Name Legacy

Baby names in Wyoming, 1960s

1960–1969 · 49,235 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Wyoming across the 1960s, with 1,293 births in the decade. The state recorded 49,235 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Wyoming in the 1960s

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
Cody30
Justin70
Shawna52
Shane85
Casey35
Brett125
Bret46
Mike300

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael1,293
#2David1,185
#3John1,149
#4Robert1,045
#5James1,021
#6Mark748
#7Lisa698
#8Richard619
#9William585
#10Scott546
#11Mary521
#12Steven515
#13Kevin494
#14Thomas449
#15Brenda445
#16Kelly439
#17Susan421
#18Brian415
#19Daniel400
#20Michelle398
#21Paul395
#22Lori389
#23Jeffrey382
#24Timothy376
#25Julie372

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