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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

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.