Popularity (masculine) in England and Wales
Numbers
| James (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | % | |
| 2021 | #30 | 0.554 | |
| 2020 | #24 | 0.629 | |
| 2019 | #22 | 0.710 | |
| 2018 | #21 | 0.751 | |
| 2017 | #17 | 0.840 | |
| 2016 | #12 | 1.003 | |
| 2015 | #11 | 1.092 | |
| 2014 | #9 | 1.168 | |
| 2013 | #9 | 1.182 | |
| 2012 | #10 | 1.201 | |
| 2011 | #8 | 1.333 | |
| 2010 | #10 | 1.173 | |
| 2009 | #9 | 1.255 | |
| 2008 | #9 | 1.424 | |
| 2007 | #9 | 1.449 | |
| 2006 | #6 | 1.580 | |
| 2005 | #4 | 1.710 | |
| 2004 | #4 | 1.868 | |
| 2003 | #4 | 1.980 | |
| 2002 | #4 | 2.084 | |
| 2001 | #4 | 2.306 | |
| 2000 | #3 | 2.419 | |
| 1999 | #3 | 2.740 | |
| 1998 | #3 | 2.822 | |
| 1997 | #2 | 2.990 | |
| 1996 | #4 | 2.814 | |
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