California ★ 1938

Top names in California, 1938

Mary led for girls with 1,875 babies ; Robert for boys with 2,928. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,875
2	Barbara	1,728
3	Patricia	1,425
4	Carol	1,050
5	Nancy	773
6	Betty	694
7	Shirley	674
8	Joan	651
9	Donna	610
10	Marilyn	600
11	Margaret	580
12	Sandra	560
13	Sharon	558
14	Beverly	553
15	Linda	517
16	Virginia	485
17	Diane	479
18	Judith	465
19	Joyce	452
20	Janet	449
21	Dorothy	443
22	Helen	433
23	Carolyn	404
24	Gloria	397
25	Frances	383
26	Janice	370
27	Judy	356
28	Alice	336
29	Carole	319
30	Norma	296
31	Dolores	294
32	Darlene	291
33	Elizabeth	290
34	Sally	286
35	Jean	285
36	Susan	271
37	Ann	264
38	Joanne	253
39	Marlene	252
40	Phyllis	245
41	Roberta	244
42	Ruth	241
43	Irene	232
44	Rosalie	230
45	Marie	229
46	Kathleen	228
46	Lois	228
48	Martha	224
49	Rose	216
50	Jacqueline	214
51	Arlene	210
52	Karen	206
53	Doris	205
54	Loretta	204
55	Eleanor	201
55	Evelyn	201
57	Elaine	198
58	Deanna	197
59	Pat	194
60	Geraldine	184
60	Maria	184
60	Sylvia	184
63	Marjorie	183
64	Esther	182
65	Gail	177
66	Anita	174
67	Bonnie	173
67	Joann	173
69	Peggy	172
70	Yvonne	167
71	Diana	165
72	Carmen	161
73	Wanda	150
74	Connie	146
75	Jane	145
76	Josephine	139
77	Charlene	136
78	Louise	134
79	Catherine	132
79	Jeanette	132
81	Lorraine	127
82	Lupe	126
83	Jo	125
83	Marcia	125
85	Patsy	124
86	June	123
87	Suzanne	122
88	Rachel	119
89	Anne	115
90	Charlotte	112
90	Kay	112
92	Laura	108
93	Anna	107
94	Katherine	104
94	Pauline	104
96	Margie	103
97	Rita	102
97	Sheila	102
97	Sue	102
100	Juanita	101

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,928
2	John	2,009
3	Richard	1,975
4	James	1,777
5	William	1,565
6	Ronald	1,201
7	David	1,195
8	Donald	1,125
9	Charles	975
10	Gary	879
11	George	777
12	Michael	701
13	Frank	682
14	Thomas	675
15	Kenneth	626
16	Larry	588
17	Edward	575
18	Jerry	544
19	Paul	521
20	Jack	505
21	Raymond	465
22	Joe	450
23	Joseph	409
24	Gerald	373
25	Bill	343
26	Don	341
27	Fred	335
28	Dennis	308
29	Arthur	307
30	Albert	303
31	Norman	301
32	Daniel	298
33	Ralph	295
34	Bob	292
35	Lawrence	290
36	Douglas	281
36	Jim	281
38	Roger	277
39	Walter	267
40	Wayne	265
41	Henry	252
42	Carl	249
43	Harold	241
44	Manuel	240
45	Peter	230
46	Anthony	222
46	Gilbert	222
48	Louis	215
49	Roy	202
50	Tom	201
51	Ernest	188
52	Stanley	187
53	Bruce	186
54	Dale	184
55	Eugene	183
56	Howard	181
57	Ray	180
58	Mike	179
59	Harry	170
60	Alfred	169
61	Stephen	168
62	Tony	164
63	Alan	155
64	Johnny	153
65	Leonard	151
66	Philip	150
67	Victor	147
68	Gordon	144
69	Eddie	143
69	Jimmy	143
71	Phillip	140
72	Billy	138
72	Melvin	138
74	Allen	134
75	Patrick	128
76	Earl	127
76	Terry	127
78	Gene	126
79	Warren	124
80	Ronnie	121
81	Leroy	119
82	Bobby	117
82	Russell	117
84	Jose	116
85	Lee	115
85	Marvin	115
87	Frederick	113
88	Clifford	112
89	Rudy	110
90	Tommy	109
91	Glenn	107
91	Martin	107
93	Jesse	105
94	Dick	104
95	Jon	103
95	Steve	103
97	Edwin	102
97	Vernon	102
99	Lloyd	99
100	Danny	93