Born in 2010
People born in 2010 turn 16 in 2026. A dollar in 2010 buys what $1.55 buys in September 2026, and about 7.02 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 2010
2010
What things cost in 2010
| U.S. average | 2010 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $1.55 | CPI-U |
| Gallon of regular gasoline APU000074714 | $2.79 | $4.31 | $4.48 |
| Dozen large eggs APU0000708111 | $1.66 | $2.56 | $2.27 |
| Pound of white bread APU0000702111 | $1.37 | $2.12 | $1.83 |
| Gallon of whole milk APU0000709112 | $3.26 | $5.04 | $4.11 |
| Pound of ground beef APU0000703112 | $2.37 | $3.66 | $6.79 |
| Pound of ground coffee APU0000717311 | $3.91 | $6.04 | $9.33 |
| Pound of bananas APU0000711211 | $0.58 | $0.90 | $0.66 |
| Kilowatt-hour of electricity APU000072610 | $0.13 | $0.20 | $0.20 |
| Median price of a new house sold MSPUS | $222,700 | $344,117 | $410,700 |
| Median household income MEHOINUSA646N | $49,280 | $76,148 | $87,460 |
| Federal minimum wage STTMINWGFG | $7.25 | $11.20 | $7.25 |
2010 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 2010
- United States
- Barack Obama (President)
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth II (Queen); Gordon Brown, then David Cameron (Prime Minister)
- Russia
- Dmitry Medvedev (President); Vladimir Putin (Prime minister)
- China
- Hu Jintao (General Secretary; paramount leader); Hu Jintao (President); Wen Jiabao (Premier)
- France
- Nicolas Sarkozy (President); François Fillon (Prime minister)
- Germany
- Horst Köhler, then Christian Wulff (President); Angela Merkel (Chancellor)
- Japan
- Akihito (Emperor); Yukio Hatoyama, then Naoto Kan (Prime minister)
- India
- Pratibha Patil (President); Manmohan Singh (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 2010s (revision 1377187190), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 2010 →
No. 1 songs of 2010
- “Tik Tok” — Kesha (9 weeks)
- “Imma Be” — The Black Eyed Peas (2 weeks)
- “Break Your Heart” — Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris (1 week)
- “Rude Boy” — Rihanna (5 weeks)
- “Nothin' on You” — B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars (2 weeks)
- “OMG” — Usher featuring will.i.am (4 weeks)
- “Not Afraid” — Eminem (1 week)
- “California Gurls” — Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg (6 weeks)
- “Love the Way You Lie” — Eminem featuring Rihanna (7 weeks)
- “Teenage Dream” — Katy Perry (2 weeks)
- “Just the Way You Are” — Bruno Mars (4 weeks)
- “Like a G6” — Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev (3 weeks)
- “We R Who We R” — Kesha (1 week)
- “What's My Name?” — Rihanna featuring Drake (1 week)
- “Only Girl (In the World)” — Rihanna (1 week)
- “Raise Your Glass” — Pink (1 week)
- “Firework” — Katy Perry (2 weeks)
Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 2010, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2010 (Wikipedia revision 1358513777).
Famous people born in 2010
- March 24 – Elia Ilano, child actress source
- February 11 – Yuan Francisco, child actor source
- October 1 – Onyok Pineda, child actor source
- January 27 – Willis Gibson, gamer source
- November 30 – Side Eyeing Chloe, subject of internet meme source
- March 2 – Hailey Dawson, notable user of a 3D-printed robotic hand, first person to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums source
- November 11 – Lisa Irwin, notable missing person source
- October 14 – Leanne Bautista, child actress source
- May 28 – Louis, Duke of Burgundy, son of Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou source
- December 17 – Sophie Cruz, activist source
- June 17 – Cristiano Ronaldo Jr., Portuguese footballer source
- February 19 – Alonzo Muhlach, child actor source
- 29 December – Savannah Phillips, daughter of Peter and Autumn Phillips and first great-grandchild of Elizabeth II. source
- 28 May – Louis, Duke of Burgundy – elder son of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou source
- January 22 – Joseph Maraachli, Leigh's disease infant (died 2011) source
What happened in 2010
- January 15 – The Chadian Civil War officially ends. source
- 1 January – An armed skirmish occurs between the country's soldiers and the army of Ethiopia near the border town of Zalambesa, Eritrea. source
- January 4 – The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened. source
- January 4 - Burj Khalifa, the world tallest building, was opened to the public. source
- March 23: Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates arrived in Algiers on March 22 for a working visit. He pointed to Algeria's water and renewable energy sectors as attractive investment opportunities. source
- January 11: Islamists ransacked and burned a Protestant church in Tizi Ouzou. El Watan reported that parishioners fled the temple after local police failed to protect the Pentecostal temple. source
- February 3 – The sculpture L'Homme qui marche I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for £65 million (US$103.7 million), setting a new world record for a work of art sold at auction. source
- February 14 - Prime Minister Raila Odinga suspends Minister of Agriculture William Ruto and Minister of Education Sam Ongeri alleging them on corruption. Ongeri has admitted diverting school infrastructure money to his constituency while Ruto is linked to the maize scandal. President Mwai Kibaki reversed the suspensions instantly, leading to a political debate on the powers between the president and PM source