James in Minnesota
Babies in Minnesota
79,969
since 1910
Rank in Minnesota · 2025
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recorded as girls
#6
recorded as boys
Peak year in Minnesota
1943
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Minnesota, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in Minnesota from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 227 | 6 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 205 | 7 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 204 | 9 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 238 | 5 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 234 | 8 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 209 | 9 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 226 | 9 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 231 | 9 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 230 | 11 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 255 | 8 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 233 | 10 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 226 | 14 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 201 | 22 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 204 | 22 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 251 | 16 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 217 | 24 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 203 | 26 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 211 | 28 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 205 | 36 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 228 | 31 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 219 | 33 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 220 | 35 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 182 | 45 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 206 | 36 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 204 | 37 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 196 | 38 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 243 | 31 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 204 | 38 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 215 | 37 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 237 | 32 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 253 | 31 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 283 | 29 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 291 | 27 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 321 | 26 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 365 | 23 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 344 | 28 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 388 | 23 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 375 | 25 |
| 1987 | 6 | 466 | 342 | 27 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 372 | 24 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 441 | 22 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 426 | 22 |
| 1983 | 6 | 477 | 413 | 23 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 486 | 17 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 515 | 17 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 521 | 18 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 496 | 18 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 489 | 16 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 492 | 15 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 447 | 17 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 461 | 15 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 467 | 15 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 520 | 11 |
| 1972 | 5 | 466 | 573 | 10 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 681 | 9 |
| 1970 | 5 | 507 | 882 | 6 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 826 | 7 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 877 | 6 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 969 | 4 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 1,011 | 4 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 1,140 | 4 |
| 1964 | 5 | 507 | 1,246 | 5 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 1,166 | 6 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 1,295 | 6 |
| 1961 | 5 | 520 | 1,340 | 5 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 1,467 | 5 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 1,442 | 4 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 1,346 | 4 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 1,461 | 4 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 1,475 | 4 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 1,446 | 4 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 1,509 | 3 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 1,553 | 3 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 1,651 | 3 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 1,759 | 1 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 1,653 | 2 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 1,685 | 1 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 1,659 | 1 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 1,785 | 1 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 1,713 | 1 |
| 1945 | 5 | 375 | 1,375 | 1 |
| 1944 | 5 | 346 | 1,405 | 1 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 1,508 | 1 |
| 1942 | 8 | 288 | 1,511 | 1 |
| 1941 | 5 | 362 | 1,334 | 1 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 1,276 | 2 |
| 1939 | 5 | 351 | 1,177 | 2 |
| 1938 | 6 | 309 | 1,193 | 2 |
| 1937 | 5 | 344 | 1,104 | 2 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 1,053 | 3 |
| 1935 | 5 | 326 | 1,031 | 3 |
| 1934 | 8 | 258 | 1,012 | 3 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 886 | 4 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 907 | 5 |
| 1931 | 8 | 272 | 870 | 5 |
| 1930 | 10 | 233 | 862 | 5 |
| 1929 | 9 | 237 | 800 | 5 |
| 1928 | 9 | 248 | 814 | 5 |
| 1927 | 9 | 267 | 768 | 5 |
| 1926 | 11 | 231 | 721 | 5 |
| 1925 | 6 | 341 | 708 | 5 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 676 | 6 |
| 1923 | 8 | 301 | 661 | 5 |
| 1922 | 6 | 343 | 642 | 5 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 637 | 5 |
| 1920 | 5 | 386 | 536 | 5 |
| 1919 | 6 | 342 | 436 | 6 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 416 | 6 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 384 | 6 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 385 | 7 |
| 1915 | 6 | 327 | 347 | 7 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 221 | 9 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 189 | 6 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 144 | 6 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 55 | 11 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 66 | 5 |