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James vs William

Side-by-side popularity comparison of James and William 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

William (boys)

Year	Babies
1880	9,532
1881	8,524
1882	9,298
1883	8,387
1884	8,897
1885	8,044
1886	8,252
1887	7,470
1888	8,705
1889	7,772
1890	7,494
1891	6,763
1892	7,782
1893	7,223
1894	7,274
1895	7,277
1896	7,747
1897	7,198
1898	7,400
1899	6,086
1900	8,579
1901	5,990
1902	6,617
1903	6,311
1904	6,416
1905	6,495
1906	6,566
1907	6,904
1908	7,529
1909	7,913
1910	8,844
1911	10,593
1912	19,626
1913	23,538
1914	29,753
1915	38,563
1916	40,418
1917	42,422
1918	45,291
1919	43,970
1920	50,146
1921	51,862
1922	51,112
1923	52,136
1924	53,506
1925	53,309
1926	51,922
1927	51,476
1928	49,119
1929	47,814
1930	47,271
1931	43,280
1932	42,127
1933	39,047
1934	40,176
1935	40,200
1936	39,398
1937	40,724
1938	42,432
1939	42,073
1940	44,781
1941	47,797
1942	54,891
1943	55,904
1944	52,373
1945	50,218
1946	60,030
1947	67,001
1948	61,970
1949	61,504
1950	60,679
1951	62,783
1952	63,039
1953	61,830
1954	61,431
1955	59,985
1956	58,990
1957	56,850
1958	54,254
1959	51,385
1960	49,344
1961	48,035
1962	44,859
1963	44,444
1964	44,223
1965	40,111
1966	38,240
1967	37,619
1968	36,928
1969	37,608
1970	38,889
1971	35,416
1972	30,512
1973	28,015
1974	26,977
1975	25,562
1976	24,433
1977	24,757
1978	24,174
1979	24,680
1980	25,638
1981	24,801
1982	25,606
1983	25,396
1984	24,902
1985	24,608
1986	24,333
1987	24,203
1988	24,125
1989	24,674
1990	24,909
1991	23,858
1992	23,066
1993	22,219
1994	21,491
1995	20,160
1996	20,544
1997	20,020
1998	20,835
1999	20,716
2000	20,669
2001	20,110
2002	20,136
2003	19,999
2004	20,235
2005	19,060
2006	18,963
2007	18,894
2008	18,403
2009	17,935
2010	17,071
2011	17,359
2012	16,914
2013	16,665
2014	16,847
2015	15,945
2016	15,808
2017	15,042
2018	14,645
2019	13,649
2020	12,673
2021	12,166
2022	11,349
2023	10,653
2024	10,596