Paul was the 32nd most common given name among people in the file born in 1899 — 5,796 carried it. Across all birth years, 482,063 people in the file carry the name; the largest birth cohort of Pauls was 1921.
Living to 72
Paul lived to 72. Among the 1,256,453 people in the file born in 1899, half lived past 80 and one in four reached 87; the longest-lived made it to 112. 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
133,882 other deaths in the file were recorded in January 1972 without a recorded day, among them Paul Werther, Oscar Gaskin and Hyman Wein.
Other Ruby Sr records
3 people with this surname appear in the file. More Ruby Sr deaths in the file fall in the 1970s than in any other decade; Illinois and New York hold the largest shares of last residences.