William was the 3rd most common given name among people in the file born in 1921 — 46,938 carried it. Across all birth years, 2,014,413 people in the file carry the name; the largest birth cohort of Williams was 1921.
Living to 63
William died at 63. Of the 1,839,840 deaths in the file recorded in 1984, William was younger than most — the median age was 75; the oldest person among them reached 117.
Died the same month
150,150 other deaths in the file were recorded in November 1984 without a recorded day, among them Thomas Austin, Edith Mace and Bessie Hardy.
Other Detchman records
4 people with this surname appear in the file. More Detchman deaths in the file fall in the 1990s than in any other decade; Idaho and Illinois hold the largest shares of last residences.