James in Alabama
Babies in Alabama
160,860
since 1910
Rank in Alabama · 2025
—
recorded as girls
#3
recorded as boys
Peak year in Alabama
1924
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Alabama, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in Alabama from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 292 | 3 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 300 | 3 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 260 | 3 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 315 | 2 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 253 | 3 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 304 | 2 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 292 | 2 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 329 | 2 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 320 | 2 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 349 | 2 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 323 | 2 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 343 | 2 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 288 | 3 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 322 | 2 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 300 | 2 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 336 | 2 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 344 | 2 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 370 | 3 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 426 | 2 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 422 | 3 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 397 | 3 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 388 | 5 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 410 | 4 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 408 | 4 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 427 | 4 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 443 | 6 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 453 | 7 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 496 | 6 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 541 | 3 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 536 | 5 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 554 | 3 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 608 | 3 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 660 | 3 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 683 | 3 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 675 | 4 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 729 | 5 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 755 | 5 |
| 1988 | 7 | 448 | 729 | 5 |
| 1987 | 6 | 471 | 743 | 3 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 843 | 2 |
| 1985 | 5 | 552 | 766 | 4 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 802 | 3 |
| 1983 | 10 | 324 | 790 | 3 |
| 1982 | 7 | 446 | 915 | 2 |
| 1981 | 8 | 418 | 897 | 2 |
| 1980 | 9 | 395 | 923 | 3 |
| 1979 | 8 | 433 | 979 | 3 |
| 1978 | 9 | 389 | 962 | 1 |
| 1977 | 5 | 588 | 999 | 2 |
| 1976 | 5 | 554 | 942 | 3 |
| 1975 | 12 | 324 | 1,005 | 3 |
| 1974 | 5 | 564 | 1,071 | 3 |
| 1973 | 8 | 415 | 1,056 | 3 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 1,144 | 3 |
| 1971 | 12 | 343 | 1,327 | 2 |
| 1970 | 8 | 439 | 1,451 | 1 |
| 1969 | 6 | 529 | 1,390 | 1 |
| 1968 | 9 | 405 | 1,416 | 1 |
| 1967 | 8 | 433 | 1,452 | 1 |
| 1966 | 6 | 517 | 1,494 | 1 |
| 1965 | 7 | 495 | 1,647 | 1 |
| 1964 | 12 | 370 | 1,697 | 1 |
| 1963 | 14 | 334 | 1,737 | 1 |
| 1962 | 9 | 426 | 1,647 | 1 |
| 1961 | 10 | 411 | 1,806 | 1 |
| 1960 | 13 | 362 | 1,867 | 1 |
| 1959 | 15 | 329 | 1,872 | 1 |
| 1958 | 10 | 420 | 1,843 | 1 |
| 1957 | 10 | 410 | 2,094 | 1 |
| 1956 | 9 | 434 | 2,120 | 1 |
| 1955 | 17 | 301 | 2,201 | 1 |
| 1954 | 12 | 348 | 2,261 | 1 |
| 1953 | 9 | 404 | 2,450 | 1 |
| 1952 | 14 | 335 | 2,391 | 1 |
| 1951 | 8 | 427 | 2,526 | 1 |
| 1950 | 13 | 331 | 2,660 | 1 |
| 1949 | 12 | 352 | 2,835 | 1 |
| 1948 | 13 | 334 | 2,772 | 1 |
| 1947 | 12 | 347 | 3,038 | 1 |
| 1946 | 14 | 319 | 2,711 | 1 |
| 1945 | 9 | 364 | 2,493 | 1 |
| 1944 | 12 | 318 | 2,650 | 1 |
| 1943 | 17 | 269 | 2,898 | 1 |
| 1942 | 15 | 285 | 2,737 | 1 |
| 1941 | 15 | 277 | 2,404 | 1 |
| 1940 | 10 | 340 | 2,284 | 1 |
| 1939 | 12 | 312 | 2,281 | 1 |
| 1938 | 18 | 259 | 2,246 | 1 |
| 1937 | 11 | 319 | 2,256 | 1 |
| 1936 | 8 | 376 | 2,201 | 1 |
| 1935 | 10 | 339 | 2,290 | 1 |
| 1934 | 11 | 323 | 2,293 | 1 |
| 1933 | 20 | 236 | 2,183 | 1 |
| 1932 | 19 | 257 | 2,273 | 1 |
| 1931 | 13 | 289 | 2,247 | 1 |
| 1930 | 20 | 236 | 2,402 | 1 |
| 1929 | 19 | 246 | 2,436 | 1 |
| 1928 | 19 | 256 | 2,590 | 1 |
| 1927 | 18 | 262 | 2,582 | 1 |
| 1926 | 18 | 260 | 2,658 | 1 |
| 1925 | 25 | 216 | 2,565 | 1 |
| 1924 | 20 | 250 | 2,513 | 1 |
| 1923 | 18 | 250 | 2,455 | 1 |
| 1922 | 10 | 350 | 2,534 | 1 |
| 1921 | 10 | 349 | 2,380 | 1 |
| 1920 | 10 | 350 | 2,298 | 1 |
| 1919 | 9 | 376 | 2,224 | 1 |
| 1918 | 6 | 431 | 1,872 | 1 |
| 1917 | 6 | 429 | 1,698 | 1 |
| 1916 | 11 | 309 | 1,658 | 1 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 1,544 | 1 |
| 1914 | 8 | 322 | 1,222 | 1 |
| 1913 | 5 | 386 | 1,010 | 1 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 784 | 1 |
| 1911 | 5 | 313 | 468 | 1 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 486 | 1 |