Birth year

Born in 1923? Here's your year in charts

In 1923, the top baby names were Mary and John and a newborn could expect to live 57.2 years.

Top baby names of 1923

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 71,634 babies, 5.9% of girls
  2. 2. Dorothy 39,043 babies, 3.2% of girls
  3. 3. Helen 31,486 babies, 2.6% of girls
  4. 4. Margaret 26,134 babies, 2.2% of girls
  5. 5. Betty 25,989 babies, 2.2% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. John 57,467 babies, 5.2% of boys
  2. 2. Robert 56,111 babies, 5.1% of boys
  3. 3. William 52,136 babies, 4.8% of boys
  4. 4. James 50,462 babies, 4.6% of boys
  5. 5. Charles 28,966 babies, 2.6% 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.

1923 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    57.2 years in 1923, 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 1923.

$100 in 1923 buys about as much as $1,976.19 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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