Top Baby Names of 1938
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.