Robert was the 12th most common given name among people in the file born in 1889 — 6,610 carried it. Across all birth years, 1,543,881 people in the file carry the name; the largest birth cohort of Roberts was 1921.
Living to 79
Robert lived to 79. Among the 795,317 people in the file born in 1889, half lived past 83 and one in four reached 89; the longest-lived made it to 120. 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.
3 people with this surname appear in the file. More Ritzwaller deaths in the file fall in the 1970s than in any other decade; California and Washington hold the largest shares of last residences.