Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	56,225
2	Barbara	39,277
3	Patricia	27,560
4	Betty	25,506
5	Shirley	23,766
6	Carol	19,421
7	Nancy	18,951
8	Dorothy	16,358
9	Margaret	15,330
10	Joan	14,303
11	Joyce	12,698
12	Judith	10,878
13	Helen	10,837
14	Sandra	10,806
15	Carolyn	10,586
16	Janet	9,870
17	Elizabeth	9,803
18	Beverly	9,770
19	Marilyn	9,745
20	Donna	9,693
21	Ruth	9,303
22	Virginia	9,269
23	Frances	8,921
24	Janice	8,711
25	Doris	8,603
26	Martha	8,578
27	Jean	7,764
28	Phyllis	7,644
29	Alice	7,490
30	Sharon	7,244
31	Linda	7,047
32	Ann	6,990
33	Lois	6,502
34	Norma	6,368
35	Peggy	6,343
36	Gloria	6,299
37	Marie	5,958
38	Evelyn	5,688
39	Rose	5,292
40	Anna	5,145
41	Judy	4,992
42	Elaine	4,835
43	Dolores	4,809
44	Jane	4,786
45	Geraldine	4,652
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	4,441
53	Marjorie	4,318
54	Sally	4,278
55	Patsy	4,260
56	Sylvia	4,259
57	Joanne	4,250
58	Kathleen	4,228
59	Louise	4,069
60	Eleanor	4,049
61	Ruby	3,942
62	Loretta	3,913
63	Arlene	3,894
64	Diane	3,827
65	Bonnie	3,773
66	Rosalie	3,758
67	Sarah	3,749
68	Joann	3,710
69	Jacqueline	3,633
70	Charlotte	3,626
71	Susan	3,555
72	Irene	3,554
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	2,825
89	Ellen	2,805
89	Florence	2,805
91	Jeanette	2,802
92	Theresa	2,763
93	Lorraine	2,740
94	Ethel	2,726
95	Rosemary	2,681
96	Emma	2,670
97	Pauline	2,666
98	Clara	2,662
99	Anita	2,636
100	Grace	2,609

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	62,271
2	James	59,102
3	John	50,517
4	William	42,433
5	Richard	34,385
6	Charles	31,151
7	Donald	26,677
8	David	22,994
9	Thomas	21,381
10	Ronald	20,295
11	George	18,435
12	Joseph	17,742
13	Edward	14,551
14	Kenneth	14,399
15	Paul	13,360
16	Larry	12,394
17	Jerry	12,172
18	Frank	10,260
19	Gerald	9,972
20	Raymond	9,725
21	Michael	9,077
22	Gary	8,861
23	Harold	8,563
24	Billy	8,253
25	Jack	8,144
26	Walter	7,560
27	Bobby	7,498
28	Joe	7,438
29	Carl	6,849
30	Henry	6,557
31	Roger	6,551
32	Arthur	6,525
33	Eugene	6,112
34	Willie	6,081
35	Ralph	6,013
36	Lawrence	5,873
37	Albert	5,796
38	Fred	5,768
39	Daniel	5,583
40	Wayne	5,226
41	Roy	5,041
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	Don	3,900
52	Marvin	3,900
54	Melvin	3,818
55	Ernest	3,708
56	Dale	3,690
57	Leonard	3,670
58	Clarence	3,639
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	2,616
80	Lee	2,575
81	Jim	2,497
82	Andrew	2,411
83	Glenn	2,367
84	Theodore	2,360
85	Leon	2,355
86	Terry	2,336
87	Martin	2,313
88	Patrick	2,292
89	Clifford	2,277
90	Edwin	2,250
91	Alan	2,241
92	Lloyd	2,215
93	Jerome	2,209
94	Bob	2,204
95	Phillip	2,154
96	Floyd	2,146
97	Clyde	2,130
98	Alvin	2,063
99	Harvey	2,051
100	Franklin	2,021