James in Illinois
Babies in Illinois
255,577
since 1910
Rank in Illinois · 2025
—
recorded as girls
#7
recorded as boys
Peak year in Illinois
1944
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Illinois, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in Illinois from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 406 | 7 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 392 | 7 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 358 | 9 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 412 | 8 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1507 | 403 | 11 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 449 | 7 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 456 | 9 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 523 | 8 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 564 | 6 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 526 | 12 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 581 | 10 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 486 | 16 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 506 | 16 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 484 | 17 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 479 | 21 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 474 | 26 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 515 | 22 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 597 | 18 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 616 | 17 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 644 | 18 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 588 | 23 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 692 | 18 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 686 | 19 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 670 | 22 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 722 | 21 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 705 | 22 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 762 | 19 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 837 | 19 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 842 | 19 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 846 | 20 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 941 | 20 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 1,057 | 17 |
| 1993 | 5 | 1448 | 1,157 | 16 |
| 1992 | 5 | 1426 | 1,211 | 13 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 1,313 | 11 |
| 1990 | 5 | 1408 | 1,354 | 11 |
| 1989 | 5 | 1373 | 1,421 | 11 |
| 1988 | 9 | 879 | 1,369 | 11 |
| 1987 | 12 | 698 | 1,420 | 8 |
| 1986 | 7 | 987 | 1,465 | 8 |
| 1985 | 8 | 891 | 1,553 | 8 |
| 1984 | 8 | 872 | 1,602 | 6 |
| 1983 | 6 | 1091 | 1,666 | 6 |
| 1982 | 18 | 519 | 1,739 | 7 |
| 1981 | 11 | 737 | 1,730 | 6 |
| 1980 | 14 | 656 | 1,912 | 6 |
| 1979 | 15 | 614 | 1,828 | 6 |
| 1978 | 15 | 587 | 1,874 | 6 |
| 1977 | 15 | 599 | 2,094 | 4 |
| 1976 | 12 | 671 | 1,870 | 6 |
| 1975 | 12 | 667 | 1,958 | 5 |
| 1974 | 11 | 685 | 2,173 | 5 |
| 1973 | 20 | 480 | 2,247 | 2 |
| 1972 | 14 | 588 | 2,403 | 4 |
| 1971 | 12 | 696 | 2,919 | 2 |
| 1970 | 15 | 594 | 3,136 | 5 |
| 1969 | 17 | 537 | 3,264 | 3 |
| 1968 | 23 | 445 | 3,380 | 4 |
| 1967 | 14 | 584 | 3,492 | 4 |
| 1966 | 15 | 558 | 3,609 | 4 |
| 1965 | 16 | 530 | 3,808 | 3 |
| 1964 | 13 | 609 | 4,089 | 3 |
| 1963 | 16 | 545 | 4,048 | 4 |
| 1962 | 11 | 670 | 4,133 | 4 |
| 1961 | 8 | 839 | 4,353 | 4 |
| 1960 | 12 | 649 | 4,389 | 4 |
| 1959 | 9 | 760 | 4,632 | 3 |
| 1958 | 12 | 637 | 4,529 | 4 |
| 1957 | 10 | 688 | 5,041 | 2 |
| 1956 | 15 | 522 | 4,943 | 2 |
| 1955 | 8 | 716 | 4,782 | 3 |
| 1954 | 9 | 655 | 4,894 | 3 |
| 1953 | 12 | 527 | 4,763 | 3 |
| 1952 | 15 | 451 | 4,854 | 4 |
| 1951 | 13 | 479 | 4,922 | 3 |
| 1950 | 7 | 669 | 4,986 | 1 |
| 1949 | 8 | 604 | 4,818 | 2 |
| 1948 | 12 | 487 | 4,870 | 2 |
| 1947 | 12 | 482 | 5,349 | 1 |
| 1946 | 6 | 676 | 4,790 | 2 |
| 1945 | 12 | 409 | 3,912 | 2 |
| 1944 | 5 | 656 | 4,073 | 2 |
| 1943 | 8 | 543 | 4,390 | 2 |
| 1942 | 11 | 455 | 4,296 | 2 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 3,646 | 2 |
| 1940 | 16 | 322 | 3,264 | 2 |
| 1939 | 15 | 327 | 3,034 | 2 |
| 1938 | 8 | 481 | 3,086 | 2 |
| 1937 | 12 | 370 | 2,959 | 2 |
| 1936 | 8 | 449 | 2,694 | 3 |
| 1935 | 6 | 507 | 2,775 | 3 |
| 1934 | 7 | 479 | 2,657 | 3 |
| 1933 | 13 | 337 | 2,575 | 3 |
| 1932 | 10 | 400 | 2,471 | 3 |
| 1931 | 12 | 357 | 2,664 | 3 |
| 1930 | 17 | 314 | 2,732 | 3 |
| 1929 | 7 | 516 | 2,532 | 4 |
| 1928 | 19 | 293 | 2,379 | 4 |
| 1927 | 14 | 351 | 2,484 | 4 |
| 1926 | 8 | 502 | 2,398 | 4 |
| 1925 | 22 | 283 | 2,429 | 4 |
| 1924 | 6 | 586 | 2,299 | 4 |
| 1923 | 7 | 527 | 2,225 | 4 |
| 1922 | 11 | 403 | 2,081 | 4 |
| 1921 | 13 | 373 | 2,049 | 4 |
| 1920 | 11 | 406 | 1,914 | 4 |
| 1919 | 8 | 490 | 1,626 | 4 |
| 1918 | 7 | 543 | 1,795 | 4 |
| 1917 | 5 | 601 | 1,572 | 5 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 1,542 | 6 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 1,523 | 5 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 1,081 | 7 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 849 | 7 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 679 | 7 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 342 | 3 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 329 | 4 |