Thomas was the 20th most common given name among people in the file born in 1901 — 8,760 carried it. Across all birth years, 687,691 people in the file carry the name; the largest birth cohort of Thomass was 1921.
Living to 65
Thomas lived to 65. Among the 1,373,892 people in the file born in 1901, half lived past 80 and one in four reached 87; the longest-lived made it to 110. Only deaths reported to Social Security between 1936 and 2011 appear in the file, so members of this cohort who died young are not counted — these are the lifespans of its survivors.
Died the same month
68,620 other deaths in the file were recorded in September 1966 without a recorded day, among them Lee Burkes, Cecil Moore and Paul Walker.
Other Pepplar records
2 people with this surname appear in the file. More Pepplar deaths in the file fall in the 1960s than in any other decade; Ohio holds the largest share of last residences.