Most Popular Baby Names of 1938
| Top Male Names | Top Female Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Name | +/- | Rank | Name | +/- |
| 101 | Curtis | +8 | 101 | Yvonne | -25 |
| 102 | Warren | +4 | 102 | Edith | -6 |
| 103 | Vernon | -7 | 103 | Gladys | -17 |
| 104 | Leo | -7 | 104 | Sue | -3 |
| 105 | Jackie | +3 | 105 | Katherine | -2 |
| 106 | Tom | +1 | 106 | Julia | +5 |
| 107 | Jesse | -5 | 107 | Lucille | -10 |
| 108 | Herman | -7 | 108 | Laura | -3 |
| 109 | Lewis | -4 | 109 | Margie | +3 |
| 110 | Vincent | -6 | 110 | Connie | +18 |
| 111 | Arnold | 0 | 111 | Hazel | -5 |
| 112 | Charlie | -2 | 112 | Bernice | -8 |
| 113 | Ronnie | +15 | 113 | Eileen | -6 |
| 114 | Duane | 0 | 114 | Kathryn | -6 |
| 115 | Gilbert | -2 | 115 | Deanna | +24 |
| 116 | Lester | 0 | 116 | Marcia | +7 |
| 117 | Victor | 0 | 117 | Constance | +1 |
| 118 | Cecil | -3 | 118 | Annette | -3 |
| 119 | Allan | +5 | 119 | Marion | -10 |
| 120 | Keith | +3 | 120 | Esther | -4 |
| 121 | Glen | +1 | 121 | Willie | -7 |
| 122 | Johnnie | -4 | 122 | Maria | -1 |
| 123 | Calvin | +2 | 123 | Glenda | +23 |
| 124 | Roland | +2 | 124 | Sara | +6 |
| 125 | Benjamin | -6 | 125 | Beatrice | -5 |
| 126 | Jon | +24 | 126 | Eva | -9 |
| 127 | Milton | -6 | 127 | Bobbie | -3 |
| 128 | Darrell | +2 | 128 | Marian | +1 |
| 129 | Dean | -2 | 129 | Christine | +6 |
| 130 | Elmer | -10 | 130 | Maxine | +6 |
| 131 | Claude | +5 | 131 | Bertha | -9 |
| 132 | Freddie | +2 | 132 | Lillie | -1 |
| 133 | Rodney | +18 | 133 | Suzanne | +11 |
| 134 | Joel | +5 | 134 | Myrna | +3 |
| 135 | Leslie | -4 | 135 | Vivian | -8 |
| 136 | Chester | -7 | 136 | Sheila | +6 |
| 137 | Danny | +15 | 137 | Elsie | -11 |
| 138 | Jay | -1 | 138 | Georgia | -6 |
| 139 | Wallace | -6 | 139 | Billie | -14 |
| 140 | Max | +1 | 140 | Ella | -6 |
| 141 | Jose | +1 | 141 | Ida | -8 |
| 142 | Sam | -10 | 142 | Shelby | -23 |
| 143 | Maurice | +2 | 143 | Charlene | -2 |
| 144 | Manuel | -6 | 144 | Maureen | +11 |
| 145 | Marion | -5 | 145 | Rebecca | +21 |
| 146 | Hugh | -2 | 146 | Rosa | +6 |
| 147 | Ted | 0 | 147 | Alma | -9 |
| 148 | Willard | -13 | 148 | Jeanne | +1 |
| 149 | Wesley | -3 | 149 | Pat | -2 |
| 150 | Steve | +22 | 150 | Jessie | -7 |
| 151 | Virgil | +6 | 151 | Diana | +6 |
| 152 | Neil | +6 | 152 | Nellie | -12 |
| 153 | Tony | +7 | 153 | Mattie | -5 |
| 154 | Mike | +14 | 154 | Lucy | -3 |
| 155 | Barry | +28 | 155 | Bessie | -10 |
| 156 | Dan | -7 | 156 | Vera | -6 |
| 157 | Edgar | -14 | 157 | Agnes | -4 |
| 158 | Oscar | -4 | 158 | Harriet | -4 |
| 159 | Everett | -3 | 159 | Joy | +3 |
| 160 | Lonnie | +10 | 160 | Cynthia | +10 |
| 161 | Nicholas | -2 | 161 | Minnie | -5 |
| 162 | Karl | 0 | 162 | Faye | -2 |
| 163 | Jessie | -15 | 163 | Paula | +2 |
| 164 | Lowell | -9 | 164 | Emily | -3 |
| 165 | Dick | -12 | 165 | Rachel | -2 |
| 166 | Mark | +10 | 166 | Naomi | +2 |
| 167 | Timothy | +24 | 167 | Dixie | +7 |
| 168 | Delbert | -7 | 168 | Maryann | -1 |
| 169 | Sidney | -6 | 169 | Gwendolyn | +15 |
| 170 | Bennie | -4 | 170 | Rosie | +8 |
| 171 | Homer | -6 | 171 | Geneva | -13 |
| 172 | Ben | +3 | 172 | Gertrude | -13 |
| 173 | Wilbur | +9 | 173 | Leona | 0 |
| 174 | Morris | -3 | 174 | Velma | -10 |
| 175 | Earnest | -1 | 175 | Patty | +4 |
| 176 | Luther | -7 | 176 | Rosemarie | -4 |
| 177 | Carroll | +1 | 177 | Dora | +6 |
| 178 | Benny | +1 | 178 | Cora | -1 |
| 179 | Hubert | -15 | 179 | Carrie | -8 |
| 180 | Marshall | -3 | 180 | Sonja | +84 |
| 181 | Lynn | +6 | 181 | Myrtle | -12 |
| 182 | Nelson | +13 | 182 | Caroline | -1 |
| 183 | Lyle | -16 | 183 | Mae | +2 |
| 184 | Steven | +40 | 184 | Claire | +7 |
| 185 | Alton | -12 | 185 | Jackie | +11 |
| 186 | Nathaniel | 0 | 186 | Jeannette | +3 |
| 187 | Willis | -3 | 187 | Viola | -12 |
| 188 | Horace | -8 | 188 | Priscilla | +19 |
| 189 | Guy | -8 | 189 | Pearl | -2 |
| 190 | Otis | -1 | 190 | Ramona | -2 |
| 191 | Billie | -6 | 191 | Nina | +6 |
| 192 | Rudolph | +5 | 192 | Lula | -10 |
| 193 | Alexander | -1 | 193 | Alberta | -3 |
| 194 | Fredrick | +8 | 194 | Violet | -18 |
| 195 | Roosevelt | -5 | 195 | Eunice | -9 |
| 196 | Clinton | -2 | 196 | Deloris | -3 |
| 197 | Clifton | -4 | 197 | Verna | -5 |
| 198 | Wilbert | +17 | 198 | Hattie | -4 |
| 199 | Clayton | -11 | 199 | Lola | 0 |
| 200 | Stuart | -2 | 200 | Stella | -5 |