Birth year

Born in 1927? Here's your year in charts

In 1927, the top baby names were Mary and Robert and a newborn could expect to live 60.4 years.

Top baby names of 1927

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 70,642 babies, 5.9% of girls
  2. 2. Dorothy 35,993 babies, 3.0% of girls
  3. 3. Betty 35,424 babies, 3.0% of girls
  4. 4. Helen 25,316 babies, 2.1% of girls
  5. 5. Margaret 21,964 babies, 1.8% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Robert 61,674 babies, 5.5% of boys
  2. 2. John 55,949 babies, 5.0% of boys
  3. 3. James 53,674 babies, 4.8% of boys
  4. 4. William 51,476 babies, 4.6% of boys
  5. 5. Charles 31,941 babies, 2.8% 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.

1927 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    60.4 years in 1927, 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 1927.

$100 in 1927 buys about as much as $1,941.08 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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