Birth year

Born in 1915? Here's your year in charts

In 1915, the top baby names were Mary and John and a newborn could expect to live 54.5 years.

Top baby names of 1915

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 58,187 babies, 5.9% of girls
  2. 2. Helen 30,866 babies, 3.1% of girls
  3. 3. Dorothy 25,154 babies, 2.6% of girls
  4. 4. Margaret 23,054 babies, 2.3% of girls
  5. 5. Ruth 21,878 babies, 2.2% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. John 47,576 babies, 5.6% of boys
  2. 2. William 38,563 babies, 4.5% of boys
  3. 3. James 33,773 babies, 4.0% of boys
  4. 4. Robert 28,737 babies, 3.4% of boys
  5. 5. Joseph 23,051 babies, 2.7% 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.

1915 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    54.5 years in 1915, 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 1915.

$100 in 1915 buys about as much as $3,333.29 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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