Catholic High School B Graduates, 1965 (estimated birth year: 1948–1949)
Out of 245 students, 241 (98.37%) had only one given name, while four (1.63%) had two.
First Given Names
The most popular initials for the first given name were R (35, 14.29%), A (25, 10.20%), E (tied with A), J (21, 8.57%), C (19, 7.76%), and M (16, 6.53%). No one had a first given name that started with N, Q, X, Y, or Z.
Table 1(a). Most popular first given names.
| Bearers | Name |
|---|---|
| 9 | George |
| 5 | Oscar, Ricardo, Romeo |
| 4 | Ernesto, Manuel |
| 3 | Antonio, Benjamin, Bernardo, Carlito, Danilo, Dominador, Edgardo, Eduardo, Jaime, Mario, Roberto, Rodolfo, Rolando, Samuel, Tomas, Vicente |
| 2 | Alexander, Alfredo, Amado, Amador, Arturo, Catalino, Cesar, Claudio, Edwin, Elpidio, Enrique, Federico, Francis, Francisco, Hermes, Jose, Joselito, Manolo, Marcelo, Philip, Reynaldo, Richard, Rogelio, Santiago, Teodoro |
Table 1(b). Most popular first given names (combined spellings).
| Bearers | Name |
|---|---|
| 9 | George |
| 5 | Oscar, Ricardo, Romeo |
| 4 | Eduardo (Edwardo), Ernesto, Manuel |
| 3 | Antonio, Benjamin, Bernardo, Carlito, Danilo, Dominador, Edgardo, Jaime, Mario, Roberto, Rodolfo, Rolando, Samuel, Tomas, Vicente |
| 2 | Alexander, Alfredo, Amado, Amador, Arturo, Catalino, Cesar, Claudio, Edwin, Elpidio, Enrique, Federico, Francis, Francisco, Hermes, Jose, Joselito, Manolo, Marcelo, Philip, Reynaldo, Richard, Rogelio, Santiago, Teodoro |
Note
- I did not expect George to appear this often. Maybe some parents were honoring George Marshall or George Patton, both of whom were prominent in the US Armed Forces in the Second World War before this batch was born. But the estimated birth year feels a bit late for a kid to be named after a World War II hero, and no one in this batch was called “Marshall” or “Patton” (or “MacArthur”, who was revered by older Filipinos for fulfilling his promise to return). Of course, the nine Georges could just be a coincidence.
Second Given Names
The second given names in the sample were Benedict, Caesar, Guy, and Senecio.
Standouts
Here are some names that appeared only once in the sample:
- Adoraim—a town mentioned in the Bible
- Jerson—this style of name already existed this early?
- Willin
Numerical Suffixes
Twenty-four boys (9.80% of the sample) had numerical suffixes attached to their names. All of them (100%) were Jr.