TheNameDBJames
M FJames is a given name of Hebrew origin used predominantly for boys. There have been 5,262,396 people born with this name in the United States since 1880 — 5,238,570 as boys and 23,826 as girls. James gained popularity in the 1910s, peaked in 1947 and has since declined significantly. It is the #1 most popular name for a boy.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State (2024)
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Yearly Data
| Year | Births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11,861 |
| 2023 | 11,806 |
| 2022 | 12,194 |
| 2021 | 12,532 |
| 2020 | 12,447 |
| 2019 | 13,261 |
| 2018 | 13,687 |
| 2017 | 14,434 |
| 2016 | 14,983 |
| 2015 | 14,900 |
| 2014 | 14,504 |
| 2013 | 13,623 |
| 2012 | 13,484 |
| 2011 | 13,302 |
| 2010 | 13,928 |
| 2009 | 14,272 |
| 2008 | 15,220 |
| 2007 | 16,006 |
| 2006 | 16,300 |
| 2005 | 16,166 |
| 2004 | 16,564 |
| 2003 | 16,929 |
| 2002 | 16,999 |
| 2001 | 17,115 |
| 2000 | 18,031 |
| 1999 | 18,595 |
| 1998 | 19,734 |
| 1997 | 20,449 |
| 1996 | 21,226 |
| 1995 | 22,793 |
| 1994 | 24,844 |
| 1993 | 26,330 |
| 1992 | 28,579 |
| 1991 | 30,608 |
| 1990 | 32,472 |
| 1989 | 32,896 |
| 1988 | 32,765 |
| 1987 | 32,906 |
| 1986 | 34,328 |
| 1985 | 36,151 |
| 1984 | 36,094 |
| 1983 | 36,626 |
| 1982 | 39,192 |
| 1981 | 38,561 |
| 1980 | 39,585 |
| 1979 | 39,612 |
| 1978 | 40,171 |
| 1977 | 40,316 |
| 1976 | 38,550 |
| 1975 | 39,828 |
| 1974 | 41,586 |
| 1973 | 43,154 |
| 1972 | 47,364 |
| 1971 | 54,905 |
| 1970 | 62,094 |
| 1969 | 60,223 |
| 1968 | 60,978 |
| 1967 | 61,998 |
| 1966 | 65,461 |
| 1965 | 67,977 |
| 1964 | 73,339 |
| 1963 | 71,602 |
| 1962 | 72,823 |
| 1961 | 76,243 |
| 1960 | 77,095 |
| 1959 | 78,938 |
| 1958 | 79,025 |
| 1957 | 84,622 |
| 1956 | 85,151 |
| 1955 | 84,427 |
| 1954 | 86,537 |
| 1953 | 86,307 |
| 1952 | 87,324 |
| 1951 | 87,513 |
| 1950 | 86,475 |
| 1949 | 87,116 |
| 1948 | 88,855 |
| 1947 | 95,020 |
| 1946 | 87,686 |
| 1945 | 74,713 |
| 1944 | 77,188 |
| 1943 | 80,547 |
| 1942 | 77,460 |
| 1941 | 67,008 |
| 1940 | 62,740 |
| 1939 | 59,904 |
| 1938 | 59,377 |
| 1937 | 56,813 |
| 1936 | 54,925 |
| 1935 | 55,240 |
| 1934 | 54,531 |
| 1933 | 51,409 |
| 1932 | 52,251 |
| 1931 | 51,558 |
| 1930 | 54,376 |
| 1929 | 52,530 |
| 1928 | 53,180 |
| 1927 | 54,065 |
| 1926 | 53,555 |
| 1925 | 53,044 |
| 1924 | 53,215 |
| 1923 | 50,743 |
| 1922 | 50,042 |
| 1921 | 49,981 |
| 1920 | 48,157 |
| 1919 | 42,584 |
| 1918 | 42,327 |
| 1917 | 37,520 |
| 1916 | 35,734 |
| 1915 | 33,928 |
| 1914 | 26,369 |
| 1913 | 20,927 |
| 1912 | 17,725 |
| 1911 | 10,021 |
| 1910 | 9,257 |
| 1909 | 7,647 |
| 1908 | 7,044 |
| 1907 | 6,752 |
| 1906 | 5,945 |
| 1905 | 6,077 |
| 1904 | 5,882 |
| 1903 | 5,507 |
| 1902 | 5,622 |
| 1901 | 4,765 |
| 1900 | 7,286 |
| 1899 | 4,624 |
| 1898 | 5,350 |
| 1897 | 5,143 |
| 1896 | 5,234 |
| 1895 | 5,369 |
| 1894 | 5,135 |
| 1893 | 5,053 |
| 1892 | 5,420 |
| 1891 | 4,547 |
| 1890 | 5,130 |
| 1889 | 5,046 |
| 1888 | 5,607 |
| 1887 | 4,787 |
| 1886 | 5,384 |
| 1885 | 5,201 |
| 1884 | 5,726 |
| 1883 | 5,248 |
| 1882 | 5,910 |
| 1881 | 5,465 |
| 1880 | 5,949 |