Birth year

Born in 1913? Here's your year in charts

In 1913, the top baby names were Mary and John and a newborn could expect to live 52.5 years.

Top baby names of 1913

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 36,642 babies, 5.9% of girls
  2. 2. Helen 18,888 babies, 3.0% of girls
  3. 3. Dorothy 14,674 babies, 2.3% of girls
  4. 4. Margaret 14,486 babies, 2.3% of girls
  5. 5. Ruth 12,609 babies, 2.0% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. John 29,329 babies, 5.7% of boys
  2. 2. William 23,538 babies, 4.6% of boys
  3. 3. James 20,832 babies, 4.1% of boys
  4. 4. Robert 15,684 babies, 3.1% of boys
  5. 5. Joseph 14,471 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.

1913 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    52.5 years in 1913, 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 1913.

$100 in 1913 buys about as much as $3,409.17 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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