The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1938

4,035 different boys’ names were recorded in 1938, covering 1,109,147 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	62,271
2	James	59,102
3	John	50,517
4	William	42,433
5	Richard	34,385
6	Charles	31,151
7	Donald	26,677
8	David	22,994
9	Thomas	21,381
10	Ronald	20,295
11	George	18,435
12	Joseph	17,742
13	Edward	14,551
14	Kenneth	14,399
15	Paul	13,360
16	Larry	12,394
17	Jerry	12,172
18	Frank	10,260
19	Gerald	9,972
20	Raymond	9,725
21	Michael	9,077
22	Gary	8,861
23	Harold	8,563
24	Billy	8,253
25	Jack	8,144
26	Walter	7,560
27	Bobby	7,498
28	Joe	7,438
29	Carl	6,849
30	Henry	6,557
31	Roger	6,551
32	Arthur	6,525
33	Eugene	6,112
34	Willie	6,081
35	Ralph	6,013
36	Lawrence	5,873
37	Albert	5,796
38	Fred	5,768
39	Daniel	5,583
40	Wayne	5,226
41	Roy	5,041
42	Howard	5,018
43	Norman	4,953
44	Harry	4,824
45	Jimmy	4,730
46	Anthony	4,689
47	Louis	4,390
48	Peter	4,293
49	Dennis	4,236
50	Earl	4,007
51	Francis	3,951
52	Marvin	3,900
52	Don	3,900
54	Melvin	3,818
55	Ernest	3,708
56	Dale	3,690
57	Leonard	3,670
58	Clarence	3,639
59	Stanley	3,544
60	Douglas	3,508
61	Leroy	3,491
62	Samuel	3,243
63	Johnny	3,197
64	Philip	3,172
65	Gene	3,149
66	Bruce	3,127
67	Bill	3,113
68	Herbert	3,014
69	Alfred	3,008
70	Russell	2,950
71	Frederick	2,935
72	Ray	2,881
73	Allen	2,834
74	Stephen	2,726
75	Bernard	2,715
76	Jimmie	2,693
77	Tommy	2,667
78	Gordon	2,657
79	Eddie	2,616
80	Lee	2,575
81	Jim	2,497
82	Andrew	2,411
83	Glenn	2,367
84	Theodore	2,360
85	Leon	2,355
86	Terry	2,336
87	Martin	2,313
88	Patrick	2,292
89	Clifford	2,277
90	Edwin	2,250
91	Alan	2,241
92	Lloyd	2,215
93	Jerome	2,209
94	Bob	2,204
95	Phillip	2,154
96	Floyd	2,146
97	Clyde	2,130
98	Alvin	2,063
99	Harvey	2,051
100	Franklin	2,021
101	Curtis	2,002
102	Warren	1,997
103	Vernon	1,958
104	Leo	1,952
105	Jackie	1,943
106	Tom	1,931
107	Jesse	1,912
108	Herman	1,900
109	Lewis	1,882
110	Vincent	1,834
111	Arnold	1,819
112	Charlie	1,801
113	Ronnie	1,640
114	Duane	1,616
115	Lester	1,604
116	Gilbert	1,596
117	Victor	1,561
118	Cecil	1,558
119	Allan	1,540
120	Keith	1,535
121	Glen	1,464
122	Calvin	1,454
123	Johnnie	1,453
124	Roland	1,431
125	Benjamin	1,416
126	Jon	1,408
127	Milton	1,400
128	Darrell	1,356
129	Dean	1,339
130	Elmer	1,332
131	Claude	1,311
132	Freddie	1,309
133	Rodney	1,302
134	Joel	1,262
135	Leslie	1,248
136	Chester	1,236
137	Danny	1,208
138	Jay	1,181
139	Wallace	1,176
140	Max	1,164
141	Sam	1,162
142	Jose	1,158
143	Maurice	1,152
144	Manuel	1,144
145	Marion	1,139
146	Hugh	1,121
147	Ted	1,111
148	Willard	1,095
149	Steve	1,077
150	Wesley	1,074
151	Virgil	1,069
152	Neil	1,066
153	Tony	1,059
154	Mike	1,055
155	Barry	1,042
156	Dan	1,040
157	Edgar	1,030
158	Oscar	1,024
159	Everett	999
160	Lonnie	997
161	Nicholas	989
162	Karl	985
163	Jessie	972
164	Lowell	966
165	Dick	936
166	Mark	902
167	Timothy	882
168	Sidney	876
169	Delbert	874
170	Bennie	872
171	Homer	855
172	Ben	846
173	Wilbur	842
174	Morris	839
175	Luther	827
175	Earnest	827
175	Carroll	827
178	Hubert	825
179	Benny	823
180	Marshall	819
181	Lynn	810
182	Nelson	795
183	Lyle	790
184	Steven	772
185	Alton	765
186	Nathaniel	749
187	Willis	731
188	Horace	723
189	Guy	719
190	Otis	718
191	Billie	688
192	Rudolph	684
193	Alexander	666
194	Fredrick	664
195	Roosevelt	663
196	Clinton	657
197	Clifton	648
198	Wilbert	645
199	Clayton	640
199	Stuart	640

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1938 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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