4Dorothy54US #3
#5Shirley50US #11
#6Patricia47US #7
#7Barbara44US #6
#8Donna38US #37
#9Margaret32US #5
#10Virginia29US #12
#11Ruth26US #10
#12Doris24US #9
#13Norma24US #25
#14Alice23US #20
#15Lois21US #17
#16Evelyn20US #19
#17Beverly19US #34
#18Joan19US #8
#19Marjorie19US #32
#20Nancy18US #24
#21Phyllis18US #28
#22Bonnie17US #78
#23Frances16US #16
#24Jean16US #14
#25Marilyn15US #22
#26Ruby15US #36
#27Gladys14US #48
#28Louise14US #31
#29Elizabeth13US #15
#30Jacqueline13US #74
#31June13US #47
#32Mildred13US #21
#33Eva12US #86
#34Gloria12US #30
#35Grace12US #62
#36Irene12US #33
#37Joyce12US #18
#38Maxine12US #93
#39Rose12US #29
#40Billie11US #79
#41Carol11US #54
#42Dolores11US #13
#43Lorraine11US #46
#44Edith10US #61
#45Julia10US #90
#46Edna9US #51
#47Geraldine9US #43
#48Kathleen9US #84
#49Marie9US #26
#50Martha9US #27
#51Vivian9US #91
#52Anna8US #23
#53Audrey8US #63
#54Carolyn8US #72
#55Charlotte8US #75
#56Darlene8US #141
#57Ellen8US #100
#58Esther8US #77
#59Florence8US #38
#60Ida8US #94
#61Joann8US #118
#62Josie8
#63Juanita8US #57
#64Ramona8US #149
#65Thelma8US #45
#66Wilma8US #68
#67Ann7US #41
#68Arlene7US #103
#69Elsie7US #88
#70Georgia7US #117
#71Josephine7US #49
#72Lillian7US #44
#73Marion7US #60
#74Myrna7
#75Patsy7US #97
#76Vera7US #104
#77Viola7US #116
#78Clara6US #64
#79Eileen6US #110
#80Eleanor6US #39
#81Jeanne6US #92
#82Joanne6US #81
#83Katherine6US #85
#84Laura6US #89
#85Lila6US #170
#86Loretta6US #105
#87Lucille6US #59
#88Pauline6US #52
#89Violet6US #120
#90Wanda6US #56
#91Alma5US #109
#92Bernice5US #58
#93Bette5
#94Dona5
#95Dora5US #142
#96Flora5US #174
#97Jane5US #55
#98Janet5US #53
#99Janice5US #126
#100Kathryn5US #101

Boys

#1Robert151US #1
#2John88US #3
#3James87US #2
#4William76US #4
#5Donald65US #7
#6Richard60US #5
#7Charles59US #6
#8George49US #8
#9Jack44US #14
#10Harold27US #18
#11Kenneth26US #17
#12Raymond26US #16
#13David24US #15
#14Frank24US #13
#15Thomas23US #11
#16Edward19US #10
#17Dale18US #64
#18Billy17US #20
#19Bob17US #88
#20Clarence17US #39
#21Carl16US #26
#22Don16US #68
#23Walter16US #19
#24Albert15US #24
#25Earl15US #38
#26Harry15US #28
#27Keith15US #130
#28Marvin15US #48
#29Ralph15US #25
#30Stanley15US #49
#31Joseph14US #9
#32Melvin14US #50
#33Fred13US #32
#34Jerry13US #51
#35Bill12US #59
#36Daniel12US #47
#37Glen12US #114
#38Jim12US #125
#39Joe12US #27
#40Francis11US #42
#41Paul11US #12
#42Pete11
#43Ronald11US #37
#44Glenn10US #71
#45Leonard10US #45
#46Tony10US #163
#47Ernest9US #43
#48Gene9US #70
#49Larry9US #108
#50Leroy9US #53
#51Norman9US #40
#52Wayne9US #65
#53Arthur8US #23
#54Bernard8US #52
#55Floyd8US #61
#56Gerald8US #30
#57Henry8US #22
#58Herbert8US #35
#59Howard8US #31
#60Lloyd8US #69
#61Bobby7US #41
#62Dan7US #165
#63Darrell7US #173
#64Elmer7US #80
#65Eugene7US #21
#66Gordon7US #77
#67Lawrence7US #36
#68Patrick7US #118
#69Roy7US #33
#70Allen6US #85
#71Alvin6US #79
#72Clifford6US #73
#73Clyde6US #76
#74Dean6US #129
#75Dick6US #161
#76Douglas6US #89
#77Gary6US #194
#78Leslie6US #139
#79Russell6US #60
#80Ted6US #156
#81Theodore6US #67
#82Tommy6US #127
#83Vernon6US #72
#84Edwin5US #66
#85Gilbert5US #90
#86Harvey5US #92
#87Hugh5US #131
#88Johnnie5US #104
#89Lee5US #82
#90Louis5US #34
#91Lyle5US #160
#92Philip5US #75
#93Roger5US #58

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑62Gloria#34
↑62Grace#35
↑51Billie#40
↑39Lorraine#43
↑39Ida#60
↑38Marvin#28
↑37Stanley#30
↑36Carl#21

Falling

↓52Bernice#92
↓51Wanda#90
↓47Louis#90
↓45Eugene#65
↓43Clara#78
↓43Edwin#84
↓42Wilma#66
↓41Lillian#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.