Birth year

Born in 1937? Here's your year in charts

In 1937, the top baby names were Mary and Robert and a newborn could expect to live 60.0 years.

Top baby names of 1937

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 55,641 babies, 5.2% of girls
  2. 2. Barbara 34,917 babies, 3.3% of girls
  3. 3. Patricia 26,838 babies, 2.5% of girls
  4. 4. Shirley 26,823 babies, 2.5% of girls
  5. 5. Betty 25,337 babies, 2.4% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Robert 61,842 babies, 5.8% of boys
  2. 2. James 56,561 babies, 5.3% of boys
  3. 3. John 48,755 babies, 4.6% of boys
  4. 4. William 40,725 babies, 3.8% of boys
  5. 5. Richard 32,975 babies, 3.1% 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.

1937 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    60.0 years in 1937, 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 1937.

$100 in 1937 buys about as much as $2,342.57 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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