Most Popular Baby Names in 1938

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	62,270
2	James	59,102
3	John	50,518
4	William	42,432
5	Richard	34,386
6	Charles	31,152
7	Donald	26,677
8	David	22,994
9	Thomas	21,380
10	Ronald	20,297
11	George	18,436
12	Joseph	17,740
13	Edward	14,550
14	Kenneth	14,399
15	Paul	13,360
16	Larry	12,393
17	Jerry	12,172
18	Frank	10,261
19	Gerald	9,972
20	Raymond	9,726
21	Michael	9,076
22	Gary	8,862
23	Harold	8,560
24	Billy	8,254
25	Jack	8,142
26	Walter	7,559
27	Bobby	7,497
28	Joe	7,439
29	Carl	6,848
30	Henry	6,557
31	Roger	6,551
32	Arthur	6,524
33	Eugene	6,113
34	Willie	6,080
35	Ralph	6,014
36	Lawrence	5,874
37	Albert	5,796
38	Fred	5,768
39	Daniel	5,584
40	Wayne	5,226
41	Roy	5,042
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	56,225
2	Barbara	39,277
3	Patricia	27,558
4	Betty	25,505
5	Shirley	23,766
6	Carol	19,421
7	Nancy	18,951
8	Dorothy	16,357
9	Margaret	15,330
10	Joan	14,303
11	Joyce	12,697
12	Judith	10,878
13	Helen	10,837
14	Sandra	10,806
15	Carolyn	10,586
16	Janet	9,870
17	Elizabeth	9,802
18	Beverly	9,770
19	Marilyn	9,745
20	Donna	9,693
21	Ruth	9,303
22	Virginia	9,269
23	Frances	8,922
24	Janice	8,711
25	Doris	8,602
26	Martha	8,579
27	Jean	7,764
28	Phyllis	7,644
29	Alice	7,489
30	Sharon	7,244
31	Linda	7,047
32	Ann	6,990
33	Lois	6,503
34	Norma	6,367
35	Peggy	6,343
36	Gloria	6,297
37	Marie	5,958
38	Evelyn	5,688
39	Rose	5,292
40	Anna	5,144
41	Judy	4,992
42	Elaine	4,834
43	Dolores	4,809
44	Jane	4,786
45	Geraldine	4,650
46	Carole	4,616
47	Annie	4,562
48	Catherine	4,525
49	Wanda	4,513
50	Karen	4,508