James

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

James first appears in the U.S. data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1947 with 94,763 babies (rank #1 that year). In 2024 it was given to 11,793 boys (rank #5). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
5,262,396
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
94,763
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Names ranked near James in 2024

Other boys' names starting with J

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18805,927#3
18815,441#3
18825,892#3
18835,223#3
18845,693#3
18855,175#3
18865,355#3
18874,768#3
18885,562#3
18895,020#3
18905,097#3
18914,516#3
18925,398#3
18935,030#3
18945,110#3
18955,335#3
18965,206#3
18975,113#3
18985,321#3
18994,597#3
19007,245#3
19014,735#3
19025,592#3
19035,479#3
19045,855#3
19056,042#3
19065,908#3
19076,707#3
19087,012#3
19097,595#3
19109,194#2
19119,952#3
191217,644#3
191320,832#3
191426,262#3
191533,773#3
191635,568#3
191737,338#3
191842,115#3
191942,392#3
192047,908#4
192149,750#4
192249,803#4
192350,463#4
192452,941#4
192552,679#4
192653,197#3
192753,675#3
192852,753#3
192952,133#2
193053,957#2
193151,213#2
193251,931#2
193351,110#2
193454,269#2
193555,002#2
193654,696#2
193756,562#2
193859,102#2
193959,636#2
194062,481#1
194166,752#1
194277,180#1
194380,275#1
194476,951#1
194574,466#1
194687,436#1
194794,763#1
194888,604#1
194986,859#1
195086,223#1
195187,257#1
195287,066#1
195386,071#2
195486,312#3
195584,184#3
195684,903#2
195784,343#2
195878,773#3
195978,644#3
196076,804#3
196175,959#4
196272,561#4
196371,291#4
196473,021#4
196567,674#4
196665,163#3
196761,688#3
196860,666#4
196959,894#3
197061,740#2
197154,603#2
197247,064#3
197342,838#4
197441,336#5
197539,574#4
197638,298#5
197740,043#5
197839,902#5
197939,351#5
198039,314#5
198138,289#7
198238,875#6
198336,344#6
198435,856#7
198535,864#7
198634,055#7
198732,660#8
198832,521#9
198932,720#9
199032,357#8
199130,513#7
199228,509#9
199326,255#14
199424,777#14
199522,736#17
199621,164#17
199720,407#17
199819,689#18
199918,555#19
200017,991#18
200117,073#19
200216,968#18
200316,895#18
200416,469#17
200516,140#17
200616,254#16
200715,973#15
200815,188#17
200914,221#18
201013,898#19
201113,272#17
201213,456#14
201313,595#13
201414,462#9
201514,861#7
201614,916#5
201714,357#4
201813,642#4
201913,193#6
202012,381#6
202112,464#5
202212,109#4
202311,727#4
202411,793#5