James in Iowa
Babies in Iowa
61,273
since 1910
Rank in Iowa · 2025
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recorded as girls
#7
recorded as boys
Peak year in Iowa
1940
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Iowa, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in Iowa from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 118 | 7 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 92 | 17 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 108 | 9 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 123 | 6 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 97 | 16 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 105 | 14 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 110 | 13 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 112 | 12 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 133 | 9 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 113 | 15 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 140 | 11 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 132 | 10 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 110 | 22 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 114 | 20 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 105 | 25 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 99 | 34 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 98 | 40 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 87 | 48 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 118 | 33 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 115 | 37 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 120 | 31 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 100 | 45 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 109 | 35 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 94 | 45 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 97 | 47 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 124 | 30 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 120 | 36 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 132 | 36 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 133 | 31 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 137 | 26 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 144 | 27 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 158 | 25 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 151 | 27 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 183 | 24 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 197 | 24 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 224 | 22 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 211 | 22 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 221 | 21 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 235 | 20 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 243 | 19 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 262 | 22 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 294 | 21 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 307 | 20 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 361 | 13 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 312 | 21 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 335 | 20 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 381 | 18 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 432 | 10 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 419 | 11 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 391 | 10 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 358 | 12 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 368 | 10 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 382 | 9 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 471 | 9 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 536 | 9 |
| 1970 | 5 | 426 | 636 | 3 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 683 | 3 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 703 | 3 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 648 | 5 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 793 | 3 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 748 | 4 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 779 | 6 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 765 | 7 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 854 | 6 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 887 | 5 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 932 | 5 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 888 | 4 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 962 | 4 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 1,108 | 3 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 1,031 | 6 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 1,152 | 3 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 1,157 | 4 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 1,173 | 3 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 1,256 | 3 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 1,330 | 3 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 1,324 | 2 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 1,335 | 1 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 1,298 | 1 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 1,428 | 1 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 1,351 | 1 |
| 1945 | 5 | 334 | 995 | 1 |
| 1944 | 5 | 343 | 1,100 | 2 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 1,132 | 2 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 1,137 | 2 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 1,017 | 3 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 1,077 | 2 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 915 | 3 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 971 | 2 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 902 | 3 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 890 | 3 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 899 | 3 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 851 | 4 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 850 | 4 |
| 1932 | 6 | 285 | 820 | 4 |
| 1931 | 5 | 337 | 775 | 4 |
| 1930 | 6 | 315 | 821 | 5 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 740 | 5 |
| 1928 | 7 | 274 | 714 | 5 |
| 1927 | 9 | 265 | 711 | 6 |
| 1926 | 5 | 351 | 672 | 6 |
| 1925 | 7 | 317 | 715 | 6 |
| 1924 | 7 | 323 | 642 | 5 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 640 | 5 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 610 | 5 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 627 | 5 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 543 | 6 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 452 | 6 |
| 1918 | 5 | 403 | 533 | 5 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 504 | 5 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 451 | 8 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 427 | 7 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 291 | 6 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 236 | 6 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 203 | 4 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 72 | 5 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 74 | 5 |