Top Baby Names of 1938
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1938, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1938)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Francis | 3,951 |
| 52 | Don | 3,900 |
| 53 | Marvin | 3,900 |
| 54 | Melvin | 3,818 |
| 55 | Ernest | 3,708 |
| 56 | Dale | 3,690 |
| 57 | Leonard | 3,670 |
| 58 | Clarence | 3,638 |
| 59 | Stanley | 3,544 |
| 60 | Douglas | 3,508 |
| 61 | Leroy | 3,491 |
| 62 | Samuel | 3,243 |
| 63 | Johnny | 3,197 |
| 64 | Philip | 3,172 |
| 65 | Gene | 3,149 |
| 66 | Bruce | 3,127 |
| 67 | Bill | 3,113 |
| 68 | Herbert | 3,014 |
| 69 | Alfred | 3,008 |
| 70 | Russell | 2,950 |
| 71 | Frederick | 2,935 |
| 72 | Ray | 2,881 |
| 73 | Allen | 2,834 |
| 74 | Stephen | 2,726 |
| 75 | Bernard | 2,715 |
| 76 | Jimmie | 2,693 |
| 77 | Tommy | 2,667 |
| 78 | Gordon | 2,657 |
| 79 | Eddie | 2,615 |
| 80 | Lee | 2,575 |
| 81 | Jim | 2,497 |
| 82 | Andrew | 2,411 |
| 83 | Glenn | 2,367 |
| 84 | Theodore | 2,361 |
| 85 | Leon | 2,355 |
| 86 | Terry | 2,336 |
| 87 | Martin | 2,313 |
| 88 | Patrick | 2,292 |
| 89 | Clifford | 2,276 |
| 90 | Edwin | 2,249 |
| 91 | Alan | 2,241 |
| 92 | Lloyd | 2,215 |
| 93 | Jerome | 2,209 |
| 94 | Bob | 2,204 |
| 95 | Phillip | 2,153 |
| 96 | Floyd | 2,145 |
| 97 | Clyde | 2,130 |
| 98 | Alvin | 2,063 |
| 99 | Harvey | 2,051 |
| 100 | Franklin | 2,021 |