Top names of 1938

Girls

1Mary56,225– 2Barbara39,277– 3Patricia27,560– 4Betty25,506▲ 1 5Shirley23,766▼ 1 6Carol19,421– 7Nancy18,951– 8Dorothy16,358– 9Margaret15,330▲ 1 10Joan14,303▼ 1 11Joyce12,698– 12Judith10,878▲ 22 13Helen10,837▼ 1 14Sandra10,806▲ 12 15Carolyn10,586▲ 5 16Janet9,870▲ 2 17Elizabeth9,803– 18Beverly9,770▼ 4 19Marilyn9,745▼ 6 20Donna9,693▲ 1 21Ruth9,303▼ 6 22Virginia9,269▼ 6 23Frances8,921▼ 4 24Janice8,711▲ 1 25Doris8,603▼ 3 26Martha8,578▼ 2 27Jean7,764▼ 4 28Phyllis7,644▼ 1 29Alice7,490▼ 1 30Sharon7,244▲ 11 31Linda7,047▲ 18 32Ann6,990▼ 2 33Lois6,502▼ 4 34Norma6,368▼ 1 35Peggy6,343▼ 4 36Gloria6,299▼ 4 37Marie5,958▼ 2 38Evelyn5,688▼ 2 39Rose5,292▼ 1 40Anna5,145▼ 1 41Judy4,992▲ 49 42Elaine4,835▲ 3 43Dolores4,809▼ 6 44Jane4,786▼ 2 45Geraldine4,652▼ 1 46Carole4,616▲ 10 47Annie4,562▼ 1 48Catherine4,525▼ 1 49Wanda4,513▲ 6 50Karen4,508▲ 63 51Marlene4,473▼ 11 52Mildred4,441▼ 9 53Marjorie4,318▲ 4 54Sally4,278▲ 5 55Patsy4,260▼ 1 56Sylvia4,259▼ 6 57Joanne4,250▼ 6 58Kathleen4,228▲ 3 59Louise4,069▼ 11 60Eleanor4,049▼ 7 61Ruby3,942▼ 9 62Loretta3,913▲ 1 63Arlene3,894▼ 3 64Diane3,827▲ 12 65Bonnie3,773▼ 1 66Rosalie3,758▲ 113 67Sarah3,749▼ 2 68Joann3,710▼ 10 69Jacqueline3,633▲ 1 70Charlotte3,626▼ 3 71Susan3,555▲ 26 72Irene3,554▼ 10 73Roberta3,547▼ 7 74Rita3,357▼ 5 75Delores3,322▼ 7 76Darlene3,321▼ 4 77Gail3,214▲ 22 78Jo3,172▼ 5 79June3,141▼ 8 80Juanita3,129▼ 5 81Kay3,114▼ 2 82Edna3,080▼ 8 83Josephine2,978▼ 1 84Anne2,887▲ 8 85Wilma2,871▼ 5 86Thelma2,866▼ 8 87Audrey2,844▼ 2 88Lillian2,825▼ 4 89Ellen2,805▲ 13 90Florence2,805▼ 9 91Jeanette2,802▼ 1 92Theresa2,763▲ 3 93Lorraine2,740▼ 10 94Ethel2,726▼ 6 95Rosemary2,681▲ 15 96Emma2,670▼ 7 97Pauline2,666▼ 10 98Clara2,662▲ 2 99Anita2,636▼ 6 100Grace2,609▼ 6

Boys

1Robert62,271– 2James59,102– 3John50,517– 4William42,433– 5Richard34,385– 6Charles31,151– 7Donald26,677– 8David22,994– 9Thomas21,381– 10Ronald20,295▲ 1 11George18,435▼ 1 12Joseph17,742– 13Edward14,551– 14Kenneth14,399– 15Paul13,360– 16Larry12,394– 17Jerry12,172– 18Frank10,260– 19Gerald9,972▲ 1 20Raymond9,725▼ 1 21Michael9,077▲ 6 22Gary8,861▲ 7 23Harold8,563▼ 2 24Billy8,253▼ 2 25Jack8,144▼ 2 26Walter7,560– 27Bobby7,498▼ 3 28Joe7,438▼ 4 29Carl6,849▼ 1 30Henry6,557– 31Roger6,551▲ 5 32Arthur6,525▼ 1 33Eugene6,112– 34Willie6,081▼ 2 35Ralph6,013▼ 1 36Lawrence5,873▲ 2 37Albert5,796– 38Fred5,768▼ 3 39Daniel5,583– 40Wayne5,226▲ 4 41Roy5,041▼ 1 42Howard5,018– 43Norman4,953– 44Harry4,824▼ 3 45Jimmy4,730– 46Anthony4,689▲ 1 47Louis4,390▼ 1 48Peter4,293▲ 4 49Dennis4,236▲ 14 50Earl4,007▼ 2 51Francis3,951▲ 4 52Don3,900▼ 1 53Marvin3,900▼ 4 54Melvin3,818▼ 4 55Ernest3,708▼ 2 56Dale3,690▲ 3 57Leonard3,670▲ 1 58Clarence3,639▼ 4 59Stanley3,544▼ 2 60Douglas3,508▲ 14 61Leroy3,491▼ 5 62Samuel3,243▲ 4 63Johnny3,197▲ 6 64Philip3,172▼ 2 65Gene3,149▼ 4 66Bruce3,127▲ 4 67Bill3,113▼ 3 68Herbert3,014▼ 3 69Alfred3,008▼ 9 70Russell2,950▼ 3 71Frederick2,935▼ 3 72Ray2,881▼ 1 73Allen2,834▲ 3 74Stephen2,726▲ 18 75Bernard2,715▼ 2 76Jimmie2,693▼ 4 77Tommy2,667▲ 7 78Gordon2,657▼ 3 79Eddie2,616▲ 4 80Lee2,575▼ 2 81Jim2,497▲ 1 82Andrew2,411▼ 3 83Glenn2,367▲ 5 84Theodore2,360▲ 2 85Leon2,355– 86Terry2,336▲ 27 87Martin2,313– 88Patrick2,292▲ 6 89Clifford2,277▲ 1 90Edwin2,250▼ 1 91Alan2,241▲ 12 92Lloyd2,215▼ 1 93Jerome2,209▲ 7 94Bob2,204▼ 13 95Phillip2,154▲ 3 96Floyd2,146▼ 16 97Clyde2,130▼ 4 98Alvin2,063▲ 1 99Harvey2,051▼ 4 100Franklin2,021▼ 23