State roster

Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,058 Wyoming births in 1943 across 235 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

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

#64Dick#188 nationally
#77Darreloutside the national top 200
#65Patty#187 nationally
#80Margooutside the national top 200
#81Terryoutside the national top 200
#89Dellaoutside the national top 200
#69Vicki#179 nationally
#92Lyle#185 nationally
#45Kathy#136 nationally
#47Lynn#134 nationally
#53Billie#138 nationally
#36Floyd#112 nationally

Girls

#1Mary102US #1
#2Sharon88US #8
#3Linda73US #4
#4Barbara66US #2
#5Nancy57US #9
#6Carol56US #5
#7Karen51US #15
#8Patricia47US #3
#9Donna46US #17
#10Judy45US #13
#11Sandra43US #6
#12Kathleen38US #22
#13Carolyn37US #11
#14Judith37US #7
#15Betty35US #10
#16Janice35US #26
#17Dorothy31US #19
#18Janet31US #20
#19Shirley26US #12
#20Bonnie25US #34
#21Joyce24US #16
#22Helen22US #28
#23Beverly21US #32
#24Margaret21US #14
#25Ruth21US #33
#26Frances19US #31
#27Marilyn18US #27
#28Susan18US #18
#29Virginia17US #25
#30Alice16US #38
#31Ann15US #37
#32Gloria15US #30
#33Sally15US #57
#34Connie14US #59
#35Diana14US #62
#36Elizabeth14US #23
#37Joan14US #21
#38Phyllis14US #39
#39Carole13US #42
#40Cheryl13US #102
#41Diane13US #24
#42Charlotte12US #47
#43Edith12US #118
#44Jean12US #36
#45Kathy12US #136
#46Lois11US #43
#47Lynn11US #134
#48Elaine10US #46
#49Kay10US #81
#50Pamela10US #54
#51Sylvia10US #77
#52Anita9US #98
#53Billie9US #138
#54Jane9US #44
#55Joanne9US #49
#56Julia9US #95
#57Kathryn9US #75
#58Marcia9US #96
#59Peggy9US #41
#60Rita9US #52
#61Wanda9US #56
#62Jeanette8US #110
#63Loretta8US #89
#64Marie8US #45
#65Patty8US #187
#66Roberta8US #66
#67Rose8US #50
#68Sherry8US #123
#69Vicki8US #179
#70Brenda7US #35
#71Catherine7US #48
#72Dianne7US #88
#73Doris7US #40
#74Evelyn7US #53
#75Glenda7US #83
#76Grace7US #130
#77Irene7US #85
#78Jeanne7US #113
#79Lillian7US #116
#80Margo7
#81Terry7
#82Wilma7US #120
#83Anna6US #64
#84Arlene6US #90
#85Charlene6US #121
#86Constance6US #109
#87Cynthia6US #101
#88Darlene6US #73
#89Della6
#90Eileen6US #68
#91Gail6US #55
#92Georgia6US #119
#93Ida6US #162
#94Joy6US #157
#95Juanita6US #91
#96June6US #111
#97Katherine6US #78
#98Lynda6US #115
#99Marjorie6US #79
#100Norma6US #58

Boys

#1John128US #3
#2Robert128US #2
#3James124US #1
#4Richard83US #5
#5David76US #6
#6William71US #4
#7Ronald65US #9
#8Larry58US #12
#9Charles56US #7
#10Donald56US #11
#11Gary52US #16
#12Jerry49US #17
#13Thomas46US #8
#14Kenneth38US #15
#15George37US #14
#16Dennis34US #20
#17Jim29US #75
#18Michael27US #10
#19Raymond25US #22
#20Paul24US #19
#21Daniel23US #25
#22Edward23US #18
#23Jack22US #34
#24Bill21US #65
#25Frank21US #21
#26Roger21US #24
#27Ralph20US #40
#28Dale18US #59
#29Wayne18US #41
#30Carl16US #33
#31Joe16US #35
#32Lawrence16US #32
#33Ray16US #84
#34Terry16US #49
#35Eugene15US #47
#36Floyd15US #112
#37Fred15US #45
#38Mike15US #90
#39Tommy15US #77
#40Albert14US #43
#41Bob14US #110
#42Douglas14US #28
#43Earl14US #60
#44Leonard14US #55
#45Harold13US #27
#46Henry13US #31
#47Howard13US #48
#48Walter13US #26
#49Clifford12US #94
#50Gerald12US #23
#51Keith12US #108
#52Roy12US #38
#53Billy11US #37
#54Danny11US #88
#55Ernest11US #61
#56Marvin11US #66
#57Gene10US #89
#58Glenn10US #85
#59Joseph10US #13
#60Mark10US #101
#61Rodney10US #118
#62Stephen10US #29
#63Bruce9US #51
#64Dick9US #188
#65Johnny9US #52
#66Lee9US #91
#67Ronnie9US #71
#68Tom9US #87
#69Clyde8US #114
#70Don8US #72
#71Eddie8US #80
#72Gordon8US #98
#73Leroy8US #74
#74Melvin8US #63
#75Philip8US #57
#76Steven8US #58
#77Darrel7
#78Dean7US #142
#79Glen7US #146
#80Norman7US #56
#81Russell7US #73
#82Stanley7US #54
#83Steve7US #93
#84Ted7US #157
#85Alan6US #67
#86Alfred6US #78
#87Barry6US #82
#88Bernard6US #92
#89Clarence6US #68
#90Francis6US #64
#91Jimmy6US #42
#92Lyle6US #185
#93Lynn6US #147
#94Neil6US #162
#95Patrick6US #69
#96Victor6US #97
#97Warren6US #102
#98Allen5US #76
#99Alvin5US #113
#100Arthur5US #30

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑72Ralph#27
↑67Daniel#21
↑63Alice#30
↑56Eugene#35
↑45Tommy#39
↑38Edith#43
↑36Phyllis#38
↑36Glenn#58

Falling

↓53Lyle#92
↓51Stanley#82
↓50Arthur#100
↓47Darlene#88
↓42Marjorie#99
↓42Alfred#86
↓40Georgia#92
↓39Jimmy#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.