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David vs James — Popularity Comparison

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

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	7,324 \| 7/7,317	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	7,421 \| 8/7,413	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	7,826 \| 6/7,820	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	7,936 \| 11/7,925	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	8,269 \| 10/8,259	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	8,996 \| 12/8,984	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	9,825 \| 14/9,811	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	10,250 \| 9/10,241	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	11,163 \| 15/11,148	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	11,855 \| 19/11,836	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	12,266 \| 13/12,253	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	12,411 \| 15/12,396	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	12,576 \| 18/12,558	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	13,273 \| 19/13,254	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	14,248 \| 25/14,223	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	15,471 \| 16/15,455	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	16,368 \| 22/16,346	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	17,587 \| 24/17,563	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	17,697 \| 30/17,667	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	18,166 \| 25/18,141	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	18,473 \| 66/18,407	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	18,671 \| 31/18,640	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	18,742 \| 38/18,704	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	19,403 \| 41/19,362	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	19,831 \| 44/19,787	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	20,395 \| 43/20,352	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	20,934 \| 42/20,892	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	21,933 \| 37/21,896	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	23,086 \| 62/23,024	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	23,115 \| 69/23,046	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	24,950 \| 76/24,874	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	27,128 \| 89/27,039	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	28,542 \| 117/28,425	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	30,511 \| 94/30,417	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	33,867 \| 120/33,747	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	35,371 \| 148/35,223	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	35,580 \| 250/35,330	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	37,048 \| 252/36,796	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	37,423 \| 274/37,149	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	38,817 \| 290/38,527	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	38,727 \| 235/38,492	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	39,527 \| 321/39,206	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	40,706 \| 250/40,456	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	40,857 \| 224/40,633	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	42,181 \| 291/41,890	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	42,347 \| 285/42,062	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	40,929 \| 245/40,684	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	40,768 \| 252/40,516	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	39,502 \| 229/39,273	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	39,392 \| 237/39,155	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	42,027 \| 234/41,793	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	41,311 \| 226/41,085	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	46,563 \| 237/46,326	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	53,377 \| 259/53,118	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	62,019 \| 290/61,729	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	63,971 \| 296/63,675	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	63,948 \| 265/63,683	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	67,084 \| 282/66,802	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	66,648 \| 231/66,417	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	68,047 \| 219/67,828	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	75,285 \| 249/75,036	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	78,686 \| 236/78,450	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	81,625 \| 290/81,335	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	85,038 \| 233/84,805	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	86,131 \| 223/85,908	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	84,202 \| 235/83,967	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	82,884 \| 205/82,679	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	82,569 \| 165/82,404	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	81,807 \| 157/81,650	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	86,450 \| 149/86,301	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	79,713 \| 153/79,560	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	76,268 \| 149/76,119	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	71,886 \| 133/71,753	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	64,891 \| 102/64,789	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	60,863 \| 134/60,729	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	59,726 \| 116/59,610	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	56,745 \| 121/56,624	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	57,920 \| 111/57,809	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	46,549 \| 105/46,444	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	37,194 \| 87/37,107	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	37,479 \| 100/37,379	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	37,353 \| 110/37,243	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	36,019 \| 114/35,905	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	30,647 \| 94/30,553	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	27,775 \| 84/27,691	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	25,452 \| 93/25,359	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	23,057 \| 63/22,994	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	21,050 \| 70/20,980	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	17,529 \| 52/17,477	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	15,722 \| 60/15,662	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	14,078 \| 75/14,003	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	12,091 \| 64/12,027	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	12,195 \| 56/12,139	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	11,839 \| 56/11,783	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	12,361 \| 86/12,275	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	11,374 \| 73/11,301	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	10,060 \| 68/9,992	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	9,486 \| 60/9,426	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	9,097 \| 56/9,041	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	8,955 \| 40/8,915	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	8,809 \| 51/8,758	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	8,273 \| 43/8,230	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	7,896 \| 31/7,865	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	7,807 \| 42/7,765	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	7,477 \| 33/7,444	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	6,748 \| 32/6,716	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	6,664 \| 37/6,627	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	6,133 \| 34/6,099	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	5,837 \| 25/5,812	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	5,425 \| 31/5,394	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	4,272 \| 21/4,251	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	3,295 \| 13/3,282	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	2,874 \| 16/2,858	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	1,565 \| 9/1,556	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	1,267 \| 9/1,258	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	1,101 \| 7/1,094	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	1,015 \| 0/1,015	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	956 \| 11/945	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	886 \| 8/878	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	845 \| 7/838	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	817 \| 0/817	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	716 \| 0/716	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	761 \| 0/761	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	672 \| 0/672	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	892 \| 9/883	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	646 \| 0/646	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	820 \| 5/815	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	730 \| 0/730	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	772 \| 7/765	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	712 \| 5/707	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	729 \| 0/729	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	730 \| 6/724	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	818 \| 5/813	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	673 \| 0/673	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	731 \| 0/731	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	757 \| 0/757	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	801 \| 0/801	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	682 \| 9/673	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	674 \| 0/674	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	717 \| 5/712	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	David (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	761 \| 0/761	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	740 \| 6/734	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	838 \| 0/838	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	750 \| 0/750	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	869 \| 0/869	5,949 \| 22/5,927