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Top 100 baby names 1938

In 1938, Australian boys received 1,432 name registrations (9 unique), girls 1,004 (9 unique).

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What changed vs 1937

♂ Biggest risers

♀ Biggest risers

♂ Biggest fallers

♀ Biggest fallers

♂ New entries in top 100

♀ New entries in top 100

♂ Top 100 boys — 1938

  1. 001 John — 280
  2. 002 Robert — 206
  3. 003 Ronald — 181
  4. 004 William ↑1 175
  5. 005 Brian ↓1 138
  6. 006 Peter — 131
  7. 007 Barry NEW 112
  8. 008 Kevin ↑1 106
  9. 009 Donald ↓2 103

♀ Top 100 girls — 1938

  1. 001 Margaret — 282
  2. 002 Patricia — 133
  3. 003 Judith ↑7 97
  4. 004 Shirley ↓1 95
  5. 005 Dorothy ↓1 86
  6. 006 Maureen NEW 84
  7. 007 Mary ↑2 79
  8. 008 Valerie — 77
  9. 009 Joan ↓4 71

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Only jurisdictions with published data for 1938 are shown.