100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1938

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Robert 0 62,265
2 James 0 59,096
3 John 0 50,513
4 William 0 42,422
5 Richard 0 34,382
6 Charles 0 31,137
7 Donald 0 26,664
8 David 0 22,992
9 Thomas 0 21,376
10 Ronald +1 20,294
11 George -1 18,435
12 Joseph 0 17,734
13 Edward 0 14,546
14 Kenneth 0 14,395
15 Paul 0 13,354
16 Larry 0 12,386
17 Jerry 0 12,173
18 Frank 0 10,256
19 Gerald +1 9,969
20 Raymond -1 9,729
21 Michael +6 9,078
22 Gary +7 8,858
23 Harold -2 8,556
24 Billy -2 8,249
25 Jack -2 8,140
26 Walter 0 7,559
27 Bobby -3 7,494
28 Joe -3 7,435
29 Carl -1 6,844
30 Henry 0 6,558
31 Roger +5 6,555
32 Arthur -1 6,522
33 Eugene 0 6,112
34 Willie -2 6,083
35 Ralph -1 6,018
36 Lawrence +2 5,873
37 Albert 0 5,792
38 Fred -3 5,767
39 Daniel 0 5,582
40 Wayne +4 5,225
41 Roy -1 5,040
42 Howard 0 5,016
43 Norman 0 4,950
44 Harry -3 4,822
45 Jimmy 0 4,730
46 Anthony +1 4,688
47 Louis -1 4,389
48 Peter +4 4,295
49 Dennis +14 4,237
50 Earl -2 4,007
51 Francis +4 3,950
52 Don -1 3,899
53 Marvin -4 3,899
54 Melvin -4 3,818
55 Ernest -1 3,707
56 Dale +3 3,688
57 Leonard +1 3,667
58 Clarence -5 3,637
59 Stanley -2 3,543
60 Douglas +14 3,509
61 Leroy -5 3,492
62 Samuel +4 3,244
63 Johnny +6 3,197
64 Philip -2 3,173
65 Gene -4 3,147
66 Bruce +4 3,128
67 Bill -3 3,112
68 Herbert -3 3,014
69 Alfred -9 3,007
70 Russell -3 2,948
71 Frederick -3 2,938
72 Ray -1 2,882
73 Allen +3 2,832
74 Stephen +18 2,726
75 Bernard -2 2,714
76 Jimmie -4 2,694
77 Tommy +7 2,665
78 Gordon -3 2,658
79 Eddie +3 2,614
80 Lee -2 2,576
81 Jim +2 2,498
82 Andrew -3 2,408
83 Glenn +6 2,368
84 Theodore +2 2,361
85 Leon 0 2,354
86 Terry +27 2,336
87 Martin 0 2,313
88 Patrick +6 2,290
89 Clifford +1 2,275
90 Edwin -2 2,247
91 Alan +12 2,241
92 Lloyd -1 2,215
93 Jerome +7 2,209
94 Bob -13 2,204
95 Phillip +3 2,154
96 Floyd -16 2,147
97 Clyde -4 2,130
98 Alvin +1 2,061
99 Harvey -4 2,049
100 Franklin -23 2,020
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 56,214
2 Barbara 0 39,277
3 Patricia 0 27,555
4 Betty +1 25,503
5 Shirley -1 23,769
6 Carol 0 19,424
7 Nancy 0 18,947
8 Dorothy 0 16,347
9 Margaret +1 15,330
10 Joan -1 14,302
11 Joyce 0 12,693
12 Judith +22 10,875
13 Helen -1 10,834
14 Sandra +12 10,806
15 Carolyn +5 10,585
16 Janet +2 9,868
17 Elizabeth 0 9,800
18 Beverly -4 9,770
19 Marilyn -6 9,745
20 Donna +1 9,694
21 Ruth -6 9,301
22 Virginia -6 9,268
23 Frances -4 8,923
24 Janice +1 8,712
25 Doris -3 8,604
26 Martha -2 8,580
27 Jean -4 7,760
28 Phyllis -1 7,644
29 Alice -1 7,488
30 Sharon +11 7,244
31 Linda +18 7,046
32 Ann -2 6,990
33 Lois -4 6,504
34 Norma -1 6,367
35 Peggy -4 6,341
36 Gloria -4 6,300
37 Marie -2 5,960
38 Evelyn -2 5,690
39 Rose 0 5,289
40 Anna -2 5,140
41 Judy +50 4,993
42 Elaine +3 4,835
43 Dolores -6 4,807
44 Jane -2 4,787
45 Geraldine -1 4,652
46 Carole +10 4,615
47 Annie -1 4,561
48 Catherine -1 4,524
49 Wanda +6 4,512
50 Karen +63 4,508
51 Marlene -11 4,473
52 Mildred -9 4,441
53 Marjorie +4 4,318
54 Sally +5 4,276
55 Patsy -1 4,257
56 Sylvia -6 4,256
57 Joanne -6 4,249
58 Kathleen +3 4,229
59 Louise -11 4,068
60 Eleanor -7 4,049
61 Ruby -9 3,941
62 Loretta +1 3,911
63 Arlene -3 3,893
64 Diane +12 3,828
65 Bonnie -1 3,772
66 Rosalie +113 3,759
67 Sarah -2 3,748
68 Joann -10 3,709
69 Jacqueline +1 3,632
70 Charlotte -3 3,625
71 Irene -9 3,555
72 Susan +25 3,555
73 Roberta -7 3,547
74 Rita -5 3,357
75 Darlene -3 3,320
76 Delores -8 3,319
77 Gail +22 3,216
78 Jo -5 3,172
79 June -8 3,142
80 Juanita -5 3,130
81 Kay -2 3,114
82 Edna -8 3,082
83 Josephine -1 2,978
84 Anne +8 2,886
85 Wilma -5 2,871
86 Thelma -8 2,864
87 Audrey -2 2,845
88 Lillian -4 2,824
89 Ellen +13 2,804
90 Florence -9 2,804
91 Jeanette -1 2,802
92 Theresa +3 2,763
93 Lorraine -10 2,741
94 Ethel -6 2,726
95 Rosemary +15 2,681
96 Emma -7 2,668
97 Pauline -10 2,664
98 Clara +2 2,662
99 Anita -6 2,638
100 Grace -6 2,609