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Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,430 Wyoming births in 1939 across 216 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

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

#82Brentoutside the national top 200
#85Mableoutside the national top 200
#60Dick#169 nationally
#95Darreloutside the national top 200
#98Eldonoutside the national top 200
#72Dixie#169 nationally
#39Dean#134 nationally
#54Ted#149 nationally
#73Everett#163 nationally
#93Dora#182 nationally
#46Georgia#131 nationally
#67Myrna#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary95US #1
#2Sharon64US #23
#3Barbara61US #2
#4Patricia55US #3
#5Nancy45US #7
#6Shirley43US #5
#7Donna37US #20
#8Judy37US #28
#9Carol36US #6
#10Betty35US #4
#11Karen32US #39
#12Sandra30US #13
#13Beverly27US #25
#14Margaret25US #10
#15Norma25US #38
#16Judith23US #8
#17Alice22US #31
#18Dorothy22US #9
#19Helen22US #16
#20Carolyn20US #14
#21Frances20US #26
#22Janice20US #24
#23Linda20US #15
#24Janet19US #17
#25Phyllis19US #30
#26Bonnie18US #61
#27Kay18US #76
#28Marilyn18US #19
#29Virginia18US #21
#30Peggy17US #34
#31Joan16US #11
#32Wanda16US #50
#33Darlene15US #75
#34Jean15US #32
#35Joyce15US #12
#36Irene14US #74
#37Lois14US #35
#38Connie11US #111
#39Kathleen11US #48
#40Marjorie11US #60
#41Roberta11US #71
#42Anita10US #97
#43Ann10US #33
#44Audrey10US #98
#45Elizabeth10US #18
#46Georgia10US #131
#47Gloria10US #36
#48Joann10US #57
#49Rose10US #42
#50Ruth10US #22
#51Carole9US #47
#52Evelyn9US #40
#53Geraldine9US #41
#54Jane9US #46
#55Joanne9US #53
#56June9US #83
#57Marie9US #37
#58Marlene9US #64
#59Sally9US #52
#60Sylvia9US #62
#61Dolores8US #58
#62Eleanor8US #63
#63Jeanette8US #82
#64Jo8US #70
#65Laura8US #107
#66Loretta8US #65
#67Myrna8US #144
#68Patsy8US #56
#69Susan8US #44
#70Charlene7US #139
#71Diane7US #51
#72Dixie7US #169
#73Doris7US #29
#74Edith7US #102
#75Katherine7US #101
#76Louise7US #59
#77Marian7US #130
#78Martha7US #27
#79Ruby7US #67
#80Charlotte6US #66
#81Deanna6US #133
#82Florence6US #96
#83Gail6US #73
#84Juanita6US #77
#85Mable6
#86Marcia6US #109
#87Margie6US #113
#88Maxine6US #137
#89Mildred6US #55
#90Paula6US #159
#91Anna5US #43
#92Delores5US #79
#93Dora5US #182
#94Ellen5US #80
#95Emma5US #89
#96Esther5US #117
#97Ethel5US #100
#98Gladys5US #104
#99Jeanne5US #147
#100Julia5US #91

Boys

#1Robert120US #1
#2John119US #3
#3James90US #2
#4William70US #4
#5Richard68US #5
#6Charles62US #6
#7Larry59US #14
#8Donald54US #8
#9Jerry44US #16
#10David43US #7
#11Gary43US #21
#12Ronald42US #10
#13Jack35US #26
#14Kenneth33US #13
#15George30US #11
#16Edward28US #15
#17Harold28US #23
#18Thomas26US #9
#19Frank23US #20
#20Dennis22US #34
#21Joe22US #27
#22Paul22US #17
#23Gerald20US #19
#24Raymond20US #22
#25Jim18US #75
#26Bill17US #67
#27Marvin17US #52
#28Roger16US #28
#29Carl15US #30
#30Melvin15US #51
#31Bob14US #89
#32Dale14US #59
#33Don14US #56
#34Earl13US #50
#35Fred13US #40
#36Michael13US #18
#37Wayne13US #39
#38Bruce12US #64
#39Dean12US #134
#40Eugene12US #37
#41Gordon12US #82
#42Harry12US #45
#43Keith12US #117
#44Leonard12US #54
#45Ralph12US #35
#46Roy12US #42
#47Tom12US #97
#48Billy11US #24
#49Clifford11US #88
#50Howard11US #47
#51Joseph11US #12
#52Henry10US #31
#53Leroy10US #61
#54Ted10US #149
#55Walter10US #25
#56Clyde9US #101
#57Lloyd9US #95
#58Russell9US #73
#59Stanley9US #57
#60Dick8US #169
#61Ernest8US #55
#62Floyd8US #94
#63Jimmy8US #43
#64Louis8US #49
#65Norman8US #44
#66Peter8US #46
#67Terry8US #83
#68Allen7US #72
#69Arthur7US #32
#70Bobby7US #29
#71Daniel7US #38
#72Eddie7US #81
#73Everett7US #163
#74Johnny7US #62
#75Lawrence7US #36
#76Leslie7US #136
#77Ray7US #74
#78Warren7US #104
#79Albert6US #41
#80Andrew6US #84
#81Anthony6US #48
#82Brent6
#83Duane6US #118
#84Edwin6US #96
#85Jon6US #121
#86Lee6US #78
#87Leo6US #108
#88Lewis6US #107
#89Manuel6US #143
#90Max6US #162
#91Phillip6US #92
#92Willard6US #147
#93Bernard5US #76
#94Clarence5US #60
#95Darrel5
#96Darrell5US #130
#97Douglas5US #58
#98Eldon5
#99Frederick5US #71
#100Gene5US #69

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑48Georgia#46
↑40Rose#49
↑34Gloria#47
↑33Leroy#53
↑30Melvin#30
↑28Linda#23
↑26Karen#11
↑24Judy#8

Falling

↓64Gene#100
↓52Anna#91
↓51Deanna#81
↓40Martha#78
↓38Esther#96
↓37Ruth#50
↓37Arthur#69
↓35Duane#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.