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

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1938 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1937						Change from 1937
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	56,215	4.925	0	570	1	Robert	62,268	5.480	0	433
2	Barbara	39,279	3.441	0	4,367	2	James	59,099	5.201	0	2,548
3	Patricia	27,556	2.414	0	717	3	John	50,519	4.446	0	1,773
4	Betty	25,504	2.234	1	172	4	William	42,422	3.733	0	1,709
5	Shirley	23,767	2.082	-1	-3,049	5	Richard	34,380	3.025	0	1,407
6	Carol	19,424	1.702	0	2,088	6	Charles	31,138	2.740	0	614
7	Nancy	18,948	1.660	0	1,879	7	Donald	26,665	2.347	0	-1,203
8	Dorothy	16,348	1.432	0	-224	8	David	22,992	2.023	0	2,018
9	Margaret	15,330	1.343	1	187	9	Thomas	21,376	1.881	0	1,601
10	Joan	14,302	1.253	-1	-997	10	Ronald	20,296	1.786	1	2,160
11	Joyce	12,693	1.112	0	884	11	George	18,436	1.622	-1	6
12	Judith	10,876	0.953	22	4,730	12	Joseph	17,735	1.561	0	416
13	Helen	10,834	0.949	-1	-620	13	Edward	14,547	1.280	0	-383
14	Sandra	10,806	0.947	12	3,286	14	Kenneth	14,398	1.267	0	1,183
15	Carolyn	10,586	0.927	5	1,648	15	Paul	13,356	1.175	0	476
16	Janet	9,868	0.865	2	505	16	Larry	12,386	1.090	0	2,066
17	Elizabeth	9,800	0.859	0	415	17	Jerry	12,174	1.071	0	1,876
18	Beverly	9,770	0.856	-4	139	18	Frank	10,257	0.903	0	129
19	Marilyn	9,745	0.854	-6	7	19	Gerald	9,971	0.877	1	548
20	Donna	9,694	0.849	1	810	20	Raymond	9,729	0.856	-1	158
21	Ruth	9,302	0.815	-6	-303	21	Michael	9,080	0.799	6	1,985
22	Virginia	9,268	0.812	-6	-246	22	Gary	8,859	0.780	7	2,092
23	Frances	8,923	0.782	-4	-130	23	Harold	8,559	0.753	-2	10
24	Janice	8,711	0.763	1	945	24	Billy	8,248	0.726	-2	-48
25	Doris	8,602	0.754	-3	-279	25	Jack	8,140	0.716	-2	-53
26	Martha	8,579	0.752	-2	625	26	Walter	7,559	0.665	0	76
27	Jean	7,761	0.680	-4	-634	27	Bobby	7,494	0.659	-3	-255
28	Phyllis	7,646	0.670	-1	402	28	Joe	7,436	0.654	-3	-308
29	Alice	7,490	0.656	-1	368	29	Carl	6,846	0.602	-1	-63
30	Sharon	7,244	0.635	11	2,539	30	Henry	6,557	0.577	0	-113
31	Linda	7,046	0.617	18	2,666	31	Roger	6,554	0.577	5	844
32	Ann	6,990	0.612	-2	278	32	Arthur	6,523	0.574	-1	209
33	Lois	6,504	0.570	-4	-428	33	Eugene	6,112	0.538	0	114
34	Norma	6,367	0.558	-1	134	34	Willie	6,083	0.535	-2	-146
35	Peggy	6,341	0.556	-4	-36	35	Ralph	6,018	0.530	-1	97
36	Gloria	6,300	0.552	-4	-31	36	Lawrence	5,872	0.517	2	368
37	Marie	5,960	0.522	-2	-115	37	Albert	5,792	0.510	0	125
38	Evelyn	5,690	0.499	-2	-69	38	Fred	5,766	0.507	-3	26
39	Rose	5,289	0.463	0	-157	39	Daniel	5,583	0.491	0	460
40	Anna	5,140	0.450	-2	-309	40	Wayne	5,224	0.460	4	608
41	Judy	4,993	0.437	50	2,252	41	Roy	5,040	0.444	-1	150
42	Elaine	4,835	0.424	3	310	42	Howard	5,016	0.441	0	315
43	Dolores	4,807	0.421	-6	-760	43	Norman	4,951	0.436	0	277
44	Jane	4,787	0.419	-2	85	44	Harry	4,822	0.424	-3	9
45	Geraldine	4,652	0.408	-1	98	45	Jimmy	4,730	0.416	0	214
46	Carole	4,616	0.404	10	419	46	Anthony	4,689	0.413	1	353
47	Annie	4,562	0.400	-1	81	47	Louis	4,389	0.386	-1	32
48	Catherine	4,524	0.396	-1	65	48	Peter	4,295	0.378	4	487
49	Wanda	4,512	0.395	6	311	49	Dennis	4,236	0.373	14	1,077
50	Karen	4,508	0.395	63	2,276	50	Earl	4,007	0.353	-2	64

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.