Most Popular Baby Names of 1938
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 1 | Robert | 0 | 1 | Mary | 0 |
| 2 | James | 0 | 2 | Barbara | 0 |
| 3 | John | 0 | 3 | Patricia | 0 |
| 4 | William | 0 | 4 | Betty | +1 |
| 5 | Richard | 0 | 5 | Shirley | -1 |
| 6 | Charles | 0 | 6 | Carol | 0 |
| 7 | Donald | 0 | 7 | Nancy | 0 |
| 8 | David | 0 | 8 | Dorothy | 0 |
| 9 | Thomas | 0 | 9 | Margaret | +1 |
| 10 | Ronald | +1 | 10 | Joan | -1 |
| 11 | George | -1 | 11 | Joyce | 0 |
| 12 | Joseph | 0 | 12 | Judith | +22 |
| 13 | Edward | 0 | 13 | Helen | -1 |
| 14 | Kenneth | 0 | 14 | Sandra | +12 |
| 15 | Paul | 0 | 15 | Carolyn | +5 |
| 16 | Larry | 0 | 16 | Janet | +2 |
| 17 | Jerry | 0 | 17 | Elizabeth | 0 |
| 18 | Frank | 0 | 18 | Beverly | -4 |
| 19 | Gerald | +1 | 19 | Marilyn | -6 |
| 20 | Raymond | -1 | 20 | Donna | +1 |
| 21 | Michael | +6 | 21 | Ruth | -6 |
| 22 | Gary | +7 | 22 | Virginia | -6 |
| 23 | Harold | -2 | 23 | Frances | -4 |
| 24 | Billy | -2 | 24 | Janice | +1 |
| 25 | Jack | -2 | 25 | Doris | -3 |
| 26 | Walter | 0 | 26 | Martha | -2 |
| 27 | Bobby | -3 | 27 | Jean | -4 |
| 28 | Joe | -3 | 28 | Phyllis | -1 |
| 29 | Carl | -1 | 29 | Alice | -1 |
| 30 | Henry | 0 | 30 | Sharon | +11 |
| 31 | Roger | +5 | 31 | Linda | +17 |
| 32 | Arthur | -1 | 32 | Ann | -2 |
| 33 | Eugene | 0 | 33 | Lois | -4 |
| 34 | Willie | -2 | 34 | Norma | -1 |
| 35 | Ralph | -1 | 35 | Peggy | -4 |
| 36 | Lawrence | +2 | 36 | Gloria | -4 |
| 37 | Albert | 0 | 37 | Marie | -2 |
| 38 | Fred | -3 | 38 | Evelyn | -2 |
| 39 | Daniel | 0 | 39 | Rose | 0 |
| 40 | Wayne | +4 | 40 | Anna | -2 |
| 41 | Roy | -1 | 41 | Judy | +49 |
| 42 | Howard | 0 | 42 | Elaine | +3 |
| 43 | Norman | 0 | 43 | Dolores | -6 |
| 44 | Harry | -3 | 44 | Jane | -2 |
| 45 | Jimmy | 0 | 45 | Geraldine | -1 |
| 46 | Anthony | +1 | 46 | Carole | +10 |
| 47 | Louis | -1 | 47 | Annie | -1 |
| 48 | Peter | +4 | 48 | Catherine | -1 |
| 49 | Dennis | +13 | 49 | Wanda | +6 |
| 50 | Earl | -2 | 50 | Karen | +63 |
| 51 | Francis | +4 | 51 | Marlene | -11 |
| 52 | Don | -1 | 52 | Mildred | -9 |
| 53 | Marvin | -4 | 53 | Marjorie | +4 |
| 54 | Melvin | -4 | 54 | Sally | +5 |
| 55 | Ernest | -2 | 55 | Patsy | -1 |
| 56 | Dale | +3 | 56 | Sylvia | -6 |
| 57 | Leonard | 0 | 57 | Joanne | -6 |
| 58 | Clarence | -4 | 58 | Kathleen | +3 |
| 59 | Stanley | -1 | 59 | Louise | -10 |
| 60 | Douglas | +14 | 60 | Eleanor | -7 |
| 61 | Leroy | -5 | 61 | Ruby | -9 |
| 62 | Samuel | +4 | 62 | Loretta | 0 |
| 63 | Johnny | +6 | 63 | Arlene | -3 |
| 64 | Philip | -1 | 64 | Diane | +11 |
| 65 | Gene | -4 | 65 | Bonnie | -1 |
| 66 | Bruce | +4 | 66 | Rosalie | +114 |
| 67 | Bill | -3 | 67 | Sarah | -2 |
| 68 | Herbert | -3 | 68 | Joann | -10 |
| 69 | Alfred | -9 | 69 | Jacqueline | +1 |
| 70 | Russell | -3 | 70 | Charlotte | -3 |
| 71 | Frederick | -3 | 71 | Irene | -8 |
| 72 | Ray | -1 | 72 | Susan | +26 |
| 73 | Allen | +4 | 73 | Roberta | -7 |
| 74 | Stephen | +18 | 74 | Rita | -5 |
| 75 | Bernard | -2 | 75 | Delores | -7 |
| 76 | Jimmie | -4 | 76 | Darlene | -4 |
| 77 | Tommy | +8 | 77 | Gail | +22 |
| 78 | Gordon | -3 | 78 | Jo | -5 |
| 79 | Eddie | +4 | 79 | June | -8 |
| 80 | Lee | -2 | 80 | Juanita | -3 |
| 81 | Jim | +1 | 81 | Kay | -2 |
| 82 | Andrew | -3 | 82 | Edna | -8 |
| 83 | Glenn | +5 | 83 | Josephine | -1 |
| 84 | Theodore | +2 | 84 | Anne | +8 |
| 85 | Leon | -1 | 85 | Wilma | -5 |
| 86 | Terry | +26 | 86 | Thelma | -8 |
| 87 | Martin | 0 | 87 | Audrey | -2 |
| 88 | Patrick | +6 | 88 | Lillian | -4 |
| 89 | Clifford | +1 | 89 | Ellen | +13 |
| 90 | Edwin | -1 | 90 | Florence | -9 |
| 91 | Alan | +12 | 91 | Jeanette | 0 |
| 92 | Lloyd | -1 | 92 | Theresa | +3 |
| 93 | Jerome | +7 | 93 | Lorraine | -10 |
| 94 | Bob | -13 | 94 | Ethel | -6 |
| 95 | Phillip | +3 | 95 | Rosemary | +15 |
| 96 | Floyd | -16 | 96 | Emma | -7 |
| 97 | Clyde | -4 | 97 | Clara | +3 |
| 98 | Alvin | +1 | 98 | Pauline | -11 |
| 99 | Harvey | -4 | 99 | Anita | -6 |
| 100 | Franklin | -24 | 100 | Grace | -6 |