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James vs John

Side-by-side popularity comparison of James and John year by year (1880–2024).

James (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	5,927
1881	5,441
1882	5,892
1883	5,223
1884	5,693
1885	5,175
1886	5,355
1887	4,768
1888	5,562
1889	5,020
1890	5,097
1891	4,516
1892	5,398
1893	5,030
1894	5,110
1895	5,335
1896	5,206
1897	5,113
1898	5,321
1899	4,597
1900	7,245
1901	4,735
1902	5,592
1903	5,479
1904	5,855
1905	6,042
1906	5,908
1907	6,707
1908	7,012
1909	7,595
1910	9,194
1911	9,952
1912	17,644
1913	20,832
1914	26,262
1915	33,773
1916	35,568
1917	37,338
1918	42,115
1919	42,392
1920	47,908
1921	49,750
1922	49,803
1923	50,463
1924	52,941
1925	52,679
1926	53,197
1927	53,675
1928	52,753
1929	52,133
1930	53,957
1931	51,213
1932	51,931
1933	51,110
1934	54,269
1935	55,002
1936	54,696
1937	56,562
1938	59,102
1939	59,636
1940	62,481
1941	66,752
1942	77,180
1943	80,275
1944	76,951
1945	74,466
1946	87,436
1947	94,763
1948	88,604
1949	86,859
1950	86,223
1951	87,257
1952	87,066
1953	86,071
1954	86,312
1955	84,184
1956	84,903
1957	84,343
1958	78,773
1959	78,644
1960	76,804
1961	75,959
1962	72,561
1963	71,291
1964	73,021
1965	67,674
1966	65,163
1967	61,688
1968	60,666
1969	59,894
1970	61,740
1971	54,603
1972	47,064
1973	42,838
1974	41,336
1975	39,574
1976	38,298
1977	40,043
1978	39,902
1979	39,351
1980	39,314
1981	38,289
1982	38,875
1983	36,344
1984	35,856
1985	35,864
1986	34,055
1987	32,660
1988	32,521
1989	32,720
1990	32,357
1991	30,513
1992	28,509
1993	26,255
1994	24,777
1995	22,736
1996	21,164
1997	20,407
1998	19,689
1999	18,555
2000	17,991
2001	17,073
2002	16,968
2003	16,895
2004	16,469
2005	16,140
2006	16,254
2007	15,973
2008	15,188
2009	14,221
2010	13,898
2011	13,272
2012	13,456
2013	13,595
2014	14,462
2015	14,861
2016	14,916
2017	14,357
2018	13,642
2019	13,193
2020	12,381
2021	12,464
2022	12,109
2023	11,727
2024	11,793

John (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	9,655
1881	8,768
1882	9,557
1883	8,894
1884	9,388
1885	8,756
1886	9,026
1887	8,110
1888	9,247
1889	8,548
1890	8,502
1891	7,680
1892	9,039
1893	8,049
1894	8,237
1895	8,320
1896	8,138
1897	7,550
1898	8,159
1899	6,990
1900	9,828
1901	6,900
1902	7,907
1903	7,608
1904	8,108
1905	8,059
1906	8,264
1907	8,983
1908	9,343
1909	9,590
1910	11,450
1911	13,446
1912	24,588
1913	29,329
1914	37,947
1915	47,576
1916	50,043
1917	51,852
1918	56,558
1919	53,523
1920	56,913
1921	58,215
1922	57,281
1923	57,467
1924	59,052
1925	57,195
1926	56,108
1927	55,949
1928	53,761
1929	52,110
1930	52,447
1931	48,422
1932	48,625
1933	46,225
1934	46,742
1935	47,510
1936	47,679
1937	48,753
1938	50,518
1939	51,025
1940	54,784
1941	57,519
1942	66,041
1943	68,928
1944	66,611
1945	66,118
1946	79,266
1947	88,321
1948	82,832
1949	81,180
1950	79,412
1951	81,570
1952	83,138
1953	80,167
1954	81,176
1955	80,122
1956	80,806
1957	79,032
1958	76,049
1959	76,445
1960	76,086
1961	79,973
1962	78,420
1963	78,616
1964	82,519
1965	71,499
1966	65,015
1967	61,603
1968	60,906
1969	58,737
1970	58,496
1971	51,508
1972	43,162
1973	39,169
1974	37,618
1975	35,075
1976	33,979
1977	34,199
1978	34,018
1979	35,412
1980	35,277
1981	34,872
1982	34,707
1983	33,158
1984	32,611
1985	31,499
1986	30,208
1987	29,553
1988	29,423
1989	29,853
1990	29,090
1991	27,809
1992	26,255
1993	24,995
1994	24,186
1995	23,244
1996	22,186
1997	21,386
1998	20,631
1999	20,365
2000	20,113
2001	18,903
2002	17,476
2003	17,249
2004	16,467
2005	15,791
2006	15,176
2007	14,440
2008	13,335
2009	12,133
2010	11,567
2011	11,065
2012	10,635
2013	10,736
2014	10,699
2015	10,421
2016	10,055
2017	9,530
2018	9,198
2019	8,857
2020	8,262
2021	8,182
2022	7,993
2023	7,793
2024	8,047