James Boy Name

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The name James is of English origin, and means he who replaces. The table below indicates the number of times the name James has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name James**
Use of the Name James for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
4,954,097	2,224,400	685,356	187,070	84,692	32,918	16,166

The table below indicates the number of times the name James has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name James**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	3	5,927	344	22
1881	3	5,443	330	24
1882	3	5,892	438	18
1883	3	5,225	367	25
1884	3	5,695	343	33
1885	3	5,177	408	26
1886	3	5,355	403	29
1887	3	4,768	518	19
1888	3	5,563	359	45
1889	3	5,021	492	26
1890	3	5,097	452	33
1891	3	4,517	464	31
1892	3	5,400	605	22
1893	3	5,028	606	23
1894	3	5,111	588	25
1895	3	5,336	506	34
1896	3	5,209	587	28
1897	3	5,115	543	30
1898	3	5,321	601	29
1899	3	4,600	600	27
1900	3	7,262	527	41
1901	3	4,735	567	30
1902	3	5,590	607	30
1903	3	5,484	636	28
1904	3	5,860	675	27
1905	3	6,043	590	35
1906	3	5,912	581	37
1907	3	6,706	540	45
1908	3	7,007	684	32
1909	3	7,584	525	52
1910	2	9,185	513	64
1911	3	9,942	503	68
1912	3	17,632	545	81
1913	3	20,815	525	94
1914	3	26,266	546	106
1915	3	33,793	495	155
1916	3	35,592	506	166
1917	3	37,323	486	182
1918	3	42,202	461	212
1919	3	42,440	482	191
1920	4	47,952	425	248
1921	4	49,746	456	231
1922	4	49,824	430	241
1923	4	50,492	401	280
1924	4	52,902	421	275
1925	4	52,629	357	365
1926	3	53,127	351	362
1927	3	53,530	339	389
1928	3	52,692	318	430
1929	2	52,064	325	395
1930	2	53,853	323	419
1931	2	51,044	343	347
1932	2	51,858	356	319
1933	2	51,037	369	297
1934	2	54,188	400	264
1935	2	54,916	422	238
1936	2	54,604	428	229
1937	2	56,521	406	253
1938	2	59,054	406	272
1939	1	59,677	414	267
1940	1	62,441	423	261
1941	1	66,618	428	256
1942	1	77,294	429	285
1943	1	79,838	452	269
1944	1	76,689	472	228
1945	1	74,346	452	251
1946	1	87,094	493	248
1947	1	94,475	518	256
1948	1	88,337	519	253
1949	1	86,656	505	258
1950	1	86,021	512	252
1951	1	86,931	514	261
1952	1	87,059	529	259
1953	2	85,809	576	236
1954	2	86,206	599	229
1955	3	84,060	591	242
1956	2	84,777	595	253
1957	2	84,149	579	278
1958	3	78,696	620	253
1959	3	78,506	571	294
1960	3	76,820	582	288
1961	4	75,773	599	284
1962	4	72,500	618	263
1963	4	71,295	550	310
1964	4	72,977	557	315
1965	4	67,656	545	302
1966	3	65,161	551	295
1967	3	61,670	533	312
1968	4	60,700	552	309
1969	3	59,931	545	328
1970	2	61,692	531	356
1971	2	54,529	581	300
1972	3	47,057	556	297
1973	4	42,833	531	316
1974	5	41,321	614	253
1975	4	39,539	621	253
1976	5	38,266	615	254
1977	5	39,966	615	273
1978	5	39,837	626	268
1979	5	39,333	665	262
1980	5	39,252	663	271
1981	7	38,234	652	271
1982	6	38,830	580	314
1983	6	36,292	618	283
1984	7	35,796	696	239
1985	7	35,822	645	287
1986	7	34,005	673	273
1987	8	32,600	731	247
1988	9	32,469	771	242
1989	9	32,709	982	176
1990	8	32,329
1991	7	30,481
1992	9	28,491
1993	14	26,237
1994	14	24,739
1995	17	22,698
1996	17	21,141
1997	17	20,386
1998	18	19,649
1999	19	18,504
2000	18	17,927
2001	19	16,988
2002	18	16,859
2003	18	16,752
2004	17	16,166
Totals:		4,954,097		21,909

During the last 125 years, parents have used James as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

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