Birth year

Born in 1928? Here's your year in charts

In 1928, the top baby names were Mary and Robert and a newborn could expect to live 56.8 years.

Top baby names of 1928

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 66,871 babies, 5.8% of girls
  2. 2. Betty 36,083 babies, 3.1% of girls
  3. 3. Dorothy 33,733 babies, 2.9% of girls
  4. 4. Helen 22,937 babies, 2.0% of girls
  5. 5. Margaret 20,295 babies, 1.8% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Robert 60,701 babies, 5.5% of boys
  2. 2. John 53,760 babies, 4.9% of boys
  3. 3. James 52,752 babies, 4.8% of boys
  4. 4. William 49,118 babies, 4.4% of boys
  5. 5. Charles 31,243 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.

1928 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    56.8 years in 1928, 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 1928.

$100 in 1928 buys about as much as $1,963.71 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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