The names of 1938

The ten most popular names given in 1938, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  1. Mary 56,225
  2. Barbara 39,277
  3. Patricia 27,560
  4. Betty 25,506
  5. Shirley 23,766
  6. Carol 19,421
  7. Nancy 18,951
  8. Dorothy 16,358
  9. Margaret 15,330
  10. Joan 14,303

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US: boys

  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

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Canadian provinces in 1938

US states in 1938