Birth year

Born in 1924? Here's your year in charts

In 1924, the top baby names were Mary and Robert and a newborn could expect to live 59.7 years.

Top baby names of 1924

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 73,534 babies, 5.9% of girls
  2. 2. Dorothy 39,996 babies, 3.2% of girls
  3. 3. Helen 31,194 babies, 2.5% of girls
  4. 4. Betty 30,600 babies, 2.5% of girls
  5. 5. Margaret 26,547 babies, 2.1% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Robert 60,802 babies, 5.4% of boys
  2. 2. John 59,052 babies, 5.2% of boys
  3. 3. William 53,506 babies, 4.7% of boys
  4. 4. James 52,942 babies, 4.7% of boys
  5. 5. Charles 30,460 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.

1924 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

    See the chart

    59.7 years in 1924, 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 1924.

$100 in 1924 buys about as much as $1,967.53 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

Share this year

Try another year

← 1923 1925 →

Sources and dates