Birth year

Born in 1925? Here's your year in charts

In 1925, the top baby names were Mary and Robert and a newborn could expect to live 59.0 years.

Top baby names of 1925

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 70,586 babies, 5.8% of girls
  2. 2. Dorothy 38,570 babies, 3.2% of girls
  3. 3. Betty 32,812 babies, 2.7% of girls
  4. 4. Helen 29,173 babies, 2.4% of girls
  5. 5. Margaret 24,463 babies, 2.0% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Robert 60,895 babies, 5.5% of boys
  2. 2. John 57,195 babies, 5.1% of boys
  3. 3. William 53,310 babies, 4.8% of boys
  4. 4. James 52,680 babies, 4.7% of boys
  5. 5. Charles 29,580 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.

1925 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    59.0 years in 1925, 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 1925.

$100 in 1925 buys about as much as $1,920.80 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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