Catholic High School B Graduates, 1979 (estimated birth year: 1962–1963)
Out of 243 students, 216 (88.89%) had only one given name, while 27 (11.11%) had two.
First Given Names
The most popular initials for the first given name were R (59, 24.28%), J (27, 11.11%), A (25, 10.29%), E (22, 9.05%), and M (16, 6.58%). No one had a first given name that started with K, Q, T, U, X, or Z.
Table 1(a). Most popular first given names.
| Bearers | Name |
|---|---|
| 7 | Jose |
| 6 | Noel, Reynaldo |
| 5 | Ricardo, Roberto |
| 4 | John, Raul, Rodolfo, Ronald |
| 3 | Edwin, Emmanuel, George, Jessie, Joseph, Manuel, Peter, Rolando, Romeo, Vincent |
| 2 | Alberto, Alexander, Antonio, Arnel, Arnold, Bernard, Cesar, Daniel, Edgar, Edgardo, Edison, Ernesto, Hector, Jerome, Jesus, Johnny, Leopoldo, Louis, Mark, Michael, Patrick, Prudencio, Richard, Rommel, Romulo, Ruperto, William |
Table 1(b). Most popular first given names (combined spellings).
| Bearers | Name |
|---|---|
| 7 | Jose |
| 6 | Noel, Reynaldo |
| 5 | Ricardo, Roberto |
| 4 | John, Raul, Rodolfo, Ronald |
| 3 | Edwin, Emmanuel, George, Jessie, Joseph, Manuel, Peter, Rolando, Romeo, Vincent |
| 2 | Alberto, Alexander, Antonio, Arnel, Arnold, Bernard, Cesar, Daniel, Edgar, Edgardo, Edison, Ernesto, Geoffrey (Jeffrey), Hector, Jerome, Jesus, Johnny, Leopoldo, Louis, Mark, Michael, Patrick, Prudencio, Richard, Rommel, Romulo, Ruperto, William |
Second Given Names
The second given names in the sample were Allen, Anthony, Arnold, Benito, Cedric, Chito, Claro, Crisanto, Erasto, George, Henri, Joaquin, Joey, Jose, Joseph, Mari (2x, both with the first name Jose), Martin (2x), Michael (2x), Nicanor, Protacio, Rafael, Roel, Rosano, and Solomon.
Standouts
Here aare some names that appeared only once in the sample:
- Belsar
- Lord
- Maphilindo—Malaya, the Philippines, and Indonesia. The heads of these countries signed the Manila Accord on July 31, 1963; here is a postage stamp commemorating the event (though it uses the spelling “Mapilindo”).
- Roseller—the likely namesake is then-senator Roseller Lim, who became known as “the Great Filibuster” in April 1963. He stood for 18 hours and 30 minutes on the Senate floor until his colleague could return and cast a vote for Senate President. Lim did this hoping to prevent the election of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. We all know how that went. On a lighter note related to this project, Lim had five children with his wife Amy Schuck: Rosamy, Mercibel, Victoria, Roseller Jr., and Amy.
- Sisinio—could be a Spanish form of Sisinnius, which was the name of an ancient pope. He reigned only a few months in AD 708.
Numerical Suffixes
Thirty-four boys (13.99% of the sample) had numerical suffixes attached to their names. All of them were Jr.