James in Missouri
Babies in Missouri
126,722
since 1910
Rank in Missouri · 2025
—
recorded as girls
#8
recorded as boys
Peak year in Missouri
1943
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in Missouri, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named James in Missouri from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 248 | 8 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 251 | 6 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 235 | 8 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 248 | 8 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 247 | 7 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 244 | 9 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 256 | 7 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 269 | 7 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 300 | 6 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 309 | 7 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 276 | 9 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 290 | 7 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 276 | 9 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 281 | 15 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 265 | 15 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 311 | 9 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 285 | 17 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 323 | 11 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 320 | 11 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 343 | 10 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 323 | 14 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 334 | 15 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 307 | 20 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 352 | 15 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 343 | 18 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 354 | 18 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 395 | 12 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 427 | 14 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 404 | 16 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 424 | 16 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 470 | 15 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 515 | 13 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 535 | 14 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 624 | 11 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 681 | 8 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 691 | 8 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 682 | 8 |
| 1988 | 5 | 663 | 697 | 8 |
| 1987 | 6 | 567 | 719 | 8 |
| 1986 | 10 | 408 | 761 | 7 |
| 1985 | 8 | 468 | 825 | 5 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 858 | 5 |
| 1983 | 9 | 429 | 856 | 5 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 933 | 6 |
| 1981 | 5 | 628 | 914 | 6 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 954 | 6 |
| 1979 | 7 | 519 | 975 | 5 |
| 1978 | 6 | 570 | 943 | 5 |
| 1977 | 5 | 632 | 972 | 5 |
| 1976 | 7 | 492 | 967 | 4 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 969 | 4 |
| 1974 | 8 | 451 | 1,005 | 4 |
| 1973 | 12 | 341 | 1,023 | 4 |
| 1972 | 5 | 609 | 1,181 | 3 |
| 1971 | 8 | 480 | 1,313 | 2 |
| 1970 | 10 | 416 | 1,540 | 2 |
| 1969 | 9 | 434 | 1,453 | 2 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 1,405 | 2 |
| 1967 | 7 | 493 | 1,377 | 3 |
| 1966 | 5 | 585 | 1,595 | 2 |
| 1965 | 5 | 572 | 1,525 | 4 |
| 1964 | 9 | 454 | 1,639 | 3 |
| 1963 | 6 | 565 | 1,605 | 4 |
| 1962 | 9 | 463 | 1,662 | 4 |
| 1961 | 8 | 491 | 1,758 | 4 |
| 1960 | 6 | 553 | 1,792 | 3 |
| 1959 | 10 | 418 | 1,781 | 3 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 1,938 | 3 |
| 1957 | 5 | 623 | 2,015 | 2 |
| 1956 | 8 | 464 | 2,083 | 2 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 2,048 | 3 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 2,136 | 2 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 2,115 | 2 |
| 1952 | 7 | 444 | 2,236 | 1 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 2,222 | 1 |
| 1950 | 5 | 528 | 2,196 | 1 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 2,158 | 1 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 2,232 | 1 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 2,429 | 1 |
| 1946 | 5 | 503 | 2,279 | 1 |
| 1945 | 13 | 259 | 1,915 | 1 |
| 1944 | 8 | 348 | 1,978 | 1 |
| 1943 | 6 | 426 | 2,120 | 1 |
| 1942 | 5 | 471 | 2,040 | 1 |
| 1941 | 6 | 407 | 1,859 | 1 |
| 1940 | 7 | 373 | 1,684 | 1 |
| 1939 | 8 | 341 | 1,564 | 1 |
| 1938 | 5 | 438 | 1,531 | 1 |
| 1937 | 6 | 394 | 1,588 | 1 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 1,506 | 1 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 1,475 | 2 |
| 1934 | 5 | 431 | 1,515 | 2 |
| 1933 | 7 | 373 | 1,423 | 2 |
| 1932 | 10 | 319 | 1,341 | 2 |
| 1931 | 8 | 333 | 1,441 | 2 |
| 1930 | 8 | 353 | 1,449 | 2 |
| 1929 | 9 | 330 | 1,427 | 2 |
| 1928 | 12 | 292 | 1,371 | 2 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 1,485 | 2 |
| 1926 | 16 | 258 | 1,601 | 2 |
| 1925 | 10 | 337 | 1,513 | 3 |
| 1924 | 5 | 500 | 1,534 | 3 |
| 1923 | 9 | 356 | 1,533 | 3 |
| 1922 | 6 | 459 | 1,464 | 1 |
| 1921 | 5 | 500 | 1,497 | 2 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 1,273 | 3 |
| 1919 | 8 | 376 | 1,133 | 3 |
| 1918 | 6 | 468 | 1,120 | 4 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 1,071 | 3 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 1,067 | 3 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 966 | 3 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 726 | 3 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 586 | 3 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 484 | 3 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 274 | 3 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 243 | 3 |