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James vs Michael

Side-by-side popularity comparison of James and Michael 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

Michael (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	354
1881	298
1882	321
1883	307
1884	373
1885	370
1886	348
1887	344
1888	466
1889	377
1890	394
1891	333
1892	380
1893	407
1894	423
1895	413
1896	399
1897	368
1898	434
1899	375
1900	495
1901	384
1902	460
1903	466
1904	462
1905	513
1906	531
1907	586
1908	688
1909	635
1910	844
1911	1,159
1912	2,104
1913	2,607
1914	3,362
1915	4,079
1916	4,210
1917	4,288
1918	4,296
1919	3,910
1920	4,003
1921	4,198
1922	3,990
1923	3,915
1924	3,874
1925	3,761
1926	3,485
1927	3,605
1928	3,598
1929	3,465
1930	3,542
1931	3,489
1932	3,607
1933	3,549
1934	4,108
1935	4,906
1936	5,800
1937	7,094
1938	9,076
1939	10,829
1940	13,228
1941	15,935
1942	21,728
1943	24,745
1944	26,717
1945	29,902
1946	41,192
1947	50,505
1948	52,566
1949	60,046
1950	65,138
1951	72,805
1952	79,039
1953	84,202
1954	88,564
1955	88,352
1956	90,691
1957	92,786
1958	90,598
1959	85,291
1960	84,139
1961	86,968
1962	85,056
1963	83,757
1964	82,619
1965	81,002
1966	79,984
1967	82,412
1968	81,974
1969	85,159
1970	85,271
1971	77,585
1972	71,391
1973	67,808
1974	67,535
1975	68,422
1976	66,917
1977	67,588
1978	67,133
1979	67,718
1980	68,687
1981	68,759
1982	68,228
1983	67,997
1984	67,741
1985	64,936
1986	64,236
1987	63,663
1988	64,168
1989	65,409
1990	65,318
1991	60,807
1992	54,409
1993	49,568
1994	44,475
1995	41,410
1996	38,373
1997	37,557
1998	36,619
1999	33,915
2000	32,043
2001	29,689
2002	28,258
2003	27,129
2004	25,470
2005	23,827
2006	22,651
2007	22,024
2008	20,651
2009	18,960
2010	17,381
2011	16,822
2012	16,209
2013	15,540
2014	15,496
2015	14,497
2016	14,139
2017	12,723
2018	11,750
2019	10,614
2020	9,824
2021	9,136
2022	8,888
2023	8,416
2024	8,189