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Catholic High School B Graduates (1973 vs. 1998)

The samples here were taken from lists of alumni of a school run by the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM).

Class 1973 (Estimated Birth Year: 1956—1957)

Out of 197 students, 192 (97.46%) had only one given name, while five (2.54%) had two.

First Given Names

The most popular initials for the first given name were R (50, 25.38%), A (33, 16.75%), and J (20, 10.15%). No one had a first given name that started with I, K, Q, U, X, Y, or Z.

*Actually, the list had three Benjamins, but two of them had the same surname. I assumed the name of one Benjamin was typed twice by mistake.
Bearers Name
6 Antonio
5 Manuel, Reynaldo, Rolando
4 Alexander, George, Jose
3 Alfredo, Cesar, Joseph, Ramon, Renato, Ricardo, Romeo
2 Alberto, Alex, Alfonso, Andrew, Benjamin*, Carlito, Ceasar, Charles, Daniel, Edwin, Enrique, Ernesto, Ferdinand, Florencio, Jimmy, John, Joselito, Leo, Luis, Nestor, Oliver, Paul, Raul, Ray, Richard, Rodolfo, Rogelio, Ruben, Virgilio

Second Given Names

The second given names in the sample were Arleen, Baltazar, Martin (2x), and Paul.

Numerical Suffixes

Sixteen boys (8.12% of the total) had numerical suffixes attached to their names. Fifteen (93.75%) were Jr, while one (6.25%) was II.

Notes

Class 1998 (Estimated Birth Year: 1981—1982)

Out of 377 students, 221 (58.62%) had only one given name, 153 (40.58%) had two, and three (0.80%) had three.

First Given Names

The most popular initials for the first given name were J (73, 19.36%), R (55, 14.59%), M (43, 11.41%), A (34, 9.02%), and D (20, 5.31%). No one had a first given name that started with O, Q, or U.

Table 2(a). Most popular first given names among men.

Bearers Name
14 Michael
12 John
9 Mark
8 Joseph
7 Paul, Ryan
5 Leonard, Ronald
4 Jason, Raymond, Sherwin, Vincent
3 Aaron, Alvin, Andrew, Bernard, Charles, Christian, Dennis, Edward, Francis, Frederick, Gerald, Jefferson, Jeremiah, Jonathan, Julius, Marvin, Reginald
2 Adrian, Allan, Bryan, Carlo, Christopher, Danilo, Denver, Engelbert, Eric, Federico, Ferdinand, James, Jan, Jasper, Jeffrey, Jerico, Jeus, Kristofer, Louie, Manuel, Mario, Neil, Patrick, Rene, Rommel, Romualdo, Terence, Timothy

Table 2(b). Most popular first given names among men (combined spellings).

Bearers Name
15 John (Jan, Jann)
14 Michael
9 Mark
8 Joseph
7 Paul, Ryan
6 Christopher (Kristofer, Kristoffer, Kristopher)
5 Jason (Jayson), Jeffrey (Geofrey, Jeofrey, Joeffrey), Leonard, Ronald
4 Christian (Khristian), Frederick (Fredrick), Raymond, Sherwin, Vincent
3 Aaron, Alvin, Andrew, Bernard, Bryan (Brian), Charles, Dennis,, Edward, Francis, Gerald, Jefferson, Jeremiah, Jonathan, Julius, Marvin, Reginald, Terence (Terrence)
2 Adrian, Allan, Bryan, Carlo, Danilo, Denver, Don (Donn), Donny (Donie), Engelbert, Eric, Federico, Ferdinand, James, Jasper, Jerico, Jesse (Jessie), Jeus, Laurence (Lawrence), Louie, Manuel, Mario, Neil, Patrick, Randolph (Randolf), Rene, Rodel (Rhodel), Rommel, Romualdo, Timothy

Second Given Names

The most popular initials for the second given name were J (27, 17.31%), A (21, 13.46%), R (18, 11.54%), M (17, 10.90%), and P (14, 8.97%). No one had a second given name that started with Q, U, Y, or Z.

Table 3(a). Most popular second given names among men.

*Four of them had the first name John.
Bearers Name
9 Paul*
6 Anthony
5 Carlo, James, Joseph, Ryan, Vincent
4 Jason
3 Angelo, Mark, Martin, Michael
2 Allan, Andrew, Charles, Christopher, Dean, Ferdinand, Ian, Jay, John, Jon, Marvin, Nino, Paulo, Philip, Xavier

Table 3(b). Most popular second given names among men (combined spellings).

*Four of them had the first name John.
Bearers Name
9 Paul*
6 Anthony, Joseph (Josef)
5 Carlo, James, Ryan, Vincent
4 Jason, John (Jon)
3 Angelo, Mark, Martin, Michael
2 Allan, Andrew, Brian (Bryan), Charles, Christian (Kristian), Christopher, Dean, Ferdinand, Ian, Jay, Louis (Louie), Marvin, Nino, Paulo, Philip, Rey (Rae), Xavier

Third Given Names

The third given names in the sample were Earl and Paul (2x).

Standouts

Here are some names that appeared only once in the sample:

Numerical Suffixes

Thirty boys (7.96% of the total) had suffixes attached to their names. Twenty-seven (0.90%) were Jr, while three (0.10%) were III.

Notes