Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1938
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1937.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1937 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 62,271 | 0 |
| 2 | James | 59,102 | 0 |
| 3 | John | 50,517 | 0 |
| 4 | William | 42,433 | 0 |
| 5 | Richard | 34,385 | 0 |
| 6 | Charles | 31,151 | 0 |
| 7 | Donald | 26,677 | 0 |
| 8 | David | 22,994 | 0 |
| 9 | Thomas | 21,381 | 0 |
| 10 | Ronald | 20,295 | +1 |
| 11 | George | 18,435 | -1 |
| 12 | Joseph | 17,742 | 0 |
| 13 | Edward | 14,551 | 0 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 14,399 | 0 |
| 15 | Paul | 13,360 | 0 |
| 16 | Larry | 12,394 | 0 |
| 17 | Jerry | 12,172 | 0 |
| 18 | Frank | 10,260 | 0 |
| 19 | Gerald | 9,972 | +1 |
| 20 | Raymond | 9,725 | -1 |
| 21 | Michael | 9,077 | +6 |
| 22 | Gary | 8,861 | +7 |
| 23 | Harold | 8,563 | -2 |
| 24 | Billy | 8,253 | -2 |
| 25 | Jack | 8,144 | -2 |
| 26 | Walter | 7,560 | 0 |
| 27 | Bobby | 7,498 | -3 |
| 28 | Joe | 7,438 | -4 |
| 29 | Carl | 6,849 | -1 |
| 30 | Henry | 6,557 | 0 |
| 31 | Roger | 6,551 | +5 |
| 32 | Arthur | 6,525 | -1 |
| 33 | Eugene | 6,112 | 0 |
| 34 | Willie | 6,081 | -2 |
| 35 | Ralph | 6,013 | -1 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,873 | +2 |
| 37 | Albert | 5,796 | 0 |
| 38 | Fred | 5,768 | -3 |
| 39 | Daniel | 5,583 | 0 |
| 40 | Wayne | 5,226 | +4 |
| 41 | Roy | 5,041 | -1 |
| 42 | Howard | 5,018 | 0 |
| 43 | Norman | 4,953 | 0 |
| 44 | Harry | 4,824 | -3 |
| 45 | Jimmy | 4,730 | 0 |
| 46 | Anthony | 4,689 | +1 |
| 47 | Louis | 4,390 | -1 |
| 48 | Peter | 4,293 | +4 |
| 49 | Dennis | 4,236 | +14 |
| 50 | Earl | 4,007 | -2 |
| 51 | Francis | 3,951 | +4 |
| 52 | Don | 3,900 | -1 |
| 52 | Marvin | 3,900 | -3 |
| 54 | Melvin | 3,818 | -4 |
| 55 | Ernest | 3,708 | -2 |
| 56 | Dale | 3,690 | +3 |
| 57 | Leonard | 3,670 | +1 |
| 58 | Clarence | 3,639 | -4 |
| 59 | Stanley | 3,544 | -2 |
| 60 | Douglas | 3,508 | +14 |
| 61 | Leroy | 3,491 | -5 |
| 62 | Samuel | 3,243 | +4 |
| 63 | Johnny | 3,197 | +6 |
| 64 | Philip | 3,172 | -2 |
| 65 | Gene | 3,149 | -4 |
| 66 | Bruce | 3,127 | +4 |
| 67 | Bill | 3,113 | -3 |
| 68 | Herbert | 3,014 | -3 |
| 69 | Alfred | 3,008 | -9 |
| 70 | Russell | 2,950 | -3 |
| 71 | Frederick | 2,935 | -3 |
| 72 | Ray | 2,881 | -1 |
| 73 | Allen | 2,834 | +3 |
| 74 | Stephen | 2,726 | +18 |
| 75 | Bernard | 2,715 | -2 |
| 76 | Jimmie | 2,693 | -4 |
| 77 | Tommy | 2,667 | +7 |
| 78 | Gordon | 2,657 | -3 |
| 79 | Eddie | 2,616 | +4 |
| 80 | Lee | 2,575 | -2 |
| 81 | Jim | 2,497 | +1 |
| 82 | Andrew | 2,411 | -3 |
| 83 | Glenn | 2,367 | +5 |
| 84 | Theodore | 2,360 | +2 |
| 85 | Leon | 2,355 | 0 |
| 86 | Terry | 2,336 | +27 |
| 87 | Martin | 2,313 | 0 |
| 88 | Patrick | 2,292 | +6 |
| 89 | Clifford | 2,277 | +1 |
| 90 | Edwin | 2,250 | -1 |
| 91 | Alan | 2,241 | +12 |
| 92 | Lloyd | 2,215 | -1 |
| 93 | Jerome | 2,209 | +7 |
| 94 | Bob | 2,204 | -13 |
| 95 | Phillip | 2,154 | +3 |
| 96 | Floyd | 2,146 | -16 |
| 97 | Clyde | 2,130 | -4 |
| 98 | Alvin | 2,063 | +1 |
| 99 | Harvey | 2,051 | -4 |
| 100 | Franklin | 2,021 | -23 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.