Born in 1992
People born in 1992 turn 34 in 2026. A dollar in 1992 buys what $2.40 buys in September 2026, and about 5.51 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1992
1992
What things cost in 1992
| U.S. average | 1992 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $2.40 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $1.13 | $2.71 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $0.86 | $2.07 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $0.75 | $1.80 | $1.83 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $1.54 | $3.70 | $6.79 |
| Pound of ground coffee APU0000717311 | $2.58 | $6.19 | $9.33 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.46 | $1.10 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.09 | $0.21 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $121,375 | $291,456 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $30,640 | $73,575 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $4.25 | $10.21 | $7.25 |
1992 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED.
Who was in charge in 1992
- United States
- George H. W. Bush (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); John Major (Prime minister)
- Russia
- Boris Yeltsin (President); Boris Yeltsin, then Viktor Chernomyrdin (Prime minister)
- People's Republic of China
- Jiang Zemin (General Secretary; Paramount Leader); Yang Shangkun (President); Li Peng (Premier)
- France
- François Mitterrand (President); Édith Cresson, then Pierre Bérégovoy (Prime minister)
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Richard von Weizsäcker (President of reunified Germany); Helmut Kohl (Chancellor of reunified Germany)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor); Kiichi Miyazawa (Prime minister)
- Republic of India
- R. Venkataraman, then Shankar Dayal Sharma (President); P. V. Narasimha Rao (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1951–2000) (revision 1371751893), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1992 →
No. 1 songs of 1992
- “Black or White” — Michael Jackson (3 weeks)
- “All 4 Love” — Color Me Badd (1 week)
- “Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me” — George Michael and Elton John (1 week)
- “I'm Too Sexy” — Right Said Fred (3 weeks)
- “To Be with You” — Mr. Big (3 weeks)
- “Save the Best for Last” — Vanessa Williams (5 weeks)
- “Jump” — Kris Kross (8 weeks)
- “I'll Be There” — Mariah Carey (2 weeks)
- “Baby Got Back” — Sir Mix-a-Lot (5 weeks)
- “This Used to Be My Playground” — Madonna (1 week)
- “End of the Road” — Boyz II Men (13 weeks)
- “How Do You Talk to an Angel” — The Heights (2 weeks)
- “I Will Always Love You” — Whitney Houston (5 weeks)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 1992, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1992 (Wikipedia revision 1364987453).
Famous people born in 1992
- July 22 – Selena Gomez, singer and actress source
- 9 January – Joseph Parker, boxer source
- 23 March – Kyrie Irving, basketball player source
- 17 August - Saraya Bevis, pro wrestler source
- 17 August – Saraya, professional wrestler source
- November 5 – Odell Beckham Jr., football player source
- July 2 – Madison Chock, Olympic ice dancer source
- January 16 – Piper Gilles, American-born Canadian Olympic ice dancer source
- 1 January - Shane Duffy, footballer. source
- January 2 – Alden Richards, actor and singer source
- 24 March – Peppe Femling, biathlete source
- March 9 - Mateusz Przybylko, German high jumper source
- 9 March – Cornelia Jakobs, singer source
- December 18 – Bridgit Mendler, actress, singer, and musician source
- May 11 – Christina McHale, tennis player source
What happened in 1992
- January 6 – The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is proclaimed by the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh. source
- January 6 – 1991–92 Georgian coup d'état: President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup. source
- January 9 – First confirmed detection of exoplanets with announcement of the discovery of several terrestrial-mass planets orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12, by radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail working in the United States. source
- 1 January – Radio Luxembourg shuts down its English language terrestrial signal on 208 MW. source
- January 19 – Paramount Leader of China Deng Xiaoping speaks in Shenzhen during his southern tour, a move that would return China on its right-wing march towards free market economics. source
- January 7 – 1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing: A Yugoslav Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 attacks two Italian Army Agusta-Bell AB-206L LongRanger helicopters carrying observers from the European Community Monitor Mission. One crashes, killing five people on board. The other helicopter crash-lands, but its occupants survive. source
- February 6 – The Ruby Jubilee of Elizabeth II commemorates 40 years since the accession of Elizabeth II as Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. source
- 25 March – Eurocypria Airlines Limited, a charter airline owned by the government of Cyprus, was founded. source