Line Chart James

Compassionate • Strong • Daring

Name
Meaning:

  • Supplanter

  • National
    Origins:

  • English
  • Greek

  • Fun Facts

    One Of The Two Apostles In The New Testament. It Has Been Common Since The 13th Century Throughout England .

    James Name Popularity


    Boys vs Girls

    99.55%
    Male

    0.45%
    Female

    James is predominantly a boys name, with 0.45% of Jamess being girls, and 99.55% being boys.

    In the United States there have been a total of 5195130 males named James, and 23540 females given the name

    Popularity of James by state:

    This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named James in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
    Lighter = More Popular
    Darker = Less Popular
    Blank States = Few to None

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    Names Similar to James

    Rank Name Global Rank
    1. Jonas 791
    2. Jones 3348
    3. Jahking 3572
    4. Jaking 3572
    5. Jameis 3572
    6. Jamez 3572
    7. Jamis 3572
    8. Jayansh 3572

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    James: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024


    The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named James' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name James in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. James's average ranking is 337.33, with it's highest ever rank being #. James has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 114 times, and has reached the top hundred names 141 times.

    James has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 5218670 boys given the name in the past 200 years. James gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1900, when it's usage went up by 118.52%. During this year, 7245 babies were named James, which was 1.6709% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 3.049%, in this year alone more than 95000 boys were named James.

    Popular 'J' Names for Boys

    Boys names starting with 'J'

    Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with J. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'J' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.

    Name 'J-Name' Rank Overall Rank Total Named Percentage named
    James 1. 8. 14776 0.408%
    Jacob 2. 11. 14416 0.398%
    Jackson 3. 24. 11210 0.31%
    Joseph 4. 28. 10823 0.299%
    Jayden 5. 37. 10063 0.278%
    John 6. 39. 9952 0.275%
    Joshua 7. 47. 9138 0.253%
    Jack 8. 53. 8367 0.231%
    Julian 9. 54. 8333 0.23%
    Jaxon 10. 56. 8054 0.223%
    Josiah 11. 76. 6928 0.191%
    Jonathan 12. 77. 6914 0.191%
    Jeremiah 13. 81. 6546 0.181%
    Jordan 14. 101. 5589 0.154%
    Jace 15. 115. 5169 0.143%
    Jose 16. 118. 5089 0.141%
    Jaxson 17. 126. 4868 0.135%
    Jason 18. 128. 4851 0.134%
    Justin 19. 192. 3542 0.098%
    Juan 20. 208. 3331 0.092%

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