Birth year

Born in 1967? Here's your year in charts

In 1967, the top baby names were Lisa and Michael, unemployment averaged 3.8%, a newborn could expect to live 70.5 years, and the world had 3.46 billion people.

Top baby names of 1967

Girls

  1. 1. Lisa 52,437 babies, 3.2% of girls
  2. 2. Kimberly 33,097 babies, 2.0% of girls
  3. 3. Michelle 30,827 babies, 1.9% of girls
  4. 4. Mary 25,316 babies, 1.5% of girls
  5. 5. Susan 22,262 babies, 1.3% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Michael 82,411 babies, 4.7% of boys
  2. 2. David 66,806 babies, 3.8% of boys
  3. 3. James 61,683 babies, 3.5% of boys
  4. 4. John 61,600 babies, 3.5% of boys
  5. 5. Robert 56,369 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.

1967 then vs. now

  • Unemployment rate

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    3.8% in 1967, compared with 4.2% in September 2026

    Share of the labor force out of work, the year's average.

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    70.5 years in 1967, compared with 78.7 years in 2018

    How long a baby born that year could expect to live, at that year's death rates.

  • People in the world

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    3.46 billion in 1967, compared with 8.22 billion in 2025

    World population at mid-year.

Prices are in dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation. A figure is left out when its chart doesn't cover 1967.

$100 in 1967 buys about as much as $1,010.06 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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