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Dale vs James — Popularity Comparison

Latest years first · counts are girls + boys combined (split shown in table).

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	149 \| 0/149	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	134 \| 5/129	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	114 \| 0/114	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	139 \| 9/130	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	131 \| 0/131	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	118 \| 0/118	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	132 \| 5/127	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	155 \| 5/150	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	181 \| 8/173	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	177 \| 0/177	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	186 \| 5/181	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	157 \| 11/146	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	165 \| 0/165	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	166 \| 0/166	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	195 \| 5/190	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	225 \| 0/225	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	271 \| 10/261	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	292 \| 8/284	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	296 \| 7/289	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	333 \| 10/323	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	362 \| 9/353	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	422 \| 14/408	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	479 \| 13/466	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	634 \| 22/612	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	419 \| 12/407	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	452 \| 10/442	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	505 \| 22/483	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	521 \| 18/503	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	575 \| 20/555	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	595 \| 25/570	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	691 \| 41/650	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	669 \| 28/641	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	740 \| 37/703	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	786 \| 27/759	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	944 \| 37/907	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	888 \| 33/855	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	914 \| 31/883	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	969 \| 38/931	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	1,023 \| 43/980	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	1,134 \| 41/1,093	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	1,075 \| 44/1,031	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	1,147 \| 51/1,096	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	1,184 \| 52/1,132	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	1,296 \| 48/1,248	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	1,292 \| 55/1,237	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	1,320 \| 46/1,274	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	1,387 \| 63/1,324	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	1,409 \| 49/1,360	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	1,558 \| 78/1,480	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	1,589 \| 61/1,528	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	1,758 \| 70/1,688	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	1,876 \| 75/1,801	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	2,159 \| 97/2,062	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	2,687 \| 141/2,546	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	3,173 \| 170/3,003	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	3,343 \| 188/3,155	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	3,408 \| 151/3,257	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	3,703 \| 167/3,536	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	4,205 \| 220/3,985	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	4,655 \| 258/4,397	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	5,478 \| 317/5,161	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	6,062 \| 367/5,695	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	6,746 \| 379/6,367	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	7,640 \| 448/7,192	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	8,209 \| 534/7,675	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	8,872 \| 529/8,343	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	9,088 \| 585/8,503	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	8,530 \| 665/7,865	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	8,554 \| 834/7,720	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	8,183 \| 1,001/7,182	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	8,534 \| 1,095/7,439	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	8,402 \| 1,053/7,349	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	8,523 \| 1,108/7,415	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	7,891 \| 927/6,964	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	7,631 \| 844/6,787	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	7,104 \| 875/6,229	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	6,944 \| 855/6,089	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	6,753 \| 817/5,936	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	5,686 \| 662/5,024	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	4,444 \| 487/3,957	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	4,422 \| 432/3,990	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	4,679 \| 445/4,234	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	4,250 \| 386/3,864	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	4,114 \| 324/3,790	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	4,002 \| 303/3,699	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	3,811 \| 280/3,531	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	3,899 \| 209/3,690	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	3,522 \| 182/3,340	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	3,590 \| 196/3,394	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	3,426 \| 153/3,273	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	3,356 \| 115/3,241	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	2,990 \| 65/2,925	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	3,224 \| 84/3,140	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	3,083 \| 75/3,008	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	3,091 \| 97/2,994	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	2,733 \| 69/2,664	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	2,726 \| 86/2,640	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	2,592 \| 89/2,503	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	2,477 \| 79/2,398	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	2,386 \| 84/2,302	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	2,494 \| 98/2,396	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	2,258 \| 86/2,172	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	2,103 \| 62/2,041	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	2,029 \| 73/1,956	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	1,745 \| 65/1,680	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	1,501 \| 73/1,428	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	1,564 \| 73/1,491	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	1,305 \| 57/1,248	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	1,218 \| 57/1,161	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	1,134 \| 53/1,081	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	724 \| 33/691	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	500 \| 28/472	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	406 \| 35/371	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	176 \| 26/150	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	149 \| 24/125	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	115 \| 13/102	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	117 \| 17/100	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	83 \| 10/73	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	75 \| 9/66	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	76 \| 11/65	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	65 \| 12/53	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	63 \| 7/56	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	77 \| 14/63	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	49 \| 9/40	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	70 \| 16/54	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	51 \| 10/41	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	47 \| 7/40	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	49 \| 10/39	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	43 \| 7/36	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	37 \| 11/26	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	38 \| 10/28	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	25 \| 7/18	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	30 \| 8/22	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	22 \| 5/17	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	19 \| 5/14	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	19 \| 0/19	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	21 \| 6/15	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	18 \| 7/11	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	17 \| 0/17	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	25 \| 0/25	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	Dale (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	10 \| 0/10	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	11 \| 0/11	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	7 \| 0/7	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	6 \| 0/6	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	0 \| 0/0	5,949 \| 22/5,927