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Gay vs James — Popularity Comparison

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

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	0 \| 0/0	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	0 \| 0/0	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	0 \| 0/0	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	0 \| 0/0	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	0 \| 0/0	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	0 \| 0/0	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	0 \| 0/0	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	0 \| 0/0	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	0 \| 0/0	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	0 \| 0/0	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	0 \| 0/0	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	0 \| 0/0	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	0 \| 0/0	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	0 \| 0/0	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	0 \| 0/0	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	0 \| 0/0	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	0 \| 0/0	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	0 \| 0/0	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	0 \| 0/0	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	0 \| 0/0	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	0 \| 0/0	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	0 \| 0/0	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	0 \| 0/0	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	0 \| 0/0	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	0 \| 0/0	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	0 \| 0/0	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	0 \| 0/0	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	0 \| 0/0	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	0 \| 0/0	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	0 \| 0/0	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	0 \| 0/0	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	0 \| 0/0	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	0 \| 0/0	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	0 \| 0/0	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	0 \| 0/0	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	0 \| 0/0	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	0 \| 0/0	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	0 \| 0/0	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	0 \| 0/0	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	0 \| 0/0	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	0 \| 0/0	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	0 \| 0/0	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	6 \| 6/0	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	0 \| 0/0	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	0 \| 0/0	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	10 \| 10/0	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	8 \| 8/0	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	13 \| 13/0	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	16 \| 16/0	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	30 \| 30/0	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	36 \| 30/6	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	22 \| 22/0	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	65 \| 59/6	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	83 \| 78/5	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	129 \| 122/7	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	133 \| 127/6	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	175 \| 169/6	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	183 \| 178/5	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	244 \| 235/9	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	309 \| 302/7	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	357 \| 350/7	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	389 \| 381/8	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	451 \| 445/6	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	604 \| 596/8	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	638 \| 626/12	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	692 \| 682/10	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	501 \| 488/13	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	597 \| 584/13	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	554 \| 528/26	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	510 \| 496/14	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	657 \| 632/25	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	605 \| 579/26	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	662 \| 643/19	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	576 \| 541/35	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	505 \| 481/24	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	511 \| 488/23	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	511 \| 472/39	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	567 \| 542/25	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	504 \| 485/19	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	426 \| 395/31	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	423 \| 397/26	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	511 \| 487/24	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	416 \| 388/28	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	409 \| 367/42	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	327 \| 308/19	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	373 \| 338/35	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	353 \| 323/30	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	367 \| 340/27	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	350 \| 319/31	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	298 \| 266/32	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	264 \| 236/28	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	253 \| 227/26	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	246 \| 217/29	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	193 \| 166/27	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	190 \| 155/35	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	144 \| 114/30	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	121 \| 91/30	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	110 \| 82/28	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	103 \| 80/23	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	112 \| 82/30	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	88 \| 59/29	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	86 \| 69/17	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	74 \| 55/19	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	81 \| 56/25	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	84 \| 57/27	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	84 \| 67/17	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	79 \| 64/15	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	101 \| 74/27	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	93 \| 68/25	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	81 \| 59/22	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	57 \| 42/15	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	49 \| 34/15	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	39 \| 26/13	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	29 \| 23/6	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	35 \| 26/9	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	26 \| 26/0	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	20 \| 20/0	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	30 \| 25/5	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	20 \| 15/5	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	15 \| 15/0	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	16 \| 16/0	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	24 \| 18/6	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	17 \| 17/0	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	13 \| 13/0	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	18 \| 18/0	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	33 \| 26/7	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	15 \| 15/0	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	18 \| 13/5	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	23 \| 16/7	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	10 \| 10/0	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Gay (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	24 \| 17/7	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	17 \| 17/0	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	24 \| 18/6	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	18 \| 12/6	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	24 \| 16/8	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	12 \| 12/0	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	22 \| 14/8	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	10 \| 10/0	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	11 \| 5/6	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	0 \| 0/0	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

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