Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1938

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1938 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
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Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	56,215	4.925	-125	-53,888	1	Robert	62,268	5.480	-70	-57,128
2	Barbara	39,279	3.441	-928	-38,994	2	James	59,099	5.201	-2	-45,574
3	Patricia	27,556	2.414	-910	-27,263	3	John	50,519	4.446	-24	-41,400
4	Betty	25,504	2.234	-1,124	-25,289	4	William	42,422	3.733	1	-27,906
5	Shirley	23,767	2.082	-1,459	-23,617	5	Richard	34,380	3.025	-183	-32,261
6	Carol	19,424	1.702	-1,782	-19,311	6	Charles	31,138	2.740	-46	-24,534
7	Nancy	18,948	1.660	-832	-18,626	7	Donald	26,665	2.347	-519	-26,132
8	Dorothy	16,348	1.432	-578	-15,831	8	David	22,992	2.023	-14	-13,295
9	Margaret	15,330	1.343	-118	-13,018	9	Thomas	21,376	1.881	-40	-14,597
10	Joan	14,302	1.253	-1,717	-14,184	10	Ronald	20,296	1.786	-483	-19,718
11	Joyce	12,693	1.112	-936	-12,415	11	George	18,436	1.622	-116	-15,377
12	Judith	10,876	0.953	-838	-10,558	12	Joseph	17,735	1.561	-11	-8,180
13	Helen	10,834	0.949	-400	-10,089	13	Edward	14,547	1.280	-156	-12,279
14	Sandra	10,806	0.947	-961	-10,537	14	Kenneth	14,398	1.267	-212	-12,743
15	Carolyn	10,586	0.927	-845	-10,274	15	Paul	13,356	1.175	-219	-11,731
16	Janet	9,868	0.865	-1,396	-9,711	16	Larry	12,386	1.090	-690	-12,047
17	Elizabeth	9,800	0.859	4	-1,287	17	Jerry	12,174	1.071	-584	-11,723
18	Beverly	9,770	0.856	-1,275	-9,595	18	Frank	10,257	0.903	-374	-9,454
19	Marilyn	9,745	0.854	-591	-9,251	19	Gerald	9,971	0.877	-875	-9,730
20	Donna	9,694	0.849	-1,547	-9,557	20	Raymond	9,729	0.856	-279	-8,580
21	Ruth	9,302	0.815	-244	-8,068	21	Michael	9,080	0.799	7	2,540
22	Virginia	9,268	0.812	-518	-8,690	22	Gary	8,859	0.780	-652	-8,492
23	Frances	8,923	0.782	-422	-8,208	23	Harold	8,559	0.753	-774	-8,278
24	Janice	8,711	0.763	-1,409	-8,558	24	Billy	8,248	0.726	-821	-7,988
25	Doris	8,602	0.754	-1,789	-8,491	25	Jack	8,140	0.716	-3	694
26	Martha	8,579	0.752	-771	-8,238	26	Walter	7,559	0.665	-245	-6,256
27	Jean	7,761	0.680	-2,366	-7,686	27	Bobby	7,494	0.659	-797	-7,226
28	Phyllis	7,646	0.670	-6,947	-7,629	28	Joe	7,436	0.654	-667	-7,091
29	Alice	7,490	0.656	-42	-3,847	29	Carl	6,846	0.602	-671	-6,504
30	Sharon	7,244	0.635	-1,097	-7,028	30	Henry	6,557	0.577	14	4,092
31	Linda	7,046	0.617	-695	-6,657	31	Roger	6,554	0.577	-605	-6,143
32	Ann	6,990	0.612	-951	-6,723	32	Arthur	6,523	0.574	-198	-4,881
33	Lois	6,504	0.570	-1,660	-6,382	33	Eugene	6,112	0.538	-829	-5,860
34	Norma	6,367	0.558	-2,237	-6,287	34	Willie	6,083	0.535	-900	-5,859
35	Peggy	6,341	0.556	-5,519	-6,318	35	Ralph	6,018	0.530	-916	-5,801
36	Gloria	6,300	0.552	-548	-5,779	36	Lawrence	5,872	0.517	-462	-5,299
37	Marie	5,960	0.522	-539	-5,430	37	Albert	5,792	0.510	-415	-5,135
38	Evelyn	5,690	0.499	28	4,686	38	Fred	5,766	0.507	-1,612	-5,669
39	Rose	5,289	0.463	-84	-2,857	39	Daniel	5,583	0.491	24	5,590
40	Anna	5,140	0.450	-14	-995	40	Wayne	5,224	0.460	-733	-4,925
41	Judy	4,993	0.437	-1,492	-4,852	41	Roy	5,040	0.444	-501	-4,526
42	Elaine	4,835	0.424	-592	-4,367	42	Howard	5,016	0.441	-926	-4,803
43	Dolores	4,807	0.421	-3,881	-4,770	43	Norman	4,951	0.436	-1,181	-4,800
44	Jane	4,787	0.419	-247	-3,664	44	Harry	4,822	0.424	-576	-4,395
45	Geraldine	4,652	0.408	-1,674	-4,533	45	Jimmy	4,730	0.416	-608	-4,340
46	Carole	4,616	0.404	-9,846	-4,606	46	Anthony	4,689	0.413	8	3,314
47	Annie	4,562	0.400	-261	-3,482	47	Louis	4,389	0.386	-216	-3,021
48	Catherine	4,524	0.396	-156	-3,026	48	Peter	4,295	0.378	-163	-2,483
49	Wanda	4,512	0.395	-6,148	-4,492	49	Dennis	4,236	0.373	-507	-3,743
50	Karen	4,508	0.395	-585	-4,040	50	Earl	4,007	0.353	-1,614	-3,912

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.