Name Legacy

Baby names in Wyoming, 1950s

1950–1959 · 63,010 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Wyoming across the 1950s, with 1,660 births in the decade. The state recorded 63,010 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Wyoming in the 1950s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Bart29
Kelly186
Brad105
Dixie48
Bret29
Kent105
Brent82
Kirk86

Top 25 in the 1950s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert1,660
#2Michael1,583
#3David1,557
#4John1,547
#5James1,420
#6William1,115
#7Mary1,107
#8Linda1,094
#9Richard1,069
#10Susan917
#11Debra906
#12Steven835
#13Thomas784
#14Mark735
#15Patricia730
#16Gary694
#17Charles673
#18Barbara667
#19Karen610
#20Donald591
#21Kenneth567
#22Ronald564
#23Deborah549
#24Cynthia525
#25Daniel512

Other decades in Wyoming

All Wyoming names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org