Birth year

Born in 1929? Here's your year in charts

In 1929, the top baby names were Mary and Robert and a newborn could expect to live 57.1 years.

Top baby names of 1929

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 63,512 babies, 5.7% of girls
  2. 2. Betty 36,675 babies, 3.3% of girls
  3. 3. Dorothy 31,476 babies, 2.8% of girls
  4. 4. Helen 20,983 babies, 1.9% of girls
  5. 5. Margaret 19,212 babies, 1.7% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Robert 59,807 babies, 5.6% of boys
  2. 2. James 52,135 babies, 4.8% of boys
  3. 3. John 52,112 babies, 4.8% of boys
  4. 4. William 47,815 babies, 4.4% of boys
  5. 5. Charles 29,930 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.

1929 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    57.1 years in 1929, 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 1929.

$100 in 1929 buys about as much as $1,963.71 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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