Birth year

Born in 1922? Here's your year in charts

In 1922, the top baby names were Mary and John and a newborn could expect to live 59.6 years.

Top baby names of 1922

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 72,177 babies, 6.0% of girls
  2. 2. Dorothy 37,716 babies, 3.1% of girls
  3. 3. Helen 32,510 babies, 2.7% of girls
  4. 4. Margaret 26,862 babies, 2.2% of girls
  5. 5. Ruth 23,633 babies, 2.0% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. John 57,280 babies, 5.3% of boys
  2. 2. Robert 53,796 babies, 4.9% of boys
  3. 3. William 51,111 babies, 4.7% of boys
  4. 4. James 49,802 babies, 4.6% of boys
  5. 5. Charles 28,839 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.

1922 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    59.6 years in 1922, 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 1922.

$100 in 1922 buys about as much as $2,011.58 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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