Top baby names in California, 1938
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 1,875 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,728 |
| 3 | Patricia | 1,425 |
| 4 | Carol | 1,050 |
| 5 | Nancy | 773 |
| 6 | Betty | 694 |
| 7 | Shirley | 674 |
| 8 | Joan | 651 |
| 9 | Donna | 610 |
| 10 | Marilyn | 600 |
| 11 | Margaret | 580 |
| 12 | Sandra | 560 |
| 13 | Sharon | 558 |
| 14 | Beverly | 553 |
| 15 | Linda | 517 |
| 16 | Virginia | 485 |
| 17 | Diane | 479 |
| 18 | Judith | 465 |
| 19 | Joyce | 452 |
| 20 | Janet | 449 |
| 21 | Dorothy | 443 |
| 22 | Helen | 433 |
| 23 | Carolyn | 404 |
| 24 | Gloria | 397 |
| 25 | Frances | 383 |
| 26 | Janice | 370 |
| 27 | Judy | 356 |
| 28 | Alice | 336 |
| 29 | Carole | 319 |
| 30 | Norma | 296 |
| 31 | Dolores | 294 |
| 32 | Darlene | 291 |
| 33 | Elizabeth | 290 |
| 34 | Sally | 286 |
| 35 | Jean | 285 |
| 36 | Susan | 271 |
| 37 | Ann | 264 |
| 38 | Joanne | 253 |
| 39 | Marlene | 252 |
| 40 | Phyllis | 245 |
| 41 | Roberta | 244 |
| 42 | Ruth | 241 |
| 43 | Irene | 232 |
| 44 | Rosalie | 230 |
| 45 | Marie | 229 |
| 46 | Kathleen | 228 |
| 46 | Lois | 228 |
| 48 | Martha | 224 |
| 49 | Rose | 216 |
| 50 | Jacqueline | 214 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,928 |
| 2 | John | 2,009 |
| 3 | Richard | 1,975 |
| 4 | James | 1,777 |
| 5 | William | 1,565 |
| 6 | Ronald | 1,201 |
| 7 | David | 1,195 |
| 8 | Donald | 1,125 |
| 9 | Charles | 975 |
| 10 | Gary | 879 |
| 11 | George | 777 |
| 12 | Michael | 701 |
| 13 | Frank | 682 |
| 14 | Thomas | 675 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 626 |
| 16 | Larry | 588 |
| 17 | Edward | 575 |
| 18 | Jerry | 544 |
| 19 | Paul | 521 |
| 20 | Jack | 505 |
| 21 | Raymond | 465 |
| 22 | Joe | 450 |
| 23 | Joseph | 409 |
| 24 | Gerald | 373 |
| 25 | Bill | 343 |
| 26 | Don | 341 |
| 27 | Fred | 335 |
| 28 | Dennis | 308 |
| 29 | Arthur | 307 |
| 30 | Albert | 303 |
| 31 | Norman | 301 |
| 32 | Daniel | 298 |
| 33 | Ralph | 295 |
| 34 | Bob | 292 |
| 35 | Lawrence | 290 |
| 36 | Douglas | 281 |
| 36 | Jim | 281 |
| 38 | Roger | 277 |
| 39 | Walter | 267 |
| 40 | Wayne | 265 |
| 41 | Henry | 252 |
| 42 | Carl | 249 |
| 43 | Harold | 241 |
| 44 | Manuel | 240 |
| 45 | Peter | 230 |
| 46 | Anthony | 222 |
| 46 | Gilbert | 222 |
| 48 | Louis | 215 |
| 49 | Roy | 202 |
| 50 | Tom | 201 |