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Walter vs James — Popularity Comparison

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Walter James

By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2024	1,264 \| 0/1,264	11,861 \| 68/11,793
2023	1,274 \| 0/1,274	11,806 \| 79/11,727
2022	1,278 \| 0/1,278	12,194 \| 85/12,109
2021	1,281 \| 0/1,281	12,532 \| 68/12,464
2020	1,240 \| 0/1,240	12,447 \| 66/12,381
2019	1,282 \| 0/1,282	13,261 \| 68/13,193
2018	1,313 \| 0/1,313	13,687 \| 45/13,642
2017	1,366 \| 0/1,366	14,434 \| 77/14,357
2016	1,172 \| 0/1,172	14,983 \| 67/14,916
2015	1,157 \| 0/1,157	14,900 \| 39/14,861

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2014	987 \| 0/987	14,504 \| 42/14,462
2013	939 \| 0/939	13,623 \| 28/13,595
2012	805 \| 0/805	13,484 \| 28/13,456
2011	801 \| 0/801	13,302 \| 30/13,272
2010	784 \| 0/784	13,928 \| 30/13,898
2009	789 \| 0/789	14,272 \| 51/14,221
2008	764 \| 0/764	15,220 \| 32/15,188
2007	810 \| 0/810	16,006 \| 33/15,973
2006	850 \| 0/850	16,300 \| 46/16,254
2005	770 \| 0/770	16,166 \| 26/16,140

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
2004	766 \| 0/766	16,564 \| 95/16,469
2003	775 \| 0/775	16,929 \| 34/16,895
2002	833 \| 0/833	16,999 \| 31/16,968
2001	826 \| 0/826	17,115 \| 42/17,073
2000	949 \| 0/949	18,031 \| 40/17,991
1999	918 \| 0/918	18,595 \| 40/18,555
1998	896 \| 0/896	19,734 \| 45/19,689
1997	1,027 \| 0/1,027	20,449 \| 42/20,407
1996	1,035 \| 0/1,035	21,226 \| 62/21,164
1995	1,068 \| 6/1,062	22,793 \| 57/22,736

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1994	1,159 \| 7/1,152	24,844 \| 67/24,777
1993	1,364 \| 8/1,356	26,330 \| 75/26,255
1992	1,431 \| 10/1,421	28,579 \| 70/28,509
1991	1,539 \| 0/1,539	30,608 \| 95/30,513
1990	1,621 \| 7/1,614	32,472 \| 115/32,357
1989	1,618 \| 6/1,612	32,896 \| 176/32,720
1988	1,633 \| 23/1,610	32,765 \| 244/32,521
1987	1,594 \| 20/1,574	32,906 \| 246/32,660
1986	1,725 \| 10/1,715	34,328 \| 273/34,055
1985	1,709 \| 20/1,689	36,151 \| 287/35,864

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1984	1,698 \| 9/1,689	36,094 \| 238/35,856
1983	1,777 \| 10/1,767	36,626 \| 282/36,344
1982	1,931 \| 19/1,912	39,192 \| 317/38,875
1981	2,007 \| 17/1,990	38,561 \| 272/38,289
1980	2,026 \| 16/2,010	39,585 \| 271/39,314
1979	2,144 \| 22/2,122	39,612 \| 261/39,351
1978	2,013 \| 22/1,991	40,171 \| 269/39,902
1977	2,198 \| 13/2,185	40,316 \| 273/40,043
1976	2,122 \| 20/2,102	38,550 \| 252/38,298
1975	2,382 \| 24/2,358	39,828 \| 254/39,574

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1974	2,498 \| 11/2,487	41,586 \| 250/41,336
1973	2,643 \| 16/2,627	43,154 \| 316/42,838
1972	2,947 \| 30/2,917	47,364 \| 300/47,064
1971	3,383 \| 27/3,356	54,905 \| 302/54,603
1970	3,615 \| 31/3,584	62,094 \| 354/61,740
1969	3,597 \| 27/3,570	60,223 \| 329/59,894
1968	3,618 \| 29/3,589	60,978 \| 312/60,666
1967	3,833 \| 23/3,810	61,998 \| 310/61,688
1966	4,080 \| 24/4,056	65,461 \| 298/65,163
1965	4,502 \| 18/4,484	67,977 \| 303/67,674

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1964	4,859 \| 15/4,844	73,339 \| 318/73,021
1963	5,095 \| 29/5,066	71,602 \| 311/71,291
1962	5,314 \| 34/5,280	72,823 \| 262/72,561
1961	5,503 \| 36/5,467	76,243 \| 284/75,959
1960	5,797 \| 31/5,766	77,095 \| 291/76,804
1959	6,165 \| 36/6,129	78,938 \| 294/78,644
1958	6,348 \| 35/6,313	79,025 \| 252/78,773
1957	6,735 \| 29/6,706	84,622 \| 279/84,343
1956	7,055 \| 35/7,020	85,151 \| 248/84,903
1955	7,335 \| 36/7,299	84,427 \| 243/84,184

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1954	7,520 \| 34/7,486	86,537 \| 225/86,312
1953	7,542 \| 33/7,509	86,307 \| 236/86,071
1952	7,925 \| 26/7,899	87,324 \| 258/87,066
1951	8,069 \| 32/8,037	87,513 \| 256/87,257
1950	7,834 \| 36/7,798	86,475 \| 252/86,223
1949	8,326 \| 30/8,296	87,116 \| 257/86,859
1948	8,655 \| 28/8,627	88,855 \| 251/88,604
1947	9,253 \| 36/9,217	95,020 \| 257/94,763
1946	8,711 \| 43/8,668	87,686 \| 250/87,436
1945	7,602 \| 28/7,574	74,713 \| 247/74,466

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1944	8,203 \| 44/8,159	77,188 \| 237/76,951
1943	9,082 \| 47/9,035	80,547 \| 272/80,275
1942	8,726 \| 45/8,681	77,460 \| 280/77,180
1941	7,784 \| 38/7,746	67,008 \| 256/66,752
1940	7,762 \| 39/7,723	62,740 \| 259/62,481
1939	7,374 \| 51/7,323	59,904 \| 268/59,636
1938	7,598 \| 39/7,559	59,377 \| 275/59,102
1937	7,537 \| 51/7,486	56,813 \| 251/56,562
1936	7,572 \| 36/7,536	54,925 \| 229/54,696
1935	7,873 \| 57/7,816	55,240 \| 238/55,002

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1934	8,153 \| 61/8,092	54,531 \| 262/54,269
1933	7,811 \| 56/7,755	51,409 \| 299/51,110
1932	8,743 \| 75/8,668	52,251 \| 320/51,931
1931	9,011 \| 71/8,940	51,558 \| 345/51,213
1930	9,815 \| 84/9,731	54,376 \| 419/53,957
1929	9,950 \| 100/9,850	52,530 \| 397/52,133
1928	10,740 \| 89/10,651	53,180 \| 427/52,753
1927	11,439 \| 93/11,346	54,065 \| 390/53,675
1926	11,866 \| 92/11,774	53,555 \| 358/53,197
1925	12,230 \| 100/12,130	53,044 \| 365/52,679

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1924	12,782 \| 86/12,696	53,215 \| 274/52,941
1923	12,511 \| 78/12,433	50,743 \| 280/50,463
1922	12,714 \| 83/12,631	50,042 \| 239/49,803
1921	13,078 \| 74/13,004	49,981 \| 231/49,750
1920	13,363 \| 69/13,294	48,157 \| 249/47,908
1919	12,945 \| 66/12,879	42,584 \| 192/42,392
1918	13,418 \| 80/13,338	42,327 \| 212/42,115
1917	12,658 \| 76/12,582	37,520 \| 182/37,338
1916	11,834 \| 74/11,760	35,734 \| 166/35,568
1915	11,310 \| 55/11,255	33,928 \| 155/33,773

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1914	8,999 \| 37/8,962	26,369 \| 107/26,262
1913	6,930 \| 40/6,890	20,927 \| 95/20,832
1912	5,848 \| 39/5,809	17,725 \| 81/17,644
1911	3,086 \| 12/3,074	10,021 \| 69/9,952
1910	2,607 \| 11/2,596	9,257 \| 63/9,194
1909	2,302 \| 15/2,287	7,647 \| 52/7,595
1908	2,198 \| 6/2,192	7,044 \| 32/7,012
1907	2,116 \| 21/2,095	6,752 \| 45/6,707
1906	1,946 \| 12/1,934	5,945 \| 37/5,908
1905	1,911 \| 9/1,902	6,077 \| 35/6,042

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1904	1,886 \| 13/1,873	5,882 \| 27/5,855
1903	1,853 \| 13/1,840	5,507 \| 28/5,479
1902	1,870 \| 12/1,858	5,622 \| 30/5,592
1901	1,735 \| 17/1,718	4,765 \| 30/4,735
1900	2,309 \| 11/2,298	7,286 \| 41/7,245
1899	1,756 \| 6/1,750	4,624 \| 27/4,597
1898	2,013 \| 11/2,002	5,350 \| 29/5,321
1897	1,912 \| 17/1,895	5,143 \| 30/5,113
1896	2,026 \| 9/2,017	5,234 \| 28/5,206
1895	2,026 \| 11/2,015	5,369 \| 34/5,335

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1894	2,027 \| 17/2,010	5,135 \| 25/5,110
1893	2,019 \| 15/2,004	5,053 \| 23/5,030
1892	2,239 \| 10/2,229	5,420 \| 22/5,398
1891	1,678 \| 10/1,668	4,547 \| 31/4,516
1890	1,917 \| 12/1,905	5,130 \| 33/5,097
1889	1,925 \| 9/1,916	5,046 \| 26/5,020
1888	2,045 \| 5/2,040	5,607 \| 45/5,562
1887	1,704 \| 0/1,704	4,787 \| 19/4,768
1886	1,891 \| 11/1,880	5,384 \| 29/5,355
1885	1,815 \| 7/1,808	5,201 \| 26/5,175

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By Year

Year	Walter (total \| F/B)	James (total \| F/B)
1884	1,909 \| 7/1,902	5,726 \| 33/5,693
1883	1,710 \| 5/1,705	5,248 \| 25/5,223
1882	1,812 \| 7/1,805	5,910 \| 18/5,892
1881	1,681 \| 11/1,670	5,465 \| 24/5,441
1880	1,763 \| 8/1,755	5,949 \| 22/5,927