Catholic High School B Graduates, 1970 (estimated birth year: 1953—1954)
Out of 242 students, 241 (99.59%) had only one given name; just one student (0.41%) had two.
First Given Names
The most popular initials for the first given name were R (39, 16.12%), A (33, 13.64%), J (27, 11.16%), E (25, 10.33%), and M (18, 7.44%). No one had a first given name that started with K, Q, X, or Y.
Table 1(a). Most popular first given names.
| Bearers | Name |
|---|---|
| 6 | Manuel |
| 5 | Antonio, Cesar, Eduardo, Ramon |
| 4 | Alfredo |
| 3 | Amado, Arnulfo, Benjamin, Edward, Efren, Gerardo, Jaime, Johnny, Jose, Luis, Victor |
| 2 | Carlito, Eddie, Edgardo, Fernando, Francisco, George, Harry, Hector, Jerry, Jimmy, Jovencio, Juan, Leonardo, Mario, Nestor, Renato, Rene, Reynaldo, Ricardo, Robert, Roberto, Rodolfo, Rogelio, Rolando, Romeo, Rudy, Salvador, Teodoro, Wilfredo |
Table 1(b). Most popular first given names (combined spellings).
| Bearers | Name |
|---|---|
| 6 | Manuel |
| 5 | Antonio, Cesar, Eduardo, Ramon |
| 4 | Alfredo |
| 3 | Amado, Arnulfo, Benjamin, Edward, Efren, Gerardo, Jaime, Johnny, Jose, Luis, Victor |
| 2 | Carlito, Eddie, Edgardo, Edwin (Edwyn), Fernando, Francisco, George, Harry, Hector, Jerry, Jimmy, Jovencio, Juan, Leonardo, Mario, Nestor, Renato, Rene, Reynaldo, Ricardo, Robert, Roberto, Rodolfo, Rogelio, Rolando, Romeo, Rudy, Salvador, Teodoro, Wilfredo |
Standouts
- Arleen
- Ivanhoe—like the titular character in the 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott. A movie adaptation from 1952 starred Robert Taylor as Ivanhoe, Elizabeth Taylor as Rebecca, and Joan Fontaine as Rowena.
- Wellito
Numerical Suffixes
Twenty-four boys (9.92% of the sample) had numerical suffixes attached to their names. Twenty-three (95.83%) were Jr, while one (4.17%) was III.