Birth year

Born in 1932? Here's your year in charts

In 1932, the top baby names were Mary and Robert and a newborn could expect to live 62.1 years.

Top baby names of 1932

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 59,883 babies, 5.6% of girls
  2. 2. Betty 34,420 babies, 3.2% of girls
  3. 3. Barbara 26,318 babies, 2.5% of girls
  4. 4. Dorothy 24,974 babies, 2.3% of girls
  5. 5. Joan 21,044 babies, 2.0% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Robert 59,268 babies, 5.7% of boys
  2. 2. James 51,930 babies, 5.0% of boys
  3. 3. John 48,624 babies, 4.7% of boys
  4. 4. William 42,124 babies, 4.0% of boys
  5. 5. Richard 31,809 babies, 3.0% 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.

1932 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    62.1 years in 1932, 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 1932.

$100 in 1932 buys about as much as $2,469.93 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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