The name William William was the 3rd most common given name among people in the file born in 1920 — 46,811 carried it. Across all birth years, 2,014,413 people in the file carry the name; the largest birth cohort of Williams was 1921.
born 1860: 9 born 1861: 15 born 1862: 14 born 1863: 24 born 1864: 32 born 1865: 62 born 1866: 116 born 1867: 202 born 1868: 305 born 1869: 454 born 1870: 661 born 1871: 929 born 1872: 1,437 born 1873: 1,920 born 1874: 2,667 born 1875: 3,359 born 1876: 4,184 born 1877: 5,166 born 1878: 6,004 born 1879: 7,045 born 1880: 8,487 born 1881: 9,602 born 1882: 11,696 born 1883: 12,806 born 1884: 14,562 born 1885: 15,632 born 1886: 17,160 born 1887: 17,539 born 1888: 21,078 born 1889: 21,865 born 1890: 22,195 born 1891: 23,974 born 1892: 26,557 born 1893: 26,644 born 1894: 27,996 born 1895: 27,893 born 1896: 32,089 born 1897: 30,541 born 1898: 30,595 born 1899: 28,891 born 1900: 33,771 born 1901: 31,236 born 1902: 32,360 born 1903: 32,731 born 1904: 32,782 born 1905: 33,901 born 1906: 34,765 born 1907: 36,799 born 1908: 38,607 born 1909: 38,674 born 1910: 38,719 born 1911: 38,848 born 1912: 40,827 born 1913: 41,587 born 1914: 43,106 born 1915: 42,822 born 1916: 43,177 born 1917: 43,473 born 1918: 43,840 born 1919: 42,332 born 1920: 46,811 born 1921: 46,938 born 1922: 44,752 born 1923: 43,797 born 1924: 42,820 born 1925: 40,839 born 1926: 38,056 born 1927: 36,172 born 1928: 32,703 born 1929: 30,061 born 1930: 27,860 born 1931: 24,456 born 1932: 22,080 born 1933: 19,171 born 1934: 18,358 born 1935: 16,895 born 1936: 15,243 born 1937: 14,425 born 1938: 13,994 born 1939: 13,010 born 1940: 12,676 born 1941: 12,563 born 1942: 12,978 born 1943: 12,275 born 1944: 10,863 born 1945: 9,451 born 1946: 10,287 born 1947: 10,580 born 1948: 9,416 born 1949: 8,614 born 1950: 7,835 born 1951: 7,523 born 1952: 7,077 born 1953: 6,622 born 1954: 6,082 born 1955: 5,657 born 1956: 5,203 born 1957: 4,581 born 1958: 4,190 born 1959: 3,803 born 1960: 3,375 born 1961: 2,871 born 1962: 2,534 born 1963: 2,223 born 1964: 1,978 born 1965: 1,563 born 1966: 1,378 born 1967: 1,216 born 1968: 1,102 born 1969: 1,051 born 1970: 1,017 born 1971: 958 born 1972: 745 born 1973: 675 born 1974: 652 born 1975: 541 born 1976: 508 born 1977: 532 born 1978: 508 born 1979: 541 born 1980: 521 born 1981: 485 born 1982: 424 born 1983: 402 born 1984: 393 born 1985: 303 born 1986: 316 born 1987: 263 born 1988: 216 born 1989: 204 born 1990: 153 born 1991: 147 born 1992: 120 born 1993: 85 born 1994: 79 born 1995: 48 1860 1995 1920
Living to 73 William died at 73. Of the 2,073,240 deaths in the file recorded in 1993, William was younger than most — the median age was 76; the oldest person among them reached 120.
Died the same day 4,542 other deaths in the file were recorded on October 16, 1993, among them Leroy Moyer , Fannie Fastman and Floyd Corsino .