State roster

Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,049 Wyoming births in 1931 across 203 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

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

#62Darreloutside the national top 200
#68Dixieoutside the national top 200
#70Rexoutside the national top 200
#72Myrnaoutside the national top 200
#76Eldonoutside the national top 200
#77Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#85Pat#198 nationally
#93Dellaoutside the national top 200
#97Fernoutside the national top 200
#49Dick#152 nationally
#51Gary#153 nationally
#69Jay#166 nationally

Girls

#1Mary96US #1
#2Betty92US #2
#3Barbara60US #4
#4Patricia47US #8
#5Dorothy41US #3
#6Shirley41US #9
#7Donna35US #32
#8Ruth35US #11
#9Helen31US #6
#10Lois29US #20
#11Margaret28US #7
#12Carol24US #46
#13Jean23US #13
#14Joan23US #5
#15Norma22US #22
#16Bonnie21US #73
#17Doris21US #10
#18Phyllis21US #29
#19Alice20US #21
#20Joyce20US #15
#21Virginia19US #12
#22Beverly18US #31
#23Dolores18US #14
#24Louise16US #33
#25Marilyn16US #19
#26Edith15US #65
#27Nancy15US #17
#28Elsie14US #86
#29Marjorie14US #34
#30Peggy14US #42
#31Patsy13US #83
#32Wilma13US #69
#33Eva12US #94
#34Frances12US #18
#35Jacqueline12US #78
#36Janet12US #45
#37Sally12US #97
#38Ann11US #35
#39Charlotte11US #75
#40Elizabeth11US #16
#41Evelyn11US #24
#42Hazel11US #74
#43June11US #44
#44Irene10US #37
#45Josephine10US #51
#46Leona10US #133
#47Delores9US #58
#48Esther9US #79
#49Geraldine9US #38
#50Jeanette9US #105
#51Kathryn9US #108
#52Maxine9US #101
#53Mildred9US #26
#54Ruby9US #39
#55Darlene8US #128
#56Elaine8US #72
#57Gloria8US #23
#58Joanne8US #68
#59Lorraine8US #49
#60Marlene8US #95
#61Martha8US #28
#62Rita8US #48
#63Roberta8US #121
#64Rose8US #30
#65Anita7US #117
#66Arlene7US #77
#67Audrey7US #64
#68Dixie7
#69Florence7US #43
#70Juanita7US #57
#71Marion7US #66
#72Myrna7
#73Pauline7US #56
#74Wanda7US #54
#75Alma6US #114
#76Anna6US #25
#77Edna6US #52
#78Eleanor6US #40
#79Grace6US #70
#80Ida6US #100
#81Janice6US #104
#82Jo6US #116
#83Joy6US #152
#84Lucille6US #62
#85Pat6US #198
#86Rosemary6US #88
#87Stella6US #142
#88Vivian6US #82
#89Alberta5US #146
#90Catherine5US #36
#91Charlene5US #179
#92Clara5US #61
#93Della5
#94Eileen5US #106
#95Emma5US #76
#96Ethel5US #67
#97Fern5
#98Joann5US #90
#99Julia5US #91
#100Katherine5US #92

Boys

#1Robert135US #1
#2James97US #2
#3William86US #4
#4John78US #3
#5Donald70US #7
#6Richard58US #5
#7Charles53US #6
#8George37US #8
#9Jack35US #15
#10Edward33US #11
#11David23US #13
#12Joe23US #29
#13Kenneth23US #14
#14Paul23US #12
#15Roy21US #35
#16Dale20US #62
#17Don20US #59
#18Frank20US #16
#19Harold19US #18
#20Raymond19US #17
#21Carl18US #28
#22Bill17US #57
#23Jerry17US #43
#24Joseph17US #9
#25Arthur16US #23
#26Bob15US #78
#27Fred15US #33
#28Gerald15US #26
#29Glen15US #112
#30Jimmy15US #89
#31Thomas15US #10
#32Walter15US #20
#33Albert14US #24
#34Ronald14US #27
#35Wayne14US #58
#36Ernest13US #47
#37Ralph13US #25
#38Clarence11US #39
#39Earl11US #40
#40Harry11US #30
#41Henry11US #22
#42Louis11US #37
#43Melvin11US #51
#44Eugene10US #21
#45Keith10US #123
#46Norman10US #36
#47Ray10US #60
#48Billy9US #19
#49Dick9US #152
#50Francis9US #42
#51Gary9US #153
#52Howard9US #34
#53Marvin9US #45
#54Gene8US #64
#55Larry8US #88
#56Leo8US #69
#57Leroy8US #52
#58Stanley8US #49
#59Andrew7US #65
#60Clyde7US #77
#61Daniel7US #44
#62Darrel7
#63Dean7US #127
#64Dennis7US #138
#65Douglas7US #85
#66Duane7US #104
#67Floyd7US #66
#68Gilbert7US #92
#69Jay7US #166
#70Rex7
#71Vernon7US #74
#72Warren7US #100
#73Bobby6US #32
#74Cecil6US #102
#75Edwin6US #67
#76Eldon6
#77Fredrick6
#78Lloyd6US #68
#79Michael6US #55
#80Phillip6US #141
#81Alan5US #120
#82Alvin5US #80
#83Darrell5US #167
#84Glenn5US #72
#85Hugh5US #131
#86Jim5US #116
#87Lawrence5US #38
#88Philip5US #71
#89Sam5US #118
#90Theodore5US #70
#91Virgil5US #121
#92Wesley5US #143

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑62Janet#36
↑54Roy#15
↑49Kathryn#51
↑48Louis#42
↑44Patsy#31
↑41Elsie#28
↑34Wilma#32
↑29Carol#12

Falling

↓54Julia#99
↓48Jim#86
↓44Grace#79
↓40Glenn#84
↓37Vivian#88
↓37Joann#98
↓31Edna#77
↓30Billy#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.