Birth year

Born in 1910? Here's your year in charts

In 1910, the top baby names were Mary and John and a newborn could expect to live 50.0 years.

Top baby names of 1910

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 22,848 babies, 5.8% of girls
  2. 2. Helen 10,479 babies, 2.6% of girls
  3. 3. Margaret 8,226 babies, 2.1% of girls
  4. 4. Dorothy 7,318 babies, 1.8% of girls
  5. 5. Ruth 7,212 babies, 1.8% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. John 11,450 babies, 5.9% of boys
  2. 2. James 9,194 babies, 4.7% of boys
  3. 3. William 8,844 babies, 4.6% of boys
  4. 4. Robert 5,609 babies, 2.9% of boys
  5. 5. George 5,441 babies, 2.8% of boys

From Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S.; names given to fewer than 5 babies are left out. Pick a name to see how many babies got it every year since 1880.

1910 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    50.0 years in 1910, compared with 78.7 years in 2018

    How long a baby born that year could expect to live, at that year's death rates.

Prices are in dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation. A figure is left out when its chart doesn't cover 1910.

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