Baby Names US
United States · 2,212,603 recorded births

Top baby names of 1938

Mary and Robert led the year. Climbing fast: Rosalie (up 113), Karen (up 63), Terry (up 27), Barry (up 27).

Girls

#NameBirthsvs 1937
1 Mary 56,225 ·
2 Barbara 39,277 ·
3 Patricia 27,560 ·
4 Betty 25,506 ▲ 1
5 Shirley 23,766 ▼ 1
6 Carol 19,421 ·
7 Nancy 18,951 ·
8 Dorothy 16,358 ·
9 Margaret 15,330 ▲ 1
10 Joan 14,303 ▼ 1
11 Joyce 12,698 ·
12 Judith 10,878 ▲ 22
13 Helen 10,837 ▼ 1
14 Sandra 10,806 ▲ 12
15 Carolyn 10,586 ▲ 5
16 Janet 9,870 ▲ 2
17 Elizabeth 9,803 ·
18 Beverly 9,770 ▼ 4
19 Marilyn 9,745 ▼ 6
20 Donna 9,693 ▲ 1
21 Ruth 9,303 ▼ 6
22 Virginia 9,269 ▼ 6
23 Frances 8,921 ▼ 4
24 Janice 8,711 ▲ 1
25 Doris 8,603 ▼ 3
26 Martha 8,578 ▼ 2
27 Jean 7,764 ▼ 4
28 Phyllis 7,644 ▼ 1
29 Alice 7,490 ▼ 1
30 Sharon 7,244 ▲ 11
31 Linda 7,047 ▲ 18
32 Ann 6,990 ▼ 2
33 Lois 6,502 ▼ 4
34 Norma 6,368 ▼ 1
35 Peggy 6,343 ▼ 4
36 Gloria 6,299 ▼ 4
37 Marie 5,958 ▼ 2
38 Evelyn 5,688 ▼ 2
39 Rose 5,292 ▼ 1
40 Anna 5,145 ▼ 1
41 Judy 4,992 ▲ 50
42 Elaine 4,835 ▲ 3
43 Dolores 4,809 ▼ 6
44 Jane 4,786 ▼ 2
45 Geraldine 4,652 ▼ 1
46 Carole 4,616 ▲ 10
47 Annie 4,562 ▼ 1
48 Catherine 4,525 ▼ 1
49 Wanda 4,513 ▲ 6
50 Karen 4,508 ▲ 63
51 Marlene 4,473 ▼ 11
52 Mildred 4,441 ▼ 9
53 Marjorie 4,318 ▲ 4
54 Sally 4,278 ▲ 5
55 Patsy 4,260 ▼ 1
56 Sylvia 4,259 ▼ 6
57 Joanne 4,250 ▼ 6
58 Kathleen 4,228 ▲ 3
59 Louise 4,069 ▼ 11
60 Eleanor 4,049 ▼ 7
61 Ruby 3,942 ▼ 9
62 Loretta 3,913 ▲ 1
63 Arlene 3,894 ▼ 3
64 Diane 3,827 ▲ 12
65 Bonnie 3,773 ▼ 1
66 Rosalie 3,758 ▲ 113
67 Sarah 3,749 ▼ 2
68 Joann 3,710 ▼ 10
69 Jacqueline 3,633 ▲ 1
70 Charlotte 3,626 ▼ 3
71 Susan 3,555 ▲ 26
72 Irene 3,554 ▼ 10
73 Roberta 3,547 ▼ 7
74 Rita 3,357 ▼ 5
75 Delores 3,322 ▼ 7
76 Darlene 3,321 ▼ 4
77 Gail 3,214 ▲ 22
78 Jo 3,172 ▼ 5
79 June 3,141 ▼ 8
80 Juanita 3,129 ▼ 5
81 Kay 3,114 ▼ 2
82 Edna 3,080 ▼ 8
83 Josephine 2,978 ▼ 1
84 Anne 2,887 ▲ 8
85 Wilma 2,871 ▼ 5
86 Thelma 2,866 ▼ 8
87 Audrey 2,844 ▼ 2
88 Lillian 2,825 ▼ 4
89 Ellen 2,805 ▲ 13
90 Florence 2,805 ▼ 9
91 Jeanette 2,802 ▼ 1
92 Theresa 2,763 ▲ 3
93 Lorraine 2,740 ▼ 10
94 Ethel 2,726 ▼ 6
95 Rosemary 2,681 ▲ 15
96 Emma 2,670 ▼ 7
97 Pauline 2,666 ▼ 10
98 Clara 2,662 ▲ 2
99 Anita 2,636 ▼ 6
100 Grace 2,609 ▼ 6

Boys

#NameBirthsvs 1937
1 Robert 62,271 ·
2 James 59,102 ·
3 John 50,517 ·
4 William 42,433 ·
5 Richard 34,385 ·
6 Charles 31,151 ·
7 Donald 26,677 ·
8 David 22,994 ·
9 Thomas 21,381 ·
10 Ronald 20,295 ▲ 1
11 George 18,435 ▼ 1
12 Joseph 17,742 ·
13 Edward 14,551 ·
14 Kenneth 14,399 ·
15 Paul 13,360 ·
16 Larry 12,394 ·
17 Jerry 12,172 ·
18 Frank 10,260 ·
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 ·
27 Bobby 7,498 ▼ 3
28 Joe 7,438 ▼ 3
29 Carl 6,849 ▼ 1
30 Henry 6,557 ·
31 Roger 6,551 ▲ 5
32 Arthur 6,525 ▼ 1
33 Eugene 6,112 ·
34 Willie 6,081 ▼ 2
35 Ralph 6,013 ▼ 1
36 Lawrence 5,873 ▲ 2
37 Albert 5,796 ·
38 Fred 5,768 ▼ 3
39 Daniel 5,583 ·
40 Wayne 5,226 ▲ 4
41 Roy 5,041 ▼ 1
42 Howard 5,018 ·
43 Norman 4,953 ·
44 Harry 4,824 ▼ 3
45 Jimmy 4,730 ·
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
53 Marvin 3,900 ▼ 4
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 ·
86 Terry 2,336 ▲ 27
87 Martin 2,313 ·
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

Jump to a decade