James in California
Babies in California
289,423
since 1910
Rank in California · 2025
#1,948
recorded as girls
#22
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1910
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 1,948 | 1,005 | 22 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,565 | 1,024 | 24 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2,821 | 1,008 | 23 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,200 | 1,098 | 21 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,921 | 1,170 | 18 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,036 | 1,157 | 19 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,083 | 1,362 | 17 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,610 | 1,464 | 16 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,109 | 1,516 | 22 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,728 | 1,636 | 19 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,005 | 1,551 | 21 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 1,593 | 23 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 1,318 | 35 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 1,284 | 37 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 1,253 | 37 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 1,298 | 40 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 1,299 | 41 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 1,413 | 39 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 1,437 | 37 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,633 | 1,413 | 39 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 1,474 | 35 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 1,517 | 34 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 1,513 | 36 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 1,472 | 36 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2,612 | 1,396 | 42 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 1,481 | 37 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 1,508 | 33 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,723 | 1,663 | 29 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 1,778 | 27 |
| 1996 | 6 | 2,702 | 1,848 | 29 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 2,013 | 28 |
| 1994 | 17 | 1,408 | 2,285 | 24 |
| 1993 | 23 | 1,168 | 2,374 | 24 |
| 1992 | 14 | 1,621 | 2,715 | 20 |
| 1991 | 20 | 1,280 | 2,969 | 16 |
| 1990 | 22 | 1,204 | 3,114 | 16 |
| 1989 | 24 | 1,070 | 3,100 | 16 |
| 1988 | 25 | 973 | 3,102 | 15 |
| 1987 | 21 | 1,046 | 2,921 | 16 |
| 1986 | 26 | 877 | 3,046 | 12 |
| 1985 | 26 | 839 | 3,224 | 10 |
| 1984 | 12 | 1,377 | 3,164 | 9 |
| 1983 | 24 | 853 | 3,066 | 11 |
| 1982 | 27 | 785 | 3,209 | 9 |
| 1981 | 15 | 1,150 | 3,018 | 13 |
| 1980 | 21 | 905 | 3,022 | 10 |
| 1979 | 23 | 837 | 2,978 | 9 |
| 1978 | 22 | 816 | 3,062 | 7 |
| 1977 | 28 | 685 | 2,933 | 8 |
| 1976 | 22 | 768 | 2,850 | 7 |
| 1975 | 21 | 791 | 2,835 | 8 |
| 1974 | 21 | 753 | 2,892 | 9 |
| 1973 | 35 | 530 | 2,905 | 7 |
| 1972 | 35 | 554 | 3,345 | 7 |
| 1971 | 34 | 573 | 3,796 | 6 |
| 1970 | 40 | 537 | 4,609 | 5 |
| 1969 | 27 | 662 | 4,549 | 5 |
| 1968 | 31 | 593 | 4,647 | 5 |
| 1967 | 26 | 626 | 4,683 | 5 |
| 1966 | 20 | 702 | 4,909 | 5 |
| 1965 | 28 | 605 | 5,053 | 5 |
| 1964 | 23 | 682 | 5,398 | 5 |
| 1963 | 17 | 822 | 5,094 | 5 |
| 1962 | 24 | 664 | 5,130 | 5 |
| 1961 | 10 | 1,069 | 5,178 | 6 |
| 1960 | 12 | 958 | 5,138 | 6 |
| 1959 | 12 | 897 | 5,025 | 6 |
| 1958 | 13 | 841 | 5,318 | 5 |
| 1957 | 15 | 780 | 5,486 | 5 |
| 1956 | 13 | 809 | 5,388 | 5 |
| 1955 | 10 | 871 | 5,150 | 5 |
| 1954 | 6 | 1,143 | 5,213 | 5 |
| 1953 | 13 | 722 | 5,253 | 5 |
| 1952 | 12 | 710 | 5,151 | 5 |
| 1951 | 6 | 1,034 | 4,758 | 5 |
| 1950 | 10 | 747 | 4,632 | 5 |
| 1949 | 13 | 629 | 4,656 | 4 |
| 1948 | 10 | 721 | 4,658 | 4 |
| 1947 | 9 | 764 | 4,758 | 4 |
| 1946 | 9 | 716 | 4,430 | 4 |
| 1945 | 9 | 652 | 3,964 | 3 |
| 1944 | 9 | 628 | 3,907 | 3 |
| 1943 | 9 | 622 | 3,599 | 3 |
| 1942 | 9 | 575 | 3,273 | 3 |
| 1941 | 5 | 704 | 2,361 | 4 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 2,101 | 4 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 1,871 | 4 |
| 1938 | 7 | 513 | 1,777 | 4 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 1,546 | 4 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 1,405 | 4 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 1,286 | 4 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 1,267 | 4 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 1,239 | 4 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 1,197 | 5 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 1,182 | 6 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 1,169 | 6 |
| 1929 | 9 | 430 | 1,082 | 6 |
| 1928 | 6 | 557 | 1,121 | 6 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 1,171 | 5 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 1,124 | 5 |
| 1925 | 6 | 541 | 1,251 | 4 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 1,208 | 4 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 1,060 | 4 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 925 | 5 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 866 | 5 |
| 1920 | 6 | 456 | 834 | 5 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 655 | 5 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 683 | 5 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 589 | 5 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 593 | 5 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 530 | 5 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 414 | 5 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 321 | 6 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 257 | 5 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 119 | 5 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 159 | 3 |