Birth year

Born in 1944? Here's your year in charts

In 1944, the top baby names were Mary and James and a newborn could expect to live 65.2 years.

Top baby names of 1944

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 62,476 babies, 4.7% of girls
  2. 2. Barbara 39,196 babies, 3.0% of girls
  3. 3. Linda 38,415 babies, 2.9% of girls
  4. 4. Patricia 36,874 babies, 2.8% of girls
  5. 5. Carol 30,456 babies, 2.3% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. James 76,951 babies, 5.6% of boys
  2. 2. Robert 70,855 babies, 5.2% of boys
  3. 3. John 66,616 babies, 4.9% of boys
  4. 4. William 52,375 babies, 3.8% of boys
  5. 5. Richard 45,643 babies, 3.3% 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.

1944 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    65.2 years in 1944, 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 1944.

$100 in 1944 buys about as much as $1,915.34 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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