James in Kentucky
Babies in Kentucky
146,580
since 1910
Rank in Kentucky · 2025
—
recorded as girls
#9
recorded as boys
Peak year in Kentucky
1920
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Kentucky, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in Kentucky from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 181 | 9 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 201 | 7 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 183 | 7 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 197 | 8 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 236 | 2 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 222 | 5 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 237 | 5 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 205 | 8 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 262 | 5 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 260 | 4 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 275 | 4 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 286 | 3 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 280 | 4 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 307 | 3 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 232 | 10 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 293 | 5 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 334 | 3 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 332 | 3 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 365 | 4 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 369 | 4 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 400 | 4 |
| 2004 | 70 | 60 | 340 | 4 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 456 | 2 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 421 | 4 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 401 | 4 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 475 | 4 |
| 1999 | 5 | 570 | 461 | 4 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 502 | 4 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 539 | 3 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 542 | 3 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 559 | 3 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 586 | 2 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 639 | 1 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 648 | 2 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 712 | 2 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 779 | 3 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 757 | 3 |
| 1988 | 6 | 430 | 695 | 5 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 771 | 4 |
| 1986 | 7 | 376 | 771 | 4 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 843 | 3 |
| 1984 | 6 | 423 | 883 | 3 |
| 1983 | 13 | 258 | 864 | 4 |
| 1982 | 19 | 211 | 933 | 4 |
| 1981 | 9 | 343 | 1,038 | 3 |
| 1980 | 13 | 288 | 1,087 | 3 |
| 1979 | 10 | 341 | 1,119 | 3 |
| 1978 | 11 | 314 | 1,183 | 2 |
| 1977 | 6 | 461 | 1,209 | 3 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 1,119 | 3 |
| 1975 | 6 | 456 | 1,105 | 4 |
| 1974 | 13 | 284 | 1,160 | 2 |
| 1973 | 11 | 318 | 1,140 | 3 |
| 1972 | 17 | 254 | 1,270 | 1 |
| 1971 | 7 | 433 | 1,477 | 1 |
| 1970 | 9 | 370 | 1,571 | 1 |
| 1969 | 7 | 421 | 1,511 | 1 |
| 1968 | 11 | 303 | 1,349 | 1 |
| 1967 | 6 | 431 | 1,411 | 1 |
| 1966 | 6 | 429 | 1,451 | 1 |
| 1965 | 12 | 315 | 1,585 | 1 |
| 1964 | 5 | 538 | 1,634 | 1 |
| 1963 | 5 | 527 | 1,629 | 1 |
| 1962 | 8 | 419 | 1,728 | 1 |
| 1961 | 7 | 450 | 1,622 | 1 |
| 1960 | 11 | 337 | 1,740 | 1 |
| 1959 | 9 | 387 | 1,803 | 1 |
| 1958 | 8 | 411 | 1,763 | 1 |
| 1957 | 5 | 518 | 1,890 | 1 |
| 1956 | 5 | 511 | 1,910 | 1 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 1,909 | 1 |
| 1954 | 6 | 457 | 2,122 | 1 |
| 1953 | 7 | 405 | 2,036 | 1 |
| 1952 | 9 | 361 | 2,062 | 1 |
| 1951 | 9 | 350 | 2,172 | 1 |
| 1950 | 6 | 451 | 2,252 | 1 |
| 1949 | 5 | 493 | 2,297 | 1 |
| 1948 | 6 | 437 | 2,384 | 1 |
| 1947 | 5 | 499 | 2,556 | 1 |
| 1946 | 8 | 361 | 2,455 | 1 |
| 1945 | 7 | 370 | 2,126 | 1 |
| 1944 | 8 | 353 | 2,256 | 1 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 2,428 | 1 |
| 1942 | 8 | 369 | 2,391 | 1 |
| 1941 | 11 | 314 | 2,166 | 1 |
| 1940 | 21 | 217 | 2,238 | 1 |
| 1939 | 10 | 319 | 2,109 | 1 |
| 1938 | 14 | 276 | 2,172 | 1 |
| 1937 | 13 | 273 | 2,050 | 1 |
| 1936 | 7 | 384 | 1,946 | 1 |
| 1935 | 6 | 420 | 2,077 | 1 |
| 1934 | 5 | 463 | 2,052 | 1 |
| 1933 | 13 | 276 | 1,985 | 1 |
| 1932 | 17 | 241 | 1,931 | 1 |
| 1931 | 10 | 316 | 1,955 | 1 |
| 1930 | 22 | 221 | 2,029 | 1 |
| 1929 | 15 | 257 | 1,975 | 1 |
| 1928 | 16 | 258 | 1,931 | 1 |
| 1927 | 9 | 358 | 2,082 | 1 |
| 1926 | 10 | 334 | 2,183 | 1 |
| 1925 | 14 | 293 | 2,092 | 1 |
| 1924 | 12 | 312 | 2,254 | 1 |
| 1923 | 7 | 423 | 2,182 | 1 |
| 1922 | 7 | 425 | 2,071 | 1 |
| 1921 | 11 | 325 | 2,161 | 1 |
| 1920 | 15 | 263 | 2,158 | 1 |
| 1919 | 6 | 433 | 1,842 | 1 |
| 1918 | 12 | 306 | 1,733 | 1 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 1,578 | 1 |
| 1916 | 7 | 383 | 1,414 | 1 |
| 1915 | 6 | 423 | 1,332 | 1 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 949 | 1 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 749 | 2 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 592 | 2 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 333 | 2 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 352 | 1 |