Catholic High School B Graduates, 1966 (estimated birth year: 1949–1950)
Out of 245 students, 240 (97.96%) had only one given name, while five (2.04%) had two.
First Given Names
The most popular initials for the first given name were R (37, 15.10%), A (29, 11.84%), J (tied with A), C (17, 6.94%), F (15, 6.12%), and M (15, tied with F). No one had a first given name that started with K, Q, U, X, Y, or Z.
Table 1(a). Most popular first given names.
| Bearers | Name |
|---|---|
| 9 | Jose |
| 7 | Rodolfo |
| 6 | Antonio |
| 5 | Albert, Robert, Romeo |
| 4 | Benjamin, Cesar, Jaime, Joseph, Manuel, Victor |
| 3 | Eduardo, Felipe, Henry, Oscar, Reynaldo, Rolando, Virgilio |
| 2 | Alexander, Alfredo, Arturo, Bonifacio, Carlos, Clemente, Danilo, David, Edward, Ernesto, Fernando, Fidel, Francisco, Generoso, George, Gerardo, Hector, Josefino, Leo, Leopoldo, Marcial, Michael, Norberto, Orlando, Patricio, Pedro, Ricardo, Richard, Roberto, Rogelio, Wilfred, Wilfredo, William |
Table 1(b). Most popular first given names (combined spellings).
| Bearers | Name |
|---|---|
| 9 | Jose |
| 7 | Rodolfo |
| 6 | Antonio |
| 5 | Albert, Robert, Romeo |
| 4 | Benjamin, Cesar, Jaime, Joseph, Manuel, Victor |
| 3 | Eduardo, Felipe, Henry, Oscar, Reynaldo, Rolando, Virgilio |
| 2 | Alexander, Alfredo, Arturo, Bonifacio, Carlos, Clemente, Danilo, David, Edward, Ernesto, Fernando, Fidel, Francisco, Generoso, George, Gerardo, Hector, Jesse (Jessie), Josefino, Leo, Leopoldo, Marcial, Michael, Norberto, Orlando, Patricio, Pedro, Ricardo, Richard, Roberto, Rogelio, Wilfred, Wilfredo, William |
Second Given Names
The second given names in the sample were Ben, Joseph, Luis, Noel, and Sunchai.
Standouts
Here are some names that appeared only once in the sample:
- Elviro
- Jervin—as with Jerson in 1965, I did not expect this name style to appear this early.
- Violeto
Numerical Suffixes
Twenty-three boys (9.39% of the sample) had numerical suffixes attached to their names. Of them, twenty-two (95.65%) were Jr, while one (4.35%) was III.