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Paul vs James — Popularity Comparison

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	1,320 \| 0/1,320	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	1,359 \| 0/1,359	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	1,330 \| 0/1,330	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	1,384 \| 0/1,384	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	1,401 \| 0/1,401	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	1,512 \| 0/1,512	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	1,634 \| 0/1,634	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	1,697 \| 0/1,697	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	1,940 \| 0/1,940	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	2,032 \| 0/2,032	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	2,007 \| 0/2,007	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	2,038 \| 0/2,038	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	1,957 \| 0/1,957	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	2,077 \| 0/2,077	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	2,129 \| 0/2,129	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	2,428 \| 0/2,428	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	2,554 \| 0/2,554	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	2,771 \| 0/2,771	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	3,042 \| 6/3,036	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	3,150 \| 5/3,145	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	3,197 \| 9/3,188	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	3,263 \| 7/3,256	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	3,263 \| 0/3,263	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	3,530 \| 7/3,523	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	3,804 \| 9/3,795	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	4,026 \| 6/4,020	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	4,332 \| 11/4,321	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	4,766 \| 14/4,752	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	4,896 \| 13/4,883	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	5,425 \| 12/5,413	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	5,807 \| 10/5,797	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	6,491 \| 9/6,482	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	7,018 \| 15/7,003	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	7,707 \| 25/7,682	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	8,610 \| 31/8,579	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	9,072 \| 43/9,029	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	9,512 \| 77/9,435	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	9,770 \| 64/9,706	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	9,784 \| 68/9,716	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	10,389 \| 74/10,315	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	10,542 \| 81/10,461	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	10,910 \| 84/10,826	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	11,381 \| 71/11,310	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	11,853 \| 75/11,778	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	11,892 \| 71/11,821	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	11,706 \| 74/11,632	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	11,810 \| 77/11,733	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	11,875 \| 76/11,799	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	11,860 \| 77/11,783	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	12,094 \| 78/12,016	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	12,410 \| 98/12,312	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	12,980 \| 77/12,903	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	14,632 \| 71/14,561	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	17,563 \| 95/17,468	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	20,289 \| 92/20,197	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	20,808 \| 121/20,687	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	21,985 \| 116/21,869	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	22,911 \| 87/22,824	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	23,675 \| 97/23,578	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	25,012 \| 91/24,921	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	26,973 \| 96/26,877	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	26,746 \| 79/26,667	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	23,881 \| 75/23,806	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	25,714 \| 73/25,641	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	25,714 \| 81/25,633	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	25,784 \| 75/25,709	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	26,335 \| 78/26,257	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	27,075 \| 63/27,012	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	26,967 \| 70/26,897	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	26,763 \| 65/26,698	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	26,271 \| 50/26,221	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	25,559 \| 50/25,509	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	24,353 \| 60/24,293	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	22,902 \| 50/22,852	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	21,798 \| 55/21,743	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	21,646 \| 57/21,589	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	21,312 \| 60/21,252	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	22,856 \| 63/22,793	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	21,129 \| 66/21,063	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	17,031 \| 37/16,994	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	16,704 \| 45/16,659	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	17,296 \| 47/17,249	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	16,540 \| 47/16,493	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	15,230 \| 63/15,167	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	14,150 \| 53/14,097	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	13,383 \| 47/13,336	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	13,395 \| 35/13,360	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	12,924 \| 44/12,880	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	12,359 \| 53/12,306	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	12,622 \| 59/12,563	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	12,254 \| 58/12,196	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	11,905 \| 51/11,854	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	12,146 \| 79/12,067	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	12,346 \| 91/12,255	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	13,068 \| 114/12,954	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	12,522 \| 91/12,431	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	13,282 \| 123/13,159	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	13,707 \| 102/13,605	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	13,739 \| 86/13,653	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	14,255 \| 81/14,174	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	13,417 \| 78/13,339	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	13,438 \| 76/13,362	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	13,003 \| 81/12,922	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	13,229 \| 60/13,169	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	12,645 \| 75/12,570	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	11,364 \| 59/11,305	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	11,825 \| 70/11,755	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	11,218 \| 62/11,156	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	10,840 \| 50/10,790	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	10,372 \| 44/10,328	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	7,776 \| 43/7,733	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	5,997 \| 31/5,966	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	4,812 \| 27/4,785	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	2,408 \| 15/2,393	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	2,014 \| 9/2,005	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	1,689 \| 13/1,676	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	1,487 \| 9/1,478	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	1,371 \| 13/1,358	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	1,316 \| 8/1,308	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	1,268 \| 6/1,262	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	1,202 \| 8/1,194	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	1,089 \| 8/1,081	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	1,080 \| 13/1,067	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	930 \| 6/924	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	1,297 \| 9/1,288	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	891 \| 6/885	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	1,000 \| 9/991	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	928 \| 5/923	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	970 \| 6/964	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	941 \| 8/933	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	829 \| 5/824	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	751 \| 8/743	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	752 \| 5/747	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	564 \| 0/564	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	612 \| 5/607	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	555 \| 0/555	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	529 \| 0/529	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	449 \| 0/449	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	472 \| 6/466	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	434 \| 6/428	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	Paul (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	427 \| 5/422	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	358 \| 0/358	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	397 \| 0/397	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	291 \| 0/291	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	301 \| 0/301	5,949 \| 22/5,927