Birth year

Born in 1933? Here's your year in charts

In 1933, the top baby names were Mary and Robert and a newborn could expect to live 63.3 years.

Top baby names of 1933

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 55,517 babies, 5.5% of girls
  2. 2. Betty 31,531 babies, 3.1% of girls
  3. 3. Barbara 26,949 babies, 2.7% of girls
  4. 4. Dorothy 22,054 babies, 2.2% of girls
  5. 5. Joan 19,294 babies, 1.9% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Robert 54,221 babies, 5.5% of boys
  2. 2. James 51,112 babies, 5.2% of boys
  3. 3. John 46,224 babies, 4.7% of boys
  4. 4. William 39,049 babies, 3.9% of boys
  5. 5. Richard 31,331 babies, 3.2% 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.

1933 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    63.3 years in 1933, 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 1933.

$100 in 1933 buys about as much as $2,605.21 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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