Year rank 1938

Names picked for kids in 1938

For a girl

1. mary

56216

2. barbara

39276

3. patricia

27557

4. betty

25506

5. shirley

23767

6. carol

19422

7. nancy

18951

8. dorothy

16354

9. margaret

15331

10. joan

14305

11. joyce

12696

12. judith

10878

13. helen

10836

14. sandra

10806

15. carolyn

10586

16. janet

9869

17. elizabeth

9803

18. beverly

9771

19. marilyn

9745

20. donna

9694

21. ruth

9303

22. virginia

9270

23. frances

8922

24. janice

8710

25. doris

8602

26. martha

8579

27. jean

7761

28. phyllis

7645

29. alice

7489

30. sharon

7244

31. linda

7047

32. ann

6990

33. lois

6502

34. norma

6367

35. peggy

6342

36. gloria

6298

37. marie

5958

38. evelyn

5690

39. rose

5292

40. anna

5144

41. judy

4992

42. elaine

4834

43. dolores

4808

44. jane

4786

45. geraldine

4650

46. carole

4616

47. annie

4563

48. catherine

4524

49. wanda

4514

50. karen

4508

51. marlene

4473

52. mildred

4440

53. marjorie

4318

54. sally

4278

55. patsy

4258

56. sylvia

4256

57. joanne

4250

58. kathleen

4229

59. louise

4068

60. eleanor

4049

61. ruby

3941

62. loretta

3913

63. arlene

3893

64. diane

3827

65. bonnie

3773

66. rosalie

3758

67. sarah

3748

68. joann

3710

69. jacqueline

3633

70. charlotte

3625

71. susan

3556

72. irene

3555

73. roberta

3547

74. rita

3357

75. delores

3322

76. darlene

3321

77. gail

3214

78. jo

3172

79. june

3142

80. juanita

3130

81. kay

3114

82. edna

3080

83. josephine

2978

84. anne

2887

85. wilma

2871

86. thelma

2866

87. audrey

2845

88. lillian

2824

89. ellen

2805

90. florence

2805

91. jeanette

2803

92. theresa

2763

93. lorraine

2740

94. ethel

2725

95. rosemary

2681

96. emma

2670

97. pauline

2666

98. clara

2663

99. anita

2636

100. grace

2609

For a boy

1. robert

62271

2. james

59101

3. john

50525

4. william

42428

5. richard

34385

6. charles

31151

7. donald

26675

8. david

22995

9. thomas

21380

10. ronald

20296

11. george

18433

12. joseph

17739

13. edward

14549

14. kenneth

14398

15. paul

13360

16. larry

12392

17. jerry

12171

18. frank

10261

19. gerald

9972

20. raymond

9728

21. michael

9076

22. gary

8861

23. harold

8560

24. billy

8252

25. jack

8142

26. walter

7559

27. bobby

7497

28. joe

7439

29. carl

6848

30. henry

6558

31. roger

6552

32. arthur

6525

33. eugene

6114

34. willie

6080

35. ralph

6014

36. lawrence

5874

37. albert

5797

38. fred

5768

39. daniel

5584

40. wayne

5225

41. roy

5042

42. howard

5018

43. norman

4952

44. harry

4825

45. jimmy

4729

46. anthony

4689

47. louis

4390

48. peter

4293

49. dennis

4236

50. earl

4008

51. francis

3952

52. don

3901

53. marvin

3900

54. melvin

3818

55. ernest

3708

56. dale

3690

57. leonard

3669

58. clarence

3637

59. stanley

3545

60. douglas

3509

61. leroy

3490

62. samuel

3243

63. johnny

3197

64. philip

3172

65. gene

3148

66. bruce

3127

67. bill

3114

68. herbert

3014

69. alfred

3008

70. russell

2948

71. frederick

2935

72. ray

2882

73. allen

2833

74. stephen

2726

75. bernard

2715

76. jimmie

2692

77. tommy

2666

78. gordon

2656

79. eddie

2615

80. lee

2575

81. jim

2496

82. andrew

2410

83. glenn

2367

84. theodore

2361

85. leon

2355

86. terry

2336

87. martin

2313

88. patrick

2293

89. clifford

2275

90. edwin

2248

91. alan

2241

92. lloyd

2215

93. jerome

2209

94. bob

2203

95. phillip

2153

96. floyd

2147

97. clyde

2130

98. alvin

2063

99. harvey

2050

100. franklin

2021