James in Massachusetts
Babies in Massachusetts
132,084
since 1910
Rank in Massachusetts · 2025
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recorded as girls
#5
recorded as boys
Peak year in Massachusetts
1945
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Massachusetts, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in Massachusetts from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 323 | 5 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 347 | 3 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 312 | 6 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 344 | 3 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 333 | 6 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 329 | 4 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 347 | 5 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 373 | 3 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 339 | 6 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 401 | 3 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 356 | 5 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 348 | 8 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 309 | 16 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 323 | 14 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 292 | 22 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 360 | 7 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 328 | 18 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 324 | 20 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 366 | 19 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 404 | 15 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 410 | 17 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 442 | 18 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 448 | 18 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 395 | 22 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 453 | 17 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 456 | 19 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 499 | 19 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 517 | 17 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 554 | 13 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 575 | 13 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 624 | 12 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 691 | 11 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 683 | 11 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 749 | 10 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 799 | 11 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 840 | 12 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 876 | 12 |
| 1988 | 9 | 489 | 857 | 11 |
| 1987 | 8 | 507 | 822 | 10 |
| 1986 | 8 | 488 | 882 | 8 |
| 1985 | 9 | 450 | 884 | 10 |
| 1984 | 8 | 457 | 913 | 7 |
| 1983 | 7 | 506 | 871 | 7 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 860 | 9 |
| 1981 | 7 | 490 | 848 | 9 |
| 1980 | 9 | 417 | 832 | 8 |
| 1979 | 7 | 474 | 815 | 9 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 860 | 7 |
| 1977 | 6 | 506 | 861 | 8 |
| 1976 | 6 | 496 | 830 | 8 |
| 1975 | 6 | 496 | 945 | 6 |
| 1974 | 6 | 513 | 965 | 7 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 973 | 8 |
| 1972 | 7 | 482 | 1,155 | 6 |
| 1971 | 5 | 601 | 1,405 | 6 |
| 1970 | 7 | 509 | 1,655 | 5 |
| 1969 | 5 | 589 | 1,723 | 5 |
| 1968 | 5 | 565 | 1,827 | 5 |
| 1967 | 9 | 421 | 1,943 | 5 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 2,062 | 5 |
| 1965 | 12 | 363 | 2,177 | 5 |
| 1964 | 11 | 394 | 2,413 | 5 |
| 1963 | 9 | 431 | 2,267 | 5 |
| 1962 | 8 | 445 | 2,404 | 5 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 2,564 | 5 |
| 1960 | 5 | 538 | 2,504 | 5 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 2,538 | 5 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 2,582 | 5 |
| 1957 | 8 | 390 | 2,555 | 5 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 2,427 | 5 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 2,402 | 5 |
| 1954 | 5 | 463 | 2,329 | 6 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 2,358 | 6 |
| 1952 | 6 | 405 | 2,268 | 6 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 2,192 | 4 |
| 1950 | 8 | 336 | 2,213 | 4 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 2,161 | 4 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 2,310 | 4 |
| 1947 | 7 | 387 | 2,412 | 4 |
| 1946 | 5 | 431 | 2,206 | 5 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 1,780 | 4 |
| 1944 | 5 | 378 | 1,791 | 5 |
| 1943 | 5 | 397 | 1,884 | 5 |
| 1942 | 5 | 399 | 1,855 | 5 |
| 1941 | 6 | 326 | 1,393 | 5 |
| 1940 | 7 | 293 | 1,314 | 5 |
| 1939 | 6 | 311 | 1,254 | 5 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 1,190 | 5 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 1,185 | 5 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 1,119 | 5 |
| 1935 | 6 | 294 | 1,202 | 5 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 1,236 | 5 |
| 1933 | 8 | 263 | 1,150 | 5 |
| 1932 | 7 | 292 | 1,182 | 5 |
| 1931 | 5 | 338 | 1,127 | 6 |
| 1930 | 15 | 207 | 1,204 | 6 |
| 1929 | 13 | 221 | 1,091 | 6 |
| 1928 | 6 | 330 | 1,220 | 6 |
| 1927 | 7 | 322 | 1,247 | 6 |
| 1926 | 11 | 255 | 1,217 | 5 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 1,200 | 5 |
| 1924 | 5 | 392 | 1,288 | 5 |
| 1923 | 10 | 270 | 1,254 | 5 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 1,227 | 6 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 1,220 | 5 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 1,226 | 6 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 1,035 | 7 |
| 1918 | 9 | 304 | 1,137 | 5 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 996 | 6 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 986 | 4 |
| 1915 | 5 | 398 | 902 | 5 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 832 | 4 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 666 | 4 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 597 | 4 |
| 1911 | 6 | 225 | 361 | 4 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 212 | 4 |
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