United States · 1938
Baby names of 1938
Mary and Robert topped 1938.
Top girls' names of 1938
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 56,225 |
| 2 | Barbara | 39,277 |
| 3 | Patricia | 27,560 |
| 4 | Betty | 25,506 |
| 5 | Shirley | 23,766 |
| 6 | Carol | 19,421 |
| 7 | Nancy | 18,951 |
| 8 | Dorothy | 16,358 |
| 9 | Margaret | 15,330 |
| 10 | Joan | 14,303 |
| 11 | Joyce | 12,698 |
| 12 | Judith | 10,878 |
| 13 | Helen | 10,837 |
| 14 | Sandra | 10,806 |
| 15 | Carolyn | 10,586 |
| 16 | Janet | 9,870 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 9,803 |
| 18 | Beverly | 9,770 |
| 19 | Marilyn | 9,745 |
| 20 | Donna | 9,693 |
| 21 | Ruth | 9,303 |
| 22 | Virginia | 9,269 |
| 23 | Frances | 8,921 |
| 24 | Janice | 8,711 |
| 25 | Doris | 8,603 |
| 26 | Martha | 8,578 |
| 27 | Jean | 7,764 |
| 28 | Phyllis | 7,644 |
| 29 | Alice | 7,490 |
| 30 | Sharon | 7,244 |
| 31 | Linda | 7,047 |
| 32 | Ann | 6,990 |
| 33 | Lois | 6,502 |
| 34 | Norma | 6,368 |
| 35 | Peggy | 6,343 |
| 36 | Gloria | 6,299 |
| 37 | Marie | 5,958 |
| 38 | Evelyn | 5,688 |
| 39 | Rose | 5,292 |
| 40 | Anna | 5,145 |
| 41 | Judy | 4,992 |
| 42 | Elaine | 4,835 |
| 43 | Dolores | 4,809 |
| 44 | Jane | 4,786 |
| 45 | Geraldine | 4,652 |
| 46 | Carole | 4,616 |
| 47 | Annie | 4,562 |
| 48 | Catherine | 4,525 |
| 49 | Wanda | 4,513 |
| 50 | Karen | 4,508 |
Top boys' names of 1938
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 11 | George | 18,435 |
| 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 |
| 20 | Raymond | 9,725 |
| 21 | Michael | 9,077 |
| 22 | Gary | 8,861 |
| 23 | Harold | 8,563 |
| 24 | Billy | 8,253 |
| 25 | Jack | 8,144 |
| 26 | Walter | 7,560 |
| 27 | Bobby | 7,498 |
| 28 | Joe | 7,438 |
| 29 | Carl | 6,849 |
| 30 | Henry | 6,557 |
| 31 | Roger | 6,551 |
| 32 | Arthur | 6,525 |
| 33 | Eugene | 6,112 |
| 34 | Willie | 6,081 |
| 35 | Ralph | 6,013 |
| 36 | Lawrence | 5,873 |
| 37 | Albert | 5,796 |
| 38 | Fred | 5,768 |
| 39 | Daniel | 5,583 |
| 40 | Wayne | 5,226 |
| 41 | Roy | 5,041 |
| 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 |
SOURCE·US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data·Public domain. SSA lists a name only if it was given to at least 5 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026