How popular is “James” in the USA?
Number of people named “James” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “James” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “James” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “James” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “James” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “James” by birth year
This chart shows how “James” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1880 | 5949 | 0.029525917 | 22 | 5927 | -99% |
1881 | 5465 | 0.028361911 | 24 | 5441 | -99% |
1882 | 5910 | 0.026677741 | 18 | 5892 | -99% |
1883 | 5248 | 0.024190463 | 25 | 5223 | -99% |
1884 | 5726 | 0.023519168 | 33 | 5693 | -99% |
1885 | 5201 | 0.021593995 | 26 | 5175 | -99% |
1886 | 5384 | 0.021087511 | 29 | 5355 | -99% |
1887 | 4787 | 0.01934978 | 19 | 4768 | -99% |
1888 | 5607 | 0.018722827 | 45 | 5562 | -98% |
1889 | 5046 | 0.01746347 | 26 | 5020 | -99% |
1890 | 5130 | 0.017020514 | 33 | 5097 | -99% |
1891 | 4547 | 0.015861332 | 31 | 4516 | -99% |
1892 | 5420 | 0.016209394 | 22 | 5398 | -99% |
1893 | 5053 | 0.015537032 | 23 | 5030 | -99% |
1894 | 5135 | 0.015161357 | 25 | 5110 | -99% |
1895 | 5369 | 0.015295381 | 34 | 5335 | -99% |
1896 | 5234 | 0.014641215 | 28 | 5206 | -99% |
1897 | 5143 | 0.014823163 | 30 | 5113 | -99% |
1898 | 5350 | 0.014025246 | 29 | 5321 | -99% |
1899 | 4624 | 0.01363071 | 27 | 4597 | -99% |
1900 | 7286 | 0.016181797 | 41 | 7245 | -99% |
1901 | 4765 | 0.013779163 | 30 | 4735 | -99% |
1902 | 5622 | 0.014537161 | 30 | 5592 | -99% |
1903 | 5507 | 0.014446409 | 28 | 5479 | -99% |
1904 | 5882 | 0.014577989 | 27 | 5855 | -99% |
1905 | 6077 | 0.014335116 | 35 | 6042 | -99% |
1906 | 5945 | 0.013875565 | 37 | 5908 | -99% |
1907 | 6752 | 0.014508231 | 45 | 6707 | -99% |
1908 | 7044 | 0.014415226 | 32 | 7012 | -99% |
1909 | 7647 | 0.014958218 | 52 | 7595 | -99% |
1910 | 9257 | 0.015670946 | 63 | 9194 | -99% |
1911 | 10021 | 0.015553845 | 69 | 9952 | -99% |
1912 | 17725 | 0.017939176 | 81 | 17644 | -99% |
1913 | 20927 | 0.018403657 | 95 | 20832 | -99% |
1914 | 26370 | 0.018618332 | 107 | 26263 | -99% |
1915 | 33928 | 0.018515306 | 155 | 33773 | -99% |
1916 | 35734 | 0.018472768 | 166 | 35568 | -99% |
1917 | 37520 | 0.018696899 | 182 | 37338 | -99% |
1918 | 42327 | 0.019495539 | 212 | 42115 | -99% |
1919 | 42584 | 0.020179627 | 192 | 42392 | -99% |
1920 | 48157 | 0.021283517 | 249 | 47908 | -99% |
1921 | 49981 | 0.021409696 | 231 | 49750 | -99% |
1922 | 50042 | 0.021860467 | 239 | 49803 | -99% |
1923 | 50743 | 0.022038372 | 280 | 50463 | -99% |
1924 | 53215 | 0.022344101 | 274 | 52941 | -99% |
1925 | 53046 | 0.022734277 | 365 | 52681 | -99% |
1926 | 53553 | 0.023325523 | 358 | 53195 | -99% |
1927 | 54067 | 0.023311162 | 390 | 53677 | -99% |
1928 | 53178 | 0.023520483 | 427 | 52751 | -98% |
1929 | 52530 | 0.023962755 | 397 | 52133 | -98% |
1930 | 54377 | 0.02445792 | 419 | 53958 | -98% |
1931 | 51562 | 0.02450238 | 345 | 51217 | -99% |
1932 | 52247 | 0.024746623 | 320 | 51927 | -99% |
1933 | 51408 | 0.025711302 | 299 | 51109 | -99% |
1934 | 54530 | 0.026256716 | 262 | 54268 | -99% |
1935 | 55242 | 0.026433198 | 238 | 55004 | -99% |
1936 | 54923 | 0.026436288 | 229 | 54694 | -99% |
1937 | 56813 | 0.026664859 | 251 | 56562 | -99% |
1938 | 59375 | 0.026835285 | 275 | 59100 | -99% |
1939 | 59904 | 0.027186779 | 268 | 59636 | -99% |
1940 | 62739 | 0.027246587 | 259 | 62480 | -99% |
1941 | 67007 | 0.027502712 | 256 | 66751 | -99% |
1942 | 77454 | 0.02835317 | 280 | 77174 | -99% |
1943 | 80547 | 0.028536901 | 272 | 80275 | -99% |
1944 | 77193 | 0.028695686 | 237 | 76956 | -99% |
1945 | 74708 | 0.028161209 | 247 | 74461 | -99% |
1946 | 87688 | 0.027443012 | 250 | 87438 | -99% |
1947 | 95018 | 0.02637733 | 257 | 94761 | -99% |
1948 | 88855 | 0.025736379 | 251 | 88604 | -99% |
1949 | 87115 | 0.024999002 | 257 | 86858 | -99% |
1950 | 86477 | 0.024683962 | 252 | 86225 | -99% |
1951 | 87508 | 0.023755329 | 256 | 87252 | -99% |
1952 | 87323 | 0.022991801 | 258 | 87065 | -99% |
1953 | 86310 | 0.02239717 | 236 | 86074 | -99% |
1954 | 86532 | 0.021737972 | 225 | 86307 | -99% |
1955 | 84426 | 0.021027479 | 243 | 84183 | -99% |
1956 | 85148 | 0.020651761 | 248 | 84900 | -99% |
1957 | 84620 | 0.020137733 | 279 | 84341 | -99% |
1958 | 79021 | 0.019113749 | 252 | 78769 | -99% |
1959 | 78909 | 0.018983472 | 294 | 78615 | -99% |
1960 | 77106 | 0.018562222 | 291 | 76815 | -99% |
1961 | 76241 | 0.018407017 | 284 | 75957 | -99% |
1962 | 72807 | 0.018044667 | 262 | 72545 | -99% |
1963 | 71602 | 0.018088933 | 311 | 71291 | -99% |
1964 | 73345 | 0.018866571 | 318 | 73027 | -99% |
1965 | 67979 | 0.01875034 | 303 | 67676 | -99% |
1966 | 65459 | 0.018834028 | 298 | 65161 | -99% |
1967 | 61996 | 0.018261602 | 311 | 61685 | -99% |
1968 | 60976 | 0.018048977 | 312 | 60664 | -99% |
1969 | 60229 | 0.017330347 | 329 | 59900 | -99% |
1970 | 62092 | 0.017216682 | 354 | 61738 | -99% |
1971 | 54905 | 0.015996637 | 302 | 54603 | -99% |
1972 | 47365 | 0.01506991 | 299 | 47066 | -99% |
1973 | 43156 | 0.014304978 | 317 | 42839 | -99% |
1974 | 41585 | 0.013679276 | 250 | 41335 | -99% |
1975 | 39826 | 0.013190156 | 254 | 39572 | -99% |
1976 | 38553 | 0.012705681 | 252 | 38301 | -99% |
1977 | 40314 | 0.012691678 | 273 | 40041 | -99% |
1978 | 40170 | 0.012656673 | 269 | 39901 | -99% |
1979 | 39614 | 0.011906963 | 261 | 39353 | -99% |
1980 | 39583 | 0.011491687 | 271 | 39312 | -99% |
1981 | 38560 | 0.011146654 | 272 | 38288 | -99% |
1982 | 39193 | 0.011172651 | 317 | 38876 | -98% |
1983 | 36626 | 0.010575536 | 282 | 36344 | -98% |
1984 | 36100 | 0.010347825 | 238 | 35862 | -99% |
1985 | 36148 | 0.010128398 | 287 | 35861 | -98% |
1986 | 34326 | 0.009650414 | 273 | 34053 | -98% |
1987 | 32906 | 0.009126637 | 246 | 32660 | -99% |
1988 | 32764 | 0.008867451 | 244 | 32520 | -99% |
1989 | 32892 | 0.008555973 | 176 | 32716 | -99% |
1990 | 32473 | 0.008216339 | 115 | 32358 | -99% |
1991 | 30608 | 0.007858102 | 95 | 30513 | -99% |
1992 | 28576 | 0.007439574 | 70 | 28506 | -100% |
1993 | 26327 | 0.006983039 | 75 | 26252 | -99% |
1994 | 24842 | 0.006682482 | 67 | 24775 | -99% |
1995 | 22788 | 0.006222795 | 57 | 22731 | -99% |
1996 | 21225 | 0.005819782 | 62 | 21163 | -99% |
1997 | 20447 | 0.005639568 | 42 | 20405 | -100% |
1998 | 19732 | 0.005364744 | 45 | 19687 | -100% |
1999 | 18595 | 0.005034182 | 40 | 18555 | -100% |
2000 | 18031 | 0.00477037 | 40 | 17991 | -100% |
2001 | 17115 | 0.00457221 | 42 | 17073 | -100% |
2002 | 16998 | 0.00454719 | 31 | 16967 | -100% |
2003 | 16929 | 0.004452638 | 34 | 16895 | -100% |
2004 | 16563 | 0.004335145 | 95 | 16468 | -99% |
2005 | 16166 | 0.004204917 | 26 | 16140 | -100% |
2006 | 16299 | 0.004120284 | 46 | 16253 | -99% |
2007 | 16005 | 0.004003996 | 33 | 15972 | -100% |
2008 | 15220 | 0.003872677 | 32 | 15188 | -100% |
2009 | 14269 | 0.003735835 | 51 | 14218 | -99% |
2010 | 13928 | 0.003769269 | 30 | 13898 | -100% |
2011 | 13300 | 0.003636709 | 30 | 13270 | -100% |
2012 | 13483 | 0.003687258 | 28 | 13455 | -100% |
2013 | 13618 | 0.00373628 | 28 | 13590 | -100% |
2014 | 14503 | 0.003914 | 42 | 14461 | -99% |
2015 | 14898 | 0.004026651 | 39 | 14859 | -99% |
2016 | 14980 | 0.004084502 | 67 | 14913 | -99% |
2017 | 14431 | 0.004036963 | 77 | 14354 | -99% |
2018 | 13685 | 0.003894256 | 45 | 13640 | -99% |
2019 | 13252 | 0.003820351 | 68 | 13184 | -99% |
2020 | 12442 | 0.003727555 | 66 | 12376 | -99% |
2021 | 12520 | 0.003699013 | 68 | 12452 | -99% |
2022 | 12174 | 0.003603256 | 85 | 12089 | -99% |
2023 | 11749 | 0.003563277 | 79 | 11670 | -99% |