Catholic High School Graduates, 1980

In 1980, 181 boys graduated from a local Catholic (specifically Jesuit) high school.

One hundred and fifty-five (85.64%) had only one given name, 24 (13.26%) had two, and two (1.10%) had three.

First Given Names

The most popular initials for the first given name are R (31, 17.13%), A (22, 12.15%), J (tied with A), E (16, 8.84%) and M (13, 7.18%). No one had a first given name that started with Q, U, X, Y, or Z.

Table 1(a). Most popular first given names among men.

Bearers	Name
4	Arnulfo, Nestor, Noel, Roberto
3	Arnel, Danilo, Edgar, Enrique, Gerardo, Joel, Jose, Ramon
2	Alex, Alexander, Bonifacio, Cesar, Eduardo, Edwin, Enrico, Francisco, Herminio, Honesto, Jerry, Joseph, Manuel, Mario, Michael, Nelson, Nemesio, Ricardo, Rodolfo

Table 1(b). Most popular first given names among men (combined spellings).

Bearers	Name
4	Arnulfo, Nestor, Noel, Roberto
3	Arnel, Cesar (Cezar), Danilo, Edgar, Enrique, Gerardo, Joel, Jose, Ramon
2	Alex, Alexander, Bonifacio, Eduardo, Edwin, Enrico, Francisco, Herminio, Honesto, Jerry, Joseph, Manuel, Mario, Michael, Muriel (Morriel), Nelson, Nemesio, Ricardo, Rodolfo

The names in Table 1(a) account for 43.09% of the sample. For Table 1(b), the figure is 44.75%.

Second Given Names

Two of the boys had Jose as a second given name; the other names were not repeated.

Third Given Names

The third given names in the sample were Felipe and Luis.

Numerical Suffixes

Thirty-three boys (18.23% of the total) had suffixes attached to their names. Of those, 27 were Jr, four were III, and two were II.

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