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Top Names of 1938

Official birth counts from Social Security card applications.

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Top 100 girls

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

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