Birth year

Born in 2005? Here's your year in charts

In 2005, the top baby names were Emily and Jacob, a dozen eggs cost $1.22, a gallon of gas cost $2.27, unemployment averaged 5.1%, a newborn could expect to live 77.6 years, and the world had 6.58 billion people.

Top baby names of 2005

Girls

  1. 1. Emily 23,952 babies, 1.3% of girls
  2. 2. Emma 20,362 babies, 1.1% of girls
  3. 3. Madison 19,578 babies, 1.1% of girls
  4. 4. Abigail 15,756 babies, 0.9% of girls
  5. 5. Olivia 15,700 babies, 0.8% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. Jacob 25,851 babies, 1.3% of boys
  2. 2. Michael 23,828 babies, 1.2% of boys
  3. 3. Joshua 23,261 babies, 1.2% of boys
  4. 4. Matthew 21,483 babies, 1.1% of boys
  5. 5. Ethan 21,318 babies, 1.1% 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.

2005 then vs. now

  • A dozen eggs

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    $1.22 in 2005, compared with $2.27 in September 2026

    Average price of grade A large eggs in U.S. cities.

  • A gallon of regular gas

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    $2.27 in 2005, compared with $4.36 in September 2026

    Average U.S. retail price.

  • Unemployment rate

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    5.1% in 2005, 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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    77.6 years in 2005, 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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    6.58 billion in 2005, 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 2005.

$100 in 2005 buys about as much as $172.53 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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