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Catholic High School B Graduates, 1968 (estimated birth year: 1951–1952)

Out of 271 students, 267 (98.52%) had only one given name, while four (1.48%) had two.

First Given Names

The most popular initials for the first given name were R (53, 19.56%), E (35, 12.92%), A (27, 9.96%), J (20, 7.38%), and F (16, 5.90%). No one had a first given name that started with U, X, Y, or Z.

Table 1. Most popular first given names.

Bearers Name
13 Rodolfo
9 Eduardo
7 Danilo, Jose
6 Ernesto
5 Romeo
4 Alfonso, Arturo, Cesar, Manuel, Oscar, Renato
3 Carlos, Eugenio, George, Joseph, Miguel, Ricardo, Roberto
2 Alejandro, Alfonso, Antonio, Benjamin, Christopher, Cipriano, Dionisio, Edgardo, Efren, Elpidio, Emmanuel, Fernando, Florante, Francisco, Godofredo, Honorio, Jaime, Jesus, Joselito, Leopoldo, Lope, Lorenzo, Luis, Marianito, Mariano, Michael, Orlando, Patricio, Rafael, Ramon, Richard, Rodrigo, Rolando, Romulo, Roy, Rufo, Tito, Vicente, Victor, Wilfredo

Second Given Names

The second given names in the sample were Elmer, Gil, Robert, and Theodore.

Standouts

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

Numerical Suffixes

Eight boys (2.95% of the sample) had numerical suffixes attached to their names. Of them, seven (87.50%) were Jr, while one (12.50%) was IV.