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James vs Robert

Side-by-side popularity comparison of James and Robert 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

Robert (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	2,415
1881	2,140
1882	2,500
1883	2,334
1884	2,468
1885	2,322
1886	2,443
1887	2,125
1888	2,814
1889	2,513
1890	2,541
1891	2,240
1892	2,710
1893	2,563
1894	2,497
1895	2,635
1896	2,719
1897	2,701
1898	2,932
1899	2,609
1900	3,821
1901	2,543
1902	3,180
1903	3,044
1904	3,414
1905	3,410
1906	3,635
1907	4,020
1908	4,219
1909	4,563
1910	5,609
1911	6,526
1912	12,836
1913	15,684
1914	21,188
1915	28,737
1916	31,741
1917	35,220
1918	40,619
1919	41,025
1920	48,679
1921	52,779
1922	53,796
1923	56,113
1924	60,799
1925	60,896
1926	61,130
1927	61,674
1928	60,701
1929	59,808
1930	62,152
1931	60,520
1932	59,268
1933	54,219
1934	55,843
1935	56,525
1936	58,501
1937	61,842
1938	62,270
1939	59,659
1940	61,194
1941	64,247
1942	71,841
1943	74,890
1944	70,855
1945	69,945
1946	84,138
1947	91,654
1948	85,475
1949	83,876
1950	83,551
1951	86,355
1952	86,588
1953	86,245
1954	86,333
1955	83,755
1956	83,912
1957	81,776
1958	77,334
1959	74,542
1960	72,344
1961	72,963
1962	70,201
1963	69,997
1964	69,983
1965	63,112
1966	59,309
1967	56,371
1968	58,186
1969	58,303
1970	57,179
1971	50,635
1972	43,015
1973	38,698
1974	37,009
1975	35,308
1976	33,791
1977	34,217
1978	33,379
1979	34,018
1980	34,269
1981	34,397
1982	34,414
1983	32,744
1984	31,772
1985	32,095
1986	31,351
1987	30,240
1988	30,317
1989	30,073
1990	28,885
1991	26,836
1992	24,095
1993	22,447
1994	20,559
1995	18,586
1996	17,676
1997	16,303
1998	15,527
1999	14,540
2000	13,739
2001	12,665
2002	12,031
2003	11,399
2004	10,681
2005	10,166
2006	9,911
2007	9,388
2008	8,840
2009	7,838
2010	7,564
2011	6,984
2012	6,963
2013	6,721
2014	6,660
2015	6,132
2016	6,005
2017	5,566
2018	5,191
2019	4,851
2020	4,401
2021	4,430
2022	4,078
2023	3,823
2024	3,785