State roster

Top names in Wyoming

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Wyoming birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,434 Wyoming births in 1961 across 347 distinct names.

Distinctively Wyoming

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

#57Shelley#180 nationally
#78Karla#195 nationally
#67Lloyd#182 nationally
#86Roxanneoutside the national top 200
#87Shannonoutside the national top 200
#82Ken#188 nationally
#99Darlaoutside the national top 200
#50Kent#147 nationally
#31Kelly#125 nationally
#59Carrie#139 nationally
#68Shelly#145 nationally
#85Brett#159 nationally

Girls

#1Brenda65US #11
#2Lisa64US #2
#3Susan61US #3
#4Lori60US #14
#5Julie59US #23
#6Mary59US #1
#7Linda51US #4
#8Donna49US #7
#9Teresa47US #18
#10Cindy46US #33
#11Debbie45US #31
#12Patricia45US #6
#13Karen42US #5
#14Laura40US #21
#15Tammy40US #28
#16Debra38US #13
#17Elizabeth38US #19
#18Pamela38US #15
#19Barbara37US #12
#20Carol36US #24
#21Kelly36US #45
#22Sandra36US #9
#23Nancy32US #16
#24Deborah31US #10
#25Rebecca31US #44
#26Laurie30US #43
#27Connie29US #50
#28Janet29US #32
#29Michelle29US #34
#30Cynthia28US #8
#31Cheryl27US #20
#32Kathleen27US #29
#33Kathy27US #25
#34Tracy27US #64
#35Robin26US #27
#36Tina23US #41
#37Ann22US #54
#38Kim21US #36
#39Kimberly21US #22
#40Dawn20US #49
#41Jill20US #74
#42Rhonda20US #46
#43Sharon20US #17
#44Sherry20US #53
#45Terri20US #51
#46Christine19US #39
#47Jennifer19US #47
#48Judy19US #58
#49Vicki19US #76
#50Becky18US #115
#51Denise17US #30
#52Diane17US #26
#53Sheila17US #59
#54Diana16US #56
#55Leslie16US #84
#56Peggy16US #88
#57Shelley16US #180
#58Wendy16US #61
#59Carrie15US #139
#60Kathryn15US #93
#61Lynn15US #71
#62Margaret15US #40
#63Michele15US #63
#64Theresa15US #35
#65Cathy14US #55
#66Colleen14US #106
#67Penny14US #101
#68Shelly14US #145
#69Carolyn13US #42
#70Marie13US #109
#71Paula13US #60
#72Yvonne12US #127
#73Anita11US #91
#74Catherine11US #48
#75Jacqueline11US #37
#76Janice11US #52
#77Jean11US #92
#78Karla11US #195
#79Katherine11US #86
#80Sally11US #133
#81Terry11US #108
#82Anne10US #90
#83Carla10US #77
#84Lorraine10US #143
#85Martha10US #81
#86Roxanne10
#87Shannon10
#88Sheryl10US #140
#89Shirley10US #85
#90Stephanie10US #78
#91Suzanne10US #68
#92Toni10US #149
#93Valerie10US #67
#94Virginia10US #103
#95Angela9US #38
#96Beth9US #65
#97Charlene9US #150
#98Dana9US #128
#99Darla9
#100Deanna9US #156

Boys

#1David153US #2
#2John153US #3
#3Michael141US #1
#4Robert130US #5
#5James124US #4
#6Mark118US #6
#7Kevin70US #14
#8Scott66US #19
#9Steven65US #10
#10William60US #7
#11Mike59US #36
#12Thomas59US #9
#13Richard55US #8
#14Gary54US #21
#15Timothy48US #15
#16Daniel47US #17
#17Brian43US #20
#18Randy42US #33
#19Paul41US #18
#20Ronald40US #24
#21Jerry39US #37
#22Charles38US #13
#23Jeffrey38US #11
#24Terry38US #32
#25Kenneth37US #16
#26Larry36US #30
#27Gregory33US #23
#28Joseph33US #12
#29Donald32US #22
#30Douglas31US #28
#31Kelly31US #125
#32Todd31US #46
#33Jim30US #78
#34Steve30US #45
#35Dennis28US #34
#36Patrick28US #39
#37Russell27US #55
#38Bruce26US #40
#39Eric24US #38
#40Roger24US #47
#41Jeff23US #49
#42Bill22US #104
#43Rodney22US #72
#44Chris21US #57
#45Craig21US #43
#46Keith21US #35
#47Troy21US #100
#48Anthony20US #25
#49Greg20US #77
#50Kent20US #147
#51Raymond20US #48
#52Andrew19US #52
#53Edward19US #29
#54Frank19US #41
#55George18US #31
#56Martin18US #73
#57Rick18US #108
#58Ricky18US #44
#59Tim18US #65
#60Dale17US #58
#61Jon16US #93
#62Matthew16US #59
#63Wayne16US #61
#64Alan15US #51
#65Danny15US #54
#66Jeffery15US #50
#67Lloyd15US #182
#68Tracy15US #119
#69Brad14US #142
#70Bryan14US #82
#71Curtis14US #75
#72Dean14US #84
#73Tom14US #88
#74Allen13US #96
#75Christopher13US #26
#76Dan13US #115
#77Gerald13US #62
#78Jack13US #90
#79Joe13US #60
#80Randall13US #63
#81Jimmy12US #71
#82Ken12US #188
#83Billy11US #68
#84Bradley11US #87
#85Brett11US #159
#86Roy11US #83
#87Samuel11US #89
#88Shawn11US #143
#89Tony11US #53
#90Brent10US #137
#91Duane10US #132
#92Henry10US #92
#93Jay10US #81
#94Leonard10US #114
#95Stephen10US #27
#96Walter10US #74
#97Dave9US #130
#98Eddie9US #102
#99Eugene9US #113
#100Fred9US #124

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑56Ann#37
↑48Eric#39
↑45Chris#44
↑42Andrew#52
↑38Bill#42
↑36Carrie#59
↑32Dawn#40
↑31Anthony#48

Falling

↓56Valerie#93
↓46Jay#93
↓41Stephen#95
↓37Dan#76
↓37Gerald#77
↓29Tony#89
↓29Brent#90
↓28Janice#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.