State University Graduates, 1988—1989: Bachelor's Degrees

Of the 255 people awarded bachelor's degrees (actually, there were more of them, but the program was missing several pages), 169 were women and 86 were men.

The Women

Among the women, 78 (46.15%) had only one given name, 82 (48.52%) had two, and nine (5.33%) had three.

First Given Names

The most popular initials for the first given name are M (66, 39.05%), A (20, 11.83%), R (15, 8.88%), C (10, 5.92%), and J (10, 5.92%). No one had a first given name that started with B, I, O, Q, T, U, X, or Y.

Table 1(a). Most common first given names among women.

Bearers	Name
20	Ma.
19	Maria
4	Mary
3	Catherine, Geraldine, Marie, Rowena
2	Ana, Angela, Angelica, Anna, Anne, Arlene, Cristina, Daisy, Emily, Josephine, Joy, Liza, Michelle, Miriam, Raquel

Table 1(b). Most common first given names among women (combined spellings).

Bearers	Name
39	Ma. (Maria)
4	Ana (Anna), Mary
3	Anne (Ann), Catherine, Geraldine, Marie, Rowena
2	Angela, Angelica, Arlene, Cristina, Daisy, Emily, Josephine, Joy, Liza, Michelle, Miriam, Raquel, Rosalyn (Rosaline), Vivian (Vivien)

Second Given Names

The most popular initials for the second given name are A (13, 14.29%), M (13, 14.29%), L (10, 10.99%), C (9, 9.89%), and R (9, 9.89%). No one had a second given name that started with D, H, K, O, Q, U, W, X, Y, or Z.

Table 2(a). Most common second given names among women.

Bearers	Name
4	Ann, Marie
3	Lourdes
2	Aurora*, Catherine, Cecilia*, Esperanza, Geraldine*, Grace, Joy, Liza, Luisa, Maria, Regina, Teresa*

*All had Maria (also spelled Ma.) as the first given name.

Table 2(b). Most common second given names among women (combined spellings).

Bearers	Name
5	Ann (Anne)
4	Marie
3	Lourdes, Teresa (Theresa)
2	Aurora*, Catherine, Cecilia*, Esperanza, Geraldine*, Grace, Joy, Liza, Luisa, Maria, Regina

*All had Maria (also spelled Ma.) as the first given name.

Third Given Names

The third given names in the sample are Antonia, Joy, Lilia, Matilda, Rosario, Socorro, Theresa, Veronica, and Zosima.

Standouts

Table 3. Names or name combinations that appear only once in the sample.

Name	Thoughts
Ales	Alice, but with an accent?
Vietrez	Beatriz, but with an accent?

The Men

Among the men, 49 (56.98%) had only one given name, 34 (39.53%) had two, and three (3.49%) had three.

First Given Names

The most popular initials for the first given name are R (15, 17.44%), A (14, 16.28%), J (8, 9.30%), E (7, 8.14%), and D (6, 6.98%). No one had a first given name that started with I, K, Q, U, X, Y, or Z.

Table 4. Most common first given names among men.

Bearers	Name
3	Ramon
2	Alexander, Arnold, Dominador, Emmanuel, Jose, Michael, Ronald

Second Given Names

The most popular initials for the second given name are A (10, 27.03%), M (4, 10.81%), and R (4, 10.81%). No one had a second given name that started with D, E, H, I, K, L, O, Q, U, X, Y, or Z.

Table 5(a). Most common second given names among men.

Bearers	Name
2	Antonio, John

Table 5(b). Most common second given names among men (combined spellings).

Bearers	Name
2	Alan (Allan), Antonio, John

Third Given Names

The third given names in the sample are Emilianio and Francis (2x).

Standouts

Table 6. Names or name combinations that appear only once in the sample.

Name	Thoughts
Jonard	If my hunch is correct, this is an early example of parents combining two names they like (Jonathan + Gerard in this case, perhaps) and giving the result to the baby. This style of name will become more common among Filipinos born later, but in this batch (likely born in the 60s), he stands out.
Tammy	Yes, that's how his name is spelled. I'm guessing that his parents saw it as a variation of Tommy, unlike Americans who might remember the Tammy films and think, "girl." Or maybe it's short for Tamerlane. Who knows?

Numerical Suffixes

Seven (8.14%) men had numerical suffixes attached to their names. Of these, five (71.43%) were Jr, one (14.29%) was III, and one (14.29%) was IV.

Reference

A graduation program that I found at home.