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John vs James — Popularity Comparison

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

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John James

By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	8,055 \| 8/8,047	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	7,798 \| 5/7,793	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	8,000 \| 7/7,993	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	8,191 \| 9/8,182	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	8,271 \| 9/8,262	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	8,871 \| 14/8,857	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	9,212 \| 14/9,198	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	9,540 \| 10/9,530	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	10,067 \| 12/10,055	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	10,432 \| 11/10,421	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	10,713 \| 14/10,699	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	10,752 \| 16/10,736	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	10,646 \| 11/10,635	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	11,086 \| 21/11,065	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	11,577 \| 10/11,567	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	12,144 \| 11/12,133	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	13,357 \| 22/13,335	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	14,462 \| 22/14,440	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	15,211 \| 35/15,176	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	15,828 \| 37/15,791	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	16,538 \| 71/16,467	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	17,279 \| 30/17,249	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	17,497 \| 21/17,476	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	18,935 \| 32/18,903	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	20,140 \| 27/20,113	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	20,404 \| 39/20,365	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	20,658 \| 27/20,631	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	21,415 \| 29/21,386	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	22,223 \| 37/22,186	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	23,289 \| 45/23,244	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	24,234 \| 48/24,186	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	25,064 \| 69/24,995	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	26,311 \| 56/26,255	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	27,872 \| 63/27,809	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	29,171 \| 81/29,090	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	29,987 \| 134/29,853	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	29,590 \| 167/29,423	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	29,750 \| 197/29,553	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	30,428 \| 220/30,208	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	31,732 \| 233/31,499	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	32,849 \| 238/32,611	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	33,424 \| 266/33,158	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	34,941 \| 234/34,707	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	35,067 \| 195/34,872	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	35,528 \| 251/35,277	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	35,655 \| 243/35,412	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	34,240 \| 222/34,018	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	34,417 \| 218/34,199	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	34,189 \| 210/33,979	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	35,306 \| 231/35,075	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	37,872 \| 254/37,618	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	39,398 \| 229/39,169	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	43,386 \| 224/43,162	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	51,780 \| 272/51,508	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	58,786 \| 290/58,496	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	59,025 \| 288/58,737	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	61,209 \| 303/60,906	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	61,892 \| 289/61,603	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	65,299 \| 284/65,015	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	71,751 \| 252/71,499	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	82,783 \| 264/82,519	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	78,876 \| 260/78,616	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	78,706 \| 286/78,420	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	80,248 \| 275/79,973	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	76,328 \| 242/76,086	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	76,674 \| 229/76,445	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	76,254 \| 205/76,049	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	79,257 \| 225/79,032	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	81,030 \| 224/80,806	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	80,307 \| 185/80,122	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	81,361 \| 185/81,176	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	80,331 \| 164/80,167	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	83,335 \| 197/83,138	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	81,772 \| 202/81,570	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	79,592 \| 180/79,412	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	81,379 \| 199/81,180	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	83,024 \| 192/82,832	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	88,524 \| 203/88,321	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	79,474 \| 208/79,266	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	66,315 \| 197/66,118	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	66,791 \| 180/66,611	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	69,157 \| 229/68,928	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	66,282 \| 241/66,041	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	57,740 \| 221/57,519	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	54,992 \| 208/54,784	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	51,253 \| 228/51,025	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	50,734 \| 216/50,518	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	48,971 \| 218/48,753	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	47,882 \| 203/47,679	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	47,718 \| 208/47,510	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	46,999 \| 257/46,742	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	46,451 \| 226/46,225	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	48,923 \| 298/48,625	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	48,747 \| 325/48,422	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	52,849 \| 402/52,447	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	52,521 \| 411/52,110	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	54,185 \| 424/53,761	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	56,389 \| 440/55,949	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	56,493 \| 385/56,108	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	57,562 \| 367/57,195	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	59,434 \| 382/59,052	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	57,802 \| 335/57,467	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	57,566 \| 285/57,281	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	58,500 \| 285/58,215	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	57,194 \| 281/56,913	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	53,830 \| 307/53,523	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	56,806 \| 248/56,558	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	52,105 \| 253/51,852	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	50,270 \| 227/50,043	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	47,776 \| 200/47,576	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	38,116 \| 169/37,947	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	29,451 \| 122/29,329	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	24,700 \| 112/24,588	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	13,514 \| 68/13,446	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	11,538 \| 88/11,450	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	9,657 \| 67/9,590	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	9,401 \| 58/9,343	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	9,048 \| 65/8,983	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	8,307 \| 43/8,264	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	8,102 \| 43/8,059	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	8,148 \| 40/8,108	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	7,649 \| 41/7,608	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	7,945 \| 38/7,907	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	6,939 \| 39/6,900	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	9,874 \| 46/9,828	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	7,030 \| 40/6,990	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	8,214 \| 55/8,159	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	7,596 \| 46/7,550	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	8,188 \| 50/8,138	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	8,381 \| 61/8,320	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	8,297 \| 60/8,237	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	8,110 \| 61/8,049	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	9,093 \| 54/9,039	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	7,724 \| 44/7,680	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	8,558 \| 56/8,502	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	8,600 \| 52/8,548	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	9,299 \| 52/9,247	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	8,166 \| 56/8,110	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	9,074 \| 48/9,026	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	8,801 \| 45/8,756	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	John (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	9,428 \| 40/9,388	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	8,934 \| 40/8,894	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	9,597 \| 40/9,557	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	8,794 \| 26/8,768	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	9,701 \| 46/9,655	5,949 \| 22/5,927