1938
Top Baby Names of 1938
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1938
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Mary 56,225 2
Barbara 39,277 3
Patricia 27,558 4
Betty 25,505 5
Shirley 23,766 6
Carol 19,421 7
Nancy 18,951 8
Dorothy 16,357 9
Margaret 15,330 10
Joan 14,303 11
Joyce 12,697 12
Judith 10,878 13
Helen 10,837 14
Sandra 10,806 15
Carolyn 10,586 16
Janet 9,870 17
Elizabeth 9,802 18
Beverly 9,770 19
Marilyn 9,745 20
Donna 9,693 21
Ruth 9,303 22
Virginia 9,269 23
Frances 8,922 24
Janice 8,711 25
Doris 8,602 26
Martha 8,579 27
Jean 7,764 28
Phyllis 7,644 29
Alice 7,489 30
Sharon 7,244 31
Linda 7,047 32
Ann 6,990 33
Lois 6,503 34
Norma 6,367 35
Peggy 6,343 36
Gloria 6,297 37
Marie 5,958 38
Evelyn 5,688 39
Rose 5,292 40
Anna 5,144 41
Judy 4,992 42
Elaine 4,834 43
Dolores 4,809 44
Jane 4,786 45
Geraldine 4,650 46
Carole 4,616 47
Annie 4,562 48
Catherine 4,525 49
Wanda 4,513 50
Karen 4,508 51
Marlene 4,473 52
Mildred 4,440 53
Marjorie 4,318 54
Sally 4,278 55
Patsy 4,261 56
Sylvia 4,258 57
Joanne 4,250 58
Kathleen 4,228 59
Louise 4,068 60
Eleanor 4,049 61
Ruby 3,941 62
Loretta 3,913 63
Arlene 3,893 64
Diane 3,827 65
Bonnie 3,773 66
Rosalie 3,758 67
Sarah 3,748 68
Joann 3,710 69
Jacqueline 3,633 70
Charlotte 3,625 71
Susan 3,555 71
Irene 3,555 73
Roberta 3,547 74
Rita 3,357 75
Delores 3,322 76
Darlene 3,321 77
Gail 3,214 78
Jo 3,172 79
June 3,141 80
Juanita 3,129 81
Kay 3,114 82
Edna 3,080 83
Josephine 2,978 84
Anne 2,887 85
Wilma 2,871 86
Thelma 2,866 87
Audrey 2,844 88
Lillian 2,824 89
Florence 2,805 89
Ellen 2,805 91
Jeanette 2,802 92
Theresa 2,763 93
Lorraine 2,740 94
Ethel 2,725 95
Rosemary 2,681 96
Emma 2,670 97
Pauline 2,666 98
Clara 2,662 99
Anita 2,636 100
Grace 2,609 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1938
1
Robert 62,270 2
James 59,102 3
John 50,518 4
William 42,432 5
Richard 34,386 6
Charles 31,152 7
Donald 26,677 8
David 22,994 9
Thomas 21,380 10
Ronald 20,297 11
George 18,436 12
Joseph 17,740 13
Edward 14,550 14
Kenneth 14,399 15
Paul 13,360 16
Larry 12,393 17
Jerry 12,172 18
Frank 10,261 19
Gerald 9,972 20
Raymond 9,726 21
Michael 9,076 22
Gary 8,862 23
Harold 8,560 24
Billy 8,254 25
Jack 8,142 26
Walter 7,559 27
Bobby 7,497 28
Joe 7,439 29
Carl 6,848 30
Henry 6,557 31
Roger 6,551 32
Arthur 6,524 33
Eugene 6,113 34
Willie 6,080 35
Ralph 6,014 36
Lawrence 5,874 37
Albert 5,796 38
Fred 5,768 39
Daniel 5,584 40
Wayne 5,226 41
Roy 5,042 42
Howard 5,018 43
Norman 4,953 44
Harry 4,824 45
Jimmy 4,730 46
Anthony 4,689 47
Louis 4,390 48
Peter 4,293 49
Dennis 4,236 50
Earl 4,007 51
Francis 3,951 52
Marvin 3,900 52
Don 3,900 54
Melvin 3,818 55
Ernest 3,708 56
Dale 3,690 57
Leonard 3,670 58
Clarence 3,638 59
Stanley 3,544 60
Douglas 3,508 61
Leroy 3,491 62
Samuel 3,243 63
Johnny 3,197 64
Philip 3,172 65
Gene 3,149 66
Bruce 3,127 67
Bill 3,113 68
Herbert 3,014 69
Alfred 3,008 70
Russell 2,950 71
Frederick 2,935 72
Ray 2,881 73
Allen 2,834 74
Stephen 2,726 75
Bernard 2,715 76
Jimmie 2,693 77
Tommy 2,667 78
Gordon 2,657 79
Eddie 2,615 80
Lee 2,575 81
Jim 2,497 82
Andrew 2,411 83
Glenn 2,367 84
Theodore 2,361 85
Leon 2,355 86
Terry 2,336 87
Martin 2,313 88
Patrick 2,292 89
Clifford 2,276 90
Edwin 2,249 91
Alan 2,241 92
Lloyd 2,215 93
Jerome 2,209 94
Bob 2,204 95
Phillip 2,153 96
Floyd 2,145 97
Clyde 2,130 98
Alvin 2,063 99
Harvey 2,051 100
Franklin 2,021 About 1938 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1938, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.