Top Names of 1938
The most popular names recorded in 1938 were Mary for girls
and Robert for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |