James in Mississippi
Babies in Mississippi
116,547
since 1910
Rank in Mississippi · 2025
—
recorded as girls
#1
recorded as boys
Peak year in Mississippi
1926
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Mississippi, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in Mississippi from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 160 | 1 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 146 | 3 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 163 | 2 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 175 | 1 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 166 | 3 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 191 | 1 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 168 | 3 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 156 | 4 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 166 | 3 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 207 | 2 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 197 | 3 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 195 | 2 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 199 | 3 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 170 | 3 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 208 | 2 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 202 | 2 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 229 | 3 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 237 | 2 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 281 | 2 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 303 | 2 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 287 | 2 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 285 | 2 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 279 | 3 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 286 | 3 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 289 | 2 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 326 | 2 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 333 | 2 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 383 | 1 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 341 | 3 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 333 | 4 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 395 | 1 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 406 | 1 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 439 | 1 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 474 | 2 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 462 | 3 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 509 | 2 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 498 | 2 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 497 | 3 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 489 | 2 |
| 1986 | 11 | 230 | 537 | 2 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 565 | 2 |
| 1984 | 10 | 271 | 600 | 2 |
| 1983 | 7 | 379 | 626 | 2 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 643 | 2 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 706 | 1 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 721 | 1 |
| 1979 | 5 | 492 | 727 | 1 |
| 1978 | 6 | 446 | 722 | 1 |
| 1977 | 6 | 444 | 728 | 1 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 745 | 1 |
| 1975 | 5 | 501 | 741 | 2 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 773 | 2 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 792 | 1 |
| 1972 | 9 | 338 | 904 | 1 |
| 1971 | 9 | 349 | 967 | 1 |
| 1970 | 6 | 456 | 971 | 1 |
| 1969 | 6 | 456 | 1,065 | 1 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 991 | 1 |
| 1967 | 10 | 322 | 992 | 1 |
| 1966 | 7 | 413 | 1,140 | 1 |
| 1965 | 7 | 410 | 1,161 | 1 |
| 1964 | 6 | 477 | 1,242 | 1 |
| 1963 | 9 | 381 | 1,327 | 1 |
| 1962 | 10 | 366 | 1,308 | 1 |
| 1961 | 14 | 294 | 1,413 | 1 |
| 1960 | 7 | 446 | 1,376 | 1 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 1,471 | 1 |
| 1958 | 5 | 514 | 1,492 | 1 |
| 1957 | 8 | 394 | 1,619 | 1 |
| 1956 | 13 | 316 | 1,634 | 1 |
| 1955 | 8 | 400 | 1,743 | 1 |
| 1954 | 12 | 317 | 1,782 | 1 |
| 1953 | 10 | 358 | 1,844 | 1 |
| 1952 | 11 | 332 | 1,838 | 1 |
| 1951 | 18 | 256 | 1,986 | 1 |
| 1950 | 15 | 294 | 1,978 | 1 |
| 1949 | 26 | 220 | 1,997 | 1 |
| 1948 | 15 | 286 | 2,138 | 1 |
| 1947 | 18 | 267 | 2,277 | 1 |
| 1946 | 11 | 320 | 2,138 | 1 |
| 1945 | 18 | 241 | 1,907 | 1 |
| 1944 | 10 | 326 | 1,915 | 1 |
| 1943 | 16 | 261 | 2,073 | 1 |
| 1942 | 14 | 273 | 1,983 | 1 |
| 1941 | 13 | 276 | 1,879 | 1 |
| 1940 | 16 | 255 | 1,780 | 1 |
| 1939 | 19 | 227 | 1,758 | 1 |
| 1938 | 16 | 241 | 1,720 | 1 |
| 1937 | 12 | 292 | 1,698 | 1 |
| 1936 | 14 | 258 | 1,582 | 1 |
| 1935 | 15 | 260 | 1,638 | 1 |
| 1934 | 14 | 259 | 1,601 | 1 |
| 1933 | 17 | 229 | 1,511 | 1 |
| 1932 | 18 | 239 | 1,633 | 1 |
| 1931 | 21 | 200 | 1,520 | 1 |
| 1930 | 15 | 254 | 1,737 | 1 |
| 1929 | 20 | 206 | 1,594 | 1 |
| 1928 | 20 | 210 | 1,690 | 1 |
| 1927 | 19 | 225 | 1,793 | 1 |
| 1926 | 18 | 230 | 1,854 | 1 |
| 1925 | 14 | 264 | 1,659 | 1 |
| 1924 | 16 | 248 | 1,646 | 1 |
| 1923 | 12 | 278 | 1,547 | 1 |
| 1922 | 8 | 359 | 1,598 | 1 |
| 1921 | 15 | 252 | 1,537 | 1 |
| 1920 | 12 | 275 | 1,574 | 1 |
| 1919 | 11 | 294 | 1,591 | 1 |
| 1918 | 14 | 237 | 1,379 | 1 |
| 1917 | 14 | 228 | 1,230 | 1 |
| 1916 | 7 | 347 | 1,155 | 1 |
| 1915 | 11 | 254 | 1,108 | 1 |
| 1914 | 7 | 292 | 960 | 1 |
| 1913 | 5 | 335 | 716 | 1 |
| 1912 | 7 | 272 | 662 | 1 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 401 | 1 |
| 1910 | 5 | 304 | 465 | 1 |
Top names in Mississippi, 2025