Recorded 1910–1957 Girls' name Peak 1920 460 births

Wyoma — girls' name

460 babies named Wyoma in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s841920s1781930s1131940s751950s10
1920s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Wyoma was born in this single decade.

1920
Single peak year

23 babies were named Wyoma in 1920 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Wyoma

The Social Security Administration has registered 460 babies named Wyoma between 1910 and 1957, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wyoma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wyoma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Wyoma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wyoming, which accounts for 77 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wyoma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wyoma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 460 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Wyoma at a glance

Last recorded 1957

Total births

460

Since 1910

48 years of records

Peak year

1920

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1957

Active since

1910

Recorded for 48 years

Last year on file: 1957

Wyoma popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1910

Last recorded 1957
Peak year (1920)
23
Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
0510152025 195719431938193319281923191819121910 5

Wyoma by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
178 births that decade — 39% of Wyoma's all-time total
1910s841920s1781930s1131940s751950s10

Wyoma by state

Where Wyoma concentrates geographically — total births since 1910

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Wyoma
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Wyoming
77 16.7%
Wyoming share of Wyoma's total US births 16.7%

77 of 460 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Wyoma?
460 babies have been named Wyoma since 1910. It was last recorded in 1957. The peak year was 1920 with 23 births.
When was Wyoma most popular?
Wyoma was most popular in the 1920s decade with 178 total births. The single peak year was 1920.
Where is Wyoma most popular?
The top states for the name Wyoma are Wyoming (77 births).
How long has the name Wyoma been used?
Wyoma has been recorded in Social Security data since 1910, spanning 48 years of data through 1957.
What names are similar to Wyoma?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Wyona, Wyonia, Wyolene, Wyonna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1910–1957 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.