Birth year roster
Top names in 1938
The names most likely to appear on 1938 birth certificates, ranked by SSA records.
Girls
- #1Mary56,225
- #2Barbara39,277
- #3Patricia27,560
- #4Betty25,506
- #5Shirley23,766
- #6Carol19,421
- #7Nancy18,951
- #8Dorothy16,358
- #9Margaret15,330
- #10Joan14,303
- #11Joyce12,698
- #12Judith10,878
- #13Helen10,837
- #14Sandra10,806
- #15Carolyn10,586
- #16Janet9,870
- #17Elizabeth9,803
- #18Beverly9,770
- #19Marilyn9,745
- #20Donna9,693
- #21Ruth9,303
- #22Virginia9,269
- #23Frances8,921
- #24Janice8,711
- #25Doris8,603
Boys
- #1Robert62,271
- #2James59,102
- #3John50,517
- #4William42,433
- #5Richard34,385
- #6Charles31,151
- #7Donald26,677
- #8David22,994
- #9Thomas21,381
- #10Ronald20,295
- #11George18,435
- #12Joseph17,742
- #13Edward14,551
- #14Kenneth14,399
- #15Paul13,360
- #16Larry12,394
- #17Jerry12,172
- #18Frank10,260
- #19Gerald9,972
- #20Raymond9,725
- #21Michael9,077
- #22Gary8,861
- #23Harold8,563
- #24Billy8,253
- #25Jack8,144