Popularity in the United States
Numbers
| James (masculine) | James (feminine) | |||||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | Rank | Percent Used | ||
| 2018 | #4 | 0.701 | - | - | ||
| 2017 | #4 | 0.725 | - | - | ||
| 2016 | #5 | 0.736 | - | - | ||
| 2015 | #7 | 0.727 | - | - | ||
| 2014 | #9 | 0.705 | - | - | ||
| 2013 | #13 | 0.672 | - | - | ||
| 2012 | #14 | 0.662 | - | - | ||
| 2011 | #17 | 0.653 | - | - | ||
| 2010 | #19 | 0.676 | - | - | ||
| 2009 | #18 | 0.670 | - | - | ||
| 2008 | #17 | 0.697 | - | - | ||
| 2007 | #15 | 0.721 | - | - | ||
| 2006 | #16 | 0.741 | - | - | ||
| 2005 | #17 | 0.759 | - | - | ||
| 2004 | #17 | 0.779 | - | - | ||
| 2003 | #18 | 0.804 | - | - | ||
| 2002 | #18 | 0.821 | - | - | ||
| 2001 | #19 | 0.826 | - | - | ||
| 2000 | #18 | 0.862 | - | - | ||
| 1999 | #19 | 0.910 | - | - | ||
| 1998 | #18 | 0.971 | - | - | ||
| 1997 | #17 | 1.021 | - | - | ||
| 1996 | #17 | 1.056 | - | - | ||
| 1995 | #17 | 1.130 | - | - | ||
| 1994 | #14 | 1.215 | - | - | ||
| 1993 | #14 | 1.271 | - | - | ||
| 1992 | #9 | 1.358 | - | - | ||
| 1991 | #7 | 1.439 | - | - | ||
| 1990 | #8 | 1.504 | - | - | ||
| 1989 | #9 | 1.561 | #982 | 0.009 | ||
| 1988 | #9 | 1.624 | #767 | 0.013 | ||
| 1987 | #8 | 1.674 | #733 | 0.013 | ||
| 1986 | #7 | 1.772 | #670 | 0.015 | ||
| 1985 | #7 | 1.864 | #645 | 0.016 | ||
| 1984 | #7 | 1.911 | #698 | 0.013 | ||
| 1983 | #6 | 1.951 | #618 | 0.016 | ||
| 1982 | #6 | 2.060 | #577 | 0.017 | ||
| 1981 | #7 | 2.057 | #651 | 0.015 | ||
| 1980 | #5 | 2.120 | #663 | 0.015 | ||
| 1979 | #5 | 2.197 | #666 | 0.015 | ||
| 1978 | #5 | 2.335 | #625 | 0.016 | ||
| 1977 | #5 | 2.342 | #616 | 0.017 | ||
| 1976 | #5 | 2.346 | #619 | 0.016 | ||
| 1975 | #4 | 2.439 | #619 | 0.016 | ||
| 1974 | #5 | 2.536 | #621 | 0.016 | ||
| 1973 | #4 | 2.657 | #530 | 0.020 | ||
| 1972 | #3 | 2.812 | #556 | 0.019 | ||
| 1971 | #2 | 3.004 | #579 | 0.017 | ||
| 1970 | #2 | 3.241 | #537 | 0.019 | ||
| 1969 | #3 | 3.274 | #541 | 0.019 | ||
| 1968 | #4 | 3.417 | #547 | 0.018 | ||
| 1967 | #3 | 3.467 | #534 | 0.018 | ||
| 1966 | #3 | 3.585 | #548 | 0.017 | ||
| 1965 | #4 | 3.572 | #544 | 0.017 | ||
| 1964 | #4 | 3.603 | #555 | 0.016 | ||
| 1963 | #4 | 3.454 | #548 | 0.016 | ||
| 1962 | #4 | 3.452 | #621 | 0.013 | ||
| 1961 | #4 | 3.522 | #594 | 0.014 | ||
| 1960 | #3 | 3.548 | #581 | 0.014 | ||
| 1959 | #3 | 3.629 | #570 | 0.014 | ||
| 1958 | #3 | 3.656 | #621 | 0.012 | ||
| 1957 | #2 | 3.853 | #577 | 0.013 | ||
| 1956 | #2 | 3.955 | #603 | 0.012 | ||
| 1955 | #3 | 4.028 | #580 | 0.012 | ||
| 1954 | #3 | 4.171 | #604 | 0.011 | ||
| 1953 | #2 | 4.299 | #574 | 0.012 | ||
| 1952 | #1 | 4.412 | #526 | 0.014 | ||
| 1951 | #1 | 4.565 | #517 | 0.014 | ||
| 1950 | #1 | 4.740 | #513 | 0.014 | ||
| 1949 | #1 | 4.820 | #506 | 0.015 | ||
| 1948 | #1 | 4.969 | #521 | 0.014 | ||
| 1947 | #1 | 5.102 | #516 | 0.014 | ||
| 1946 | #1 | 5.298 | #492 | 0.016 | ||
| 1945 | #1 | 5.429 | #454 | 0.018 | ||
| 1944 | #1 | 5.540 | #468 | 0.017 | ||
| 1943 | #1 | 5.519 | #453 | 0.019 | ||
| 1942 | #1 | 5.481 | #429 | 0.020 | ||
| 1941 | #1 | 5.319 | #429 | 0.020 | ||
| 1940 | #1 | 5.267 | #424 | 0.022 | ||
| 1939 | #2 | 5.262 | #411 | 0.024 | ||
| 1938 | #2 | 5.201 | #402 | 0.024 | ||
| 1937 | #2 | 5.171 | #408 | 0.023 | ||
| 1936 | #2 | 5.139 | #428 | 0.021 | ||
| 1935 | #2 | 5.143 | #419 | 0.022 | ||
| 1934 | #2 | 5.109 | #402 | 0.024 | ||
| 1933 | #2 | 5.010 | #368 | 0.029 | ||
| 1932 | #2 | 4.833 | #355 | 0.029 | ||
| 1931 | #2 | 4.789 | #344 | 0.031 | ||
| 1930 | #2 | 4.776 | #323 | 0.036 | ||
| 1929 | #2 | 4.706 | #325 | 0.034 | ||
| 1928 | #3 | 4.623 | #319 | 0.036 | ||
| 1927 | #3 | 4.619 | #338 | 0.031 | ||
| 1926 | #3 | 4.645 | #352 | 0.029 | ||
| 1925 | #4 | 4.575 | #357 | 0.029 | ||
| 1924 | #4 | 4.528 | #425 | 0.021 | ||
| 1923 | #4 | 4.457 | #400 | 0.022 | ||
| 1922 | #4 | 4.426 | #431 | 0.019 | ||
| 1921 | #4 | 4.372 | #455 | 0.018 | ||
| 1920 | #4 | 4.352 | #423 | 0.020 | ||
| 1919 | #3 | 4.175 | #482 | 0.016 | ||
| 1918 | #3 | 4.016 | #459 | 0.018 | ||
| 1917 | #3 | 3.892 | #486 | 0.016 | ||
| 1916 | #3 | 3.853 | #506 | 0.015 | ||
| 1915 | #3 | 3.834 | #494 | 0.015 | ||
| 1914 | #3 | 3.843 | #540 | 0.013 | ||
| 1913 | #3 | 3.885 | #522 | 0.015 | ||
| 1912 | #3 | 3.908 | #544 | 0.014 | ||
| 1911 | #3 | 4.122 | #496 | 0.016 | ||
| 1910 | #2 | 4.410 | #517 | 0.015 | ||
| 1909 | #3 | 4.294 | #522 | 0.014 | ||
| 1908 | #3 | 4.215 | #678 | 0.009 | ||
| 1907 | #3 | 4.229 | #535 | 0.013 | ||
| 1906 | #3 | 4.101 | #578 | 0.012 | ||
| 1905 | #3 | 4.218 | #587 | 0.011 | ||
| 1904 | #3 | 4.227 | #668 | 0.009 | ||
| 1903 | #3 | 4.237 | #628 | 0.010 | ||
| 1902 | #3 | 4.212 | #600 | 0.011 | ||
| 1901 | #3 | 4.096 | #559 | 0.012 | ||
| 1900 | #3 | 4.469 | #524 | 0.013 | ||
| 1899 | #3 | 3.991 | #593 | 0.011 | ||
| 1898 | #3 | 4.028 | #597 | 0.011 | ||
| 1897 | #3 | 4.193 | #537 | 0.012 | ||
| 1896 | #3 | 4.034 | #576 | 0.011 | ||
| 1895 | #3 | 4.213 | #499 | 0.014 | ||
| 1894 | #3 | 4.092 | #586 | 0.011 | ||
| 1893 | #3 | 4.156 | #594 | 0.010 | ||
| 1892 | #3 | 4.106 | #590 | 0.010 | ||
| 1891 | #3 | 4.133 | #457 | 0.016 | ||
| 1890 | #3 | 4.258 | #446 | 0.016 | ||
| 1889 | #3 | 4.217 | #486 | 0.014 | ||
| 1888 | #3 | 4.282 | #356 | 0.024 | ||
| 1887 | #3 | 4.362 | #512 | 0.012 | ||
| 1886 | #3 | 4.498 | #400 | 0.019 | ||
| 1885 | #3 | 4.463 | #405 | 0.018 | ||
| 1884 | #3 | 4.638 | #341 | 0.024 | ||
| 1883 | #3 | 4.644 | #366 | 0.021 | ||
| 1882 | #3 | 4.828 | #431 | 0.016 | ||
| 1881 | #3 | 5.025 | #325 | 0.024 | ||
| 1880 | #3 | 5.006 | #342 | 0.023 | ||
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