Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1938
See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1937.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1937 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 62,490 | 0 |
| 2 | James | 59,377 | 0 |
| 3 | Mary | 56,509 | 0 |
| 4 | John | 50,733 | 0 |
| 5 | William | 42,571 | 0 |
| 6 | Barbara | 39,439 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard | 34,506 | 0 |
| 8 | Charles | 31,295 | 0 |
| 9 | Patricia | 27,667 | +2 |
| 10 | Donald | 26,756 | -1 |
| 11 | Betty | 25,616 | +1 |
| 12 | Shirley | 24,031 | -2 |
| 13 | David | 23,057 | 0 |
| 14 | Thomas | 21,457 | 0 |
| 15 | Ronald | 20,359 | +1 |
| 16 | Carol | 19,690 | +1 |
| 17 | Nancy | 19,042 | +2 |
| 18 | George | 18,577 | -3 |
| 19 | Joseph | 17,817 | -1 |
| 20 | Dorothy | 16,457 | 0 |
| 21 | Margaret | 15,395 | +1 |
| 22 | Edward | 14,608 | +1 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 14,450 | +1 |
| 24 | Joan | 14,374 | -3 |
| 25 | Paul | 13,395 | 0 |
| 26 | Joyce | 12,770 | 0 |
| 27 | Jerry | 12,642 | +1 |
| 28 | Larry | 12,434 | +1 |
| 29 | Judith | 10,920 | +37 |
| 30 | Helen | 10,902 | -3 |
| 31 | Sandra | 10,851 | +21 |
| 32 | Carolyn | 10,626 | +8 |
| 33 | Frank | 10,298 | -3 |
| 34 | Gerald | 10,009 | +2 |
| 35 | Janet | 9,902 | +3 |
| 36 | Beverly | 9,865 | -4 |
| 37 | Elizabeth | 9,847 | 0 |
| 38 | Marilyn | 9,781 | -7 |
| 39 | Raymond | 9,758 | -5 |
| 40 | Donna | 9,726 | +2 |
| 41 | Ruth | 9,346 | -8 |
| 42 | Virginia | 9,321 | -7 |
| 43 | Michael | 9,135 | +13 |
| 44 | Frances | 8,989 | -5 |
| 45 | Gary | 8,896 | +14 |
| 46 | Janice | 8,748 | +5 |
| 47 | Doris | 8,686 | -6 |
| 48 | Martha | 8,619 | 0 |
| 49 | Harold | 8,593 | -6 |
| 50 | Billy | 8,333 | -4 |
| 51 | Jack | 8,182 | -4 |
| 52 | Willie | 8,100 | -7 |
| 53 | Jean | 7,930 | -9 |
| 54 | Bobby | 7,689 | -4 |
| 55 | Joe | 7,677 | -6 |
| 56 | Phyllis | 7,676 | -2 |
| 57 | Walter | 7,599 | -4 |
| 58 | Alice | 7,521 | -3 |
| 59 | Sharon | 7,290 | +23 |
| 60 | Linda | 7,075 | +34 |
| 61 | Ann | 7,020 | -1 |
| 62 | Carl | 6,881 | -4 |
| 63 | Henry | 6,610 | -2 |
| 64 | Arthur | 6,568 | -1 |
| 64 | Roger | 6,568 | +8 |
| 66 | Lois | 6,554 | -9 |
| 67 | Norma | 6,404 | -2 |
| 68 | Peggy | 6,376 | -6 |
| 69 | Gloria | 6,333 | -5 |
| 70 | Eugene | 6,143 | -2 |
| 71 | Ralph | 6,032 | -2 |
| 72 | Marie | 5,990 | -5 |
| 73 | Lawrence | 5,898 | +2 |
| 74 | Albert | 5,822 | -1 |
| 75 | Fred | 5,797 | -4 |
| 76 | Evelyn | 5,711 | -6 |
| 77 | Daniel | 5,610 | +1 |
| 78 | Rose | 5,329 | -2 |
| 79 | Wayne | 5,256 | +8 |
| 80 | Anna | 5,167 | -3 |
| 81 | Roy | 5,064 | -1 |
| 82 | Howard | 5,034 | +2 |
| 83 | Judy | 5,011 | +83 |
| 84 | Norman | 4,991 | +1 |
| 85 | Elaine | 4,855 | +5 |
| 86 | Harry | 4,843 | -5 |
| 87 | Dolores | 4,842 | -13 |
| 88 | Jane | 4,812 | -5 |
| 89 | Jimmy | 4,763 | 0 |
| 90 | Anthony | 4,705 | +7 |
| 91 | Geraldine | 4,671 | -3 |
| 92 | Carole | 4,628 | +11 |
| 93 | Annie | 4,593 | -2 |
| 94 | Catherine | 4,545 | -2 |
| 95 | Wanda | 4,535 | +7 |
| 96 | Karen | 4,529 | +112 |
| 97 | Marlene | 4,492 | -18 |
| 98 | Mildred | 4,478 | -12 |
| 99 | Louis | 4,412 | -3 |
| 100 | Patsy | 4,352 | 0 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.