EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1938

United States · 2,212,603 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Mary56,225—
#2Barbara39,277—
#3Patricia27,560—
#4Betty25,506↑1
#5Shirley23,766↓1
#6Carol19,421—
#7Nancy18,951—
#8Dorothy16,358—
#9Margaret15,330↑1
#10Joan14,303↓1
#11Joyce12,698—
#12Judith10,878↑22
#13Helen10,837↓1
#14Sandra10,806↑12
#15Carolyn10,586↑5
#16Janet9,870↑2
#17Elizabeth9,803—
#18Beverly9,770↓4
#19Marilyn9,745↓6
#20Donna9,693↑1
#21Ruth9,303↓6
#22Virginia9,269↓6
#23Frances8,921↓4
#24Janice8,711↑1
#25Doris8,603↓3
#26Martha8,578↓2
#27Jean7,764↓4
#28Phyllis7,644↓1
#29Alice7,490↓1
#30Sharon7,244↑11
#31Linda7,047↑18
#32Ann6,990↓2
#33Lois6,502↓4
#34Norma6,368↓1
#35Peggy6,343↓4
#36Gloria6,299↓4
#37Marie5,958↓2
#38Evelyn5,688↓2
#39Rose5,292↓1
#40Anna5,145↓1
#41Judy4,992↑49
#42Elaine4,835↑3
#43Dolores4,809↓6
#44Jane4,786↓2
#45Geraldine4,652↓1
#46Carole4,616↑10
#47Annie4,562↓1
#48Catherine4,525↓1
#49Wanda4,513↑6
#50Karen4,508
#51Marlene4,473↓11
#52Mildred4,441↓9
#53Marjorie4,318↑4
#54Sally4,278↑5
#55Patsy4,260↓1
#56Sylvia4,259↓6
#57Joanne4,250↓6
#58Kathleen4,228↑3
#59Louise4,069↓11
#60Eleanor4,049↓7
#61Ruby3,942↓9
#62Loretta3,913↑1
#63Arlene3,894↓3
#64Diane3,827↑12
#65Bonnie3,773↓1
#66Rosalie3,758
#67Sarah3,749↓2
#68Joann3,710↓10
#69Jacqueline3,633↑1
#70Charlotte3,626↓3
#71Susan3,555↑26
#72Irene3,554↓10
#73Roberta3,547↓7
#74Rita3,357↓5
#75Delores3,322↓7
#76Darlene3,321↓4
#77Gail3,214↑22
#78Jo3,172↓5
#79June3,141↓8
#80Juanita3,129↓5
#81Kay3,114↓2
#82Edna3,080↓8
#83Josephine2,978↓1
#84Anne2,887↑8
#85Wilma2,871↓5
#86Thelma2,866↓8
#87Audrey2,844↓2
#88Lillian2,825↓4
#89Ellen2,805
#89Florence2,805↓8
#91Jeanette2,802↓1
#92Theresa2,763↑3
#93Lorraine2,740↓10
#94Ethel2,726↓6
#95Rosemary2,681
#96Emma2,670↓7
#97Pauline2,666↓10
#98Clara2,662↑2
#99Anita2,636↓6
#100Grace2,609↓6

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Robert62,271—
#2James59,102—
#3John50,517—
#4William42,433—
#5Richard34,385—
#6Charles31,151—
#7Donald26,677—
#8David22,994—
#9Thomas21,381—
#10Ronald20,295↑1
#11George18,435↓1
#12Joseph17,742—
#13Edward14,551—
#14Kenneth14,399—
#15Paul13,360—
#16Larry12,394—
#17Jerry12,172—
#18Frank10,260—
#19Gerald9,972↑1
#20Raymond9,725↓1
#21Michael9,077↑6
#22Gary8,861↑7
#23Harold8,563↓2
#24Billy8,253↓2
#25Jack8,144↓2
#26Walter7,560—
#27Bobby7,498↓3
#28Joe7,438↓4
#29Carl6,849↓1
#30Henry6,557—
#31Roger6,551↑5
#32Arthur6,525↓1
#33Eugene6,112—
#34Willie6,081↓2
#35Ralph6,013↓1
#36Lawrence5,873↑2
#37Albert5,796—
#38Fred5,768↓3
#39Daniel5,583—
#40Wayne5,226↑4
#41Roy5,041↓1
#42Howard5,018—
#43Norman4,953—
#44Harry4,824↓3
#45Jimmy4,730—
#46Anthony4,689↑1
#47Louis4,390↓1
#48Peter4,293↑4
#49Dennis4,236↑14
#50Earl4,007↓2
#51Francis3,951↑4
#52Don3,900↓1
#52Marvin3,900↓3
#54Melvin3,818↓4
#55Ernest3,708↓2
#56Dale3,690↑3
#57Leonard3,670↑1
#58Clarence3,639↓4
#59Stanley3,544↓2
#60Douglas3,508↑14
#61Leroy3,491↓5
#62Samuel3,243↑4
#63Johnny3,197↑6
#64Philip3,172↓2
#65Gene3,149↓4
#66Bruce3,127↑4
#67Bill3,113↓3
#68Herbert3,014↓3
#69Alfred3,008↓9
#70Russell2,950↓3
#71Frederick2,935↓3
#72Ray2,881↓1
#73Allen2,834↑3
#74Stephen2,726↑18
#75Bernard2,715↓2
#76Jimmie2,693↓4
#77Tommy2,667↑7
#78Gordon2,657↓3
#79Eddie2,616↑4
#80Lee2,575↓2
#81Jim2,497↑1
#82Andrew2,411↓3
#83Glenn2,367↑5
#84Theodore2,360↑2
#85Leon2,355—
#86Terry2,336
#87Martin2,313—
#88Patrick2,292↑6
#89Clifford2,277↑1
#90Edwin2,250↓1
#91Alan2,241
#92Lloyd2,215↓1
#93Jerome2,209↑7
#94Bob2,204↓13
#95Phillip2,154↑3
#96Floyd2,146↓16
#97Clyde2,130↓4
#98Alvin2,063↑1
#99Harvey2,051↓4
#100Franklin2,021↓23