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Eric vs James — Popularity Comparison

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Eric James

By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	1,402 \| 0/1,402	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	1,544 \| 0/1,544	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	1,560 \| 0/1,560	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	1,789 \| 0/1,789	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	1,917 \| 0/1,917	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	2,204 \| 0/2,204	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	2,408 \| 0/2,408	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	2,782 \| 0/2,782	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	2,933 \| 5/2,928	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	3,050 \| 5/3,045	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	3,326 \| 5/3,321	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	3,275 \| 10/3,265	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	3,636 \| 0/3,636	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	3,750 \| 0/3,750	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	4,207 \| 7/4,200	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	4,652 \| 7/4,645	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	5,385 \| 8/5,377	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	5,969 \| 10/5,959	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	6,242 \| 11/6,231	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	6,709 \| 12/6,697	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	7,162 \| 29/7,133	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	7,803 \| 16/7,787	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	7,944 \| 17/7,927	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	8,572 \| 13/8,559	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	9,187 \| 26/9,161	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	9,404 \| 22/9,382	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	9,985 \| 21/9,964	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	10,354 \| 37/10,317	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	11,646 \| 36/11,610	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	12,524 \| 38/12,486	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	13,363 \| 53/13,310	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	14,597 \| 49/14,548	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	16,201 \| 56/16,145	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	18,124 \| 73/18,051	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	19,508 \| 79/19,429	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	19,093 \| 115/18,978	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	20,339 \| 165/20,174	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	20,361 \| 158/20,203	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	19,678 \| 150/19,528	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	21,006 \| 163/20,843	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	21,104 \| 148/20,956	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	20,510 \| 154/20,356	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	20,016 \| 137/19,879	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	20,849 \| 134/20,715	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	22,767 \| 153/22,614	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	20,410 \| 141/20,269	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	19,913 \| 150/19,763	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	20,869 \| 124/20,745	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	21,496 \| 133/21,363	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	19,920 \| 124/19,796	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	20,327 \| 139/20,188	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	20,932 \| 130/20,802	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	22,149 \| 118/22,031	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	23,101 \| 137/22,964	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	23,721 \| 148/23,573	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	20,874 \| 128/20,746	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	18,581 \| 79/18,502	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	17,921 \| 90/17,831	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	16,553 \| 81/16,472	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	16,898 \| 68/16,830	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	14,624 \| 57/14,567	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	13,320 \| 43/13,277	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	12,384 \| 41/12,343	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	11,157 \| 43/11,114	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	10,560 \| 26/10,534	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	9,764 \| 35/9,729	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	8,209 \| 20/8,189	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	6,639 \| 19/6,620	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	5,266 \| 13/5,253	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	4,666 \| 7/4,659	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	4,176 \| 7/4,169	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	3,941 \| 12/3,929	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	4,006 \| 16/3,990	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	3,675 \| 11/3,664	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	3,104 \| 9/3,095	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	2,773 \| 5/2,768	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	2,497 \| 5/2,492	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	2,350 \| 5/2,345	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	1,820 \| 0/1,820	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	1,351 \| 0/1,351	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	1,195 \| 0/1,195	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	1,170 \| 0/1,170	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	873 \| 7/866	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	703 \| 0/703	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	482 \| 0/482	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	432 \| 0/432	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	370 \| 0/370	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	299 \| 0/299	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	296 \| 0/296	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	288 \| 0/288	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	259 \| 0/259	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	234 \| 0/234	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	199 \| 0/199	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	213 \| 0/213	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	206 \| 0/206	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	205 \| 0/205	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	221 \| 0/221	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	208 \| 0/208	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	214 \| 0/214	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	211 \| 0/211	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	228 \| 0/228	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	175 \| 0/175	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	200 \| 0/200	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	179 \| 0/179	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	186 \| 0/186	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	190 \| 0/190	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	202 \| 0/202	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	186 \| 0/186	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	155 \| 0/155	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	155 \| 0/155	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	145 \| 0/145	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	109 \| 0/109	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	93 \| 0/93	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	35 \| 0/35	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	41 \| 0/41	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	33 \| 0/33	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	30 \| 0/30	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	22 \| 0/22	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	33 \| 0/33	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	23 \| 0/23	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	15 \| 0/15	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	34 \| 0/34	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	26 \| 0/26	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	25 \| 0/25	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	21 \| 0/21	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	17 \| 0/17	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	30 \| 0/30	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	30 \| 0/30	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	25 \| 0/25	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	20 \| 0/20	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	20 \| 0/20	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	13 \| 0/13	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	18 \| 0/18	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	18 \| 0/18	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	13 \| 0/13	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	21 \| 0/21	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	13 \| 0/13	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	11 \| 0/11	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	10 \| 0/10	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	16 \| 0/16	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	Eric (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	12 \| 0/12	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	11 \| 0/11	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	9 \| 0/9	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	9 \| 0/9	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	10 \| 0/10	5,949 \| 22/5,927