Following width worked well in HTML5: -
<table >
<tr>
<th style="min-width:120px">Month</th>
<th style="min-width:60px">Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$80</td>
</tr>
</table>
Please note that