Birth year

Born in 1930? Here's your year in charts

In 1930, the top baby names were Mary and Robert and a newborn could expect to live 59.7 years.

Top baby names of 1930

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 64,153 babies, 5.7% of girls
  2. 2. Betty 38,240 babies, 3.4% of girls
  3. 3. Dorothy 30,411 babies, 2.7% of girls
  4. 4. Helen 19,913 babies, 1.8% of girls
  5. 5. Margaret 18,350 babies, 1.6% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Robert 62,153 babies, 5.7% of boys
  2. 2. James 53,957 babies, 4.9% of boys
  3. 3. John 52,447 babies, 4.8% of boys
  4. 4. William 47,271 babies, 4.3% of boys
  5. 5. Richard 32,187 babies, 2.9% 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.

1930 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    59.7 years in 1930, 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 1930.

$100 in 1930 buys about as much as $2,017.60 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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