Name Legacy

Baby names in Wyoming, 1970s

1970–1979 · 47,229 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Wyoming across the 1970s, with 1,296 births in the decade. The state recorded 47,229 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Wyoming in the 1970s

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
Cody18711×
Levi63
Dustin198
Shawna122
Justin560
Travis405
Clinton105
Jeremiah114

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael1,296
#2Jennifer1,151
#3Jason1,027
#4Christopher837
#5David798
#6Robert774
#7James759
#8John737
#9Brian630
#10Matthew622
#11Heather574
#12Justin560
#13Amy544
#14Michelle509
#15William507
#16Joshua461
#17Daniel457
#17Ryan457
#19Melissa418
#20Travis405
#21Kimberly395
#22Eric387
#23Stephanie386
#24Jeremy385
#25Joseph381

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