State roster

Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,120 Wyoming births in 1951 across 305 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

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

#72Lanceoutside the national top 200
#65Kim#172 nationally
#88Dianna#187 nationally
#76Rex#170 nationally
#63Cindy#154 nationally
#87Candace#173 nationally
#84Jim#164 nationally
#69Bradley#146 nationally
#83Penny#153 nationally
#71Dan#136 nationally
#92Bill#157 nationally
#62Gene#126 nationally

Girls

#1Linda147US #1
#2Mary115US #2
#3Patricia93US #3
#4Susan92US #6
#5Barbara73US #5
#6Carol61US #11
#7Deborah60US #4
#8Kathleen57US #10
#9Karen52US #8
#10Sandra50US #9
#11Sharon50US #13
#12Donna49US #12
#13Debra46US #18
#14Nancy46US #7
#15Pamela42US #16
#16Janet41US #19
#17Peggy35US #40
#18Connie34US #44
#19Cynthia33US #20
#20Judy32US #26
#21Margaret32US #17
#22Cheryl30US #30
#23Betty29US #29
#24Kathryn29US #45
#25Judith27US #25
#26Janice26US #21
#27Rebecca26US #32
#28Diane25US #15
#29Shirley24US #27
#30Virginia24US #47
#31Christine23US #24
#32Kathy23US #35
#33Beverly22US #33
#34Carolyn22US #22
#35Diana22US #50
#36Bonnie21US #37
#37Catherine21US #34
#38Elizabeth21US #23
#39Gloria21US #31
#40Teresa21US #63
#41Ann18US #46
#42Cathy18US #71
#43Dorothy18US #42
#44Joan18US #39
#45Katherine18US #55
#46Laura18US #60
#47Brenda17US #14
#48Marilyn17US #41
#49Constance16US #86
#50Gail16US #36
#51Marsha16US #76
#52Colleen15US #114
#53Ellen15US #68
#54Jane15US #43
#55Jean15US #49
#56Martha15US #38
#57Sherry15US #70
#58Victoria15US #81
#59Charlotte14US #84
#60Rita14US #61
#61Sally14US #77
#62Vicki14US #58
#63Cindy13US #154
#64Elaine13US #66
#65Jo13US #67
#66Paula13US #51
#67Rhonda13US #111
#68Theresa13US #64
#69Frances12US #59
#70Roberta12US #92
#71Darlene11US #79
#72Doris11US #80
#73Helen11US #54
#74Rose11US #65
#75Ruth11US #53
#76Sheila11US #69
#77Wanda11US #52
#78Geraldine10US #108
#79Jill10US #130
#80Joyce10US #28
#81Kay10US #120
#82Lois10US #85
#83Penny10US #153
#84Sue10US #106
#85Valerie10US #100
#86Alice9US #62
#87Candace9US #173
#88Dianna9US #187
#89Gayle9US #124
#90Irene9US #105
#91Jacqueline9US #56
#92Julie9US #99
#93Marcia9US #74
#94Phyllis9US #57
#95Yvonne9US #101
#96Denise8US #48
#97Glenda8US #89
#98Jeanne8US #98
#99Loretta8US #135
#100Lorraine8US #102

Boys

#1Robert180US #2
#2John178US #3
#3James163US #1
#4Michael151US #4
#5William128US #6
#6David125US #5
#7Richard120US #7
#8Charles93US #9
#9Thomas87US #8
#10Gary84US #10
#11Ronald71US #12
#12Steven70US #13
#13Donald60US #15
#14Daniel54US #21
#15Kenneth47US #16
#16Larry45US #11
#17Joseph44US #14
#18Paul44US #18
#19Jerry41US #24
#20Stephen41US #19
#21Dennis39US #17
#22Edward39US #23
#23Bruce37US #26
#24Gregory34US #25
#25Mark34US #20
#26Terry33US #30
#27George31US #22
#28Patrick31US #39
#29Wayne31US #37
#30Randy30US #56
#31Timothy30US #28
#32Douglas29US #27
#33Jack29US #48
#34Gerald25US #36
#35Frank23US #31
#36Dale22US #49
#37Roger22US #29
#38Danny20US #41
#39Roy20US #52
#40Lawrence19US #33
#41Allen18US #72
#42Randall18US #66
#43Carl17US #43
#44Walter17US #42
#45Alan15US #40
#46Frederick14US #78
#47Jeffrey14US #35
#48Kevin14US #53
#49Micheal14US #97
#50Ralph14US #51
#51Craig13US #63
#52Harold13US #46
#53Joe13US #57
#54Keith13US #59
#55Russell13US #73
#56Ernest12US #83
#57Glenn12US #58
#58Raymond12US #32
#59Samuel12US #67
#60Dean11US #105
#61Edwin11US #119
#62Gene11US #126
#63Howard11US #74
#64Jay11US #116
#65Kim11US #172
#66Phillip11US #79
#67Rodney11US #84
#68Scott11US #68
#69Bradley10US #146
#70Clarence10US #98
#71Dan10US #136
#72Lance10
#73Lee10US #92
#74Mike10US #128
#75Peter10US #38
#76Rex10US #170
#77Andrew9US #69
#78Brian9US #75
#79Christopher9US #61
#80Earl9US #95
#81Eugene9US #65
#82Harry9US #70
#83Henry9US #47
#84Jim9US #164
#85Jimmy9US #62
#86Jon9US #138
#87Louis9US #76
#88Philip9US #55
#89Stanley9US #54
#90Albert8US #60
#91Barry8US #71
#92Bill8US #157
#93Clifford8US #101
#94Gilbert8US #142
#95Glen8US #127
#96Martin8US #81
#97Marvin8US #96
#98Norman8US #90
#99Vernon8US #131
#100Anthony7US #34

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑52Kevin#48
↑50Ann#41
↑49Teresa#40
↑41Allen#41
↑33Christine#31
↑32Debra#13
↑28Martha#56
↑27Gregory#24

Falling

↓54Joyce#80
↓40Vicki#62
↓38Anthony#100
↓37Jim#84
↓36Bill#92
↓34Phyllis#94
↓32Glenda#97
↓31Helen#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.