Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1938

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Robert	62,262
2	2James	59,093
3	3John	50,507
4	4William	42,422
5	5Richard	34,383
6	6Charles	31,133
7	7Donald	26,660
8	8David	22,991
9	9Thomas	21,375
10	10Ronald	20,291
11	11George	18,435
12	12Joseph	17,735
13	13Edward	14,547
14	14Kenneth	14,396
15	15Paul	13,356
16	16Larry	12,385
17	17Jerry	12,169
18	18Frank	10,256
19	19Gerald	9,968
20	20Raymond	9,729
21	21Michael	9,077
22	22Gary	8,857
23	23Harold	8,552
24	24Billy	8,246
25	25Jack	8,139
26	26Walter	7,558
27	27Bobby	7,492
28	28Joe	7,437
29	29Carl	6,844
30	30Henry	6,558
31	31Roger	6,555
32	32Arthur	6,520
33	33Eugene	6,112
34	34Willie	6,082
35	35Ralph	6,019
36	36Lawrence	5,871
37	37Albert	5,792
38	38Fred	5,767
39	39Daniel	5,581
40	40Wayne	5,225
41	41Roy	5,038
42	42Howard	5,016
43	43Norman	4,951
44	44Harry	4,822
45	45Jimmy	4,729
46	46Anthony	4,687
47	47Louis	4,390
48	48Peter	4,295
49	49Dennis	4,237
50	50Earl	4,007
51	51Francis	3,949
52	52Don	3,899
53	53Marvin	3,898
54	54Melvin	3,818
55	55Ernest	3,707
56	56Dale	3,687
57	57Leonard	3,665
58	58Clarence	3,635
59	59Stanley	3,542
60	60Douglas	3,509
61	61Leroy	3,492
62	62Samuel	3,245
63	63Johnny	3,196
64	64Philip	3,173
65	65Gene	3,147
66	66Bruce	3,128
67	67Bill	3,113
68	68Herbert	3,013
69	69Alfred	3,007
70	70Russell	2,948
71	71Frederick	2,936
72	72Ray	2,881
73	73Allen	2,832
74	74Stephen	2,726
75	75Bernard	2,713
76	76Jimmie	2,693
77	77Tommy	2,666
78	78Gordon	2,659
79	79Eddie	2,614
80	80Lee	2,576
81	81Jim	2,498
82	82Andrew	2,407
83	83Glenn	2,369
84	84Theodore	2,361
85	85Leon	2,353
86	86Terry	2,335
87	87Martin	2,311
88	88Patrick	2,291
89	89Clifford	2,274
90	90Edwin	2,247
91	91Alan	2,240
92	92Lloyd	2,215
93	93Jerome	2,208
94	94Bob	2,204
95	95Phillip	2,155
96	96Floyd	2,148
97	97Clyde	2,131
98	98Alvin	2,061
99	99Harvey	2,049
100	100Franklin	2,020

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.