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Born in 1934? Here's your year in charts

In 1934, the top baby names were Mary and Robert and a newborn could expect to live 61.1 years.

Top baby names of 1934

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 56,929 babies, 5.5% of girls
  2. 2. Betty 31,089 babies, 3.0% of girls
  3. 3. Barbara 29,239 babies, 2.8% of girls
  4. 4. Shirley 22,841 babies, 2.2% of girls
  5. 5. Dorothy 21,281 babies, 2.0% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Robert 55,843 babies, 5.4% of boys
  2. 2. James 54,270 babies, 5.3% of boys
  3. 3. John 46,743 babies, 4.5% of boys
  4. 4. William 40,175 babies, 3.9% of boys
  5. 5. Richard 33,167 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.

1934 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    61.1 years in 1934, 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 1934.

$100 in 1934 buys about as much as $2,517.61 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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