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Top Baby Names 1938

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,103,432 · Total Boys: 1,109,142

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	56,225	5.095%
2	Barbara	39,277	3.560%
3	Patricia	27,558	2.497%
4	Betty	25,505	2.311%
5	Shirley	23,766	2.154%
6	Carol	19,421	1.760%
7	Nancy	18,951	1.717%
8	Dorothy	16,357	1.482%
9	Margaret	15,330	1.389%
10	Joan	14,303	1.296%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Joyce	12,697	1.151%
12	Judith	10,878	0.986%
13	Helen	10,837	0.982%
14	Sandra	10,806	0.979%
15	Carolyn	10,586	0.959%
16	Janet	9,870	0.894%
17	Elizabeth	9,802	0.888%
18	Beverly	9,770	0.885%
19	Marilyn	9,745	0.883%
20	Donna	9,693	0.878%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Ruth	9,303	0.843%
22	Virginia	9,269	0.840%
23	Frances	8,922	0.809%
24	Janice	8,711	0.789%
25	Doris	8,602	0.780%
26	Martha	8,579	0.777%
27	Jean	7,764	0.704%
28	Phyllis	7,644	0.693%
29	Alice	7,489	0.679%
30	Sharon	7,244	0.657%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Linda	7,047	0.639%
32	Ann	6,990	0.633%
33	Lois	6,503	0.589%
34	Norma	6,367	0.577%
35	Peggy	6,343	0.575%
36	Gloria	6,297	0.571%
37	Marie	5,958	0.540%
38	Evelyn	5,688	0.515%
39	Rose	5,292	0.480%
40	Anna	5,144	0.466%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Judy	4,992	0.452%
42	Elaine	4,834	0.438%
43	Dolores	4,809	0.436%
44	Jane	4,786	0.434%
45	Geraldine	4,650	0.421%
46	Carole	4,616	0.418%
47	Annie	4,562	0.413%
48	Catherine	4,525	0.410%
49	Wanda	4,513	0.409%
50	Karen	4,508	0.409%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Marlene	4,473	0.405%
52	Mildred	4,440	0.402%
53	Marjorie	4,318	0.391%
54	Sally	4,278	0.388%
55	Patsy	4,261	0.386%
56	Sylvia	4,258	0.386%
57	Joanne	4,250	0.385%
58	Kathleen	4,228	0.383%
59	Louise	4,068	0.369%
60	Eleanor	4,049	0.367%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Ruby	3,941	0.357%
62	Loretta	3,913	0.355%
63	Arlene	3,893	0.353%
64	Diane	3,827	0.347%
65	Bonnie	3,773	0.342%
66	Rosalie	3,758	0.341%
67	Sarah	3,748	0.340%
68	Joann	3,710	0.336%
69	Jacqueline	3,633	0.329%
70	Charlotte	3,625	0.329%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Irene	3,555	0.322%
72	Susan	3,555	0.322%
73	Roberta	3,547	0.321%
74	Rita	3,357	0.304%
75	Delores	3,322	0.301%
76	Darlene	3,321	0.301%
77	Gail	3,214	0.291%
78	Jo	3,172	0.287%
79	June	3,141	0.285%
80	Juanita	3,129	0.284%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Kay	3,114	0.282%
82	Edna	3,080	0.279%
83	Josephine	2,978	0.270%
84	Anne	2,887	0.262%
85	Wilma	2,871	0.260%
86	Thelma	2,866	0.260%
87	Audrey	2,844	0.258%
88	Lillian	2,824	0.256%
89	Ellen	2,805	0.254%
90	Florence	2,805	0.254%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Jeanette	2,802	0.254%
92	Theresa	2,763	0.250%
93	Lorraine	2,740	0.248%
94	Ethel	2,725	0.247%
95	Rosemary	2,681	0.243%
96	Emma	2,670	0.242%
97	Pauline	2,666	0.242%
98	Clara	2,662	0.241%
99	Anita	2,636	0.239%
100	Grace	2,609	0.236%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Robert	62,270	5.614%
2	James	59,102	5.329%
3	John	50,518	4.555%
4	William	42,432	3.826%
5	Richard	34,386	3.100%
6	Charles	31,152	2.809%
7	Donald	26,677	2.405%
8	David	22,994	2.073%
9	Thomas	21,380	1.928%
10	Ronald	20,297	1.830%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	George	18,436	1.662%
12	Joseph	17,740	1.599%
13	Edward	14,550	1.312%
14	Kenneth	14,399	1.298%
15	Paul	13,360	1.205%
16	Larry	12,393	1.117%
17	Jerry	12,172	1.097%
18	Frank	10,261	0.925%
19	Gerald	9,972	0.899%
20	Raymond	9,726	0.877%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Michael	9,076	0.818%
22	Gary	8,862	0.799%
23	Harold	8,560	0.772%
24	Billy	8,254	0.744%
25	Jack	8,142	0.734%
26	Walter	7,559	0.682%
27	Bobby	7,497	0.676%
28	Joe	7,439	0.671%
29	Carl	6,848	0.617%
30	Henry	6,557	0.591%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Roger	6,551	0.591%
32	Arthur	6,524	0.588%
33	Eugene	6,113	0.551%
34	Willie	6,080	0.548%
35	Ralph	6,014	0.542%
36	Lawrence	5,874	0.530%
37	Albert	5,796	0.523%
38	Fred	5,768	0.520%
39	Daniel	5,584	0.503%
40	Wayne	5,226	0.471%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Roy	5,042	0.455%
42	Howard	5,018	0.452%
43	Norman	4,953	0.447%
44	Harry	4,824	0.435%
45	Jimmy	4,730	0.426%
46	Anthony	4,689	0.423%
47	Louis	4,390	0.396%
48	Peter	4,293	0.387%
49	Dennis	4,236	0.382%
50	Earl	4,007	0.361%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Francis	3,951	0.356%
52	Don	3,900	0.352%
53	Marvin	3,900	0.352%
54	Melvin	3,818	0.344%
55	Ernest	3,708	0.334%
56	Dale	3,690	0.333%
57	Leonard	3,670	0.331%
58	Clarence	3,638	0.328%
59	Stanley	3,544	0.320%
60	Douglas	3,508	0.316%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Leroy	3,491	0.315%
62	Samuel	3,243	0.292%
63	Johnny	3,197	0.288%
64	Philip	3,172	0.286%
65	Gene	3,149	0.284%
66	Bruce	3,127	0.282%
67	Bill	3,113	0.281%
68	Herbert	3,014	0.272%
69	Alfred	3,008	0.271%
70	Russell	2,950	0.266%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Frederick	2,935	0.265%
72	Ray	2,881	0.260%
73	Allen	2,834	0.256%
74	Stephen	2,726	0.246%
75	Bernard	2,715	0.245%
76	Jimmie	2,693	0.243%
77	Tommy	2,667	0.240%
78	Gordon	2,657	0.240%
79	Eddie	2,615	0.236%
80	Lee	2,575	0.232%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Jim	2,497	0.225%
82	Andrew	2,411	0.217%
83	Glenn	2,367	0.213%
84	Theodore	2,361	0.213%
85	Leon	2,355	0.212%
86	Terry	2,336	0.211%
87	Martin	2,313	0.209%
88	Patrick	2,292	0.207%
89	Clifford	2,276	0.205%
90	Edwin	2,249	0.203%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Alan	2,241	0.202%
92	Lloyd	2,215	0.200%
93	Jerome	2,209	0.199%
94	Bob	2,204	0.199%
95	Phillip	2,153	0.194%
96	Floyd	2,145	0.193%
97	Clyde	2,130	0.192%
98	Alvin	2,063	0.186%
99	Harvey	2,051	0.185%
100	Franklin	2,021	0.182%

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